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- From: gsh7w@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Hennessy)
- Subject: Re: Hubble
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 00:46:33 GMT
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- Henry Spencer writes:
- #But I don't think there's much doubt that the science community would have
- #been happier with half a dozen 1m mirrors launched in the 1970s than with
- #a single very impressive telescope not launched until 1990 and then found
- #to have spherical aberration!
-
- Depends on what you are trying to do. Launching a small telescope to
- work at V band doesn't make much sense. UV-IR-Xray, all are fine, but
- there needs to be *BALANCE*. I'd argue that there should be a half a
- dozen 1 meter telescopes, and one large one! *grin* But then I'm and
- astronomer.
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- -Greg Hennessy, University of Virginia
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