Kilometric baseline space interferometry. Comparison of free-flyer and moon-based versions. Report by the Space Interferometry Study Team.
Abstract
The authors have compared two versions of a kilometric interferometer with equivalent science capabilities, one located on the moon and the other operating as a free flying instrument. They have concluded that the free-flyer is better suited for an implementation in the near or mid-term future, but that the moon-based version should be considered in the long term in conjunction with a manned lunar infrastructure.
- Publication:
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Kilometric baseline space interferometry. Comparison of free-flyer and moon-based versions. Report by the Space Interferometry Study Team
- Pub Date:
- June 1996
- Bibcode:
- 1996kbsi.book.....B