/ness/ en /ness/2021/09/24/moons-far-side-new-observatories-proposed <span>Moon’s Far Side: New Observatories Proposed</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-09-24T11:31:48-06:00" title="Friday, September 24, 2021 - 11:31">Fri, 09/24/2021 - 11:31</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ness/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/robot_lays_out_an_antenna_on_the_lunar_surface._credit-_lunar_resources.jpeg?h=cf95bd64&amp;itok=wIw7T8_B" width="1200" height="600" alt="Robot lays out an antenna on the lunar surface. Credit- Lunar Resources"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/ness/taxonomy/term/6"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ness/taxonomy/term/452" hreflang="en">Far side of the Moon</a> <a href="/ness/taxonomy/term/749" hreflang="en">Lunar Crater Radio Telescope</a> <a href="/ness/taxonomy/term/747" hreflang="en">NIAC</a> </div> <span>Leonard David</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ness/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/article-image/robot_lays_out_an_antenna_on_the_lunar_surface._credit-_lunar_resources_0.jpeg?itok=UUC3rmQr" width="1500" height="839" alt="Robot lays out an antenna on the lunar surface. Credit- Lunar Resources"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>&nbsp;<strong>From Leonard David’s Inside Outer Space: </strong>Earth’s Moon is being eyed as an on-location locale for operating unique and novel observatories. The just-concluded NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) symposium was the setting for reviewing several NIAC-backed studies.</p> <p>One concept outlined at NIAC is the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) on the Far-Side of the Moon, explained by Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.</p> <p>This proposal centered on deploying a wire mesh using wall-climbing robots in a 3 to 5 kilometer diameter crater, with a suitable depth-to-diameter ratio, to form a parabolic reflector with a one kilometer diameter.</p> <p>A selected crater must have several attributes: No boulders or outcrops; a complete crater rim; and a level surface outside the crater. <a href="https://www.leonarddavid.com/moons-far-side-new-observatories-proposed/" rel="nofollow">Read more...</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 17:31:48 +0000 Anonymous 1635 at /ness