THE Italian astronomer Galileo was the first to point a telescope at the moon and observe it in detail. So it is only fitting that Italians now want to be the first to build a telescope on the moon and observe Earth from above. But the plan has been panned by the European Space Agency (ESA).
The Italian Space Agency (ASI) is studying the feasibility of landing robots on the moon and using them to construct a space telescope that would both peer into deep space and study the Earth. The instrument, says ASI president Sergio Vetrella, would nestle…
