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Re:Mystery of interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua gets trickier by ddingus on Saturday August 22, 2020 @10:50AM (#24244496)
What is used, and how long does doing that take?
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Re:Mystery of interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua gets trickier by marcusverus on Saturday August 22, 2020 @03:08PM (#24246446)
Given a budget of, say, $9.66 Billion, I'd say it would take around 25 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope

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Re:Mystery of interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua gets trickier by AlexCoventry on Saturday August 22, 2020 @10:55AM (#24244535)
I think it was sarcasm.
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Re:Mystery of interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua gets trickier by duck2 on Saturday August 22, 2020 @11:11AM (#24244634)
Still interesting what would be used to polish a gold plated beryllium mirror. For instance, looks like they clean it by spraying CO2 snow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_cleaning
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Re:Mystery of interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua gets trickier by ddingus on Saturday August 22, 2020 @12:54PM (#24245409)
Yeah, I took a gamble.

Just looked at the reference you dropped. Thanks, that is an interesting little rabbit hole.

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Re:Mystery of interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua gets trickier by petschge on Saturday August 22, 2020 @02:33PM (#24246160)
Be very careful grinding, polishing or otherwise ablating any alloy that contains beryllium. Berylliosis (no matter if acute or cronic) is no joke.
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