Does the Lunar Surface Still Offer Value As a Site for Astronomical Observatories?

Simple item page
dc.creatorLester, Daniel F.
dc.creatorYorke, Harold W.
dc.creatorMather, John C.
dc.date2004-01-14
dc.date2004-02-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:11:52Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:11:52Z
dc.descriptionCurrent thinking about the Moon as a destination has revitalized interest in lunar astronomical observatories. Once seen by a large scientific community as a highly enabling site, the dramatic improvement in capabilities for free-space observatories prompts reevaluation of this interest. Whereas the lunar surface offers huge performance advantages for astronomy over terrestrial sites, free-space locales such as Earth orbit or Lagrange points offer performance that is superior to what could be achieved on the Moon. While astronomy from the Moon may be cost effective once infrastructure is there, it is in many respects no longer clearly enabling compared to free-space.
dc.description14 pages, 1 figure; in press Space Policy
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0401274
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0401274
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/7258
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleDoes the Lunar Surface Still Offer Value As a Site for Astronomical Observatories?
dc.typetext

Files

Collections

arXiv