While placing a telescope outside the distortion of Earth's atmosphere may seem like the best way to study the cosmos, CTE Editor Alan Richter holds a different view after the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization Corp. reached out to explain how it's working with Boeing Research & Technology on an Earth-bound telescope that will minimize distortion from the atmosphere.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2018-02-15
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/view-earth-will-do-just-fine-thank-you/
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