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Engineering the 30-Meter Telescope

Posted by kdawson on from the yet-another-football-field dept.

yyzmcleod writes "When completed in 2018, the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) will be the world's largest and most powerful, with a resolving power 100 times that of Hubble. As TMT's preliminary design review nears, this article details how its enclosure, segmented mirror and adaptive optics will work to let astronomers peer back to the beginning of the Cosmos."

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  1. If only they had a 30 foot server... by ravenspear · · Score: 1, Funny

    then maybe I could actually read the article. ;)

  2. Thirty Meter Nano-Telescope by Shard013 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was hoping for the Thirty Meter Nano-Telescope (TMNT)

    1. Re:Thirty Meter Nano-Telescope by GordonCopestake · · Score: 3, Funny

      Kowabunga dude!

  3. oh man.... by R.Morton · · Score: 3, Funny

    2018 !, I wanted to use the 30 meter telescope to fry ants in other galaxies now !, or maybe see some boobs.

    R.Morton

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  4. I've Seen It by DynaSoar · · Score: 2, Funny

    "...to let astronomers peer back to the beginning of the Cosmos."

    I remember that. It had music by Vangelis and a Seyfert galaxy in the forward view screen.

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  5. 42 meters? by sznupi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Something gives me the feeling E-ELT will give us the ultimate answer about our universe.

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