LUNAR FARSEDE RADIO LAB FOR BIOASTRONOMY AND RADIOASTRONOMY

摘要

The "Lunar Farside Radio Lab" is an international project currently being coordinated by this author on behalf of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA). It was initiated in 1997 by the late French radioastronomer Jean Heidmann, and, when he untimely passed away on July 3rd, 2000, the Project coordination was taken up by this author. The Project goal is to study how to set up a phased array (a computer-driven flat radiotelescope) inside crater Daedalus on the Farside of the Moon, at 180° in Longitude East and 2° in Latitude South. The link with the Earth will be kept by a relay satellite put in a circular equatorial orbit around the Moon, collecting data from Daedalus when above the Farside, and downloading them when above the Nearside. This study also has legal implications: it is felt that the Moon Farside will be of such a unique benefit for Bioastronomy and Radioastronomy, because free from man-made Radio Frequency Interference, that it must be kept free from uncontrolled future commercial and military exploitation. Use of the five Lagrabgian Points of the Earth-Moon system is also studied within this Project. It is evident that the Lagrangian point L2 above the Farside of the Moon must be kept free of stationary noise-emitting spacecrafts. The other points, L1, L3, L4, and L5 could be used for any purpose, since Daedalus is shielded from them by the Moon spherical body. The basic published reference about the Lunar Farside Radio Lab Project of the IAA is [1].