Another one for Peter.

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Post #411,893 by Another Scott 7/17/16 11:56:21 AM 7/17/16 11:56:21 AM Reply	Another one for Peter. Petapixel If your mantra in life is “bigger is better,” then here’s a lens for you. Over in Ukraine, someone is selling a gigantic lens from a Soviet spy satellite on the country’s “craigslist”. USSRPhoto reports that the lens was once used by the Soviets on the Yantar 4K2 satellite, mounted to a Zhemchug-18 film camera to photograph sites of interest down on Earth. The pictures of the lens are dated 2005, but there you are. Cheers, Scott.
Post #411,898 by a6l6e6x 7/17/16 1:44:54 PM 7/17/16 1:44:54 PM Reply	Cheap at twice the price! :) Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #411,910 by drook 7/17/16 6:49:52 PM 7/17/16 6:49:52 PM Reply	How would they get it back down? That would have to be expensive. Why would they spend the money for that? -- Drew
Post #411,911 by Another Scott 7/17/16 6:59:56 PM 7/17/16 6:59:56 PM Reply	Presumably they made multiple copies. E.g. Kodak's Hubble backup mirror. Cheers, Scott.
Post #411,913 by Andrew Grygus 7/17/16 7:26:29 PM 7/17/16 7:26:29 PM Reply	He may mean the film. Siberia and Central Asia are a pretty big target for reentry, and the Russians are pretty good at "splashdown" on solid ground.
Post #411,915 by Another Scott 7/17/16 8:48:32 PM 7/17/16 8:48:32 PM Reply	Ah. Presumably the same way the US did. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discoverer_14 Cheers, Scott.
Post #411,918 by pwhysall 7/18/16 3:07:14 AM 7/18/16 3:07:14 AM Reply	Eh, big tripod and collar mount - job's a buck. Adapter ring will be a challenge, mind.

Another one for Peter. - (Another Scott) - (6) - July 17, 2016, 11:56:21 AM EDT

Cheap at twice the price! :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - July 17, 2016, 01:44:54 PM EDT

How would they get it back down? - (drook) - (3) - July 17, 2016, 06:49:52 PM EDT

Presumably they made multiple copies. - (Another Scott) - (2) - July 17, 2016, 06:59:56 PM EDT

He may mean the film. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - July 17, 2016, 07:26:29 PM EDT

Ah. Presumably the same way the US did. - (Another Scott) - July 17, 2016, 08:48:32 PM EDT

Eh, big tripod and collar mount - job's a buck. - (pwhysall) - July 18, 2016, 03:07:14 AM EDT

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