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minus-squarecabillaud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-23 days ago“building orbital telescopes” Do you realize the cost of these things? And how much can be achieved with normal telescopes for a fraction of this cost? It’s like saying we won’t build bridges anymore because we have planes. E: grammar, a little bit
minus-squareTlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoOrbital telescopes are also far more powerful and useful than terrestrial telescopes, because they don’t need to look through the atmosphere.
“building orbital telescopes”
Do you realize the cost of these things? And how much can be achieved with normal telescopes for a fraction of this cost? It’s like saying we won’t build bridges anymore because we have planes.
E: grammar, a little bit
Orbital telescopes are also far more powerful and useful than terrestrial telescopes, because they don’t need to look through the atmosphere.