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Having enough lift capacity to take a shot at putting a pair of telescopes out far enough to exploit solar gravitational lensing to resolve exo-planet surfaces
by XorNot 2y ago
Having enough lift capacity to take a shot at putting a pair of telescopes out far enough to exploit solar gravitational lensing to resolve exo-planet surfaces would be a hell of a thing. Orbital refueling would mean we could reasonably build something big enough to be able to boost out that far (would still take decades to arrive).
- cryptonector 2y agoIsn't that 500 AU out?
- XorNot 2y agoYes, but the trick with getting there is building the vehicle. Time takes care of the rest (you'd do it using ion thrusters).