[Interview] Alien Atmosphere Inspector. The Pandora Telescope

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/ 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 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 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/96Ee8Z-sbSU 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast