The world is ramping up for a veritable telescopic "arms race." In countries around the world, designs are being developed for the next generation of telescopes which will prove to be able to look deeper into the cosmos.
The new generation of of telescopes are going to be built within the next decade at a price in the billions between all the new proposed telescopes. The new equipment is promising to return clearer images than even Hubble was able to do, even though Hubble has no atmospheric interference. The technology for the new telescope is akin to that of HD vs normal definition televisions.
This observatory boom could produce some extraordinary images and discoveries in the near future.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
My Telescope is Bigger Than Yours!
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I'm surprised they aren't trying to improve on Hubble and make better orbital telescopes. I'm curious as to how they will get around atmospheric interference.
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