Canada's Humble Space Telescope(universetoday.com)
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Canada's Humble Space Telescope
https://www.universetoday.com/10702/canadas-humble-space-telescope/
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This article is from 2005.
In 2007, the US launched the KEPLER planet finding satellite with massively more capability than MOST.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exoplanets_discovered_...
In 2007, the US launched the KEPLER planet finding satellite with massively more capability than MOST.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exoplanets_discovered_...
MOST wasn’t/isn’t intended as a planet finder (and especially not competition for Kepler etc). It’s a tremendously cost effective and efficient tool for staring at particular stars with high pointing stability looking for variations.
What's about capability per dollar of cost? KEPLER (a great instrument) can't boast this - "...this whole mission has an end-to-end budget of $10 million Canadian, or $7 million US.", can it?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Spencer