[NIAC 2023] Revolutionary 100-Kilometer Space Telescope

Universe Today Podcast · Mar 23, 2023 · 42m

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. 👉 More about the NIAC award: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2023/Great_Observatory_for_Long_Wavelengths/🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Intro01:20 Haystack Observatory02:48 NIAC proposal for 100-km telescope14:23 What Science Can the Telescope Do30:36 New Approach to Space Telescopes39:21…