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Originally Posted by Atmos
It is on my To Watch for tonight but I do agree with you about the money. For the Overwhelming Large Telescope (OWL) to have been built in its original form (100m diameter!!!!!!!!!) it would have cost maybe half of ONE full sized aircraft carrier. Yet, 100 countries and scientific organisations deemed it too expensive due to lack of funding.
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Well, for (slightly) less the 39m E-ELT is already under construction and is ready in 2024. Cost: $1.2bn while OWL would cost $1.5bn.
Maybe construction of OWL was too complex ?