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ck2 ◴[] No.42158113[source]
Fund the SGL Telescope!

https://www.universetoday.com/149214/if-we-used-the-sun-as-a...

Seriously, we could build that, it's at the limit of our tech but if it was either we walk on the moon again or build SGL, I'd pick SGL

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dmix ◴[] No.42158166[source]
I made this comment before but someone on HN made a good argument is way harder than it sounds and given it's size/cost/function it'd basically have to point in one direction, it's not like an easily moveable telescope you can scan around with.
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ck2 ◴[] No.42158395[source]
"way harder than it sounds" is how we move forward

walking on the moon was beyond our limits when it was announced

JWST was insanely hard and almost cancelled a few times, look at it now

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