Future Space Telescopes Could be 100 Meters Across, Constructed in Space, and Then Bent Into a Precise Shape

An MIT team proposes a new method for in-space assembly to built a self-adjusting 100 m (328 ft) space telescope

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Or, instead of either refueling or sending up an identical mission, they'll splurge on sending up Webb's 50% bigger brother with instruments to replace both Webb and Hubble. Woah.

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We asked and @[email protected] checked. The #LUVOIR space telescope concept can indeed fly on Starship! (graphic used by permission)

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“We asked and @SpaceX checked. The #LUVOIR space telescope concept can indeed fly on Starship! (graphic used by permission)”

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Observatoires spatiaux du futur : la Nasa y travaille déjà

La Nasa finance actuellement les études conceptuelles de quatre projets d'observatoires spatiaux, chacun couvrant un large éventail d’objectifs scientifiques identifiés comme prioritaires par le...