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Turning the Sun Into a Giant Telescope with Dr. Slava Turyshev
Fraser Cain
Fraser Cain interviews JPL physicist Slava Turyshev about using the Sun's gravity as a lens to image distant exoplanets. They cover how the lens works, how a spacecraft would align with it, and mission design.
HN points to it as the best accessible explanation of the solar gravitational lens mission plan.
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