Searching for bioastronomical signals from the farside of the Moon

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Aug 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001esasp.496..277m&link_type=abstract

In: Exo-/astro-biology. Proceedings of the First European Workshop, 21 - 23 May 2001, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy. Eds.: P. Ehrenfreu

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Bioastronomy, Moon: Farside

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It is claimed that the farside of the Moon should be legally protected against crazy exploitation. In fact, only by establishing a radiotelescope on the farside of the Moon it will finally be possible to cope with the Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) that is now increasingly plaguing all Radioastronomy, Bioastronomy and SETI Searches done on Earth. We then suggest a partition of the farside into 3 sectors that would ensure: 1) The creation of a Farside Moon Base inside crater Daedalus (at 180°E) with our Radiotelescope. 2) Complete freedom to exploit the nearside as well as the four Lagrangian Points L1, L3, L4 and L5 of the Earth-Moon system allowing even some International Space Stations be placed there. But we claim that 3) The "opposite" Lagrangian Point L2 must be kept free from spacecrafts blinding the farside with RFI. Studies in this field seriously started only in 1994, when the French member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), Jean Heidmann, proposed crater Saha as the "best" location for a farside radiotelescope. When Heidmann passed away on July 3rd, 2000, this author was asked by IAA to succeed Heidmann as the leader of the "IAA Lunar SETI Cosmic Study" in order to study all problems involved with setting up a Radioastronomy Base on the fareside of the Moon.

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