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To: ColdOne

“From deep within the ice, the telescope will observe the full sky, both northern and southern hemispheres simultaneously all the time,” Halzen told FoxNews.com. “We do not have to point the telescope.”


Huh? How’s that supposed to work? Doesn’t sound like a ‘telescope’ to me.


11 posted on 12/17/2010 4:42:20 PM PST by smokingfrog (Do all the talking you want, but do what I tell you.)
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To: smokingfrog
From deep within the ice, the telescope will observe the full sky, both northern and southern hemispheres simultaneously all the time

They also have a massive geothermally-heated underground mushroom patch.

They can see any damn thing they want.

13 posted on 12/17/2010 4:46:19 PM PST by humblegunner (Blogger Overlord)
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To: smokingfrog
Never mind. I see they're using SQUID (Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices).

How could I not have known that?

15 posted on 12/17/2010 4:51:01 PM PST by smokingfrog (Do all the talking you want, but do what I tell you.)
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To: smokingfrog

It’s designed to detect neutrinos, not gather light.


21 posted on 12/17/2010 5:12:17 PM PST by GAB-1955 (I write books, love my wife, serve my nation, and believe in the Resurrection.)
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