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Re:Texas astronomers revive idea for 'Ultimately Large Teles... by dwaltrip on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @11:59AM (#25126088)
To be fair, we have never had a reason to do so. It is a hard problem, but it isn’t impossible.
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Re:Texas astronomers revive idea for 'Ultimately Large Teles... by 0xffff2 on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @12:40PM (#25126753)
Of course we have reason to do so (to test whether we can do it) and projects like Biosphere 2 suggest that while it's not impossible, it is for the time being unsolved.
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Re:Texas astronomers revive idea for 'Ultimately Large Teles... by dwaltrip on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @01:58PM (#25128040)
I meant other than purposes related to space exploration and general scientific research.

I fully support such activities.

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Re:Texas astronomers revive idea for 'Ultimately Large Teles... by michael1999 on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @02:42PM (#25128630)
Nobody has ever constructed an independent human-compatible biosphere. We have 0 evidence that it is possible at a practical scale. N=1.
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