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jxcl | 2 years ago

Tom Scott has a great video about why the ELT is already likely the largest telescope that will ever be built https://youtu.be/QqRREz0iBes?si=tC3Py0W6vqXbZAbq

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pennomi|2 years ago

I didn’t have time to watch yet, but did he take into consideration lunar crater telescopes? I always thought that would be an excellent reason to establish a lunar base.

tetris11|2 years ago

Is there not a cost towards it being so large that it becomes comically too large to clean?

spacemark|2 years ago

Ever is a very long time.