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Kinda Surprised no mention of Gaia ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Channel Hopper" data-source="post: 865689" data-attributes="member: 175144"><p>To be honest I've not had much chance to post as of late. Plus I thought Gaia was due for launch at the end of this year (which it is of course), then again it was supposed to have gone up a few months ago</p><p></p><p><em>This huge (nearly one billion pixels) array will be fitted to the <strong><a href="http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=26" target="_blank">European Space Agency's Gaia satellite</a>, due for launch in June 2013</strong>.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15242383" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15242383</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>The data will certainly be worthwhile once a few months have passed, as long as the telescopes on board function as per specification. The idea this craft can detect moving objects previously unseen might give some clue on dark matter and the debris that would hamper any long duration travel outside the solar system, unfortunately the resolution of the optics is still not going to be a safeguard on its own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Channel Hopper, post: 865689, member: 175144"] To be honest I've not had much chance to post as of late. Plus I thought Gaia was due for launch at the end of this year (which it is of course), then again it was supposed to have gone up a few months ago [I]This huge (nearly one billion pixels) array will be fitted to the [B][URL='http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=26']European Space Agency's Gaia satellite[/URL], due for launch in June 2013[/B].[/I] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15242383[/url] The data will certainly be worthwhile once a few months have passed, as long as the telescopes on board function as per specification. The idea this craft can detect moving objects previously unseen might give some clue on dark matter and the debris that would hamper any long duration travel outside the solar system, unfortunately the resolution of the optics is still not going to be a safeguard on its own. [/QUOTE]
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