Unbelievably Large Telescopes On the Moon? 292
Matt_dk writes "A team of internationally renowned astronomers and opticians may have found a way to make "unbelievably large" telescopes on the Moon.
'It's so simple,' says Ermanno F. Borra, physics professor at the Optics Laboratory of Laval University in Quebec, Canada. 'Isaac Newton knew that any liquid, if put into a shallow container and set spinning, naturally assumes a parabolic shape, the same shape needed by a telescope mirror to bring starlight to a focus. This could be the key to making a giant lunar observatory.'"
Ob (Score:5, Funny)
No Way!!! (Score:2, Funny)
I'm Being Followed By A... (Score:4, Funny)
"It's so simple," (Score:3, Funny)
Re:It WILL happen one day (Score:3, Funny)
there is no dark side of the Moon really... as a matter of fact it's all dark
Re:It's so simple (Score:5, Funny)
You just build a big tube. Like a giant internet that goes to the moon.
Ha (Score:5, Funny)
This is total lunacy!
Boing boing (Score:2, Funny)
That's no moon (Score:3, Funny)
Or a fully functional battle-station.
Re:"It's so simple," (Score:4, Funny)
So you're saying this project is unbelievable?
Re:Not Dark Side (Score:4, Funny)
Oblig. "There is no dark side of the moon. It's all dark."
It'll never fly. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not Dark Side (Score:2, Funny)
I would call it the dark side just if only for Pink Floyd.
Oblig. Futurama Reference (Score:3, Funny)
We're whalers on the moon
We carry a harpoon
But there ain't no whales
So we tell tall tales
And sing a whaling tune
Re:Ob (Score:5, Funny)
I have a certain amount of... shall we say... practice.... in this area.
Re:It WILL happen one day (Score:2, Funny)
Don't be ridiculous; the moon is both smaller, less geologically active and less populated that any place on earth.
Not so, my house is smaller, less geologically active, and more populated than the moon.
Re:Not Dark Side (Score:5, Funny)
It's FAR SIDE people! Far Side, Far Side, Far Side. Like the cartoon.
So... you're saying it's populated by bipedal cows and mad scientists?
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
Well, if Obama wins you can kiss this "ionized liquid telescope" idea goodbye. We all know the unionized liquid lobbies have the Dems in their pockets.
Re:Not Dark Side (Score:1, Funny)
Re:"It's so simple," (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Don't make big plans, 'cause you're broke... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Not Dark Side (Score:1, Funny)
Oblig. "That's no moon..."
Bitch, V (Score:3, Funny)
vatch me split my letters.