dreadpiratewombat
dreadpiratewombat t1_iu3hct4 wrote
Reply to comment by termsofsurrender in Chinese researchers create the world's largest silicon carbide aspherical mirror by tommos
> if only the US would rise to meet the telescope gap. But no, we can't even scrape up a few million to rebuild Arecibo.
Pardon my ignorance but isn't the reason because the utility of terrestrial telescopes inferior to space based ones and so investment is being optimised?
dreadpiratewombat t1_iu3lxye wrote
Reply to comment by SpartanJack17 in Chinese researchers create the world's largest silicon carbide aspherical mirror by tommos
Thank you for the detailed, and really informative, reply. I learned a lot from you.