A bunch of Canadian students and their lecturers built a world class telescope while in university using off the shelf technology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wik

A bunch of Canadian students and their lecturers built a world class telescope while in university using off the shelf technology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly_Telephoto_Array https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly_Telephoto_Array https://www.dragonflytelescope.org/ https://www.dragonflytelescope.org/ It's all published and anyone can make their own too. Using off the shelf products. Having a colossal budget to blow isn't always the answer to everything in fact it's sometimes more of a hindrance which is clear to anyone ever involved with government procurement and how it works.