-=> Quoting Bob Morgan to Bryan Hanks <=-
 BM> While doing the Macarena Bryan Hanks said to John Mudd: 
 
 BH> Speaking of the "ultimate scanner":
 
 BH> An article in today's Houston Chronicle mentioned that due to the
 BH> increased interference (from cell phones, pagers, cordless
 BH> phones, etc.), the large radio telescopes are no longer able to
 BH> receive the faint signals for which they were designed.
 
 BH> Possible alternatives would be to locate such telescopes on the
 BH> moon...
 BM> Or space based?  A good La Grange parking spot and it's there
 BM> forever! 
Seems to me that the dark side of the moon would be a better
place for a radiotelescope than parking it at any La Grange
point. You'd still be getting interference from terrestrial
radio sources if you parked anywhere else. On the dark side,
all terrestrial sources of interference would be blocked -
since they're all line-of-sight.
But then, if you put it on the dark side, you'd have to
put at least one satillite in orbit around the moom to
relay the telescope's findings to terrestrial stations.
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