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BurningFrog on April 28, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Extremely Large Telescope

"Just build a moon base" might be overly optimistic :)

gameshot911 on April 29, 2020 | [–]

Speaking of a moon telescope....[1]

[1] https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2020_Phase_...

rbanffy on April 28, 2020 | [–]

To say nothing about radiation shielding on the Lunar surface.

nordsieck on April 28, 2020 | [–]

> To say nothing about radiation shielding on the Lunar surface.

Compared to space, radiation shielding on the moon is trivial - humans belong underground except for short stints on the surface.

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