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Just because I can get 1,000 10 dollar optical microscopes for the cost of a single 10k electronic microscope does not mean that an equal about of science can b
by NikolaeVarius 10y ago
Just because I can get 1,000 10 dollar optical microscopes for the cost of a single 10k electronic microscope does not mean that an equal about of science can be done.
- CamperBob2 10y agoUntil someone figures out how to duct-tape 1,000 optical microscopes together in a giant interferometer, I guess.
- greeneggs 10y agoThis paper, from 2014, says that the Hubble space telescope is oversubscribed by 4:1 to 5:1. [1] That's a higher acceptance rate than most government funding grants these days (unfortunately). Perhaps it suggests that there is still a lot of unmet demand for good science to be done with it. [1] https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.3528 https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.3528