Re: Save the Hubble
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Date: 02/12/05
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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:56:44 -0500
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:25:10 -0800, John Larkin wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:01:16 -0600, John O'Flaherty
> <quiasmox@yahoo.com> wrote:
<snip>
>>Could a new design for a space telescope still do better than earthbound
>>ones, in some spectrum areas?
>
> Sure. There are some cool new UV and xray and gamma telescopes (or
> telescope-like things) in orbit. Hubble can still do better than
> anything on the ground at some wavelenghts.
>
> Read "The Hubble Wars" by Chaisson. Cool book.
>
So would a retrofit mission be feasible?
-- Best Regards, Mike
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