[RightWhale]

It is really on the edge of technology. The mirror is segmented in several parts, each piece is mounted separately and can be aligned separately under automatic control. This can be used to cancel out atmospherics such as heat waves. Small telescopes have better resolution for their size because of atmospherics, and this system is essentially several smaller telescopes together. Net result, small aperture resolution with large aperature light gathering capability.

[Senator Pardek]

This can be used to cancel out atmospherics such as heat waves.

Cool. But heat waves? I just read an article on it - it reacts in the ms. range.