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by ShorsHammer 2322 days ago
A bunch of Canadian students and their lecturers built a world class telescope while in university using off the shelf technology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly_Telephoto_Array

https://www.dragonflytelescope.org/

It's all published and anyone can make their own too. Using off the shelf products.

Having a colossal budget to blow isn't always the answer to everything in fact it's sometimes more of a hindrance which is clear to anyone ever involved with government procurement and how it works.