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Watching all that monster-size equipment makes me think of the Olympics: is a lot of money being poured into a single use ? Was this equipment pre-existing or
by euroderf 3y ago
Watching all that monster-size equipment makes me think of the Olympics: is a lot of money being poured into a single use ?
Was this equipment pre-existing or purpose-built ?
If the latter, will any get re-used/repurposed for other endeavors ?
- ccgreg 3y agoThere are a bunch of Vera Rubin-sized mirrors in orbit, that's why this one is the size that it is.
- prpl 3y agoNo there’s not -JWST is largest mirror in orbit and it is a few meters smaller, despite being many smaller mirrors. The mirror size is largely due to a tunnel size on the way to the summit in Chile, and applies to the other nearby telescopes. It’s also really hard to ship mirrors much larger than this on a boat.
- ccgreg 3y agoApologies, I was thinking Roman not Rubin.