Large Binocular Telescope

[T3D Peter Abrahams <telscope@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Am I correct, that telephoto lenses in a stereo rig do not require an
enlarged stereo base, compared to standard lenses? 
What are the limits to this...is it at the distance where you lose detail?
Can we ignore the length of the viewing lens, and distortions that arise
thereby, and just ask how much magnification or distance can be attempted
before stereo depth effect is lost?

The Large Binocular Telescope, under construction in Arizona, will have
resolution limited by atmospheric conditions.  It will have 'active optics',
and I believe that one half arc second is a decent assumption for resolution
(and mode of expression among photographers); that is the type of
performance achieved in the WIYN (state of the art) telescope, using active
optics.  The scope will be used interferometrically as well.  
 It will have 8.4 meter mirrors, seperated center to center by 14m., mounted
on a shared platform.  They claim resolution will equal a 23 meter mirror.
The moon is 406,680 meters distant.
Is this enough information to ask whether this telescope will be able to
take stereo images of the moon?  If I figure the res in meters on the moon,
and compare that to the 14m 'base' of the scope, will I be able to predict?
Turning the question around, what resolution will be required to get a
stereo of the moon?
It is not usually productive to ask 6 questions in one post, but the
infinite tolerance & vast patience of list members gives me hope.
I am sure that readers know that there is nothing ocular about modern
telescopes, they are cameras; and certainly nothing binocular about the
Large Binocular Telescope.  If the LBT is capable of stereo work, there has
got to be a more appropriate name for it.  
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