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Three that sound pretty exciting to me are ITER [1], the Extremely Large Telescope [2] and the James Webb Space Telescope. I'm sure there is also more I haven't
by aylmao 6y ago
Three that sound pretty exciting to me are ITER [1], the Extremely Large Telescope [2] and the James Webb Space Telescope. I'm sure there is also more I haven't heard of yet!
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_Large_Telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_Large_Telescope
[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_Large_Telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_Large_Telescope
- XorNot 6y agoJames Webb is the one I worry about the most. ITER has a taken a long time, but they're making steady forward progress with it. Whereas I live in fear that James Webb will suffer a failure during launch or deployment that just turns it into a very expensive explosion.
- aylmao 6y agoI agree. Or even if nothing explodes, I'm worried that during the unfolding something will break or get stuck and, and unlike Hubble it won't be "easily" repairable (if at all). Hopefully this doesn't happen, because it is a once-in-many-decades project.
- peterwoerner 6y agoRoman Space Telescope, LISA. [1] https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/ https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [2] https://lisa.nasa.gov/ https://lisa.nasa.gov/ , https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/LISA https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/LISA
- aylmao 6y agoI didn't know about these two. Thanks for sharing!