Former Google CEO plans to singlehandedly fund a Hubble telescope replacement
via arstechnica.com
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Prior to World War II the vast majority of telescopes built around the world were funded by wealthy people with an interest in the heavens above. However, after the war, two significant developments in the mid-20th century caused the burden of funding large astronomical instruments to largely shift to the government and academic institutions. First, […]