10-22-2015, 06:05 AM
It might be productive but at what cost?
It's the second most productive telescope in the world, so the response is, "let's get rid of it, it's old. It would cost money to upgrade. Let's blast a space based IR telescope into orbit."
Yes, that's brilliant logic. Because not even including the cost of constructing a space based IR telescope able to withstand micro-meteor strikes, solar radiation, extremes of hot and cold on the equipment, it costs $10,000 a pound just to launch it into orbit.
"Ground control to Major Ted...
Take your protein pills
Put helmet on your head..."
It's the second most productive telescope in the world, so the response is, "let's get rid of it, it's old. It would cost money to upgrade. Let's blast a space based IR telescope into orbit."
Yes, that's brilliant logic. Because not even including the cost of constructing a space based IR telescope able to withstand micro-meteor strikes, solar radiation, extremes of hot and cold on the equipment, it costs $10,000 a pound just to launch it into orbit.
"Ground control to Major Ted...
Take your protein pills
Put helmet on your head..."
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