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Episode 602: Q&A 110: Why Can't I Just Be Realistic About Mars? And More...
In this week's questions show, I explain why I don't think we always need to be realistic, if galaxies in the local group are bound together gravitat…
6 years, 7 months ago
Episode 601: Living Off The Land On Mars. What Can We Find On The Red Planet?
Extending humanity to other worlds in the Solar System is at the very limits of our modern technology. And unless there are dramatic discoveries in n…
6 years, 7 months ago
Episode 600: Q&A 109: Could We Have A Steam Powered Rocket? And More...
In this week's questions show, I explain why you could have a steam-powered rocket, how often spacecraft have crashed into asteroids and comets, and …
6 years, 7 months ago
Episode 599: Flying In The Cloudtops Of Venus. Balloons, Airships And Airplanes For Venus
The exploration of Venus has been mainly about getting down to the surface of the planet. The Soviet Union sacrificed lander after lander to discover…
6 years, 7 months ago
Episode 598: Open Space 55: Jason Derleth, NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts
This week I'm joined by Jason Derleth from NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (or NIAC). This is a special part of NASA that funds innovative ideas …
6 years, 7 months ago
Episode 597: Q&A 108: Why Are There Meteor Showers Every Year? And More, Featuring Paul Geithner from JWST
In this week's questions show, I explain why we can see meteor showers every year, why we're not 3D printing telescopes in space, why there aren't an…
6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 595: Fraser as Guest on the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe
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6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 596: Open Space 54: Dr. Casey Handmer On How Starship Changes Everything
Today I was joined by Dr. Casey Handmer, an accomplished theoretical physicist who currently works at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab. Casey has a fascinat…
6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 594: Building Space Telescopes... In Space
When it comes to telescopes, bigger is better. That’s true down here on Earth, and it’s especially true out in space. As astronomers and engineers de…
6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 593: Q&A 107: All Your James Webb Questions, Answered
In this week's questions show, I tackle all the questions about James Webb generated by the videos we did this week. Can it be refueled? How can it s…
6 years, 8 months ago