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Date: Tue, 1 Dec 92 05:11:54
From: Space Digest maintainer <digests@isu.isunet.edu>
Reply-To: Space-request@isu.isunet.edu
Subject: Space Digest V15 #480
To: Space Digest Readers
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Space Digest Tue, 1 Dec 92 Volume 15 : Issue 480
Today's Topics:
Galileo HGA: Hypothesis
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Date: 1 Dec 1992 05:11:06 GMT
From: James Ashton <jaa101@gorton.anu.edu.au>
Subject: Galileo HGA: Hypothesis
Newsgroups: sci.space
In article <Bxzp6u.739@zoo.toronto.edu>, henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
> In article <1992Nov20.000916.4853@sfu.ca> palmer@sfu.ca (Leigh Palmer) writes:
> >Another idea: Put a really large radiotelescope in Earth orbit and hook it to
> >the Deep Space Network...
>
> There really is very little advantage to doing this in orbit. Lighter
> construction, yes, but much higher costs and no maintenance access.
> With the current state of space transportation, you're better off building
> it on Earth.
Of course in the short term this is true since all those plans to
create girders from large rolls of very thin sheet metal have not
advanced far. Surely though if people are contemplating multiple
square kilometre solar arrays for the future, a kilometre class radio
telescope shouldn't be far behind. Rigidity requirements would be much
more difficult to meet. You'd need a bunch of active devices to try
and hold it in shape and damp vibrations. Slew rates would be long and
the solar wind a nuisance. Signal strength would be huge but trying
interferometry would be a challenge due to velocity uncertainty of
position.
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