Episode Details

In this week's questions show, I explain how other planets can have geostationary orbits, if sending tardigrades to the Moon is a violation of the Outerspace Treaty, and why everything orbiting the Sun is in perfect balance.

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00:00 Start

00:53 Does Venus have a geostationary orbit?

02:34 Is sending tardigrades to the Moon violate the Outerspace Treaty?

06:30 Why is everything in stable orbit around the Sun?

08:50 Is there a telescope on the ISS?

10:33 How does the solar maximum work?

13:05 Does space solar power make sense?

15:40 Do rockets have to go into orbit around the Earth first?

17:15 When will a microscope go to Mars?

19:57 Could gravitational lensing let us see beyond the observable Universe?

21:53 Where will we see the surface of other worlds?

24:19 Could you go faster to blue shift light?

26:47 Do nuclear rockets need fuel?

28:03 Does time travel slower at the centre of the Universe?

29:49 Can black holes go supernova?

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