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• Does the lunar surface still offer value as a site for astronomical observatories? - LJK - 12/19/2006 10:24:54 PM
  • re: Does the lunar surface still offer value as a site for astronomical observatories? - gbaikie - 12/20/2006 3:10:27 AM
  • re: Does the lunar surface still offer value as a site for astronomical observatories? - ER - 12/20/2006 12:58:05 AM
  • Depends on what you want to look at (n/t) - E.P. - 12/19/2006 11:21:03 PM
    • re: If you read the article it would seem it doesn't depend on what you are looking at. A lunar bases system is a waste of time and money. (n/t) - Chris Vancil still in AZ - 12/20/2006 2:54:51 AM
      • Sorry, but words "Darwin Prize" keep on coming to mind (n/t) - E.P. - 12/20/2006 4:15:15 PM
        • re: BTW, nobody is arguing NEO detection is a waste of time and money only lunar based systems are a waste of time and money. We can do the job better in space and on Earth. (n/t) - Chris Vancil in AZ - 12/20/2006 5:01:49 PM
          • No we can't - E.P. - 12/21/2006 1:11:50 AM
            • re: Nope Ed that is not what they said... - Chris Vancil in AZ - 12/21/2006 4:07:17 AM
        • re: Don't be sorry, Ed. It's better than you swearing anytime someone questions your reality. (n/t) - Chris Vancil in AZ - 12/20/2006 4:59:29 PM
      • How about a Mars base with this simple idea as part of a small habitable area in one of the many deep canyons? - lance - 12/20/2006 3:50:58 AM
        • re: I don't see Mars as a good platform for telescopes for similar reasons to the Moon. (n/t) - Chris Vancil in AZ - 12/20/2006 4:54:35 AM
          • re: I don't see Mars as a good platform for telescopes for similar reasons to the Moon. - gbaikie - 12/22/2006 1:43:04 AM