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"You cannot exploit the advantages of getting above the atmosphere unless you are able to get up ther..." — Nancy Roman
You cannot exploit the advantages of getting above the atmosphere unless you are able to get up there reasonably large-sized telescopes and unless you are able to keep these telescopes pointing at one region of the sky for long periods of time to a high degree of accuracy.
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