I still think they should build out a lunar crater radio telescope out there on the dark side of the moon.
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I still think they should build out a lunar crater radio telescope out there on the dark side of the moon. The radio silence and scale would be impossible to get any other way.
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I still think they should build out a lunar crater radio telescope out there on the dark side of the moon. The radio silence and scale would be impossible to get any other way.
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That’s an interesting thought I hadn’t considered. The Webb is about as quiet as we’re going to get anywhere near our orbit, but a lunar compound could very easily be much larger, and would be a great deal easier to service/upgrade.
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That’s an interesting thought I hadn’t considered. The Webb is about as quiet as we’re going to get anywhere near our orbit, but a lunar compound could very easily be much larger, and would be a great deal easier to service/upgrade.
The dark side of the moon is shielded from the planet’s radio by the whole moon. So it’s a pretty attractive place to set up.
Plus, several candidate craters have favorable geometry for a massive radio telescope.
It truly is one of my favorite proposals.
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I still think they should build out a lunar crater radio telescope out there on the dark side of the moon. The radio silence and scale would be impossible to get any other way.
That’s the far side.
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That’s the far side.
Yes the far side of the moon is colloquially (and incorrectly) called the dark side of the moon. Thanks for the correction.
