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What's going on with gravitational wave observations now? What's the state of LIGO? What new science can we get from it? How does gravitational energy escape the black holes? How will LIGO work together with Vera Rubin? Finding out all this and more in this interview.
🟣 Guest: Dr. Keefe Mitman
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00:00 Intro
02:04 Detections of gravitational waves
05:37 Where does the "lost mass" come from?
09:27 GW250114
11:45 What makes a good black hole merger
18:21 LIGO maintenance and Vera Rubin collabs
21:07 Measuring cosmic distances
24:37 Primordial graviational waves
27:25 What's next for LIGO
30:56 Current obsessions
33:58 Final thoughts
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What's going on with gravitational wave observations now? What's the state of LIGO? What new science can we get from it? How does gravitational energy escape the black holes? How will LIGO work together with Vera Rubin? Finding out all this and more in this interview.
🟣 Guest: Dr. Keefe Mitman
keefemitman.github.io
00:00 Intro
02:04 Detections of gravitational waves
05:37 Where does the "lost mass" come from?
09:27 GW250114
11:45 What makes a good black hole merger
18:21 LIGO maintenance and Vera Rubin collabs
21:07 Measuring cosmic distances
24:37 Primordial graviational waves
27:25 What's next for LIGO
30:56 Current obsessions
33:58 Final thoughts
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📜 ECLIPSE – Efficient variable Conductivity Lunar Insulator for Passive Surveyor Environmental control
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The Moon is brutal. Its super hot during the day and super cold during the night. Most landers and rovers cant survive that swing. So, how do you mitigate it? One of this years NIAC projects has a potential solution.
00:00 Intro
01:04 Why is the Moon so terrible?
04:56 Mitigation strategies
30:33 Current obsessions
38:11 Final thoughts
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