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Canadians Plan to Build World's Biggest Telescope

Posted by samzenpus on from the great-white-north dept.

Jerry Rivers writes "If all goes according to plan, Canada will be home to the world's largest telescope. The international project, which has the support of the U.S. Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, is still in the funding stages but when finished it will be roughly the size of a football field. Maybe with this they'll finally find the Restaurant at the End of the Universe."

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  1. Sounds like by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    They've got something to prove... a little bit of telescope envy.

  2. Scientific refugees? by CyricZ · · Score: 0, Troll

    Indeed, it sounds like these people are scientific refugees, victims of the anti-science trend taking a hold in the US.

    Between the extremists trying to force theology into science classes, and an administration which is plain anti-scientific in its own right, things just aren't looking up. At least science will progress elsewhere, even if it is not in the United States.

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    Cyric Zndovzny at your service.
  3. Re:Wow by JoshRosenbaum · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hey, this is slashdot! We want hi-def images of little green WOMEN!