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I know, but adaptive optics for large apertures also pose a progressively serious engineering challenge. I don't think we could build a 100m diffraction-limited
by mppm 2y ago
I know, but adaptive optics for large apertures also pose a progressively serious engineering challenge. I don't think we could build a 100m diffraction-limited telescope today (on the ground). It would still be useful for it's light-gathering capability, but resolution would not scale proportionally.
- dylan604 2y agoMaking the extremely large primary out of smaller units working together to make an adaptable cohesive unit might be a challenge, but it is doable. This was how SDI was working, it's how DLP tech work[s|ed], it's the same concept that allowed JWST to work.