I'm Convinced. Let's Do Astronomy From the Moon

What kind of science can we do with telescopes on the Moon? Giant radio dishes in craters, gravitational wave detectors, UV interferometers, and much more. How Starship will completely change this field and enable new opportunities.

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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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