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I am surprised with the talk about optical visibility. Are there no radars deployed for scanning the skies?


Because these objects are moving fast, you would need to look a long way out. Long range radar is hard because the inverse square law applies in both directions, so you need 16x the power to double the range.


Maybe a solar powered array on the dark side of the Moon, to restrict any interference from Earth systems, and you get a nice sweep of the ecliptic for free.




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