[Q&A] DART Successor, Fixing Space Debris, Viking Missions Controversy

Published: Nov. 1, 2022, 2 p.m.

If Moon was created with a big collision, where's the crater? Can we fix the space trash problem? Is doing Astronomy just a waste of money that can be better spent elsewhere? What will come after DART? All this and more in this week's Q&A.

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  • 00:00 Start
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  • 02:01 [Tatooine] Is Astronomy just a waste of money?
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  • 07:17 [Coruscant] How do scientists react to being wrong?
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  • 09:25 [Hoth] Where's Theia's crater?
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  • 11:22 [Naboo] If no Big Rip, what's left?
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  • 14:52 [Kamino] What about returning to the Moon?
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  • 17:22 [Bespin] Is life everywhere?
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  • 20:34 [Mustafar] Will there be DART successors?
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  • 24:23 [Alderaan] How to fix space debris?
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  • 28:53 [Dagobah] EHT but in space?
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  • 34:26 [Yavin] Dark energy after heat death?
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  • 37:29 [Mandalore] Viking missions controversy?
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  • 42:39 Outro
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