Re:Could an Industrial Civilization Have Predated Humans on ...
by roseway4 on Friday July 14, 2023 @06:35PM
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As the Wikipedia article mentions, we’ve already done just this with the JWST…
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Re:Could an Industrial Civilization Have Predated Humans on ...
by NavinF on Friday July 14, 2023 @07:58PM
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Naw the JWST won't stay there after it loses power.
> The points L1, L2, and L3 are positions of unstable equilibrium. Any object orbiting at L1, L2, or L3 will tend to fall out of orbit; it is therefore rare to find natural objects there, and spacecraft inhabiting these areas must employ a small but critical amount of station keeping in order to maintain their position.