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Article #4097Re: Moon or Mars? Editorial in _Air & Space Smithsonian_
From: James Van Artsdalen
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 1988 04:45
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 1988 04:45
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IN article <1384@silver.bacs.indiana.edu>, compton@silver.UUCP (David Compton) wrote: > If you would think about it, a satellite could be in sunlight > almost all the time(e.g.) a polar orbit. This makes it a better alternative > than the ground based nuclear plant. I am not an astronomer, but it seems to me that if it is useful to place an observatory on the far side of the moon so that Earth isn't radiating at the telescope, it would also be useful to place the observatory to avoid the Sun shining on it. Is this not the case, or am I missing the benefit of placing an observatory on the moon? -- James R. Van Artsdalen ...!ut-sally!uastro!bigtex!james "Live Free or Die" Home: 512-346-2444 Work: 328-0282; 110 Wild Basin Rd. Ste #230, Austin TX 78746
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!im4u!ut-sally!utastro!bigtex!james From: james@bigtex.uucp (James Van Artsdalen) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle,sci.space Subject: Re: Moon or Mars? Editorial in _Air & Space Smithsonian_ Message-ID: <1481@bigtex.uucp> Date: 8 Apr 88 04:45:25 GMT References: <47032@sun.uucp> <1290@hubcap.UUCP> <4076@whuts.UUCP> <1022@thumper.bellcore.com> <48414@sun.uucp> <1384@silver.bacs.indiana.edu> Reply-To: james@bigtex.UUCP (James Van Artsdalen) Organization: F.B.N. Software, Austin TX Lines: 13