[NIAC 2023] Observe the Universe from Deep Space
Universe Today Podcast
00:00
The Future of Telescopes
So you're proposing to send a telescope out beyond Pluto and then start scanning the sky for dark objects, which could be trapped interstellar objects. And now that Delta V nightmare mostly goes away because they're with us. Now it's a matter of finding them and then then tasking future missions to intercept them. That's part of it. I think I've got more. So we're targeting. The first stage is shorter lived and it allows you to get up to a boost speed of about 25 kilometers per second, almost instantly. But this would get you out of the gravity well pretty quick, out of the solar systems gravity well pretty quickly. Then there's a second stage - an endurance
Play episode from 24:11
Transcript
