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  • $\begingroup$ A longer baseline but with only two locations can provide better interferometry and in some simple cases some better imaging, but it won't increase the sensitivity. Exoplanets don't have power radio signatures, so probably not planets, but there may be other objects where this would be beneficial. $\endgroup$
    – uhoh
    Commented Jan 12, 2022 at 14:34
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    $\begingroup$ Why do you want to put it on Mars rather than in space? $\endgroup$
    – PM 2Ring
    Commented Jan 12, 2022 at 14:58
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    $\begingroup$ Because it can be a large array of interferometers $\endgroup$
    – Robotex
    Commented Jan 12, 2022 at 17:30
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    $\begingroup$ @Robotex It can be larger in space. A lot larger. Like "solar system spanning" larger. And it can point anywhere at any time, not just at what happens to be overhead at the moment, and you don't have to land the parts on another planet and assemble them there. $\endgroup$
    – Christopher James Huff
    Commented Jan 13, 2022 at 2:02
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    $\begingroup$ @Robotex If you're speaking of LCRT, it is an early stage tech concept that has received $0.5M of funding as part of NASA's Advanced Concepts program. It's not an array, it's a big dish in a crater, and it's not clear it makes any sense, which is why there's just a small amount of money allocated for a single researcher to look into it. $\endgroup$
    – Christopher James Huff
    Commented Jan 13, 2022 at 13:18