The Carl Sagan Space Telescope

These are the characteristics and capabilities of the Carl Sagan Space Telescope at present, since it could change to a better design in its development, it has a 12-meter diameter mirror, a true "vault" of light made up of 36 segments, it is able to fold to fit comfortably inside the newly tested SLS, NASA's new heavy-lift rocket.

It will have the ability to make observations in ultraviolet light, visible light, and infrared light, extending the range of sensitivity of its predecessor, Hubble, beyond the near-infrared. For this, it must have a heat shield similar to that of James Webb that allows it to keep its instruments cool. and it will be carried into an orbit far from the earth at the lagrange point 2, like James webb so that the earth's heat does not interfere with its infrared observations.

The combination of extremely high resolution due to its huge mirror and high sensitivity over a wider range of the spectrum will allow you to observe unprecedented details of incredibly faint objects, such as low-mass galaxies, examples of such distant galaxies are shown to the left of the image above. or dim that hubble cannot capture the details and on the right the simulation of how the Carl sagan space telescope would be able to see these same galaxies.

Its capabilities would allow it to see unprecedented details within our solar system such as details on the surface of icy Moons like Europa and its geysers in ultraviolet light, as well as details on the surface of distant Pluto and its moon Charon and the clouds of Neptune.

This is a simulated image of how the Carl Sagan Telescope would view a solar system identical to ours orbiting a sun-like star 27 light-years away called an Asterion, but not least equipped with a chronograph to cast a shadow on starlight would be able to see exoplanets and analyze the chemical composition of their atmospheres using spectroscopy, and that's why they decided to name this telescope Carl sagan.

Carl Sagan was keen to wonder if there is life outside of Earth, and the proponents of this new space telescope argue that we are at an unprecedented point of technological development that allows us to answer that question and the Carl Sagan space telescope would be able to To do so, they also say that by using technologies proven in earlier space telescopes like the James Webb Sail-shaped heat shield the cost and time of design and construction would be shortened making it possible to put the Carl Sagan space telescope into orbit in as short a time as 12 years allowing So the people who worked on James Webb to still be active to use their knowledge on this project.

Each of these projects took a long time, but it's comforting to know that for over a decade people have been working to make this next big project a reality.

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