Thank you Rob that is the meat of the idea.
Carl I doubt if it could develop to be useful but like many ideas the folk behind it will need to present reasons why it could work..they will need to devope their faith and the faith of others to get the resources needed.
AND it may be that a species smarter than us would make light polution outlawed..If I get to run the world you can bet removing light polution will be a first on the to do list

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I find it encouraging in so far that someone is looking for a way to achieve another impossible dream. I would love to have proof of my long held belief that we are not alone and life is the norm rather than a fluke.
Craig I dont respond as many humans do and I must say personally I never find your approach a difficulty...nor anyones approach for that matter. Any harse wors that folk say of me are usually conservative and most times I can only agree that they have called truth about my behaviour or ideas.
But I have found that others can see one very differently to the way we see ourselves.
I was near heartbroken when someone pointed out that folk saw me as aggressive and prone to solving problems with a violent approach... I have never hurt anyone but with effort I could realise their views were built on perhaps three events spaced over ten years where strong action was required ..still I never hurt anyone but I could see they responded to the potential of my presence rather than my actions...anyways I think you do a wonderful job here bringing matters to the table that you think will interest others so I encourage you to focus on the bright side.
I would also like to encourage all those folk who focus on the negative to focus upon the bright side and put personal issues and responces to one side. One can let things pass with no comment and enjoy the peace of being passive.
AND thanks for the link Craig

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I had an idea for a telescope that would work like a photo copy scan whereby we collect parrallel beams rather than converging beams as we do now..yes the books say our light comes into our scopes parrallel but they are converging really..however collecting as I suggest could give us same size images

... I have faith it will work

but I bet some folk will doubt it could be done.
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