collegefurtrader t1_jdxpdcc wrote on March 27, 2023 at 11:17 PM

Reply to comment by 0ld_Wolf in Hypothetical question by jd-sutton

There’s a whole constellation of US spy satellites in orbit that are very similar to hubble, and they track the earth just fine. Exposure times are much shorter too.

0ld_Wolf t1_je0nh99 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:48 PM

What Hubble is designed to do and what spy satellites are designed to do are completely different.

I am not saying that the technology to resolve a clear image on Earth does not exist - just that it is not included on space telescopes designed to look at distances measures in light years.