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Story Ideas From the Moon
By Deb Gallardo
Our moon has long been the subject of romantic speculation, both in the way of lovers courting in the moonlight, as well as in the sense of adventure.
Liquid Mirror Telescopes on the Moon
A team of internationally renowned astronomers and opticians may have found a way to make “unbelievably large” telescopes on the Moon. …”Isaac Newton knew that any liquid, if put into a shallow container and set spinning, naturally assumes a parabolic shape—the same shape needed by a telescope mirror to bring starlight to a focus. This could be the key to making a giant lunar observatory. …Future telescopes might have mirrors as large as 100 meters in diameter—larger than a football field. “A mirror that large could peer back in time… “Putting a giant telescope on the Moon has always been an idea of science fiction, but it soon could become fact.”
Story Ideas from a Giant Mirror Telescope on the Moon
Story idea takeaway: Read the entire article for more information, and then speculate on how such a mirror that could peer back in time might be used and by whom and for what purposes. How would its presence affect world powers? What could it do for mankind? What might it show that someone, perhaps aliens, wouldn’t want us to know about?
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