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Man Behind The Thirty Metre Telescope

Posted by timothy on from the observe-your-neighbors-discreetly dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Astronomer Richard Ellis of Caltech talks about the planned Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT), with nine times the resolution of the world's largest existing telescopes, which will be able to locate earth-like planets for the first time, here"

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  1. Bah! by catfry · · Score: 3, Interesting

    30 metres? Ha! So you want big? I'll give you big. Link goes to a page about a proposed 100 metre telescope!

  2. reaching a practical limit by grosa · · Score: 2, Interesting

    it seems like pretty soon we're going to run into a practical imaging limit for earth-based telescopes, with atmospheric interference limiting what we can see. if it weren't for the huge expense involved in it, it would benefit us so much more to have something like this up in space. maybe in orbit, or on the other side of the moon or something.

    of course, having it up in space means you can't go hang out at the observatory scanning the heavens.

    i have to say though, this thing puts my telescope to shame :)