Episode 600: Q&A 109: Could We Have A Steam Powered Rocket? And More...
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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.
\\n\\n02:42 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?
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