Astronomer Jack Burns has spent four decades working to place a radio telescope on the moon. The first one is finally scheduled to launch in early 2027. Isolation dictates where we go to see into the far reaches of the universe. The Atacama Desert of Chile, the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the vast expanse of the Australian Outback—these are where astronomers and engineers have built the great observatories and radio telescopes of modern times. The skies are usually clear, the air is arid, an...