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> Do you think that 20 cheap telescopes give the same benefit as one great one? Arguably, it could give greater benefit. Time on the Hubble (now) and JWT (eve
by Majromax 5y ago
> Do you think that 20 cheap telescopes give the same benefit as one great one?
Arguably, it could give greater benefit.
Time on the Hubble (now) and JWT (eventually) is very carefully controlled. Observation campaigns have to be scheduled far in advance since the camera can only point in one place at one time. Having twenty lower-spec space telescopes would allow twenty research groups their own simultaneous time on the platform.
- SahAssar 5y agoYou seem to think that the same research would be possible on the 20 cheaper ones. Having a lower quality instrument would likely mean that a lot of the observations would not be possible and that the things that would still be possible would have worse data because the instrument would be worse.
- mdoms 5y ago> Arguably, it could give greater benefit. Please, make that argument. Explain to us how 20 - hell let's be generous and say 1,000 - worse telescopes can achieve what one great one can.