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How? It justifies telescopes on Moon, not people on Moon.
by posix_me_less 8y ago
How? It justifies telescopes on Moon, not people on Moon.
- vl 8y agoIt justifies telescopes on the really high orbit, but not on the Moon: unless telescope is manufactured on the Moon, logistics of flying large telescope there and safely landing it are so complex, that it’s way easier to leave in Earth’s orbit and get same results from there.
- hughes 8y agoStationkeeping within a fraction of a millimeter is much easier when your instrument is on solid ground. It might simplify the platform to the point where descent into the lunar gravity well is worthwhile.
- Armisael16 8y agoBuilding on the surface destroys the entire benefit of the project. The moon isn’t large enough to give you the effective ape rather size you need - if it was you’d be fine on earth.
- hughes 8y agoThe point would be to combine this with the earth-based telescopes to create a 400,000km aperture.