We cried for the Hubble, We cheered for HiRSE but prepare to have your mind blown by LMT!! I swear its just a coincidence, but telescopes are pretty freaking cool, don't you think? Yeah, but wait till you hear about this one:
LMT stands for Liquid Mirror Telescope, and it is made by "spinning reflective liquid, usually mercury" to create a reflective parabolla. On the earth the size of these telescopes are limited because they create wind when the spin, but on the moon... The plan right now is to build a 20 meter mirror. For reference, the Hubble has a 2.4 meter mirror, and its replacement will have 6m mirror. This telescope has the potential to "provide a depth of observation which would be unmatched with any telescope on Earth or in space"!! Heck yeah!
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