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Antarctic Telescope?

Posted by michael on from the draw-straws-for-who-has-to-wipe-the-snow-off dept.

angkor pastes "'A novel Antarctic telescope with 16-m diameter mirrors would far outperform the Hubble Space Telescope, and could be built at a tiny fraction of its cost, says a scientist from the Anglo-Australian Observatory in Sydney, Australia.'"

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  1. Re:Press Release... funding by register_ax · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    In addition, he is obviously hesitant of the capabilities.

    A novel Antarctic telescope with 16-m diameter mirrors would far outperform the Hubble Space Telescope, and could be built at a tiny fraction of its cost, says a scientist from the Anglo-Australian Observatory in Sydney, Australia.

    But then is quoted as saying near the end of the article

    "With this simple telescope you could do the exquisite imaging that the extremely large telescopes plan to do, at a fraction of their cost" Dr. Saunders said. "But, unlike them, this telescope would also be a great survey instrument, able to map the whole sky with Hubble-like clarity."

    So I'm guessing the reporter was out at the bar with him and a few of his buddies the previous night and that's basically what the drunken banter amounted to ... Oh yah oughta see it mate, wicked fly it is. Far better than those American gahooneys at NASA can do ...