The 5 Massive New Telescopes That Will Change Astronomy Forever

"The biggest building boom in the history of astronomy is upon us.
In Chile and Hawaii and in space, astronomers are getting powerful
telescopes that dwarf the current state-of-the-art instruments.
When the mountain blasting and the mirror polishing are all done,
we will have the clearest and most detailed views of outer space
ever.

This boom has long been in the works for years, as billion-dollar
telescopes don't just fund and plan themselves. Now, these
telescopes are starting to break ground. "If it all plays out as
expected and budgeted," writes Dennis Overbye in the New York
Times, "astronomers of the 2020s will be swimming in petabytes of
data streaming from space and the ground." Let's take a closer
took at what these billion-dollar telescopes can do for astronomy
in the decades to come."

See:

http://gizmodo.com/the-5-massive-new...omy-1610529758

On Saturday, July 26, 2014 10:07:24 PM UTC-7, wrote:
"The biggest building boom in the history of astronomy is upon us.

In Chile and Hawaii and in space, astronomers are getting powerful

telescopes that dwarf the current state-of-the-art instruments.

When the mountain blasting and the mirror polishing are all done,

we will have the clearest and most detailed views of outer space

ever.



This boom has long been in the works for years, as billion-dollar

telescopes don't just fund and plan themselves. Now, these

telescopes are starting to break ground. "If it all plays out as

expected and budgeted," writes Dennis Overbye in the New York

Times, "astronomers of the 2020s will be swimming in petabytes of

data streaming from space and the ground." Let's take a closer

took at what these billion-dollar telescopes can do for astronomy

in the decades to come."



See:



http://gizmodo.com/the-5-massive-new...omy-1610529758

Why not just pile up as much of our hard earned loot (including decades of related spending and resource depletion) and set it all ablaze?

At least some of us could be warmed and get to roast a few marshmallows.

What about astronomy over the past century as fed, housed, educated and/or medically improved a life? (other than those associated with creating and using such spendy instruments)