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    Large Synoptic Survey Telescope.

    Currently under construction in Chile.It will be the most powerful survey telescope ever built.

    Welcome | The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

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    Looks like our knowledge of the universe is about to be expanded. Good find!. Also good is the news people at home can get involved via their home computer.

    The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope | The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
    I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food

    A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking

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    Click on the photo to get an idea of the scale of this thing, compared to the normal scope on the right.

    LSST Telescope & Site | The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
    I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food

    A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking

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    More good news, Australia will be involved, possibly thru real time transmission of info. from the LSST.

    LSST Goes to Australia | The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
    I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food

    A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking

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    Yes Bob, the steps forward in scientific knowledge we are making nowadays is truly mind boggling. As I have said before, we live in exciting times. At long last we are getting the technology to prove or disprove Einsteins GR theories on gravitational waves. Einstein was so far ahead with his theories that it is just now we are getting the technology to test the theories.

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    Just thought I would mention the LIGO detector experiment to test for gravitational waves.

    Has giant LIGO experiment seen gravitational waves? : Nature News & Comment

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ausfree View Post
    Yes Bob, the steps forward in scientific knowledge we are making nowadays is truly mind boggling. As I have said before, we live in exciting times. At long last we are getting the technology to prove or disprove Einsteins GR theories on gravitational waves. Einstein was so far ahead with his theories that it is just now we are getting the technology to test the theories.
    My greatest fear is, I'm going to be left behind. The World is moving too fast, I can barely keep up. Not that that worries me too much, my boilermaker mate & I are going to transform the 7x4 trailer I built, into a customized camping trailer. Give me a sandy beach, esky, fishing rod, SWMBO, to hell with the World.
    I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food

    A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ausfree View Post
    Just thought I would mention the LIGO detector experiment to test for gravitational waves.

    Has giant LIGO experiment seen gravitational waves? : Nature News & Comment
    Wow!, I'm packing the trailer , off to secret beach. Me no savey that fella.

    Star Wars is no longer far fetched, I reckon.
    I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food

    A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking

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    I think I may have lost you, somewhere in the gravitational waves, Bob!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ausfree View Post
    I think I may have lost you, somewhere in the gravitational waves, Bob!!!
    As long as I can hear those waves on a beach somewhere, all will be well. Sometimes the pace of scientific discoveries scares me a little.
    I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food

    A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking

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