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100 Meter OWL Telescope Project

Posted by michael on from the they-do-it-with-mirrors dept.

mindpixel writes: "The European South Observatory (my employer) is getting VERY serious about building the OWL (OverWhelmingly Large) 100 meter telescope. Check out this new site dedicated to the project. You can see some cool diagrams of what the OWL telescope will look like and some simulated images here." For more about telescopes of unusual size, you might read McKinstry's interview last year.

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  1. Re:sweet... by Ubi_UK · · Score: 3, Interesting

    For the same amount of money you can make awesome pictures of Africa without any national debts or children starving.
    Really, the costs going to these space projects is just insane. Where are our priorities?