NASA wants to build a giant radio telescope on the far side of the moon inside a 3 mile wide crater. Cool.
NASA just announced its latest round of NIAC funding and a concept to turn a lunar crater on the farside of the moon into a radio telescope was selected for a phase 1 grant!
Reduced gravity and an abundance of natural radio "dishes" means we could create radio scopes >5km dia. pic.twitter.com/Q1lBrSY9D3