Perhaps worth noting, there are certainly telescopes of this scale in space--they're just radio telescopes, where the reflector can conveniently be unfurled aft

Perhaps worth noting, there are certainly telescopes of this scale in space--they're just radio telescopes, where the reflector can conveniently be unfurled after launch. You can glance at this thread [0] for comparison of commercial and speculated military antenna scales (up to 100m!) [0] https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/32884/what-is-the-largest-antenna-deployed-in-space https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/32884/what-is-the-...