Re: Last Vanguard Sciences Roundtable Notes (part 2)

Hexslinger ( hexslngr@internet-frontier.net )
Fri, 17 Jul 1998 20:43:15 -0700 (PDT)

On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Jerry Wayne Decker wrote:

> Item #4 - Fiber Optic Telescope
>
> I'm not so sure about this one, but a friend got to thinking about
> light and how it scatters as it passes
> into our atmosphere. He thinks that light moving through space is not
> diffused/dispersed and so is collimated from the source of
> emission/reflection.

I'm sorry, that just blew over my head... collimated? Light travelling in
total vaccuum will follow it's present course, barring any alteration by
mass or gravity. So, what exactly was this fellow trying to say?

> Interesting idea. In the book Dashed Against the Rock, Colville
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Speaking of which... I'm still looking for it... last few times I tried
Amazon.com, they always had it listed as out-of-stock. They had it once...
I should've snapped on it then. Any ideas?