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.'"

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[Hognoxious]

Actually, it just seems large because the moon looks so small. My guess is you're holding the telescope the wrong way round.

Re:It's so simple

[jlarocco]

You just build a big tube. Like a giant internet that goes to the moon.

Ha

[Daimanta]

This is total lunacy!

It'll never fly.

[DeeVeeAnt]

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.