To: Jyotishi
i looked at the design spec. its not glass, but a series of highly polished mirrors that all reflect onto an electrical eye that captures the image. i cant imagine the precision it must take to make the mirrors, keep them polished in the outdoors on a mountain top a nd then achieve the precision neccesary to focus over 400 of them EXACTLY so you can look out millions of light years. really cool
To: beebuster2000
It is, in a word, AMAZING!
11 posted on
04/14/2013 8:49:46 PM PDT by
null and void
(Republicans create the tools of oppression and Democrats use them. Gun confiscation enables tyranny.)
To: beebuster2000
20 posted on
04/14/2013 9:09:50 PM PDT by
smokingfrog
( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: beebuster2000
...keep them polished in the outdoors on a mountain top...One of the first things I thought of was some poor slob sneezing...
34 posted on
04/14/2013 10:50:26 PM PDT by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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