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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. Rather quite expensive in the long term by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Even though the Hubble Space Telescope was expensive initially, you must admit that it has been cheap and easy to repair. This new telescope would be located all the way down in Antarctica. Has anyone priced flights to Antarctica lately? When there's a problem, it's not like you could just hop on the next Space Shuttle and slap another lens in. And plus it's COLD down there! It'd probably need some kind of heater or something. Think of the electric bills!

    It's ridiculous how these "scientists" really don't think these things through. I expect more from people with fancy "college degrees" and smartypants names like "Will."

    1. Re:Rather quite expensive in the long term by table_62 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe this is why we've been clearing out all that pesky ozone down there: the view is so much better now.