Comments on: World's largest space telescope now under construction in Utah

By: Nils Lobie Weedøn

Nils Lobie Weedøn — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:49:00 +0000

Is anyone else seeing a Star Destroyer with a dish thrown on top in that mock-up pic?

By: monstrinho

monstrinho — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:29:00 +0000

Scientists recently dropped a package on parachutes that disengaged to drop it again so that it could be supported on hovering rocket boosters that lowered a big robot on wires to the surface of the planet mars. This seems trivial by comparison.

By: timquinn

timquinn — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:35:00 +0000

Headline could be “Awesome Tech Being Assembled in a Clean Room” and we would have flocked to see it.

By: Cowicide

Cowicide — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:52:00 +0000

Their beards are covered… I looked at the high resolution picture after I read your comment. See screenshot below.

From what I understand, they were also forced to get brazilians as well.

By: Cowicide

Cowicide — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:48:00 +0000

Did Leonard Nimoy pass away?

By: Sasha Shepherd

Sasha Shepherd — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:26:00 +0000

So are these telescopes pointed up, or down?

By: pickledbeatnik

pickledbeatnik — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:11:00 +0000

Well, we get things right sometimes out here!

By: G3

G3 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:48:00 +0000

I saw what you did last summer 115,326 years ago.

By: eldritch

eldritch — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:28:00 +0000

The guy on the left of the image with the beard also has it netted.

By: eldritch

eldritch — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:27:00 +0000

I think it’s more apt to say that Romney is “far out” rather than small and inconsequential, but both may be accurate.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:12:00 +0000

I thought the James Webb telescope was billions of dollars over budget and years late in development, In fact I thought it had been cancelled.

By: Casual_Economy

Casual_Economy — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:26:00 +0000

Why are these technicians wearing hair nets on their heads if they’re just going to let their huge beards hang out?

By: nixiebunny

nixiebunny — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:14:00 +0000

It’s quite an ambitious project. The idea is to build this huge Rube Goldberg contraption for many billions of dollars, then send it to a Lagrange point far away from Earth so that it will be inaccessible by repair crews, then tell it to unfurl itself and start working, with no human intervention.

A tall order.

By: edgore

edgore — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:51:00 +0000

I think you have confused telescopes with microscopes.

By: DreamboatSkanky

DreamboatSkanky — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:37:00 +0000

I see what you did way out there.

By: PhosPhorious

PhosPhorious — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:37:00 +0000

Are you kidding? You’ll even be able to see Romney’s political career. THAT’S how powerful this thing is.

By: Todd Romer

Todd Romer — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:24:00 +0000

It’s good to see that Walter White and Jesse are back to cooking.

By: vonbobo

vonbobo — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:15:00 +0000

That’s a satellite?

Tube satellites are so 20th century.

By: edgore

edgore — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:15:00 +0000

Will it be able to see Kolob?

By: Cicada Mania

Cicada Mania — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:09:00 +0000

Space coffin.