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Rotating Mercury Lunar Observatory

Posted by michael on from the why-are-thermometers-suddenly-expensive dept.

Fraser Cain writes "Universe Today is reporting on a proposal under consideration by NASA from Dr. Robert Angel at the University of Arizona. He wants to build a 100-meter liquid mirror telescope into a crater on the Moon. It would only be able to look at a specific spot in the sky, but the view would bury Hubble's Deep Field Survey." The challenges of off-Earth construction are left as an exercise for the reader.

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  1. Lake Erie? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is it true that they are saving money by using Lake Erie as the mercury source?

  2. Finally, this quote actually applies by Joe+the+Lesser · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's no moon...

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