Episode 667: Open Space 84: Are Red Dwarf Planets Doomed? Should the Space Shuttle Have Been Built? And More

Published: June 23, 2020, 6 p.m.

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Another week, another Open Space. In this week\'s questions show, I talk about planets orbiting red dwarf stars, if planets could steal moons from each other, and whether or not the space shuttle should have ever been built.

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02:58 Is Proxima Centauri C a gas giant?
\\n05:22 How doomed are red dwarf planets?
\\n07:37 Could a planet steal a moon?
\\n10:25 Should we sent asteroids back to Earth to mine them?
\\n14:00 Do any sunlike stars have promising planets?
\\n15:35 Why do meteors turn green?
\\n17:51 Will Starlink communicate from Earth to Mars?
\\n21:50 What if our supermassive black hole increased in mass?
\\n23:35 Will spaceforce administer justice in space?
\\n27:29 Will we discover life on Enceladus?
\\n31:10 What is the limit of ion engines?
\\n32:33 Have any lava tubes been explored?
\\n34:05 How will we deal with astronaut mental health?
\\n36:52 Would I want three telescopes at L3, L4, L5
\\n39:10 How does the speed of gravity affect the movement of stars in the Milky Way?
\\n40:15 Was the shuttle prematurely ended?
\\n43:52 Is there competition for small rockets?
\\n49:00 What if the Sun was different type of star?
\\n51:28 Is space radiation underappreciated risk?
\\n54:44 what are my expectations for James Webb?
\\n55:38 What are the best ideas for cleaning space debris?
\\n57:51 Will James Webb find biosignatures?
\\n58:15 Does the Solar System line up with the Milky Way?

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