Episode 637: Q&A 119: Why Should Artemis Bother When We've Got Starship? And More... Featuring Dr. Pamela Gay

Published: March 5, 2020, 6 p.m.

In this week's questions show, I explain why we should be excited for both Starship and Artemis. Do we have a cognitive bias when thinking about advanced civilizations? Should humans or robots explore space? And more...

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00:30 Why should Artemis bother? Starship is better
\n04:34 Do we have a cognative bias when thinking about aliens?
\n08:55 Do I have a bobble-head?
\n10:36 Humans or robots?
\n13:35 Stop with Premieres?
\n17:04 Can we land without fuel?
\n19:55 Can we see farther into the Universe?
\n21:48 Could superearth inhabitants launch rockets?
\n23:47 What if my content is wrong?
\n25:50 Can we predict when a supernova will happen?

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