"Perfect" Mirrors Cast For LSST 114
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from the billion-pixels-of-goodness dept.
from the billion-pixels-of-goodness dept.
eldavojohn writes "The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (which was partially funded by Gates & Co.) announced a world record casting for its single-piece primary and tertiary mirror blanks, cast at the University of Arizona. From the announcement: 'The Mirror Lab team opened the furnace for a close-up look at the cooled 51,900-pound mirror blank, which consists of an outer 27.5-foot diameter (8.4-meter) primary mirror and an inner 16.5-foot (5-meter) third mirror cast in one mold. It is the first time a combined primary and tertiary mirror has been produced on such a large scale.'"
Apparently... (Score:5, Funny)
That is the casting done. (Score:3, Funny)
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12717301.000-the-testing-error-that-led-to-hubble-mirror-fiasco-.html [newscientist.com]
Re:That is the casting done. (Score:4, Funny)
"You're *sure* about this? The calculations have to be absolutely perfect. Even the slightes..."
"Look, take it easy. Of course we're sure. We even got hold of latest chip from Intel. Look, Pen-tee-um. It's apparently the latest thing." [fx: combined lightning/thunder clap]
Re:Apparently... (Score:5, Funny)
Your post is written
Almost like some poetry
Refrigerator
Re:everything made by man fails (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Apparently... (Score:4, Funny)
Best haiku evar
Mad props are due all to you
Cooled food device too
Yes... (Score:2, Funny)
You know the rule (Score:5, Funny)
Microsoft products aren't worth buying until they get to the third release. So they just skipped straight to #3 this time.
Re:Apparently... (Score:4, Funny)
Looked to me like it was written in the Idle.Slashdot comment box.
It was as if... (Score:4, Funny)
I can haz atomsnes? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:everything made by man fails (Score:2, Funny)
It's easy to understand once you realize there are four simultaneous days in each rotation of the earth!
1-corner god is a fraud! Are you afraid to know?