Episode Details

In this week's questions show, I answer questions about ice on rockets, the maximum gravitational slingshot, could black holes pull you out of black holes, and more...

00:00 Start

00:30 Why is iron the heaviest element produced in stars?

04:31 Why does ice fall off the outside of rockets?

06:02 What is the maximum gravitational slingshot?

09:36 Could a black hole pull you out of another black hole?

10:21 What is the deadliest distant object?

11:59 Could NASA rent space from Orbital Reef?

13:49 Could we communicate with another civilization?

17:31 Are you squished or torn apart by a black hole?

19:16 Could Starship return ISS to the Earth?

21:45 Could we transmit DNA to another civilization?

24:41 Could a solar flare kill life on Earth?

26:12 Could space telescopes work as interferometers?

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