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Posted by WillD on Fri Nov 27 18:39:04 2015, in response to Re: Amazon now ready to strike eBay with ICBM's, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Nov 27 15:59:26 2015. Presumably with the same sort of EML2 halo orbit commsat relaying messages around the moon. But with those satellites only having to handle data to or from the telescope, as opposed to everything from a lunar base the impact on the radio telescope may be greatly reduced. They could even suspend communications while the radio telescope performs observations to avoid interfering with the resulting data, then transmit that data once the observations have been completed. It likely would not be possible to suspend telemetry from a manned base if it were located near a far side radio telescope. Of course laser communication systems could provide a way of transmitting data without impacting radio observations.A good point in favor of near side lunar bases is that we could utilize terrestrial energy sources to get a small lunar colony through the 2 week lunar night. Storage is unlikely to last a permanently inhabited lunar colony two weeks, and nuclear power may not be an option early in its construction. Earthbound lasers could focus on receivers on the lunar surface to make up for the loss of sunlight through night. That's not to say there is no need to explore the far side but I'd argue at this point we'd do better pushing a sustainable infrastructure utilizing previously landed and perhaps discarded equipment which inevitably will take the form of something resembling a lunar base. |
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