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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a cool experiment being conducted on ISS right now that could one day produce a huge liquid mirror telescope in space
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid-mirror_telescope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pole_Telescope
https://www.axiomspace.com/news/ax-1-research-expands-access-to-iss
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Zenith_Telescope
The Conversation CC BY 4.0 https://theconversation.com/how-do-you-build-a-mirror-for-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-telescopes-49927
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NASA Goddard, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VqG3Jazrfs
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center CC BY 2.0
Ray Bertram, Steward Observatory
Cmglee CC BY-SA 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Binocular_Telescope#/media/File:Comparison_optical_telescope_primary_mirrors.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope#/media/File:NASA’s_James_Webb_Space_Telescope_Completes_Environmental_Testing_(50427670958)_(cropped).jpg
http://nasa/MSFC/David%20Higginbotham/Emmett%20Given%20https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope#/media/File:James_Webb_Space_Telescope_Mirror37.jpg
Tavo Romann CC BY 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mercury_escaped.jpg
Matthew Trump CC BY-SA 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid-mirror_telescope#/media/File:Parabola_shape_in_rotating_layers_of_fluid.jpg
Cleonis CC BY-SA 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid-mirror_telescope#/media/File:Forces_in_a_Parabolic_Dish.svg
Paul Hickson, University of British Columbia
NASA Johnson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKk_7NIKY3Y
ESA CC BY 4.0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiVobySNVKw
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