[LibWhacker]

I do have an immediate application for a sheet of paper thick microscope

I want to see a square mile telescope or, what the heck, a ten square mile one. Weight won't be an issue anymore, just the price of land.

[Bobalu]

I want to see a square mile telescope or, what the heck, a ten square mile one.

Such a telescope located at the Lagrange point between Earth and moon would be very cool :-)

[null and void]

I want to see a square mile telescope or, what the heck, a ten square mile one. Weight won't be an issue anymore, just the price of land.

Space is cheap, once you get into space, and light weight makes it easy to get into space...