Giant Mexican Telescope Launched

SilentOneNCW writes "A new telescope has been unveiled in Mexico by President Vicente Fox. The Large Millimeter Telescope will be used to pick up electromagnetic radiation known as millimetre waves emitted 13 billion years ago, when the first stars burst into existence, astrophysicists say. The $128M telescope is a joint project between Mexico and the US. With an antenna diameter of 164 feet, the LMT dwarfs existing millimetre-wave telescopes and should be able to pick up signals from the faintest objects in outer space."

Mexican scientists must be humble

[Salvance]

If they are trying to impress people with its size, you'd think they'd come up with a better name than "The Large Millimeter Telescope".

Re:Mexican scientists must be humble

[IdleTime]

You have never seen a Mexican Millimeter I can see...

Re:Mexican scientists must be humble

[__aaclcg7560]

The Mucho Grande Telescope? Sounds like something you get at Taco Bell, either off the menu or in the restroom.

Bonus if the orbit decays...

[Asshat Canada]

The Telescope will break open on reentry and spill out tonnes of delicious CANDY!

Huge Cloth

[camperdave]

They unveiled that monster? They must have lots of cloth if they were able to veil something of that size.

Grrr!

[Mikachu]

The telescope is built on the 4,580m (15,026ft) summit of an extinct volcano called Sierra Negra - the fifth highest peak in Mexico.

I'll get you, Powerpuff Girls!

Large millimeters?

[jpellino]

Damn. Here I've been using the regular-sized ones all this time...

Re:Bonus if the orbit decays...

[Hijacked Public]

It isn't in orbit and never will be unless the volcano it is bolted to erupts.

Hmmm....

[pr0nbot]

Hmm... What could the Mexicans need the world's biggest mirror for...

Homeland Security Press Release

[fishthegeek]

They are probably using it this very second to scan for weaknesses in the American Over-Reactive Border Fence System.

Re:And Yet...

[LindseyJ]

You've got your stereotypes all mixed up, man. Let me lay it out for you:

Black people and White trash work in fast food.
Hispanics work in agriculture and sometimes construction.

Come on man, you gotta do your homework to be a proper racist.

Re:Mexican scientists must be humble

[NerveGas]

A Mexican Millimeter? Is that when it's really a millimeter in Mexico, but only worth a few micrometers in the U.S.?

Re:Those poor Mexicans

[gotem]

All their women are ugly and eat beans
Just the ones we show to tourists, the good ones we keep for ourselves. Same for the tequila.

Re:Don't they have bigger problems?

[wolenczak]

Poverty, crime, and corruption ??? You are talking about Louisiana right?