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Unbelievably Large Telescopes On the Moon?
Matt_dk writes "A team of internationally renowned astronomers and opticians may have found a way to make "unbelievably large" telescopes on the Moon.
'It's so simple,' says Ermanno F. Borra, physics professor at the Optics Laboratory of Laval University in Quebec, Canada. 'Isaac Newton knew that any liquid, if put into a shallow container and set spinning, naturally assumes a parabolic shape, the same shape needed by a telescope mirror to bring starlight to a focus. This could be the key to making a giant lunar observatory.'"
Actually, it just seems large because the moon looks so small. My guess is you're holding the telescope the wrong way round.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
You just build a big tube. Like a giant internet that goes to the moon.
Maybe not
This is total lunacy!
Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power lost.
Oblig. "There is no dark side of the moon. It's all dark."
Look, I don't care who you work for sonny, you are not flying with more than 100ml of liquid in your luggage, so hand it over. Bloody astronauts think they are so superior.
Home fucking is killing prostitution.
It's FAR SIDE people! Far Side, Far Side, Far Side. Like the cartoon.
So... you're saying it's populated by bipedal cows and mad scientists?
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Well, if Obama wins you can kiss this "ionized liquid telescope" idea goodbye. We all know the unionized liquid lobbies have the Dems in their pockets.