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b'What Is Floating Above Us?
Guest:\\xa0Martin McCoustra, Professor in the School of Engineering & Physical Sciences at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh
With over 2,000 satellites launched since Sputnik I in 1957, the earth\\u2019s atmosphere has become overcrowded with space junk. \\xa0Prof. Martin McCoustra, of Edinburgh\\u2019s Heriot Watt University walks us through this problem, and what can be done to fix it.
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The Apocalypse May Be Just One Sun Flare Away
Guest: Paul Sutter, astrophysicist, The Ohio State University, author, and host, "Ask a Spaceman!" YouTube channel and podcast
Solar storms can impact our communications, electrical systems, and tech infrastructure, resulting in damages that can take years to recover from--and there\\u2019s not much we can do to stop one. Can we prep for a storm from space?
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Humans Could Use All Resources in the Solar System in 400 Years
Guest: Martin Elvis, Senior Astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics at Harvard University
As Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk set their sights on space colonization, astrophysicist Martin Elvis is raising question of mining in space. What\\u2019s out there? How much is there? What will we use it for? And most importantly, what happens when we run out?'