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Re:Four Earth-sized planets detected orbiting the nearest su... by afterburner on Thursday August 10, 2017 @04:08PM (#14983638)
They did plan one (maybe you were thinking of it), but passed in favour of a 39m one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overwhelmingly_Large_Telescope

We certainly can't visit these places for quite some time though.

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Re:Four Earth-sized planets detected orbiting the nearest su... by kuschku on Thursday August 10, 2017 @05:20PM (#14984406)
And the 60 or 100m OLT will likely still be built over the next decades.

ESO is not going to give up, and they don't have to fight with science-deniers for funding, so there's not much to worry about yet.

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