"Perfect" Mirrors Cast For LSST

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday September 2, 2008 @12:25PM from the billion-pixels-of-goodness dept.

eldavojohn writes "The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (which was partially funded by Gates & Co.) announced a world record casting for its single-piece primary and tertiary mirror blanks, cast at the University of Arizona. From the announcement: 'The Mirror Lab team opened the furnace for a close-up look at the cooled 51,900-pound mirror blank, which consists of an outer 27.5-foot diameter (8.4-meter) primary mirror and an inner 16.5-foot (5-meter) third mirror cast in one mold. It is the first time a combined primary and tertiary mirror has been produced on such a large scale.'"

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Re:Yes... by QuietLagoon · 2008-09-02 14:04 · Score: 0, Flamebait

the summary did say that Microsoft money (via a level of indirection) was involved, so "good enough" is in its genes.
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If Microsoft is involved, non-responsiveness to users, bloat, and crashing are in its genes. And don't forget DRM.
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