what if we built one solar system sized
stuck radio telescopes out in the oort cloud
@izaya I can't tell you that wouldn't work, but I remember someone much more knowledgeable than me at NASA was looking at using stars for positioning outside of earth orbit because atomic clocks weren't enough
@neonkaaa maybe? you're saying that if this theoretical deep space telescope array is based on interferometry, positioning wouldn't be a problem? I think it still would be, but I'm fuzzy on the principles there.
It is a different kind of telescope from JWST, so probably my comparison isn't germane. @izaya
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@izaya
I prefer not to use terms like "problem" in engineering areas. An "issue", "task", "goal", probably. Because we either know how to handle anything or not. If not, we need some resources to figure out how.
There are no issues with positioning a spacecraft, we're doing it since the 60th. Same for synchronization. Maybe we still cannot move fast enough, but we're trying to handle it 🙂
Btw, our Moon is already "deep space".
but it would be a very involved job for sure