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Re:A solar gravitational lens will be humanity's most powerf... by ndheebebe on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @10:35PM (#41865905)
Silly question. Can you do a "drive by". In other words not slow down. How much time you need to "take the photo". I am using terms like Randall in Thing Explainer here!!

Maybe it has further missions in deep space after that. Or look in other directions and use other stars.

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Re:A solar gravitational lens will be humanity's most powerf... by kibwen on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @11:07PM (#41866066)
I've actually just finished watching the video linked elsewhere in this thread and a drive-by is exactly what they propose, using multiple telescopes launched on staggered schedules in order to make repeated observations and gradually refine the image.
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