NASA Scientists Study Using Moon Dust To Build Telescopes

摘要

Scientists have long dreamed about putting telescopes on the far side of the Moon where they would be shielded from the interference that affects telescopes on Earth's surface and also in Earth orbit. One big problem, though, is that the bulk and mass of telescopes make them very expensive to transport to a distant location such as the Moon. But researchers at Goddard Space Fight Center in Greenbelt, Md., are working on a technique that would make it possible to build a telescope from Moon dust and a few common materials that could be transported from Earth.