200" scope in space

[Baron von Richthofen]

:astron:When and if will they put a decent size 200" scope in space, the thing they did with the Hubble is amazing can you imagine what they could do with a 200" not 100"

[Rhino1980]

Kind of random there man. But yeah it would be sick.

[renormalised]

Why 100"??. The Hubble is that big anyhow (close to it...96"). The James Webb scope is going to be even larger (6.2 metres...248"). 100 " is rather passe.

[Baron von Richthofen]

You are right, I thought the Hubble was a lot smaller I should have said a 200"

[Outbackmanyep]

The James Webb will be 6.5m! But it'll be observing in the IR.
http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/

[renormalised]

Bit bigger than what I remembered, an extra 12". IR is good enough:D

[renormalised]

Now, if you said 10 metres, or 50 metres....that would be a decent scope:D