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At the intersection of engineering and astronomy in its structure as a scientific discipline
It is quite common. For example, ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, has astronomers and engineers at work. They work together, since an astronomer should not need to know about ...
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At the intersection of engineering and astronomy in its structure as a scientific discipline
Yes, this intersection exists, in the instrumentation, and somewhat in mission design.
When it gets to designing instruments, it needs knowledge of both worlds: what does science want, how and in what ...
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At the intersection of engineering and astronomy in its structure as a scientific discipline
Yes, there is an intersection between astronomy and engineering. In my experience, it will mostly be astronomers who have a flair for technology and instrumentation who at some point, either from the ...
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