In a message to Bob Morgan, Pete Hopping wrote:
BM> Or space based? A good La Grange parking spot and it's there
BM> forever!
PH> Seems to me that the dark side of the moon would be a better place
PH> for a radiotelescope than parking it at any La Grange
PH> point. You'd still be getting interference from terrestrial
PH> radio sources if you parked anywhere else. On the dark side, all
PH> terrestrial sources of interference would be blocked -
PH> since they're all line-of-sight.
Better yet, put it in solar orbit beyond the asteroid belt.
Cheers,
Rich
http://www.netside.net/~rveraa/
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