| ▲ | adastra22 2 hours ago | |
What's the point? The frequencies being listened to on these radio telescopes aren't affected by the atmosphere. Arecibo in space doesn't get you anything that Arecibo on the ground didn't (except hurricane resistance, I guess). One exception is the far side of the moon to get away from radio noise. But other than that, there's no reason to put a radio telescope in space. | ||
| ▲ | defrost 2 hours ago | parent [-] | |
I'm a fan of ground based radio astronomy, however: > there's no reason to put a radio telescope in space sadly isn't as true as it once was .. * https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/09/aa51856-... Once that constellation is fully expanded as intended, the planned chinese constellation joins it, and other nations (India?, the EU?) pile on, things will get even noisier. The dark side of the moon offers hope, but it's still a lot of addiional awkwardness and expense that could be avoided with better attention to "the commons". | ||