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March 14, 2014
Thanks to these telescopes, astronomy is poised to reinvent itself over the next few decades.
and all with estimated first light being collected in 2022: the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT, headquartered in Pasadena, Calif.), the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT, also in Pasadena) and the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT, headquartered in Garching, Germany). At stake are the mapping of asteroids, dwarf planets, and planetary moons in our solar system; imaging whole planetary systems; observing close-in the Goliathan black hole at the Milky Way’s core; discovering the detailed laws governing star and galaxy formation; and taking baby pictures of the farthest objects in the early universe. The Billion-Dollar Telescope Race - Issue 11: Light - Nautilus
Posted by gerardvanderleun at March 14, 2014 8:47 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Um...atmosphere?
I'd kinda' like to see (existing)ground base efforts from "science" used to clean up (and recycle into new toys?)the existing mess that "science" has left behind in orbit.
Kinda' like "adventure teams" carrying OUT (and recycling)the garbage left behind in, on, and around, Mt. Everest.
Posted by: CaptDMO at March 15, 2014 7:12 AM
If these so-called "telescopes" are so dang good, let me just ask you this: can they pick the flyshit out of the pepper?
Posted by: chasmatic at March 15, 2014 8:39 AM
As the circle of knowledge widens, the area of the unknown necessarily expands along with it at the rate of Pi.
Posted by: Gagdad Bob at March 15, 2014 8:40 AM
Wait a minute, Bob. you're saying that the smarter we get the dumber we get? I know I was never any good at math, but something doesn't add up here. It's like, if you want more pie just cut it in smaller pieces. I think it is the lack of corners that baffles me. of course, I am easily baffled.
The missus says I talk faster than I think. that's good, innit?
Posted by: chasmatic at March 15, 2014 12:15 PM
Has to be. When we're children, we're omniscient. It takes a lot of wisdom to realize how little we actually know. Each new discovery engenders 10 new questions. Or, to be exact, 3.14159 new questions.
Posted by: Gagdad Bob at March 15, 2014 2:10 PM