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Telescope Will Have Images 10X Sharper Than Hubble

Posted by timothy on from the projections-of-grandeur dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Hubble Comparison? by CyberBill · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What you just posted has got to be the stupidest thing I have ever seen posted on ./. Please kill yourself.

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  2. So the Hubble was a huge waste of taxpayer's $$$s. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    I guess it makes sense. Everything else connected with NASA ends up costing a fortune and malfunctions. Why should Hubble be any different? Why is it that us geeks praise everything NASA does, even when it is a technically inferior solution and wastes billions (like Hubble)? Are we so hung up on the 'coolness' of technology that we ignore its shortcomings?


    Some of us nerds need to get a sense of perspective.

  3. Re:Why? by nerdguy569 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    don't be a retard, its the air and space museum

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  4. Re:More info and not everybody like this...Bah! by stuffedmonkey · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You want to pacify them? Trade them beads and trinkets! I heard they go for that kind of stuff... Throw in a case of Crazy Horse malt liqor and your set!

  5. Re:Hubble Comparison? by rock_climbing_guy · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    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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  6. Re:More info and not everybody like this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Nutballs?

    This sounds much more sane to me than "there is a bearded guy who made this world in 7 days and doesn't want us to see reproduction organs or hear the word 'Fuck' on TV"

  7. Re:FUCK YOU AMERICA by deadweight · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    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!