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Giant Telescopes Of The Future

Posted by timothy on from the letting-in-the-light dept.

mindpixel writes: "Mindjack just published my article about the the future of very large telescopes, such as the VLT and the OWL which I talked about in my /. interview. In addition, I talk about a future space-based telescope that would use the Sun's gravity to 'image large surface features,' of extrasolar planets, which telescpes like the VLT can just detect, 'such as oceans, continents or ice caps, or even the impact of civilization on such features.'"

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  1. Not a good idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Space as some of you may know, it not all that empty. How long would this thing last before something the size of a golfball tore it a new asshole? And then, who the fuck is going to go fix it.

    A very silly silly idea. Just wait a few 100 years. Thats all.

    What the fuck it the rush anyway??

    jebus