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I understand this was done by coordinating multiple telescopes to create a virtual earth size scope. Why is this not done more? It seems like cloud services w
by shireboy 8y ago
I understand this was done by coordinating multiple telescopes to create a virtual earth size scope. Why is this not done more? It seems like cloud services would make this relatively easy to share bits technically. Are the issues mostly political or are there tech issues making this harder to do more often? Tangential question: if we can do this with an earth-size virtual scope, what could we do with a larger one? Scopes on earth/moon/Lagrange points synced together.
- ceejayoz 8y agoIt's been done since the 1970s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_interferometer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_interferometer There are some proposals to do it in space. https://www.universetoday.com/139566/instead-of-building-single-monster-scopes-like-james-webb-what-about-swarms-of-space-telescopes-working-together/ https://www.universetoday.com/139566/instead-of-building-sin... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_Interferometer_Space_Antenna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_Interferometer_Space_Ant...