Fluidic Space Telescopes For 25X More Power at the Same Cost
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#6N3EN)
Larger telescopes are better because we can see better and capture more light, so NASA is developing liquid based space telescopes that would let us build 50 meter telescopes for the cost of 10 meter telescopes. The future of space-based UV/optical/IR astronomy requires ever larger telescopes. The highest priority astrophysics targets, including Earth-like exoplanets, first ...