It’s Always A Spectrometer

Update: 2025-11-27

Description

This week, we sit down with Payload Scientist Andy to explore how spacecraft instruments determine what an asteroid is really made of. From early reconnaissance canisters to modern spectrometers, we discuss payload heritage, sensing techniques, and how DeepSpace-2 will characterize a metallic target using modern, lightweight hardware.

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In Channel

It’s Always A Spectrometer

2025-11-2744:23

Paint It White, But Make It Conductive

2025-11-2059:44

So You’re Telling Me There’s a Chance

2025-11-1353:05

You Want It to Burn This Way

2025-11-0645:21

Can We Sue Them First?

2025-10-3035:54

One Board, Two Brains

2025-10-2342:12

Reconnoiter And Respond (ft. Brent Barbee, Lead Planetary Defense Applications Scientist + Adrienne Rudolph, Graduate Researcher at UMD)

2025-10-1601:05:08

The Attitude Problem

2025-10-0940:50

Point It Or Lose It

2025-10-0242:40

It Was In The JPEG

2025-09-2535:55

Stressed And Unpressed

2025-09-1852:27

Don't Look Up

2025-09-1238:36

We’re Not Vibing 1,000 Models

2025-09-0456:15

Just Screws

2025-08-2852:13

Bang-Bang To An Asteroid

2025-08-2146:34

Signal Not Found

2025-08-1449:32

Hold The Link

2025-08-0751:43

Survive The Drop

2025-07-3101:00:04

Vibe Check

2025-07-2436:58

The Baseplate Is On A Diet

2025-07-1748:46

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It’s Always A Spectrometer