Workshop on SPS Effects on Optical and Radio Astronomy
- Release year: 1980
- Pages: 272
Coordinating Organizations:
- American Astronomical Society
- Arecibo Observatory
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Institute For Telecommunication Sciences
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA
- Lick Observatory Uc
- Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
- National Air and Space Administration
- National Science Foundation
- Owens Valley Radio Astronomy
- Pacific Northwest Laboratory
- Pennsylvania State University
- Princeton University
- University Of Illinois
- University Of Maryland
- University Of Washington
- US Department Of Energy
- Very Large Array Project
- Yerkes Observatory U Chicago
Contributors:
G D Arndt, B Balick, N F Barr, P Boyce, B F Burke, K C Clark, M Davis, N F deGroot, R M Dickenson, P A Ekstron, W C Erickson, S M Faber, J S Gallagher, W B Grant, E J Groth, J P Hagen, D A Harper, W E Howard, A T Moffett, Robert O Piland, G M Stokes, R A Stokes, G W Swenson, A R Thompson, Anthony R Valentino
Abstract/Description:
Shortly after Starlink started launching reports began noting that observable resonances can be far below the transmission frequencies and that's a bit of a problem for Astronomers. But... too late... that bird has flown. In 1980, for SPS, a system that could provide real-life benefits beyond cat videos and tiktok, the potential issues to The Oldest Natural Science were brought to the table prior to even a working demonstration system. As they should have been. If energy, worldwide, on-demand, is an existential requirement then perhaps Astronomy would have to take a hit for the good of the many (though proponents of SPS believe that infrastructure for SPS would likely make Lunar observatories more accessible). How big of a potential hit? Read on.
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