‘Because it’s awesome’ might very well be one of the reasons scientists want to build a giant telescope on the moon, and they wouldn’t be wrong; it absolutely would be awesome. Fortunately, there are a lot of practical reasons to observe the cosmos from the surface of Earth’s largest satellite too, even if the logistics of getting such an endeavor up and running prove to be a little challenging. Okay, exceptionally challenging, but not insurmountable. We may even see
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