/sci/ - Science & Math

>>16057705
>FINALLY
And yet it has already been studied for Habitable Worlds Observatory. The truth is that monolithic concepts have always been around, that isn't novel. JWST is the exception being segmented.
Having a space telescope with huge transmissive optics (lenses) is a bad idea, it will ruin the ultraviolet performance completely.
Also if you post someone's slide then at least say who the fuck they are.
>>16057726
>>Why not build 10?
>Why not give everyone in the world a million dollars each, we could solve poverty like that?
Money, money, money. Pulling numbers out of thin air is also not a real cost, that's one of the reasons JWST ended up so expensive relative to the initial estimates. The cost is what it is modeled to be, not what you wish it was.
Even funding one of these might be beyond what is possible. Particularly given there isn't really a funding stream for non-NASA space astronomy missions in the US. For reference both US-lead ELTs are very broke, in particular GMT has less than half the money it needs.