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Quote by: Autolykos Somehow I doubt that Earth-orbiting telescopes would be able to see planets orbiting Alpha Centauri with as much detail as probes orbiting those planets would be able to.
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Fifty years is a long time. When they launched Hubble they were saying that earth based telescopes would not be able to exceed Hubble’s resolution and it is already happening and that was only twenty years ago. And that is here on earth. They are planning some very big scopes and they are making good progress on synthetic apertures. Besides what would it hurt to wait? The scopes get better, planet detecting techniques get better. We then have a much better idea of what systems to aim for and what sort of equipment to put on board.
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