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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. New excuse for oil companies... by cperciva · · Score: 2, Funny

    'such as oceans, continents or ice caps, or even the impact of civilization on such features

    You think we've got global warming problems just because our ice caps are melting? Go talk to the aliens over on Alpha Centauri, they've got so much global warming that their continents are melting!

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  2. Why not just do it the Bible way ? by MosesJones · · Score: 3, Funny


    After all we know that the universe is around 6,000 years old so you don't need a very big telescope, and anything that looks older is wrong so you don't need funding.

    This announcement was brought to you by the State of Kansas Research Funding Department.

    :-)

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  3. So, it's only a matter of time... by tabacco · · Score: 2, Funny

    So it's only a matter of time til we really do have the smell-o-scope :)