Question

The U.S. has plans to build a 30-meter telescope, while the Europeans are thinking about a 39-meter telescope. What technological innovation allows astronomers to be thinking about telescopes with that large an aperture

Answer 1

Answer:

The mirror in these telescopes will be constructed from many smaller mirrors which will work together.

Explanation:

A telescope is defined as an optical instrument that is used to observe or view the distant objects. A telescope is made up of curved lenses or mirrors or by combining both.

In the context, both the US and the Europeans are planning to make a telescope which is 30 m and 39 m respectively. This could be possible as the mirrors that are used to make these telescope will be made from a many smaller mirrors that will work together as a single large mirror having a very large aperture.