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Old June 13th 09, 12:38 PM posted to sci.space.history,sci.space.policy
Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)
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Default Japanese Moon probe to impact tomorrow

"bob haller" wrote in message
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imagine if they had just left it to detoriate and crash into the
apollo 11 landimg site



Given the odds, I expect they'd all go out and buy lottery tickets the next
day.

A) the odds of hitting a particular spot on a smooth sphere of that size is
EXTREMELY small.

B) Now, figure the odds of impacting the plain of Mare Tranquillitatis and
NOT hitting a peak on the way is even smaller.



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