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Re:NASA official warns private sector: We’re moving on from ... by adevine on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @12:18AM (#10694958)
Your quote, though, is talking about L1, L2 and L3, which are the unstable Lagrangian points. Parent was talking about L4 and L5, the stable points.
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Re:NASA official warns private sector: We’re moving on from ... by akira2501 on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @01:36AM (#10695131)
Earth-Moon L4 and L5 is still very unstable due to the Sun (and other planets).

Earth-Sun L4 and L5 is more stable, but almost useless as a waypoint; however there are already naturally captured asteroids (and a lot of dust) already there.

All orbits require station keeping in a dynamic solar system that is circling around a black hole.

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