Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-09-06 | Page 1 | Near Pictures of Mars to be Possible Soon

Near Pictures Of Mars to Be Possible Soon i Longest Telescope Ever Conceived Conceived Conceived Con Con- Will Permit Close- Close ups of Planet N PARIS Sept 6 G By the Associated Press Snapshots Press Snapshots of ot Mars as If it the I planet were little more than a mile and a half baIt awa away are aro promised by B. B McAfee McAtee American scientist and collaborator collaborator col col- col- col with David ld Todd tho the well well- known American astronomer in an article In the continental edition of ot the London Dall Dally Daily Mall Mail describing plans for or tho the largest telescope ever er conceIved conceived conceived con con- which he says will solve vo the question as to whether r lito exists on Mars Tho The Instrument should be ready by 1924 when Mars will be nearer tho the earth than for tor a a. century according to Mr McAfee McAtee who is planning the tho tele- tele on his estate near Mr MeA McAfee Ceo says Professor ProCessor Todd found a mine shaft shat at Chile over which Mars will be bo at Its Us zenith several times In 1924 We Wo intend to use uso the tho shaft as tho the barrel bariel of ot the telescope It will be sheathed and ana will be fifty feet in di dl- dl ameter amter The The difficulty of ot a a. glass mirror mirror mirror mir mir- will wili be obviated by tho the use of ot an invention of ot mine a D. flat fiat sheet Ir iron n dish tIU fifty feet In diameter on which mercury mercury will bo bo be poured When the dish Is rotated at nt a certain certain tam tain speed the surface mercury as assumes assumes as- as Burnes the necessary and arid forms torms a splendid mirror Owing to the tho great luminosity the telescope will give wo we will bo able to make a snapshot t Instead of A ing- ing att 1 ot of tw twenty five five nty millions ns will willbe willbo bo be possible bringing Mars Mor within a amile a amile mile and a a. half hair I am convinced d that lIfo life exists on on Mars and expect to provo prove It Mr McAfee will leave for tor Chile on tho the Yacht Zarife next spring for preliminary preliminary pre pre- pre pre- work Professor l Todd odd and he lie wilt will remain In throughout 1924