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    Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX’s Starship could transform astronomy by making space telescopes cheaper


    Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX’s Starship could transform astronomy by making space telescopes cheaper

    https://theconversation.com/superheavy-lift-rockets-like-spacexs-starship-could-transform-astronomy-by-making-space-telescopes-cheaper-270001

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    1. Kilharae on

      And Star link could transform ground based observations by blotting out our view of the sky!

    3. ApprehensiveSize7662 on

      Absolutely terrible article and terrible opinion. It somehow suggests that if we had bigger rockets the James Webb telescope couldve been bigger or it wouldn’t have need to fold up and so it wouldn’t have taken 10 billion dollars and 20 years to develop. They pulled this opinion of their ass.

      This is simply not where all the money is going on telescopes. The james webb telescope would’ve cost the same and been the same size regardless.

      Guys I shouldn’t have to explain this a 21×14 meter sun shield doesn’t fit in 9m diameter rocket.

    4. Thiscover on

      At this point in time SpaceX has largely contributed to make space observation from the ground more difficult. 

    5. S_o_L_V on

      So it seems they have a super-heavy lifter and only now start looking for super-heavy stuff to lift.

    6. Nexmo16 on

      Just trying to distract from the damage they’re doing to ground-based observations, which are magnitudes more cost efficient.