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Re:Big Bang telescope finale marks end of an era in cosmology by melling on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @12:55PM (#17602841)
I’ve always wanted to see space exploration paid for with ad dollars.

Let’s beam back images from the solar system in 4k 24/7 as part of the next Voyager type missions. The profits could be used to pay for new missions.

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Re:Big Bang telescope finale marks end of an era in cosmology by gmiller123456 on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @01:06PM (#17602955)
The view from Voyager doesn't change very fast, so no need for video. NASA does stream live video from the ISS [1], not very exciting when they're on the dark side of the Earth (just a black image). No ad revenue though, I guess real life space isn't as interesting to as many people as people in a pawn shop reading from scripts.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mSgb-gWjy0

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Re:Big Bang telescope finale marks end of an era in cosmology by melling on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @01:11PM (#17603002)
I was thinking more like parking them in orbit around each planet. A couple of new Mars rovers, etc.
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Re:Big Bang telescope finale marks end of an era in cosmology by orbital-decay on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @01:04PM (#17602939)
The problem with "Voyager type" missions is that the next launch window will be available in 2150s.
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Re:Big Bang telescope finale marks end of an era in cosmology by labster on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @03:21PM (#17604135)
Hopefully the SLS rocket will be working by then.
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Re:Big Bang telescope finale marks end of an era in cosmology by tobylane on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @04:09PM (#17604489)
They fix the hardware, which needs to be hardened, a long time before launch. The capability to do something wouldn't happen in the same decade people call it blurry but passable.
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Re:Big Bang telescope finale marks end of an era in cosmology by SketchySeaBeast on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @09:57AM (#17609235)
Despite all the horrifying implications (NASA suddenly being directly funded by big oil), I want this just to give the Flat Earth Society a chance to advertise.
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