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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 why a red supergiant star actually has a very low surface gravity.

02:42 Could you build a steam-powered rocket?
\n04:48 Have any probes crashed into asteroids or comets?
\n06:47 Surface gravity of UY Scuti
\n08:57 Will we ever send humans to the surface of Venus?
\n11:08 Lol
\n11:24 Does Venus have a magnetic field?
\n12:22 Longer guest interviews?
\n14:09 Save the shoutouts to the end
\n15:55 Could a probe float at the surface of Venus?
\n16:47 Where do I get my news?
\n20:29 Why don't meteor showers hit satellites?
\n21:57 Why not add a module to James Webb?

Want to be part of the questions show? Ask a short question on any video on my channel. I gather a bunch up each week, and answer them here.

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