Not high enough resolution (you don't need that because the atmosphere is turbulent) and higher angular area, which is what WISE was about. WFIRST should be the next generation.
2012/6/4 Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> > Daniel Rocha <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/06/nasa-gets-two-unneeded-hubble-sized-spy-telescopes/ >> > > > This article does not anything like what you said: > > "The quality of the instruments is way inferior (perhaps even the mirrors > has inferior polishing quality given that you don't need so much quality > when looking at a turbulent atmosphere) . . ." > > It says: > > ". . . Compared to the Hubble, they would give you 'about [a] 100 times > bigger area that you can image well.' > > After NASA's internal analysis, a good match was found between these > capabilities and an existing project, the Wide Field Infrared Survey > Telescope, or WFIRST. " > > It says nothing about inferior quality or inferior polishing. > > - Jed > > -- Daniel Rocha - RJ [email protected]
