Biggest
potential show-stopper of a FASR
Design:
•This telescope is very unlike most other
radio telescopes. In particular:
–Sensitivity is not a driving force.
•Take advantage of this to allow a
–SIMPLER
design, implying HIGHER RELIABILITY
–A FASTER design to build and debug: optimization
for sensitivity is not needed, allowing compromises in the design that
will have no affect on the science
–A CHEAPER design
Keep
simple. Resist Specification Creep!