The following link contains the slideshows from NASA's Ares V Astronomy Workshop from april 26-27, 2008.

Pretty cool stuff showing the interest in 8 to 16 meter telescopes launched from Ares, paired with a sun occulter, capable of imaging exoplanets. Even some pie-in-the-sky talk of the Planet Imager, using linked Ares launched mega-scopes.

http://event.arc.nasa.gov/aresv/inde...on=home.agenda

Click the links for the slideshows.

Not so pie in the sky. Large monolithic mirrors are better than the Hasbro Transformer known as Webb.

I also like the lunar Arecibo-style radio telescope idea.

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Clear skies Maksutov.

NASA would be foolish not to take advantage of the payload capability of this big booster. It has more payload capability than the old Saturn V.

Many other missions requiring massive payloads can be launched with this booster. DOD can take advantage of this too, and drive down unit costs.