SKA vs James Webb Telescope

[Hanno Labuschagne]

SKA vs James Webb Telescope

The headline-making launch in late December of the James Webb Space Telescope is humankind’s latest attempt to learn about the origins of our universe. Like the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) the James Webb was in the engineering pipeline for decades.

The SKA is a much larger project, coming online in stages with ‘precursor instruments’. The latest of these, MeerKAT, has been in operation since early 2018 and producing award-winning science ever since.

[GroundUp]

 

[genetic]

I would live to visit the SKA site one day.

 

[cda]

Next up: Sydney Opera House vs a pork chop

 

[Gordon_R]

Biggest difference:
Not made in America. Will never grab as many headlines...

 

[Gnome]

Biggest difference:
Not made in America. Will never grab as many headlines...

So comparing a telescope array on earth to complex space telescope (complexity being in both its equipment and final deployment position) and the only difference is one is made in America. Oooh k.

 

[genetic]

Biggest difference:
Not made in America. Will never grab as many headlines...

Well technically the biggest difference is that one is an optical telescope, whilst the other is a radio telescope.

 

[Gordon_R]

So comparing a telescope array on earth to complex space telescope (complexity being in both its equipment and final deployment position) and the only difference is one is made in America. Oooh k.

Well technically the biggest difference is that one is an optical telescope, whilst the other is a radio telescope.

I fully understand the technical differences, I meant in terms of the media hype. The US has zero investment in the SKA, and you will never see the same frenzy. If you scroll YouTube, half of the recommended videos this month are about Webb...

 

[Azbubu]

I fully understand the technical differences, I meant in terms of the media hype. The US has zero investment in the SKA, and you will never see the same frenzy. If you scroll YouTube, half of the recommended videos this month are about Webb...

Considering JW has just been launched and SKA is a long term project that is still many years away from completion, that’s not surprising at all.

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

Next up: Sydney Opera House vs a pork chop

Lol ya, this is a bit like comparing a tesla to a jcb