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Re:Lunar Crater Radio Telescope on the Far-Side of the Moon ... by Out_of_Characte on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @04:09AM (#28536534)
Cosmic rays are a solved problem. at most you will run out of backup computers. asteroids, you just hope you'll not win the cosmic lottery of collisions.
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Re:Lunar Crater Radio Telescope on the Far-Side of the Moon ... by hutzlibu on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @05:23AM (#28536987)
Like we do on earth with the big ones.

But since there is no atmosphere stopping the small ones on the moon, who also can do damage: this likely will be a problem, because there are a lot of them over time.

So a laser shield might sound science fiction, but will maybe be necessary, for longtime operation?

Or is it possible to build some protective sphere, that does not hinder transmission too much?

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