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- Mithradates, on 05/17/2009, -1/+12The most exciting of the five is definitely Kepler. The others are naturally very impressive in terms of the science they'll be able to produce, but only Kepler will contribute in a big way to the way we perceive the universe - from a huge dark void with the odd star and uninhabitable planet here and there, to a huge dark void with Earth-like planets interspersed here and there. After Kepler (although Earth-bound observatories will find these planets too) children are going to grow up always having known that the universe is full of planets just our size and makeup, and that's pretty incredible.
- TheBogo, on 05/17/2009, -1/+6The effectiveness of a space telescope should not be based upon its scientific findings. It should be based upon how awesome it looks. In which case, they are all quite effective. It's common knowledge.
- BobDle, on 05/18/2009, -0/+5NASA ***** rules.
- LonelyTylenoL, on 05/18/2009, -1/+5Man, I just can't get enough of this universe.
IT'S SO AMAZING! - UnitedOceanic, on 05/18/2009, -0/+2these are impressive machines but please don't forget that our world needs the human spaceflight. we really have to leave LEO even though the ISS is by far the most beautiful piece that mankind ever build.
- protogenxl, on 05/18/2009, -1/+2In the not-too-distant future
Somewhere in time and space
Mike Nelson and his robot pals
Killed The Hubble - skintigh, on 05/18/2009, -0/+1Kepler finds planets that pass in front of stars, which means you can do spectroscopy of the atmospheres of the planets it finds and thus look for signs of life on other worlds (like oxygen, or methane without sulfur dioxide) or even signs of civilizations (like industrial pollution).
We could be digging headlines about finding life on other planets in three years. - strictnein, on 05/18/2009, -1/+2Herschel and Planck are two separate telescopes, they're just being launched together. I learned this from the two sentences following the picture of the Herschel and Plank being launched.
- DiggLord, on 05/17/2009, -1/+2It's just you.
- Culyt, on 05/20/2009, -0/+1Actually it could be in like 1 year if it starts to find planets right away. Earth makes a rotation once a year so a planet in the same habitable zone around a similar star should too. Then it takes another year to see it again.
- hplasm, on 05/18/2009, -0/+1And these machines will find us a destination *
- teemingvoid, on 05/17/2009, -2/+3is it just me or are there only 4 telescopes listed? The James Webb Space Telescope definitely looks cool but thats all they give you, an animation cocktease and no info.. does it have no future too?!
- utnow, on 05/18/2009, -0/+1*starts countdown*
Upper management wants results in 2 years or we're not re-upping your contract. - tomz17, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1JWST is a very real project and barring some horrible disaster is pretty much guaranteed to be launched at this point...
- Kumah, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1At first I was sad, thinking that they were going to fix Hubble one last time and let it rot.
Then I read that it was an upgrade, and that a bigger and better telescope is being built.
Now I'm excited for the future :D - zac333222, on 05/18/2009, -0/+0thats pretty cool
- mraaronkeene, on 05/18/2009, -5/+0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzXyyy18C_4
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