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Wednesday, 27 June 2007

Moon mirrors, maybe

Scientists may be closer to building a super-telescope on the Moon, according to a recent Reuters article.

Such a telescope would need a liquid mirror to withstand conditions on the Moon, scientists say, but until now there has been no adequate technology for creating such a mirror.

“It’s the breakthrough that we need,” lead researcher Ermanno Borra of Universite Laval in Quebec, Canada, said in a telephone interview with Reuters. “If you want to have a liquid mirror telescope on the moon, you need the right liquid. If you don’t have the right liquid, forget it. It’s as simple as that.”
The scientists deposited a thin layer of chromium particles on a liquid of ionic salts, then added a layer of silver particles to complete the mirror.

Dawn on July 7

NASA's Dawn spacecraft is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on July 7. The craft is intended to travel to the asteroid belt and send back information about the asteroids Vesta and Ceres.

 
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