Photonic Chip Cuts Cost of Hunting Exoplanets

[gary]

Story here :-
https://spectrum.ieee.org/photonic-integrated-circuit

[Leo.G]

That sounds amazing and the cost of getting the smaller items into space should be negligible compared to manufacturing and getting the JWT up there.


Speaking of the JWT, some time ago I sent my younger sister some images I'd taken, possibly the MW I don't remember. A little later she sent me an email saying keep trying and one day I may get images as amazing as the fellow James Webb with his back yard telescope in Hawaii.
I still laugh over that email. I did explain the difference between his budget and my budget, I'm not sure she exactly understood.

[AstroViking]

That's all we need - more crap in orbit. We already have to deal with StarLink. and the multitude of satellites and junk that's in orbit. The Chinese are wanting to do their own in-space Internet, as do Amazon and several other companies.

Where does it all stop, and when do we get our pristine skies back?

V.

[Leo.G]

Sadly Steve I don't think we ever get our pristine skies back.