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Telescope Will Have Images 10X Sharper Than Hubble
jangobongo writes "After a 20 year struggle, the University of Arizona's $120 million Large Binocular Telescope was dedicated last week. This unique telescope will have twin 8.4-meter (27.6 foot) mirrors that sit on a single mount. Using methods similar to a medical CAT scan, a technique of "tomographic" image reconstruction will be used to produce pictures 10 times sharper (example) than the Hubble Space Telescope for a fraction of its $2 billion dollar cost."
don't be a retard, its the air and space museum
In the future, we will all be very smart or very stupid.
I totally hear you. I live out in Hawai'i, and there's been the same crap tossed around about proposals to build new telescopes on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawai'i's tallest mountain. They say that the mountain is sacred, that telescopes are bad for the environment, that the Hawai'ian gods live there... If you've been there, you can see that the land is barren. NOTHING grows there. I think these people just want some attention or something.
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I want to flame you to the crisp you deserve without launching a shotgun attack. To help me (and certainly some others) out, please tell us what country is burdened with your citizenship, where you live, and what your country has contributed to the world. Thanks!