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SuperBIT Will Send Telescopes to the Edge of Space With a Giant Balloon

SuperBIT Will Send Telescopes to the Edge of Space With a Giant Balloon
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Balloon-borne telescope promises Hubble-like images on a budget

Steven Benton While the Hubble Space Telescope has provided us with a wealth of data, getting it into orbit and servicing it have proven to be very expensive. The SuperBIT telescope is an intriguing alternative, as it hangs beneath a balloon instead of being launched by a fuel-hungry rocket. Its name an acronym for Superpressure Balloon-borne Imaging Telescope, SuperBIT is being developed via a collaboration between the University of Toronto, Princeton University, Britain s Durham University, NASA and the Canadian Space Agency. With a budget of US$5 million for its construction and operation, it is claimed to cost about one one-thousandth as much as a similarly equipped satellite.

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