Pandora The Alien Atmosphere Inspector

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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/

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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