Anonymous ID: 940cd1 Jan. 4, 2019, 9:26 p.m. No.4604334   🗄️.is 🔗kun

In 2012, NASA got two space telescopes, comparable to Hubble, from the NRO. They were surplus and likely intended to spy on objects/people on the ground (what made them surplus/what the were replaced with is probably top secret, if not SAP). One of the telescope has been selected for use.

 

"NASA is commencing work on the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), the successor to the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes.

 

WFIRST in space.

An artist's conception of WFIRST in space. Image credit: NASA/Goddard Spaceflight Center/Conceptual image lab

 

After several years of design studies, NASA announced this past week that formal work will begin on the next-generation space observatory to follow the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes: the Wide Field Survey Telescope (WFIRST)…"

 

cont.

https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/nasa-unveils-wfirst-next-decade-space-telescope-02222016/