[Interview] Alien Atmosphere Inspector. The Pandora Telescope
January 29th, 2025
NASA is launching a new telescope this year called Pandora. It'll be specifically inspecting atmospheres of exoplanets. It even uses spare parts from JWST. Learning more about the Pandora telescope in this interview.
🟣 Guest: Dr Ben Hord
https://pandorasat.com/
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- 00:00 Intro
- 01:31 What is the Pandora mission
- 07:37 Target selection
- 13:38 Spare detector from JWST
- 16:59 Fighting stellar contamination
- 26:32 An alternative for TRAPPIST-1
- 28:57 What's next for Pandora
- 35:05 Current obsessions
- 38:18 Final thoughts
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