| Subject: Re: Hubble is ancient history |
| From: david@djwhome.demon.co.uk (David Woolley) |
| Date: 19/10/2004, 21:03 |
| Newsgroups: alt.astronomy,alt.sci.seti,sci.astro.seti,sci.physics |
In article <2tkff7F20kr42U3@uni-berlin.de>,
Knoppix User <knoppix2004@hotmail.com> wrote:
I have not read anything about new Hubble but I wonder. Is it wise to send
another telescope on space? I mean look at the price of Oil? How about
adding one to the ISS?
I believe the reference was to the use of adaptive optics to compensate
for atmospheric scintillation (star twinkle) and achieve better than Hubble
results with earth based telescopes.