Free Telescope Anyone?

[Roy]

Anyone fancy a new 2.4 metre reflector? And no need to worry about the weather, just one problem, you'll need to get it into space somehow.

NASA have apparently been given (!) a couple of spy telescopes by the National Reconnaissance Office in America, each of which has a similar mirror (though I suspect a diffent design) to the Hubble.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/nasa-gets-two-military-spy-telescopes-for-astronomy/2012/06/04/gJQAsT6UDV_story.html

Roy