03-28-2016, 07:17 AM
It looks like ground based telescopes may still have some life in them. Let's hope the TMT can get back on track soon.
Space based telescope update:
The most recent launch of a space based telescope looks like it may have ended in disaster:
Last month, Japan launched a satellite it described as “essential” to unlocking the mysteries of the universe. It was a full-scale X-ray observatory. This weekend, that $273 million satellite mysteriously disappeared, leaving behind only an ominous trail of debris and some cryptic messages.
http://gizmodo.com/no-one-knows-what-hap...1767490239
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Space based telescope update:
The most recent launch of a space based telescope looks like it may have ended in disaster:
Last month, Japan launched a satellite it described as “essential” to unlocking the mysteries of the universe. It was a full-scale X-ray observatory. This weekend, that $273 million satellite mysteriously disappeared, leaving behind only an ominous trail of debris and some cryptic messages.
http://gizmodo.com/no-one-knows-what-hap...1767490239
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." -Annie Dillard
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