On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 12:56:03PM -0800, Craig Berry wrote:
> Yes, and for optics like that, you get a field of view measured in
> arc-minutes at most. Omnidirectional detectors don't benefit from
> that.

There are plenty of techniques for getting both wide field of view and
high resolution from a large collector -- many of which can't be used
on or near Earth, but could be used in deep space if we could get
there cheaply and soon enough.

That's with TL 8 engineering.  TL 15 should enable a lot more.

- Tim