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[Space Bites] Titan's Dragonfly Test, New Nuclear Rocket, Shadow Universe
The Titan Dragonfly is coming together, NASA is considering a new kind of nuclear rocket, getting more warning for solar flares, and pinpointing carb…
3 years, 8 months ago
[Q&A] Dark Curvature, Navigating the Oort Cloud, Future of Space Toilets
Should we change "Dark Matter" to "Dark Curvature"? How do you navigate through dense asteroid fields? What's the future of space toilets? Do aliens …
3 years, 8 months ago
[Space Bites] Another Rover's Dead, Green Comet Incoming, JWST’s First Exoplanet
Keep your eyes on the sky for a comet, another Mars rover has died, the leaky Soyuz is going to be replaced, JWST dominates the American Astronomical…
3 years, 8 months ago
[Interview] Avoiding Kessler Syndrome
Mapping out all the space objects and understanding their orbits is the key to avoiding problems in orbit. What are the technical challenges and what…
3 years, 8 months ago
[Q&A] Rings Around Stars, Laser Space Propulsion, Life on Cold Moons
How do we determine the velocities of objects in distant space? Can we use a laser a space engine on a spaceship? Can we find stars with rings? Is it…
3 years, 8 months ago
[Space Bites] Eruption on Io, Moon Navigation, Space-Based Power Test
NASA is looking for dangerous asteroids, Io is blasting lava into space, the solar wind could be creating water on the Moon, space power is finally g…
3 years, 8 months ago
[Bonus] Are We Alone in The Universe? John Michael Godier's Event Horizon
This is part 2 of an interview I did with John Michael Godier on his show called Event Horizon. We talked about the Fermi Paradox and possible soluti…
3 years, 9 months ago
[Interview] A Realistic Way to Make Space Habitats From Asteroids
We can build space habitats from asteroids by spinning them fast enough. That's what Professor Adam Frank suggests in a recent paper he co-wrote. In …
3 years, 9 months ago
[Space Bites] 2022. Best Space Year Ever?
2022 has definitely been one of the best space years ever. James Webb, SLS, DART and many other major successes. So, let's turn around and remember w…
3 years, 9 months ago
[Q&A] Milky Way From Space, Terraforming the Moon, Visiting Mars Rovers
How can we know whether the Universe is infinite or not? Can something hide behind the Sun in Earth's L3 Lagrange point? Should we start with terrafo…
3 years, 9 months ago