Tony Bark@pawb.social to Space@mander.xyz · 24 days agoSatellites keep photobombing the Hubble telescope, and it’s getting worsewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1354
arrow-up1354external-linkSatellites keep photobombing the Hubble telescope, and it’s getting worsewww.theverge.comTony Bark@pawb.social to Space@mander.xyz · 24 days agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoThere’s also the issue with communicating with the satellite. Hard to do that with thousands of kilometers of rock in the way
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoAnd yet, I can use satellites to communicate on the other side of the world. I have a suspicion the same system would work for this.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoIt would require multiple additional satellites orbiting the Moon.
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoSo the only problem is money. This isn’t an engineering issue, we’ve done this thousands of times. Unlike almost every other aspect of building a radio or optical observatory on the moon.
There’s also the issue with communicating with the satellite. Hard to do that with thousands of kilometers of rock in the way
And yet, I can use satellites to communicate on the other side of the world. I have a suspicion the same system would work for this.
It would require multiple additional satellites orbiting the Moon.
So the only problem is money. This isn’t an engineering issue, we’ve done this thousands of times. Unlike almost every other aspect of building a radio or optical observatory on the moon.