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[Interview] Are Membrane Telescopes The Future of Space-Based Astronomy?

Nov 14, 2024
46:21

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🟣 Guest: Dr. Sebastian Rabien
https://www.mpe.mpg.de/person/18090/2169

📜 Membrane Space Telescope: Active Surface Control with Radiative Adaptive Optics
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.07741

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 02:27 Adaptive optics in space
  • 05:17 Membrane-based telescopes
  • 22:48 Taking membrane telescopes to space
  • 32:54 A practical next step
  • 34:02 Questions from patrons
  • 36:54 Working with ELT
  • 44:30 More interviews

📺 VIDEO VERSION
https://youtu.be/36t-UGXfllk

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