NASA Scientists Pioneer Method for Making Giant Lunar Telescopes
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 - 13:35
in Astronomy & Space
Scientists working at NASA`s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., have concocted an innovative recipe for giant telescope mirrors on the Moon. To make a mirror that dwarfs anything on Earth, just take a little bit of carbon, throw in some epoxy, and add lots of lunar dust.