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That seems like a drastic overestimate. Any basis for that?
by stjohnswarts 5y ago
That seems like a drastic overestimate. Any basis for that?
- easton_s 5y agoWe are still analyzing data from 70 years ago. https://carnegiescience.edu/news/old-plates-new-data-mysteries-observatories%E2%80%99-basement https://carnegiescience.edu/news/old-plates-new-data-mysteri...
- justin66 5y agoThe data don't get stale, so scientists will be able to make inferences based on that data for as long as they'd like. A lot of it will never stop being useful. If a much better telescope comes along or an especially dynamic phenomenon is discovered there might be a temptation to take more pictures of something that has already been captured, but otherwise, why would you? This data is expensive and will probably remain so for quite some time, for the obvious reasons.