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IN 2020, THE WORLD-FAMOUS

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HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE WILL

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LIKELY BE RETIRED.

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JON MORSE, A FORMER NASA

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EMPLOYEE AND FOUNDER OF THE

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BoldlyGo INSTITUTE, IS HOPING

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TO BUILD A NEW TELESCOPE THAT

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WILL FILL THE VOID LEFT BY THE

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DECOMMISSIONED HUBBLE.

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REPORTER JENNA FLANAGAN GIVES

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US A LOOK AT THIS

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FUTURISTIC TELESCOPE.

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ASTRO-1 IS A SPACE

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TELESCOPE THAT IS MEANT FOR

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THE ERA BEYOND THE HUBBLE

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SPACE TELESCOPE.

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HUBBLE HAS PROBABLY A FINITE

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LIFETIME TOWARDS THE END OF

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THIS DECADE OR SO BEFORE ITS

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CAPABILITIES WILL BE

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SEVERELY DEGRADED.

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YES, THAT'S RIGHT.

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THE WORLD-FAMOUS HUBBLE SPACE

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TELESCOPE WILL LIKELY BE

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RETIRED SOMETIME AROUND 2020,

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LEAVING A HOLE, SO TO SPEAK,

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IN OUR INTERGALACTIC

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FIELD OF VIEW.

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TO FIX THIS, NASA VETERAN

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JON MORSE STARTED BoldlyGo,

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AND HE'S HOPING TO BUILD A NEW

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TELESCOPE THAT CAN CONTINUE TO

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CAPTURE THE SPECTRUM OF LIGHT

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THAT HUBBLE DID.

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RIGHT NOW IN NASA'S

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MISSIONS THAT THEY ARE

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PLANNING, THERE'S NO

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CAPABILITY FOR

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ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY,

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WHICH IS ONE OF THE MAINSTAYS

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OF SPACE ASTRONOMY.

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THIS NEW TELESCOPE,

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TENTATIVELY TITLED ASTRO-1,

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WILL BE A LIGHTER AND SMALLER

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VERSION OF ITS COUSIN,

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THE HUBB.

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LIKE ITS PREDECESSOR, ASTRO-1

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WILL CAPTURE ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT

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IMAGES, BUT IT WILL HAVE

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A TEN TIMES LARGER

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FIELD OF VIEW

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THANKS TO UPDATED TECHNOLOGY

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FROM THE SAME COMPANY THAT

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HELPED BUILD HUBBLE.

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NEW YORK'S OWN CORNING,

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INCORPORATED, RECENTLY MADE A

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MAJOR DONATION TO BoldlyGo TO

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CREATE A NEW SPACE TELESCOPE

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MIRROR SIMILAR TO THIS

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PROTOTYPE THAT WAS CREATED FOR

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THE FAMOUS HUBBLE TELESCOPE.

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SO, IF YOU CAN ENVISION A

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HONEYCOMB, SO IT'S MOSTLY AIR,

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BUT IT'S VERY STRONG STILL.

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SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE

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MAKING IS A HONEYCOMB

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STRUCTURE OUT OF LOW-EXPANSION

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MATERIAL, WHICH IS OUR U.L.E.,

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TO MAKE THE PRIMARY MIRROR.

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AND IT WILL BE VERY RIGID AND

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ALLOW THE TELESCOPE TO FOCUS

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VERY PRECISELY.

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NESTLED IN THE NORTHERN

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TOWN OF CANTON, JUST OUTSIDE

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THE ADIRONDACK STATE PARK,

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IS ONE OF CORNING GLASS'S

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HIGH-TECH FACILITIES.

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IN 1978, THE COMPANY BUILT THE

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GLASS MIRRORS FOR THE HUBBLE

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TELESCOPE THAT WERE

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LIGHTWEIGHTED BY 60%, MEANING

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FOR A GLASS STRUCTURE ITS

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SIZE, THEY WERE ABLE TO REDUCE

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THE WEIGHT BY 60%.

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WITH TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY, THEY

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CAN PRODUCE THE SAME PIECE

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THAT'S LIGHTWEIGHTED BY 90%

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WHILE MAINTAINING THE SAME

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STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY.

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WHEN THE TEMPERATURE

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CHANGES, ESSENTIALLY,

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THE MIRROR STRUCTURE

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DOES NOT CHANGE.

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IT STAYS VERY CONSTANT, WHICH,

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AGAIN, ALLOWS YOU TO FOCUS

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VERY PRECISELY OVER A LARGE

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TEMPERATURE GRADIENT.

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THIS MAY SEEM LIKE A MINOR

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DETAIL, BUT IT'S CRUCIAL

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FOR SPACE TELESCOPES.

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OUTSIDE OF THE EARTH'S

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ATMOSPHERE, TEMPERATURES CAN

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SWING AS MUCH AS 300 DEGREES

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IN A MATTER OF SECONDS,

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AND TELESCOPE GLASS SIMPLY

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CANNOT AFFORD TO CRACK.

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ONCE THE CORNING GLASS

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COMPONENTS ARE FINISHED IN

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CANTON, THEY'LL BE SENT HERE

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TO EXELIS IN ROCHESTER,

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NEW YORK, WHERE THEY WILL BE

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POLISHED AND FINISHED AND

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FITTED FOR THE ASTRO-1

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TELESCOPE.

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WE CAN PRODUCE VERY CLEAR

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IMAGES FROM SPACE.

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AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE

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PRODUCE 99% OF ALL THE OPTICS

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THAT TAKE PICTURES FROM SPACE,

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BOTH LOOKING AT THE EARTH

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AND LOOKING OUT INTO SPACE.

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EXELIS HAS 50 YEARS OF

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EXPERIENCE BUILDING SPACE

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TELESCOPES, LIKE THIS

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PROTOTYPE OF A SATELLITE

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BUILT FOR DIGITAL GLOBE

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EARLIER THIS YEAR.

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ONCE THEY RECEIVE THE

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FROM CANTON, THEY'LL BE COATED

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WITH A LIGHT REFLECTIVE

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MATERIAL, LIKE ALUMINUM,

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AND THEN MOUNTED INTO THE

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MIDDLE OF THE TELESCOPE

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AS ITS PRIMARY MIRROR.

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EXELIS WILL THEN PRODUCE A

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SECONDARY MIRROR THAT WILL SIT

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SFTRANSFER COLLECTED LIGHT ONTO

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AN INSTRUMENT'S SCREEN.

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THE MIRRORS WILL BE HELD IN

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PLACE WITH A HIGHLY STABLE

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COMPOSITE KEEPING THE ENTIRE

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STRUCTURE AS LIGHT

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AS POSSIBLE.

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THE BENEFIT FOR THAT IS THE

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SPACECRAFT CAN THEN PUT THAT

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LOWER MASS OR THAT LOWER

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WEIGHT FARTHER INTO SPACE,

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AND IT ALSO ALLOWS

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THE MISSION TO LAST LONGER

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BECAUSE NOT AS MUCH FUEL

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IS REQUIRED TO MANEUVER

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IT ONCE IT'S IN PLACE.

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ONCE COMPLETED, ASTRO-1

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WILL BE SENT MONILLION MILES

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INTO SPACE TO COLLECT IMAGES,

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LIKE DARK MATTER.

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THE ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IT

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COLLECTS WILL HELP DETERMINE

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HOW FAST AN OBJECT IS MOVING,

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WHAT IT'S MADE OF,

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AND DETERMINE ITS

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TEMPERATURE AND DENSITY.

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WE WILL ALSO BE ABLE

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TO INVESTIGATE EXOPLANETS

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AROUND NEARBY STARS.

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OUR OFF-AXIS DESIGN IS WHAT

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PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT

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FOR AT LEAST 15 YEARS ABOUT

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WHAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE REALLY

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CLEAN STELLAR IMAGES.

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MORSE SAYS ASTRO-1 WILL

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ACTUALLY HELP THE ASTRONOMICAL

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COMMUNITY TAKE ON SPACE

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FRONTIER PROJECTS

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WITH PRIVATE FUNDING.

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THE ASTRO-1 TELESCOPE WOULDN'T

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TAKE THE PLACE BUT SIMPLY

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BUILD ON THE LEGACY OF HUBBLE.

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BUT DESPITE CORNING'S

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$1.8 MILLION GLASS DONATION

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AND PRIVATE FUND-RAISING,

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THE TELESCOPE PROJECT ISN'T

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ANYWHERE NEAR COMPLETION.

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MORSE SAYS THE ENTIRE ASTRO-1

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PROJECT WILL LIKELY COST

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HALF A BILLION DOLLARS

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AND WON'T GET OFF THE GROUND

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UNTIL 2025 AT THE EARLIEST.

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QUEST FOR NEW WORLDS BY

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VISITING BoldlyGo.ORG.