Imagine all you wanted for Christmas was a telescope. As you frantically peel off layer after layer of wrapping, there it is - your brother's old one. Well, okay, if your brother was the National Reconnaissance Office (and you were NASA) this might not seem quite as unjust. Thankfully so, as that's effectively what's just happened. The NRO has given NASA two 2.4-meter "space qualified" telescopes and satellite casings for it to play with. The gifts - which can observe about 100 times the area of the Hubble telescope - could compliment existing projects and provide much-needed resources at the space agency.
Engadget, NASA gets two military 'Hubble-class' military telescopes, fist-pumps with joy
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