[Interview+] How Metamaterials Can Help Moon Rovers Survive Both Days and Nights, NIAC 2026

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BONUS PART STARTS AT 30:33

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🟣 Guest: Dr. Austin Phoenix https://nationalsecurity.vt.edu/personnel-directory/phoenix-austin.html

📜 ECLIPSE – Efficient variable Conductivity Lunar Insulator for Passive Surveyor Environmental control https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/eclipse-efficient-variable-conductivity-lunar-insulator-for-passive-surveyor-environmental-control/

👉 All 2026 NIAC Selections https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/niac-2026-selections/

The Moon is brutal. It's super hot during the day and super cold during the night. Most landers and rovers can't survive that swing. So, how do you mitigate it? One of this year's NIAC projects has a potential solution.

00:00 Intro
01:04 Why is the Moon so terrible?
04:56 Mitigation strategies
30:33 Bistable booms https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.13818
37:26 Current obsessions
45:03 Final thoughts

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