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A Private Venture Wants to Build a Telescope on the Moon
Gizmodo.com ^
| 19 July 2013
| Jamie Condliffe
Posted on 07/19/2013 6:46:01 PM PDT by Windflier
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To: tumblindice
I’d imagine the moon to mainly be around the temperature of space, which is 4 degrees Kelvin.
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posted on
07/19/2013 7:03:09 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(One nation, under wub. Saints Row IV)
To: Windflier
Sounds pretty cool to me.
God knows we can’t depend on NASA for anything innovative that doesn’t cost taxpayers ~$40 Billion . . . . . . . . and, that’s just to give it a name!!
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posted on
07/19/2013 7:05:06 PM PDT
by
DustyMoment
(Congress - another name for the American politburo!!)
To: wastedyears
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posted on
07/19/2013 7:05:16 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: Zeneta
Will they have to put it on the dark side of the moon ?There isn't any room left there.
To: tumblindice
That’s a lot warmer than I thought, it’s about 120º Kelvin.
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posted on
07/19/2013 7:10:36 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(One nation, under wub. Saints Row IV)
To: Zeneta
I havent looked at a map of our solar system and its place in our Galaxy in some time, but I suspect this observation platform will provide views of the Universe that we have never seen. I read elsewhere that such a telescope would give us better pictures than even Hubble, due to the moon shielding it from radio interference from Earth.
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posted on
07/19/2013 7:12:03 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: mrsmith
Have the treaties illegalizing the exploitation of the Moon ever been repudiated?"White man break treaty, again?"
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posted on
07/19/2013 7:16:15 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: wastedyears; tumblindice
I wish you'd quit calling him Kelvin.
: )
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posted on
07/19/2013 7:20:49 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: Windflier
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posted on
07/19/2013 7:26:00 PM PDT
by
Ray76
(Do you reject Obama? And all his works? And all his empty promises?)
To: Zeneta; Windflier
but I suspect this observation platform will provide views of the Universe that we have never seen.I agree.
Scientists have longed for a telescope at the South Pole, but that hasn't been feasible.
Satellites can give us a look, but they are moving so they can't give us long term exposure. No atmosphere and no artificial lighting should ensure fantastic views of fantastic things in a 'direction' we normally don't 'view'.
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posted on
07/19/2013 7:30:25 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: ClearCase_guy
. They will undoubtedly find a snail darter or some kind of owl and have to cancel the whole thing.The same folks who believe in this Sierra Club , tree-hugging, save the earth B.S., do not find it hypocritical to plug in a few bug zappers for their lawn parties.
Seems they are only interested in saving the 'cute' animals.
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posted on
07/19/2013 7:38:53 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: Windflier
I have to plead ignorance here. How does one “SEE” anything through a dish antenna? I guess if one can be happy watching squiggly lines on an oscilloscope it might be exciting, a la, Jodie Foster in the flick, “CONTACT.” But a 2 meter dish is NOT a telescope wherewith one can VIEW anything. What am I missing here?
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posted on
07/19/2013 7:44:38 PM PDT
by
Tucker39
To: montag813
But don't be entirely taken in by the good vibesMoon Express admits that it's going to explore the area around the South pole for minerals and water while it's at it, too.
Oh dear, me thinks I hear the voices of zombie-kids from the Future Children's Project singing about extinct Polar Bears and Penguins.
To: Windflier; mrsmith
It was a financial decision by the FEDRES.
Greed of the aristocracy outweighed the importance of investment in the future.
All of this Carbon credit, global warming, Oil pricing, obamaphone, foodstamp, spread the wealth crap is just the results of that Greed.
That our country will end up like a dried up prune is of no consequence to the ruling aristocracy. It’s about the money, it’s always about the money, and the power over others that money gives.
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posted on
07/19/2013 7:50:09 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: Tucker39
What am I missing here?The things we wish to see are beyond visual range. Many of the astronomy photos you see are from 'radio-telescopes' (dish antenna).
Another reason for the radio-telescope is that 'dust' doesn't bother it like it does an optical telescope.
We're all joking about an optical telescope on here because we're JUST SO HAPPY that someone wants to put ANYTHING on the MOON.
: )
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posted on
07/19/2013 7:57:00 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: Windflier
Obama will steal the idea to spy on Earth.
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posted on
07/19/2013 8:04:30 PM PDT
by
JerseyDvl
(Cogito Ergo Doleo Soetoro, ABO and of course FUBO!)
To: dfwgator
I like to be home when I can.
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posted on
07/19/2013 8:16:52 PM PDT
by
MistrX
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
Thanks Windflier, extra to APoD members.
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posted on
07/19/2013 8:48:44 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: KevinDavis; annie laurie; Knitting A Conundrum; Viking2002; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Mmogamer; ...
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posted on
07/19/2013 8:49:52 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: Windflier
Can’t have American Exceptionalism, its not allowed.
But we’ve had to wait almost 50 years for the world to catch up.
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