Topic: Canadians drafting plans to build the world's largest telescope
Hephaestion
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posted 03 November 2005 06:50 AM
quote:The goal is to make a telescope that is 30 metres in diameter that dwarfs the world's largest, which is 10 metres in diameter. AMEC, which has been building telescopes for 30 years, helped develop that model.
Halliday said the new "monster" eye won't enable scientists to see any further, they can already see to the end of the universe. But it will make images much clearer.
"This instrument can literally look back to the beginning of time. It can look at galaxies, planetary systems. It can look essentially for life. A lot of the unanswered questions now will possibly be discovered by this telescope," Halliday said.
Scientists are testing possible sites for the telescope in Hawaii, Mexico and Chile.
posted 03 November 2005 11:22 AM
Venus envy.
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Reality. Bites.
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posted 03 November 2005 11:24 AM
Couldn't they just hollow out the CN Tower and fill it with lenses?
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bittersweet
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posted 03 November 2005 11:50 AM
How come no one's building the world's largest kaleidescope? I want to look in that.
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Hinterland
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posted 03 November 2005 11:53 AM
How about the world's largest anoscope? I can think of quite of few huge arseholes who could benefit from that.
...sorry...I'm still running on Paul-Cellucci-induced pique.
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posted 03 November 2005 06:50 AM
