On: Four Earth-sized planets detected orbiting the nea...

[aptwebapps]

What do you mean by the two types of technology converging?

[andy_ppp → aptwebapps]

Launching huge telescopes (and possibly assemble them) into space...?

[wtvanhest → andy_ppp]

No, I mean ground based telescope tech and space based tech. Both have different limits and advantages.

[deepsun → wtvanhest]

There is at least one space telescope that connects with ground-based telescopes using interferometry, so in some sense, they could be called one telescope: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spektr-R

[andy_ppp → wtvanhest]

Isn’t it size vs astmopheric noise? Or are there loads of other factors?