China Announces Its New Flagship Space Telescope Mission - Universe Today
Given the potential scientific rewards, it’s not surprising that China is joining the “big space telescope club”. It’s also a source of national pride, especially if they can “out-Hubble Hubble”. For example, once CSST is operational, Chinese scientists hope to survey the sky and observe more than a billion galaxies. Their instruments should let them get highly precise measurements of galaxy shapes, positions, and brightnesses.
That’s just a small taste of what CSST promises to do and be, according to scientists at the Academy. Not surprisingly, they often compare it to Hubble and its 32 years of breathtaking observations. If the telescope goes up as planned, it will definitely surpass HST in many ways.
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