I'm Convinced. Let's Do Astronomy From the Moon
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Published 2024-06-12
🟣 Guest: Dr. Martin Elvis
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00:00:00 Intro
00:02:11 Why put telescopes on the Moon
00:10:00 Unique things for the Moon
00:18:01 How should a good lunar telescope look like
00:27:31 Gravitational waves observatory
00:37:12 History of the Moon
00:41:00 What's next
00:49:43 How Starship will change the game
00:54:29 Current obsessions
01:02:37 Final thoughts
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All Comments (21)
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A friend actually messaged me to watch this one. "Dude, Cain made a video about that thing you never shut up about." I love the future in lunar-based astronomy. I cannot lie.
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34:18 "That's no moon. Its a gravitational wave detector!" -- Obi Wan (probably)
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I never regret watching your interviews Fraser, you chose wise guest, and ask wise questions! Thanks for all your hard work!
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Fraser, this was a really good interview. Cheers.
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Absolutely we should use the Moon as a base for telescopes of all varieties. The Moon is simply another resource available to the science community, and we should utilize that resource along with space and Earth based observatory platforms. Bravo, Frasier, and thanks to Dr Elvis ! These are some exciting ideas and proposals and I hope they're acted on sooner rather than later.
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Man I love when scientists talk about starship, I've imagined all the possibilities with starship, even I've imagined it as starter of interstellar civilization, but when scientists talk about it I realize that things are getting serious and we will see practical things very soon and maybe our dreams will come to reality very soon
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Superbly enjoyable interview, and I'm entirely onboard with the "tube-in-a-tube" concept, and the lunar telescope concepts. IFT-5 really felt like the step up that we have been waiting for.
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:chillwcat: Incredible insight on our prosperous moon. I hope he comes back for follow up interviews.
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Alright, am I the only one who wants Fraser to ask Dr Elvis about that last name?
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Haha I like the "clickbaity" thumbnail with Starship. Radio astronomy is fascinating so it would be awesome to put a telescope on the far side of the moon and avoid all the "pollution" from Earth. I hadn't considered how useful it could be for gravitational waves too, that's really interesting! And even the possibility of using just seismometers instead of lasers. Man, the ideas people come up with are just unbelievable.
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Very interesting interview, by the way. I was hesitant about starting a 1+ hr video but I ended up watching it stem-to-stern. This was, in part, due to the excitement and keen interest shown by both or the participants. Well done, Martin and Fraser!
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Dr. Elvis is so charming. Thanks for the interview. The propellant mass and system complexity of landing system still seems very challenging. I wonder if Starship makes it attainable or we have to wait for thermal nuclear thermal propulsion to be matured.
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Its got to be called 'pink floyd base'
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I really enjoyed this interview! The section about Gravitational Wave Astronomy on the Moon was fascinating. I have never heard of some of those ideas. However, my favorite part was at the half-hour mark when Dr. Elvis was so excited to hear about the other Kilonova candidates. Fraser continued his side-job of informing busy scientists about related news they missed while immersed in their work. Great job, Fraser!
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I've watched this like 4 times now. It's really great. So inspiring.
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Geopolitics might wreck it, but way to go . . . Elvis on the Moon . . . 😎
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I'm so looking forward to see what Starship can deploy over the next years. Astronomers will be like kids on christmas.
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martin feels like one of us. so excited and interested in everything. great interview. glad you mentioned it in space bites or i would have missed it.
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This is AMAZING!!! I've been thinking about these exact questions. Thank you for the follow up questions pressing about what astrophysics and astronomy folks are thinking about what Starship has meant and will mean in the near future.
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Don’t underestimate the problems that moon dust will give. It’s as fine grained as powder and it’s electrostatic. Equipment with moving part and even suites will wear much faster than on earth and you can’t avoid it coming indoors.
