Video: Up Close and Personal with Asteroid Hunter Arkyd
Planetary Resources President Chris Lewicki shows off the Arkyd asteroid hunting spacecraft.
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Looking at the scope, it’s clear it has a carbon fiber tube. The vanes mean it’s not Schmidt-Cassegrain but more likely a Ritchey-Chretien. I wonder if it’s a customized version this telescope made by Astronomy Technologies:
http://www.astronomytechnol…
which runs about $3-4K.