Episode 632: Open Space 62: Will We Need a Prime Directive in the Future? And More...

Published: Feb. 21, 2020, 1 a.m.

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In this week\'s live Q&A, and talk about whether or now we\'re going to need a Prime Directive in the future like Star Trek, and why aliens might have one already, could life exist on a red dwarf, and if balloons could be used to launch rockets.

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04:25 Did Solar Probe break orbit?
\\n05:45 Why do we pronounce Dutch words in our English way?
\\n08:09 Will NASA need more money to get to the Moon?
\\n10:54 What will it take to get into the space industry?
\\n14:21 Do we do book reviews on Universe Today?
\\n15:12 What was the coolest thing we saw at the AAS?
\\n16:46 Will we need the Prime Directive in the future?
\\n20:00 Is there a limit to a rocky planet?
\\n20:45 Will there be information panspermia?
\\n22:25 Is there an ultraviolet habitable zone?
\\n23:37 Can we solve global warming without fusion?
\\n25:33 Could life exist on a red dwarf planet?
\\n27:08 Plans for a space elevator on the Moon?
\\n28:43 Was there a second genesis on Mars?
\\n31:19 How do you respond when someone says that abiogenesis isn\'t possible?
\\n32:10 Will the Russians fly on Crew Dragon?
\\n33:42 When will Bigelow Aerospace actually fly a module?
\\n35:23 Why can\'t Europe sent people to space?
\\n36:46 How is Solar Orbiter different?
\\n38:31 Is the Skylon still a thing?
\\n41:21 Could we use ballons for rocket launches
\\n43:32 What about aliens that don\'t want to fly to space?
\\n45:54 How do you escape your sky city on Venus?
\\n46:34 Will hypersonic spaceplanes replace airlines?
\\n48:18 Can nuclear bombs provide propulsion?
\\n49:06 Can there be emission free launches?
\\n51:02 What future telescopes are coming?
\\n52:19 Simulation or multiverse?
\\n54:33 Coronavirus fears?
\\n57:45 Understanding infinite Universes

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