Comment by dylan604

3 hours ago

You do realize that the far side of the moon is in direct sunlight for 2 weeks, right?

It’s also in darkness for 2 weeks. Terrestrial radio telescopes experience sunlight too. That would seem to be a solved problem.

  • and the moon is over 200°F in that sunlight.

    • There is no atmosphere to speak of, so only if directly exposed. Hence that's a solvable issue.

      The whole thing is incredibly expensive though, while it may be doable with current technology, the amount of money they'd have to set aside may be a hard sell for the miniscule potential of this research - at least from the lens of 2026... So the original position of the article makes sense, it may become functionally impossible, even if technically possible