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Sometimes our gear just won't cut it

 
hmaren
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Feb 10, 2009 13:27 |  #1

Check out this link:
http://www.cnn.com …pace.spotlight/​index.html (external link)


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Feb 10, 2009 22:25 |  #2

Just wait until the James Webb Space Telescope is launched. Scheduled for 2013. If Hubble puts our gear to shame just think what the JWST will do with its 6.5m mirror compared to Hubbles' 2.4m mirror.

http://webbtelescope.o​rg/webb_telescope/ (external link)


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Feb 11, 2009 01:51 |  #3

OH wow 6.5 M!? i thought u ment CM then i realized ur talking about hubble and this new telecope! i dont know very much but thats a pretty big mirror!


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