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The Moon's altitude (measured midway between moonrise and moonset) can vary as much as 12 degrees, so at its highest, you will have longer intervals between moonrise and moonset, and when lowest, the intervals will shorten.

The Webb Telescope should be mothballed until two things happen: 1: Get the bugs out of the Arianne launch vehicle - had we launched last January, Webb would have become a 9 Billion dollar meteor catcher. 2: Develop a set of "Space Tugs" that can ferry atmospherics, fuel, materials, and people...