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Lee Jay
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Re: Manned mission to construct huge GEO and deep space telescopes proposed
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Quote from: RobbieCape on 01/26/2010 12:59 am
How big, say compared to Hubble, would these telescopes be?
2.4m versus 8.4m. This is an 8.4m mirror:
http://www.lsst.org/News/enews/img/mirror-blank.jpg
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Quote from: RobbieCape on 01/26/2010 12:59 am
How big, say compared to Hubble, would these telescopes be?
Actually, if you read Chris' article again, it describes some of these aspects.
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A very large (~30 meter diameter) "telescope" in GSO has many military/intelligence benefits... Imagine being able to have a constant live video feed of a whole region (or at least a whole city or battlefield), with resolution almost near what you're accustomed to for a regular reconnaissance satellite in LEO (<1 meter at visible wavelengths--able to spot individual people moving around--as opposed to ~10 meters for a Hubble-sized spy sat at GSO--barely enough to distinguish a semi-truck). Infrared capability would enable you to spot any vehicles running around at night. Every commander could have a real-time battle map (possibly on a PDA/Smartphone-sized device) so he knows
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where the enemy is and can watch him move around, without needing to wait and alert the enemy by deploying an UAV first. This would be an enormous benefit.
Could this help subsidize development of a HLV and/or the capability to build a satellite like this at GSO? This may be a VERY important source of funding for a HLV, since the Defense budget is not frozen.
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Move and bump to the HLV area.
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