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Re:Realtime Starlink Satellite Map by Rebelgecko on Thursday June 18, 2020 @01:00AM (#23559931)
If you built 10 space telescopes for the price of JWST, I believe that EACH one would still be more expensive than the most expensive terrestrial telescope ever
Re:Realtime Starlink Satellite Map by ustolemyname on Thursday June 18, 2020 @02:28AM (#23560347)
Giant Magellen and Thirty Meter Telescope are both $billion+ projects.

So, no.

Re:Realtime Starlink Satellite Map by Rebelgecko on Thursday June 18, 2020 @02:33AM (#23560374)
I was only thinking of telescopes that currently exist, since it's hard to determine the cost of something before it's built. Inflation and such tends to make a direct comparison a bit trickier— it's not fair to compare JWST dollars spent in 2000 with dollars that won't be spent until 2025. Plus, even though these sorts of things typically end up being more expensive than the original budget, I'm being optimistic :)