Episode 531: Open Space 41: Seeing Jupiter At Opposition, And More...

Published: June 18, 2019, 6 p.m.

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In this week\'s penultimate episode of Open Space before our summer hiatus, I give tips and tricks on seeing Jupiter, what\'s a good starting telescope, updates on LIGO, why rockets launch straight up, and more...

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00:00 Introduction
\\n02:00 Looking at Jupiter
\\n02:38 Starting Telescope
\\n03:55 Why do rockets launch vertically first?
\\n05:04 How much should a telescope cost?
\\n05:48 What has LIGO been seeing?
\\n08:15 How bad is the radiation around Jupiter?
\\n10:20 What do I think about the Lunar Gateway
\\n13:17 Drilling into Europa
\\n14:29 Will ISS have a successor?
\\n16:19 Probe to Uranus/Neptune?
\\n18:02 Why do a crewed mission to Venus?
\\n19:39 Updates on Project Starshot?
\\n22:30 Does light stop travelling?
\\n23:30 What kind of transmission would come from Alpha Cen.
\\n25:13 Ethical issues of asteroid mining
\\n26:55 Why haven\'t we done rotating habitats in orbit?
\\n31:35 Could dark matter turn into planets?
\\n33:26 Moon base in 50 years?
\\n35:50 Lots of people living in space by 2100?
\\n37:14 Moon mining?
\\n39:56 Books in any order?
\\n40:30 When will ISS return to Earth?
\\n41:47 Would I go to the Moon?
\\n42:46 Have I read Artemis?
\\n44:30 Who will be the first director to film in space
\\n44:50 Will they take insects and worms to Mars
\\n46:47 Best place to send humans scientifically
\\n49:44 Is there an absolute stop?
\\n51:11 Does the Moon have moons?
\\n52:23 Why don\'t we build launch loops?
\\n54:18 Will we infect Mars?
\\n54:50 Missions to lava tubes?
\\n56:30 What will AI do to us?
\\n57:50 Would you be able to get radio signals on the Moon?
\\n59:16 Views on AI ethics

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