[NIAC 2025] Using Metamaterials to Build A Starshade in Space

We all want to see potentially habitable exoplanets around Sun-like stars. But to do that you need a starshade. Something to cover the star and reveal the faint planets around it. What can we build these structures from to make them rigid and strong enough? Finding out in this interview.

🟣 Guest: Christine Gregg

Dynamically Stable Large Space Structures via Architected Metamaterials

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/dynamically-stable-large-space-structures-via-architected-metamaterials/

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02:05 Meta-materials

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