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Or make all the LEO companies pay into a fund to build radio telescope on the far side of the moon. NASA already has a very clever plan to build one out of a c
by ck2 2y ago
Or make all the LEO companies pay into a fund to build radio telescope on the far side of the moon.
NASA already has a very clever plan to build one out of a crater with lightweight cable fired out from a probe.
https://www.nasa.gov/general/lunar-crater-radio-telescope-lcrt-on-the-far-side-of-the-moon/ https://www.nasa.gov/general/lunar-crater-radio-telescope-lc...
It's like selling (licensing) radio spectrum, if all these companies are going to destroy the sky with tens of thousands of devices in LEO, then they need to fund the moon radio telescope.
The stupid thing is though, radio telescopes were the one telescope that works well on earth and doesn't care about clouds, etc. But now that is ruined.
- samstave 2y agoHow many ~~twitters~~ Xs would it cost in real terms (True Q, not being snide - using it as a measure of scale, as most people now understand what 44 Billion bought in Corpo Dimension