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By Robert S. Boyd / The Bulletin
July 17, 2009
WASHINGTON — Nature has provided five huge rest stops far out in space for the convenience of spacecraft traveling from Earth.
Some NASA folks call them “parking lots” in space.
They’re unusual locations where gravity loses its pull and a spaceship can....