Tony Bark@pawb.social to Space@mander.xyz · 1 month agoSatellites keep photobombing the Hubble telescope, and it’s getting worsewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1349cross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1349external-linkSatellites keep photobombing the Hubble telescope, and it’s getting worsewww.theverge.comTony Bark@pawb.social to Space@mander.xyz · 1 month agomessage-square57fedilinkcross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zip
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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-up1·1 month 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-up1·1 month agoIt would require multiple additional satellites orbiting the Moon.
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 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.