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When I tried to do this as a kid, I was stymied by the impressive costs of the kit involved. Has it become cheaper, or does this kid have enabling parents?
by new_realist 6y ago
When I tried to do this as a kid, I was stymied by the impressive costs of the kit involved. Has it become cheaper, or does this kid have enabling parents?
- elcomet 6y agoHe said in the thread that it costed him $4000, that he earned by himself, by working (his parents didn't give him money for this).
- GuiA 6y agoThat's one thing I was definitely envious of American teens of, as a French teenager. I did odd jobs for family friends etc., but that was a few hundred euros every few months at most; I was jealous of my internet friends in the US who were making the same in a week or so by working at the local coffee shop/tee shirt store. They could drive too, which I cared less about because buses/subways/trains seemed much less of a hassle and much safer.
- dwild 6y agoAt 17 you couldn't work?
- autokad 6y agoconsidering the costs of telescopes, that's not a bad return on a hobby
- helij 6y agoI am amazed by his work. I followed him on cloudynights forum. But let's not kid ourselves. Of course he has enabling and smart parents.