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> I don't think larger single mirrors is going to be a thing. With regard to optical light space telescopes, one iteration of a single large mirror would be a
by topspin 3y ago
> I don't think larger single mirrors is going to be a thing.
With regard to optical light space telescopes, one iteration of a single large mirror would be a great advancement. Hubble is only 2.4m. Back when NASA was developing Ares V there were proposals for an 8m optical space telescope. You can still find vestiges of that at NASA[1] and various videos of the launch and deployment.
Maybe that can still happen with Starship, SLS or whatever. Just need a big enough payload fairing.
[1] https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20100004890 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20100004890