L-l

The sergeant said through the upraised visor of his spacesuit, 'L-l wants to speak to you, sir.'

Moonwar Bova, Ben, 1932- 1997

He could bounce an emergency signal to them off L-l and they'll come out and pick him up. '

Moonwar Bova, Ben, 1932- 1997

The monitor screen in the little editing booth showed what Moonbase's astronomical telescope was focused upon: the clutch of spacecraft hovering around the big space station at the L-l libration point some fifty-eight thousand kilometers above the Moon's surface.

Moonwar Bova, Ben, 1932- 1997

The thinking here is that they'll stop and camp at the foot of the ringwall until the nuke from L-l hits. '

Moonwar Bova, Ben, 1932- 1997

He established communications contact with L-l, although the link was weak and strained with harsh bursts of static.

Moonwar Bova, Ben, 1932- 1997

'Lot of activity at L-l,' she said, gesturing toward the comm tech's center screen.

Moonwar Bova, Ben, 1932- 1997

Doug knew from hours of studying the ballistics that a nuclear-tipped missile could be launched from the L-l station and reach Moonbase in less than an hour.

Moonwar Bova, Ben, 1932- 1997

'The U. N.'s already taken over the L-l satellite.

Moonwar Bova, Ben, 1932- 1997

'Suppose they take over L-l and use it as a staging base.

Moonwar Bova, Ben, 1932- 1997

A dozen navigational satellites clung to low orbits around the Moon, and the big crewed station at the L-l position still showed as a single green dot.

Moonwar Bova, Ben, 1932- 1997