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.
 RV> Better yet, put it in solar orbit beyond the asteroid belt.
 
   No, you'd still have line-of-sight to Earth, which is a very radio-bright 
object, and you're hunting some pretty weak signals. The farside of the Moon 
is the only place in the solar system that *never* faces Earth.
 
   Frank
 
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