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a permanent fall that keeps missing the ground it's racing toward
perpetual fallingorbiting objects are falling sideways fast enough to miss Earth
moon's driftthe Moon escapes Earth 3.8 cm every year
stable spotsLagrange points let objects park in gravitational balance
decaying endslow orbits drag against thin air until they burn
speed requiredlow Earth orbit demands roughly 28,000 km per hour