[ExI] Extreme observational astronomy
David Lubkin
lubkin at unreasonable.com
Wed Dec 11 16:29:17 UTC 2013
<http://www.gizmag.com/darpa-folding-telescope/30039/>
DARPA developing giant folding space telescope
Not bad. But I'm impatient for the telescopes to come, e.g., extreme
space-based astronomical interferometry, with an effective diameter
measured in AU.
Q: Assume Drexlerian molecular nanotechnology. If you took apart the
solar system for raw materials, what is the largest effective
diameter telescope you could create? What would its capabilities be?
-- David.
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