Questions tagged [telescope]
For questions about the optical devices used to view distant objects by collecting and focusing light. Questions may choose to specify refracting telescopes, which use lenses to focus light, or reflecting telescopes, which use mirrors. Relevant tags include "space," "technology," "engineering," and "vision."
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Could a large radio telescope survive interstellar spaceflight?
I recently came across Could pulsars really act as "lighthouses" to help in interstellar travel?, asked a week ago. The author was trying to figure out if pulsars could be useful for ...