The Quest to Build a Telescope on the Moon

https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/the-quest-to-build-a-telescope-on-the-moon

So many interesting things come out of NIAC funding

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sunzu2@thebrainbin.org · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

There is no permanent "dark side" of the moon, but the "far side" of the moon (always faces away from Earth) is precisely the location proposed in the article.

gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y

Why not build them at the Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point?