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> What's the breakthrough that another telescope at the cost of $Bs would achieve Neither will go to space. They are late-70s early-80s spy sats. This was a te
by dsl 6y ago
> What's the breakthrough that another telescope at the cost of $Bs would achieve
Neither will go to space. They are late-70s early-80s spy sats. This was a technology transfer so NASA could learn how NRO solved specific challenges they faced.
There was talk at the time about one of them being sent up in 2024, but that hasn't even been discussed seriously in the last 8 years.
- ngoldbaum 6y agoThat’s not true, the bus and mirror will be used by WFIRST: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_Field_Infrared_Survey_Telescope https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_Field_Infrared_Survey_T...
- dsl 6y agoWFIRST-AFTA keeps getting budget, and that budget keeps getting diverted to the James Webb Space Telescope. Two years ago they issued the first production contracts, targeting a delivery date of 2025. Now we are looking at putting 50 year old parts in to space, at best.