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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago (35 children)

Is it weird I agree these are terrible and yet also hope this spurs the end of ground based observation in favor of a larger orbital presence?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (6 children)

The scale at which we build radio telescopes on the ground simply isn't possible in space.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Not easily, perhaps. But it's certainly possibly. We already have space technology for unfolding small packages into large sheets. Not to mention, you don't need a single 100m collection surface when you can accomplish similar things with many smaller surfaces spaced apart. See the Very Large Array.

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