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Prototype Telescopes Complete Key Test

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the if-this-trend-continues dept.

Matthew Sparkes writes "Two prototype antennas for the world's largest array of millimeter-wave telescopes have passed a key test, working to track and image Saturn for more than an hour. Ultimately, ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) is expected to resolve details 10 times finer than the Hubble Space Telescope when it is completed in 2012."

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  1. Ultimate Test by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ah, but can it image... Cassini?

    That would rock.

  2. well, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    apparently, you've slashdotted Google.

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  3. Re:Ow, cool. by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Call me back when they complete the Turing test.

    It would call you by itself

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