[Interview] I'm Convinced. Let's Do Astronomy From the Moon
What kind of science can we do with telescopes on the Moon? Giant radio dishes in craters, gravitational wave detectors, UV-interferometers and much more. How Starship will completely change this field and enable new opportunities.
🟣 Guest: Dr. Martin Elvis
https://cfa.harvard.edu/people/martin-elvis
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- 00:00:00 Intro
- 00:02:11 Why put telescopes on the Moon
- 00:10:00 Unique things for the Moon
- 00:18:01 What a telescope should look like
- 00:27:31 Gravitational waves observatory
- 00:37:12 History of the Moon
- 00:41:00 What's next
- 00:49:43 How Starship will change the game
- 00:54:29 Current obsessions
- 01:02:37 Final thoughts
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