NASA wants to build a giant radio telescope on the far side of the moon inside a 3 mile wide crater. Cool.

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Apr 8, 2020
7:39:58am

Cougar-Duck 70 Days

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
— daniel (@DMOberhaus) April 7, 2020

https://twitter.com/DMOberhaus/status/1247607588319100936

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NASA wants to build a giant radio telescope on the far side of the moon inside a 3 mile wide crater. Cool.

Cougar-Duck 70 Days

4/8/20 7:39am

Oh man, think of the James Bond related movie!

DeekLyfter

4/8/20 7:44am

Joking aside, it IS pretty cool.

DeekLyfter

4/8/20 7:45am

yes, but it can get up to 260* F on the moon. That's NOT cool.

flyzag

4/8/20 7:56am

Yes, but it's a vacuum so heat transferance is real low... No humidity

DeekLyfter

4/8/20 7:58am

Just like AZ.. it's a "dry" heat

flyzag

4/8/20 8:06am

Doesn't that make the problem worse?

annapcoug

4/8/20 8:50am

But it's the "Dark Side of the Moon"

CoachSpeak

4/8/20 9:06am

"Far side" would be more accurate. It's not always dark.

byujdmba

4/8/20 10:12am

"there's no dark side of the moon really....

CoachSpeak

4/8/20 10:17am

I guess that would make it worse for electronics... In the sunlight

DeekLyfter

4/8/20 10:17am

I haven't done electronics for space but wouldn't you have other problems?

annapcoug

4/8/20 11:02am

coils, fans, vents? all solar powered?

CoachSpeak

4/8/20 11:18am

Coils? Fans? Vents? No air. Nothing to conduct the heat. Right?

annapcoug

4/8/20 11:32am

There is still gravity.

CoachSpeak

4/8/20 12:22pm

Gravity conducts heat?

annapcoug

4/8/20 12:37pm

I think empty space conducts heat. Based on the sci fi movies I've seen, if I jump out of my spaceship into empty space

Cougar-Duck

4/8/20 12:42pm

With gravity you could build an atmosphere...

CoachSpeak

4/8/20 12:54pm

And if the band you're in starts playin' different tunes...

4/8/20 7:47am

Ooo... I wanna help.

annapcoug

4/8/20 7:54am

so um, how does it talk to the earth? anyone think of that?

Cougarclaw

4/8/20 8:04am

Probably sends to a satellite and then relays to esrth

valleus

4/8/20 8:19am

Perhaps it’ll get out of the planning stage by 2035?

valleus

4/8/20 8:18am

We won’t make it that far. Not with the current destruction.

shammy

4/8/20 8:37am

That is really cool. What would such a thing allow us to observe? Does anyone know of articles describing

CDV

4/8/20 8:33am

We'll be able to hear the UFOs lock their doors as they fly past earth.

benny1982

4/8/20 8:49am

Turning a moon into a Death Star, little by little.

Coach's Dad

4/8/20 9:23am

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