The data, up to 1.4TB/day raw compressed, is planned to be fully open, every observation is public as soon as it is processed with no embargo. You can just download it and start looking for Rama or Oumuamua or plan your exoplanetary real estate empire or make a really big sandbox game. I at least want somebody to make me a cool screen saver.
You could easily be the first person to see a galaxy.
I wonder how much space exploration could be financed by auctioning off naming rights.
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intuitionist
Yeah this is a garden path headline if I’ve ever seen one
tclancy
Was wondering why we needed a telescope to find dirtbags on earth.
ck2
already talking about it here but yeah it's a big deal
You could easily be the first person to see a galaxy.
I wonder how much space exploration could be financed by auctioning off naming rights.
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49490870
* https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6983/