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To: Windflier

I think it’s a great idea.

I haven’t looked at a “map” of our solar system and it’s place in our Galaxy in some time, but I suspect this observation platform will provide views of the Universe that we have never seen.


20 posted on 07/19/2013 7:00:55 PM PDT by Zeneta (No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.)
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To: Zeneta
I haven’t looked at a “map” of our solar system and it’s place in our Galaxy in some time, but I suspect this observation platform will provide views of the Universe that we have never seen.

I read elsewhere that such a telescope would give us better pictures than even Hubble, due to the moon shielding it from radio interference from Earth.

26 posted on 07/19/2013 7:12:03 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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but I suspect this observation platform will provide views of the Universe that we have never seen.

I agree.

Scientists have longed for a telescope at the South Pole, but that hasn't been feasible.

Satellites can give us a look, but they are moving so they can't give us long term exposure. No atmosphere and no artificial lighting should ensure fantastic views of fantastic things in a 'direction' we normally don't 'view'.

30 posted on 07/19/2013 7:30:25 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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