The Roman Deep Space Telescope

[LibertyWeeps]

NASA has built the next generation space telescope.
Unlike the Hubble, this one is meant to fly around our solar system and report directly to observatories outfitted with the tech for getting the feeds. And it is supposed to be 100 times more "everything" than the Hubble.

This means CLOSEUPS of planets like Neptune, Uranus, Pluto, and the supposed "dark" planet outside of Plutos sphere.

It was supposed to launch in 2021, but I guess the plandemic shifted plans like it did everywhere else. Now it is set to lauch in 2026/2027.

Hopefully in another year or two, we will be able to see much clearer images in high definition of our solar system......past Mars that is.









What do you think?

 

[toobfreak]

NASA has built the next generation space telescope.

It is just another specialized space scope designed to fill a void not covered by other scopes. It is still probably just another Ritchey-Chretien but with a much larger central obstruction (CO mirror returning image to prime focus) to accommodate a flat field across a much wider angle to support a huge camera designed to image the whole field at once in high resolution.

Hubble was the first space telescope, general purpose in design, still a useful telescope.

Nothing much new here really other than the size of the camera (CMOS sensor), and the application. Sadly, this kind of further dumbs down astronomy--- time was when astronomers were active in making direct observations and discoveries themselves if not the actual instrument too, now with these space robotic telescopes, the astronomer is reduced to basically just a data / number cruncher.

 

[LibertyWeeps]

It is just another specialized space scope designed to fill a void not covered by other scopes. It is still probably just another Ritchey-Chretien but with a much larger central obstruction (CO mirror returning image to prime focus) to accommodate a flat field across a much wider angle to support a huge camera designed to image the whole field at once in high resolution.

Hubble was the first space telescope, general purpose in design, still a useful telescope.

Nothing much new here really other than the size of the camera (CMOS sensor), and the application. Sadly, this kind of further dumbs down astronomy--- time was when astronomers were active in making direct observations and discoveries themselves if not the actual instrument too, now with these space robotic telescopes, the astronomer is reduced to basically just a data / number cruncher.

It's a helpful tool, not a replacement for peoples work.

Now, if they had 1,000 of them roaming around the galaxy, then yes........I could see your point.

But this one is supposed to do 100 times more things than the Hubble, as well as roam around the solar system.
The video didn't say anything about whether it's navigable like a drone, even though the narrator liked it to a drone, but I'd really like to know if it is retreivable or if it can make its way back to earth at some point.

Personally, I think it's a waste of money and resources if something like that is NOT navigable from earth.

 

[0311]

NASA has built the next generation space telescope.
Unlike the Hubble, this one is meant to fly around our solar system and report directly to observatories outfitted with the tech for getting the feeds. And it is supposed to be 100 times more "everything" than the Hubble.

This means CLOSEUPS of planets like Neptune, Uranus, Pluto, and the supposed "dark" planet outside of Plutos sphere.

It was supposed to launch in 2021, but I guess the plandemic shifted plans like it did everywhere else. Now it is set to lauch in 2026/2027.

Hopefully in another year or two, we will be able to see much clearer images in high definition of our solar system......past Mars that is.









What do you think?

IF that happens WOW.

 

[0311]

IF that happens WOW. just think of views of Jupiter Mars and and Saturn.

 

[Ringo]

I wonder how much Howard Wolowitz from “The Big Bang Theory” could have earned during his stay in space?
As I understand it, astronauts are paid for these flights.
For example, in Russia, astronauts receive $400 for each day in space in addition to their salary.

 

[LibertyWeeps]

I wonder how much Howard Wolowitz from “The Big Bang Theory” could have earned during his stay in space?
As I understand it, astronauts are paid for these flights.
For example, in Russia, astronauts receive $400 for each day in space in addition to their salary.

Thats not much.

 

[Ringo]

Thats not much.

They are on military serviсe and Russia does not have a magic printing press, that prints endless amounts of money.
But as I have read, the salary of a first-class test-cosmonaut is about 500,000 rubles. That's about $6,500 a month. Very good money in Russia.

 

[LibertyWeeps]

They are on military serviсe and Russia does not have a magic printing press, that prints endless amounts of money.
But as I have read, the salary of a first-class test-cosmonaut is about 500,000 rubles. That's about $6,500 a month. Very good money in Russia.

I didn't say it wasn't good pay, just not much for being in such a dangerous job.