Why would you put a telescope in a gravity well though?
Would it not be easier to build large structures in orbit or at one of the Lagrange points?
Would it not be easier to build large structures in orbit or at one of the Lagrange points?
But I think my favourite idea is infrared scopes in the polar craters, some of the coldest places in the solar system. You don't need a complicated JWST-style extendable sun shield or limited helium supply. You are limited in terms of direction, but that's not a bad tradeoff.