keccers
@keccers.eth
My neighbor is an astrophysicist who works with James Webb Telescope data. His dream is to pitch Elon Musk to launch 2 more telescopes like the James Webb (although perhaps with more modern instrumentation). He is frustrated because he has to apply annually for telescope time and what he gets is very limited, and the JWST has broken and now out-of-date instruments He believes 1. billionaires and especially Elon Musk should care about the origin of the universe and observing far space 2. A telescope is a perfect project for a billionaire because it allows them to cater to their megalomania and name it after themselves "It's fine he can name it DOGE I don't care"
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Funut
@funut.eth
Pretty sure he’s more likely to name it X or Tesla than DOGE lol
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matthewb.eth
@matthewb
makes a lot of sense James Webb was around $10B though, does elon even have that kind of liquid capital (x2) to deploy? I assumed the vast majority of his nw was $tsla
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rileybeans
@rileybeans
kinda smart. seems like we'd want to explore via telescope a bit more before pitching a tent
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osama
@osama
maybe he should email collisons. they're prompt with email if its high bit rate and actionable. they care about such shit too
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Calypso 🎩
@calypsocat.eth
Investment in Space Weather would be cool too
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Stuart
@olystuart
Starship will make it way more affordable to do so. It'll just take some time for development and focus on the lunar program and Starlink, but once they've got more ships flying NASA will be able to launch much bigger scopes. Can't wait to see what the plans look like once Starship is an option! But I agree it would be great if the billionaires would just fund them.
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six
@six
Reasonable
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bark bark
@king
👀👀👀👀👀
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frdysk.framedl.eth
@frdysk
it's gonna be teleXcope
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Carla5562
@carla5562
The astrologer has a wonderful idea, I hope it succeeds
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