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

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🟣 Guest: Dr. Sebastian Rabien
https://www.mpe.mpg.de/person/18090/2169

📜 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

📺 VIDEO VERSION
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