NASA’s Starshade Is Like a Giant Visor for the Stars | WIRED
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has come up with an ingenious solution to take better photographs of ultra-bright stars; a baseball diamond-sized folding shade that blocks out a star’s powerful rays.
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NASA’s Starshade Is Like a Giant Visor for the Stars | WIRED
It doesn't increase the chances of life existing it increases the chance of us ever seeing them
why are they making the process so difficult, when they can make an umbrella like structure which will be easy to carry and deploy…
I'm a fan of NASA, space, etc. etc. But this seems like a lot of time and effort for something not entirely worthwhile relative to other potential projects.
Isnt it dangerous, do they know the frequence
I don't understand why they can't make an either smaller more structurally sound one, &or perhaps an arm that extends lining up like the sight of a gun or just block the light in that fashion inside the optix? Two pieces extended so frailly over such a distance seems rather risky difficult. If it works, more power to ya, but for how long? I'm all for it/progression but you don't think we can get a more clever or trickier with this solution?
Best of luck! I'd love to hear & see positive results!
I want one
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Meiner Meinung nach ist es egal ob der Starshade viereckig oder Sonnenblumen förmig ist, weil er ja eh Kilometer weit vom Teleskop entfernt ist. Da sollte doch die Form des Schildes keine Rolle spielen. Oder??
Yeah right ….
gfg
Wonder where this is now…
this video is 6 years old. i wonder how much they improved now.