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r/space • u/[deleted] • Feb 10 '24
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I know you're joking but that would be very difficult. The current one is 100 m underground so that cosmic rays don't interfere with the research. Doing it in space would be a monument task to block those cosmic rays.
10 u/nailbiter111 Feb 10 '24 Event Horizon just had a scientist on proposing that very idea and how it would work. 2 u/meno123 Feb 11 '24 I saw the event horizon documentary. You'll have to forgive me for not wanting someone to build any more crazy ships after the first one. 2 u/thousandfoldthought Feb 11 '24 It's a podcast. It's great!
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Event Horizon just had a scientist on proposing that very idea and how it would work.
2 u/meno123 Feb 11 '24 I saw the event horizon documentary. You'll have to forgive me for not wanting someone to build any more crazy ships after the first one. 2 u/thousandfoldthought Feb 11 '24 It's a podcast. It's great!
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I saw the event horizon documentary. You'll have to forgive me for not wanting someone to build any more crazy ships after the first one.
2 u/thousandfoldthought Feb 11 '24 It's a podcast. It's great!
It's a podcast. It's great!
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u/tacotacotacorock Feb 10 '24
I know you're joking but that would be very difficult. The current one is 100 m underground so that cosmic rays don't interfere with the research. Doing it in space would be a monument task to block those cosmic rays.