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

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🟣 Guest: Dr. Sebastian Rabien

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📜 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

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