India will play a key role in building the world’s largest optical and infrared telescope — the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), which is expected to be completed by 2022 at Mauna Kea in Hawai.
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**Institutes from India, Canada, Japan, China, and the universities in the USA signed the master partnership agreement on July 25 to build and operate the world’s largest optical and infrared telescope. **
This is a significant milestone for the $1.2-billion project. The largest existing optical telescopes in the world are only about 10 metres. India’s contribution to the project is 10% — roughly Rs. 800 crore — of which 70% would be by providing spare parts.
**“It is an important milestone in our global endeavor to raise astronomical observations to a new level. It will be a major stimulus to astrophysics research programs in India. **
The astronomers in the country would be able to work with the best facilities and have an opportunity to do frontline research,” Dr Eswar Reddy, TMT’s India programme director told HT.
Dr Reddy said that the design of the telescope is complete and is expected to begin its construction in April 2014. The observatory is expected to be operational by 2021-22.
The ambitious and technologically challenging project will help astronomers study some of the most distant objects, and better our current understanding of the nature of the dark energy that is responsible for the accelerated expansion of the universe, Dr Reddy said.
“TMT is expected to make a detailed study of exosolar planets, enabling direct imaging of the planets in many cases.
**The high sensitivity of the telescope will enable identification of signatures of life on these planets,” he added.
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“TMT is expected to make a detailed study of exosolar planets, enabling direct imaging of the planets in many cases.
*The high sensitivity of the telescope will enable identification of signatures of life on these planets,” he added.
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They said identification of signatures of life on other planets,which means if any such there...
I dont have doubts that there are no other life forms on other planets. My doubt is that you can observe life signatures on the planets that are multiple light years away, using an optical telescope.
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I dont have doubts that there are no other life forms on other planets. My doubt is that you can observe life signatures on the planets that are multiple light years away, using an optical telescope.
And even if you can that life form might have gone extinct or evolved into something else. No?
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So there is an overzealous idiotic attempt and boasting to find the signature of life far away on other planet(s), but on the other hand there is zero knowledge about human lives lost merely due to lack of food.
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For all it matters, those planets may not even be present now. **
You should have searched how many human lives are and have been lost due to hunger in India. If not convinced, I can gladly flood that information.
There are two Urdu language sayings fit for Indian ambition to spend money on projects which do nothing to help their people besides “khaali Peeli” boasting:
“Ghar Mein Nahin Hain Daanay, Amma Chali Bhunaanay”
" Munh Chikna Jaib Khaali"
Your job is now to use calculus…forget calculus, use simple math how many hungry lives could be saved from the money spent on this useless act…simply providing them a bowl of rice.
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So there is an overzealous idiotic attempt and boasting to find the signature of life far away on other planet(s), but on the other hand there is zero knowledge about human lives lost merely due to lack of food.
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For all it matters, those planets may not even be present now. **
You should have searched how many human lives are and have been lost due to hunger in India. If not convinced, I can gladly flood that information.
There are two Urdu language sayings fit for Indian ambition to spend money on projects which do nothing to help their people besides "khaali Peeli" boasting:
"Ghar Mein Nahin Hain Daanay, Amma Chali Bhunaanay"
" Munh Chikna Jaib Khaali"
Your job is now to use calculus...forget calculus, use simple math how many hungry lives could be saved from the money spent on this useless act...simply providing them a bowl of rice.
You sound like the molvi sahab in our masjid when we were growing up. He used to say secular education was haram and the parents that sent their kids to these schools were kaafir. He probably said that coz his madarasah was losing money to these secular schools. What is your excuse?
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India is trying very hard to compete with first world countries but imo it is going in the wring direction. Space craft launch, telescope etc. are not that important at the moment for a country stricken with poverty etc. They should get their priorities straight. Build schools, roads, reduce crime, establish a transport system, sewer system and if they are left with some money then go do all that stuff.
possible to hai magar hamaaraa telescope ganda ho jaayegaa is liye ma’zarat Khowaah haiN ham. 