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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
Yes it is busy up there but will get stupidly so once the idiot notion of funding a Mars mission by selling internet time to everyone takes place. Not to mention that Microwave astronomy will be completely dead on earth thanks to Elon Musks outlandishly stupid idea. Reportedly recently he told professional astronomers they should build telescopes in space. One apparently said back to him that building a 30 metre scope in space is not even a possibility with current tech, nor is there enough money in the system for that sort of thing. My gripe is what about all the money we have invested in imaging overall? What about the imaging companies? What about the hosting companies? Countries investments into imaging the cosmos? Time for a class action once those 12-40K satellites go up. Bear in mind that currently there around around 5000 satellites in orbit. Imagine what imaging will be like once Musk adds another 40K to that number. It won't be amusing then I can assure you.
Sorry for the divergence.
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Yes Paul - more satellites is a crazy idea.
I wish they would make a larger Hubble telescope with longer focal length.
Hubble is 13.3 m long and has a Focal Length of 57.6 m.
https://space.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/QuickLooks/hstQL.html
How large could they make a Hubble mark 2?
More focal length would mean higher resolution pictures
and a larger mirror would mean more light gathering ability.
The one that's up there now will be crashed into the pacific ocean
before long and the James Webb may not even work.
Yes - the James Webb is built for infra red but there is still a lot
more to be had from visual light.
cheers
Allan