Quote Originally Posted by Silures View Post
Is this the greatest ever scientific instrument? Been floating around in orbit since 1990, and been our window to the universe. Apparently they ****ed up big time when they first launched it, and had to go back up n give it a pair of spectacles, but when it finally blinked, it gave us views we could only imagine. Will be a sad day, when they finally burn it up in Earth's orbit.......but it's replacement, the James Webb telescope promises to take things to a whole new level. They better get it right the first time though, its orbit will be a million miles out, so no second chance. Anyway, can you think of a better scientific instrument than the Hubble telescope?
I was reading about another telescope that will be after the James Webb.
This one will actually be 3 separate satellites that will work in conjunction with each other, 2 with the optics and the third to cast a shadow from the sun to stop that interfering with the image.
This way they can get a huge distance between the lenses without having to launch a ridiculously large rocket.