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Article #3632Re: Hubble
From: Henry Spencer
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 22:12
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 22:12
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In article <1992Nov16.034202.26234@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gsh7w@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Hennessy) writes:
>#The really interesting space
>#telescopes are the small ones, not the megaprojects.
>
>While small projects certainly have their advantages, it is hard to
>have sensitive instruments on small packages.
Admittedly, there are things you just can't do without (say) a 5m mirror.
But I don't think there's much doubt that the science community would have
been happier with half a dozen 1m mirrors launched in the 1970s than with
a single very impressive telescope not launched until 1990 and then found
to have spherical aberration!
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