{"id":15917,"date":"2012-06-04T15:03:45","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T20:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=15917"},"modified":"2024-01-15T06:17:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T12:17:38","slug":"nasa-just-got-2-military-spy-telescopes-to-study-the-universe-around-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2012\/06\/nasa-just-got-2-military-spy-telescopes-to-study-the-universe-around-us\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA just got 2 military spy telescopes to study the universe around us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"722\" data-attachment-id=\"21941\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/telescope_essentials_introduction1_lg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/telescope_essentials_introduction1_lg.jpg?fit=720%2C722&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,722\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"telescope_essentials_introduction1_lg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/telescope_essentials_introduction1_lg.jpg?fit=602%2C604&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/telescope_essentials_introduction1_lg.jpg?resize=720%2C722&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/telescope_essentials_introduction1_lg.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/telescope_essentials_introduction1_lg.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/telescope_essentials_introduction1_lg.jpg?resize=602%2C604&amp;ssl=1 602w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/telescope_essentials_introduction1_lg.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">via HubbleSite.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, the National Reconnaissance Office announced that they no longer needed two of their spy telescopes and were donating them, to of all things, science!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two former spy telescopes are reportedly the same size as the Hubble with one major difference &#8211; both are even more powerful than the Hubble. The yet to be named telescopes, Telescope One and Telescope Two, both have mirrors that measure in at nearly 8-feet but unlike the Hubble have a secondary maneuverable mirror that allows better focus. Telescope One and Telescope Two have a 100-times greater field of view than the Hubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new telescopes are almost ready to break our brains with their findings, but first NASA will need to outfit them with the necessary equipment: like cameras, spectrographs, and other space necessary instruments. Secondly NASA needs to find (read: finance) a mission for the new telescopes (hooray red tape!\/s).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, the addition of the two new and very powerful telescopes will be a welcomed addition to space exploration. Since Hubble was read its last rites, Hubble will no longer be receiving any future maintenance and will eventually be de-orbited into the Pacific, Telescope One and Telescope Two are a welcomed upgrade to the scientific community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/health-science\/nasa-gets-military-spy-telescopes-for-astronomy\/2012\/06\/04\/gJQAsT6UDV_story.html\">Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spy telescopes go rogue for science! Hubble&#8217;s replacements twice as powerful, 100x wider view! Space nerds rejoice, but can NASA wrangle them?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":15921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[738],"tags":[2921,508,2922,3506,236,2924,196,2920,646,2923],"class_list":["post-15917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-hubble-telescope","tag-nasa","tag-national-reconnaissance-office","tag-news","tag-science","tag-science-news","tag-space","tag-space-telescopes","tag-spotlight","tag-spy-telescopes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/telescope_essentials_introduction1_lg1.jpg?fit=720%2C722&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pelghY-48J","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15917"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23420,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15917\/revisions\/23420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}