[RightWhale]

There are a couple of such telescopes being built right now at NASA. One should be in operation by the end of the decade, which will enable imaging of some surface detail on earth-size planets at other stars. If they do better than the recently demised CONTOUR.

[sleavelessinseattle]

I knew there was a space based gravimetric system coming up but not an optical one...outstanding! Guess I'll have to watch my cholesterol to stay alive long enough to see the pics! Thnx RW!