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This looks cool, but... We couldn't even maintain Arecibo enough to prevent its collapse, and it was here on earth. What's going to happen to a telescope like
by emilecantin 5y ago
This looks cool, but...
We couldn't even maintain Arecibo enough to prevent its collapse, and it was here on earth. What's going to happen to a telescope like this?
- rhcom2 5y agoIt won't have hurricanes and earthquakes to deal with on the Moon at least.
- theandrewbailey 5y agoNeither will it need to deal with things growing on it, or oxygen.
- monkeyshelli 5y agoMoon has ”moonquakes” https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/15mar_moonquakes https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/1...
- adventured 5y agoArecibo lasted for half a century. It would be more than acceptable if we built a telescope on the Moon and it lasted half a century before we moved on to replacing it and building the next interesting thing.