The Astronomy Picture of the Day

What practical knowledge would you ever expect to gain from either of those instruments? And the answer is, we don't. You knon'ta thats that's why vincent's comments about basic research are so important. Because we're still intelligent enough to want to know, period. We just want to know. Ys, we have the right intentions. Although that's not, not often the money that'si eventually, if it's a good enough question, we find the money. Nthe telescope is out there on its own. Ther're no people on it, so that's correct. I think if there were something somewhere else, that's what they would do, because they don