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EVSN - After Hours: Doing Big Science With Light Tools & Guest Dr. Danny Jacobs
From July 30, 2026.
Hosted by: Dr. Pamela L. Gay (@CosmoQuest)
Science comes from many corners, and there is a need for both 600-m radio telescopes made on a great plain (Like the RATAN-600) and 60cm radio dishes built in a living room. In this After Hours, we talk with ASU professor Dr. Danny Jacobs (https://danielcjacobs.com)about how he engages students of all kinds in space sciences through educational tools like the cardboard radio telescope (https://astrochart.github.io), and in space telescope operations with the SPARCS small sat. (https://sparcs.asu.edu/)
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