I always thought that a telescope with a mirror that large would have problems with the mirror sagging under its own weight. I'd like to see how they handle this, but I'd love to see what this 'scope can do!
I'd just be interested to see how they can afford this. They had to cancel their shuttle program (which was so much more advanced than NASA's shuttle that it's not funny) due to lack of funds. The few working shuttles they have are now on display and are unlikely to ever see the light of day. They have to take paying passengers to keep their thirty-year-old Soyuz fleet in space.
What we need is another space race. None of this co-operation with ESA or NASA, but another let's-get-there-before-the-Commies, before-the-decade-is-out JFK-style space race.
An easy method to determine the quality of your keyboard.
1. Take the keyboard and remove the cable. Bonus points if the cable is designed to be replaceable.
2. Find and old CGA monitor.
3. Raise the keyboard high above your head.
4. Bring it down onto the monitor as if you were chopping wood.
5. Repeat until either the monitor or the keyboard breaks.
If this test renders the keyboard useless, it's probably one of those wireless multimedia internet pieces of crud.
If the keyboard miraculously survives and/or the monitor smashes to bits, congratulations! You have an IBM Model M!
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I always thought that a telescope with a mirror that large would have problems with the mirror sagging under its own weight. I'd like to see how they handle this, but I'd love to see what this 'scope can do!
640mm aperture ought to be enough for everyone.
I'd just be interested to see how they can afford this. They had to cancel their shuttle program (which was so much more advanced than NASA's shuttle that it's not funny) due to lack of funds. The few working shuttles they have are now on display and are unlikely to ever see the light of day. They have to take paying passengers to keep their thirty-year-old Soyuz fleet in space.
What we need is another space race. None of this co-operation with ESA or NASA, but another let's-get-there-before-the-Commies, before-the-decade-is-out JFK-style space race.
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Hilarious.
An easy method to determine the quality of your keyboard. 1. Take the keyboard and remove the cable. Bonus points if the cable is designed to be replaceable. 2. Find and old CGA monitor. 3. Raise the keyboard high above your head. 4. Bring it down onto the monitor as if you were chopping wood. 5. Repeat until either the monitor or the keyboard breaks. If this test renders the keyboard useless, it's probably one of those wireless multimedia internet pieces of crud. If the keyboard miraculously survives and/or the monitor smashes to bits, congratulations! You have an IBM Model M!
Come on! After years of trying, I have found that it's IMPOSSIBLE to destroy a Model M!