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Re:How to move a 200-ton spectrometer across Europe by callesgg on Thursday July 24, 2014 @07:35PM (#8082973)
You can't see that thing from space.

With optics you definitely would, but with optics you can see a single human from space.

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Re:How to move a 200-ton spectrometer across Europe by astrodust on Friday July 25, 2014 @03:11PM (#8087049)
It wouldn't take more than binoculars. The bare patch of ground this thing has made is gigantic.

It's not just the digger, there's this conveyor system that's an integral part of the system that looks miles long.

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.8674604,6.6073151,43657m/dat...

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