[NIAC 2023] Revolutionary 100-Kilometer Space Telescope

Published: March 23, 2023, 7 p.m.

There are radio wavelengths that we can't see from Earth. And to observe them from space, we need a truly huge telescope. Mary Knapp and her team proposed a project that can allow us to build such a telescope and they just recently got a NIAC grant for it.

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\U0001f449 More about the NIAC award:
\nhttps://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2023/Great_Observatory_for_Long_Wavelengths/

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  • 00:00 Intro
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  • 01:20 Haystack Observatory
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  • 02:48 NIAC proposal for 100-km telescope
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  • 14:23 What Science Can the Telescope Do
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  • 30:36 New Approach to Space Telescopes
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  • 39:21 What's Next
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  • 41:55 Outro
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