Re: [ATM] the future of amateur telescope making and amateurastronomy

["Kowalski, Mark S" <mark.kowalski@hp.com>]

As nano technologies are put into production, the traditional glass
primary mirror will be replaced by a thin, metallic, reflective film
that floats above a nano electrostatic array.  The array will be managed
by a CPU to maintain it in a parabolic shape and automatically correct
for environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, air currents).
Similarly, the secondary mirror will be a thin film floating in mid-air
(no spider) and maintained flat by an array in the cage.  'course, this
will first come to fruition in products released by Celestron-Meade.

Mark

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Subject: Re: [ATM] the future of amateur telescope making and
amateurastronomy

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