Herman
Oberth suggested a space bound telescope as early as 1923.
The
Earth's atmosphere is the bane of astronomers. The idea of sending
a telescope into space to avoid it was first proposed long before
the first satellites were launched, long before anyone even dreamt
of sending astronauts to space. German rocket scientist Herman
Oberth was a pioneering thinker of his time and suggested a space
bound telescope as early as 1923. A space telescope avoids frustrating
problems such as cloudy and misty observing nights, the twinkling
of stars even on clear nights and absorption of the ultraviolet
and infrared parts of the spectrum.
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