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Giant Mexican Telescope Launched

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the they're-watching-you dept.

SilentOneNCW writes "A new telescope has been unveiled in Mexico by President Vicente Fox. The Large Millimeter Telescope will be used to pick up electromagnetic radiation known as millimetre waves emitted 13 billion years ago, when the first stars burst into existence, astrophysicists say. The $128M telescope is a joint project between Mexico and the US. With an antenna diameter of 164 feet, the LMT dwarfs existing millimetre-wave telescopes and should be able to pick up signals from the faintest objects in outer space."

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  1. Mexican scientists must be humble by Salvance · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they are trying to impress people with its size, you'd think they'd come up with a better name than "The Large Millimeter Telescope".

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    1. Re:Mexican scientists must be humble by IdleTime · · Score: 2, Funny

      You have never seen a Mexican Millimeter I can see...

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    2. Re:Mexican scientists must be humble by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 4, Funny

      The Mucho Grande Telescope? Sounds like something you get at Taco Bell, either off the menu or in the restroom.

    3. Re:Mexican scientists must be humble by NerveGas · · Score: 2, Funny

      A Mexican Millimeter? Is that when it's really a millimeter in Mexico, but only worth a few micrometers in the U.S.?

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  2. Bonus if the orbit decays... by Asshat+Canada · · Score: 1, Funny

    The Telescope will break open on reentry and spill out tonnes of delicious CANDY!

    1. Re:Bonus if the orbit decays... by Hijacked+Public · · Score: 3, Funny

      It isn't in orbit and never will be unless the volcano it is bolted to erupts.

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  3. Huge Cloth by camperdave · · Score: 4, Funny

    They unveiled that monster? They must have lots of cloth if they were able to veil something of that size.

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  4. Grrr! by Mikachu · · Score: 2, Funny

    The telescope is built on the 4,580m (15,026ft) summit of an extinct volcano called Sierra Negra - the fifth highest peak in Mexico.

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  5. Large millimeters? by jpellino · · Score: 4, Funny

    Damn. Here I've been using the regular-sized ones all this time...

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  6. Hmmm.... by pr0nbot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hmm... What could the Mexicans need the world's biggest mirror for...

  7. Homeland Security Press Release by fishthegeek · · Score: 2, Funny

    They are probably using it this very second to scan for weaknesses in the American Over-Reactive Border Fence System.

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  8. Re:And Yet... by LindseyJ · · Score: 2, Funny

    You've got your stereotypes all mixed up, man. Let me lay it out for you:

    Black people and White trash work in fast food.
    Hispanics work in agriculture and sometimes construction.

    Come on man, you gotta do your homework to be a proper racist.

  9. Re:Those poor Mexicans by gotem · · Score: 3, Funny

    All their women are ugly and eat beans
    Just the ones we show to tourists, the good ones we keep for ourselves. Same for the tequila.

  10. Re:Don't they have bigger problems? by wolenczak · · Score: 3, Funny

    Poverty, crime, and corruption ??? You are talking about Louisiana right?