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GotGRR t1_j29eot3 wrote
Reply to comment by axialintellectual in China reveals ambitious plans for Asia's largest optical telescope | The new telescope will have an aperture of 19.7 feet (6 meters) by 2024 while its mirror will be expanded to 26.2 feet (8 m) by 2030. by chrisdh79
Well, the end state is really an 8-meter telescope. So, that's something.
Also, doing the project incrementally sounds like they are trying to build expertise.
Last thought is that Asia has eight hours of night that no one else in the world gets. That doesn't sound like redundancy. That sounds like a wasted opportunity.
Mostly, good on them.
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Reply to comment by resserus in Mars' ancient atmosphere may not have had much oxygen after all by pecika
So, two or three times as deep, ten times the diameter of the deepest boring on earth and only a short 5 month space flight away? That sounds amazing and like a project for the second or third generation of settlers.
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Reply to comment by collegefurtrader in ClearSpace raises $29 million ahead of first debris removal mission by sillychillly
For now, but a few cascading collisions away and literally every dollar that's currently related to space stuff is at risk without cleanup.