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Originally posted by residentEvil: hopefully the fires in arizona don't take out the new telescope, when online, will be 10x stronger than hubble... while the structure won't burn, damage to optics and electronics is possible from smoke, etc. there was an article on it on cnn.com yesterday or the day before. |
10 times stronger than hubble, but limited to Earth. At mercy to earth's weather (even on clear days the atmosphere distorts telescopes much more than if they were in space).
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Originally posted by OB1: I just hope they're smarter than US, so they've progressed beyond petty crap like wars about territory and religion. Hopefully they concentrate on important things like music and art, exploration and science. I'd love to have a leaf through their record collections 
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this is true.
