[Overtime Q&A] New Space Stations, Rocket Size Limit, Surviving Mass Extinction
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Have I ever messed up a recording? Are there plans for new space stations? Is there a limit to the size of an orbital rocket? Will humanity survive the next mass extinction event? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Overtime Q&A. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Start 00:24 Can a software engineer help astronomers? 05:03 Do galaxies have ripples? 07:03 Can we build a telescope to study a specific planet? 09:14 Did I see the Apple ad? 15:15 Does AI hallucinate? 16:51 Is there a limit to the size of an orbital rocket? 17:57 Will humanity survive the next mass extinction event? 21:40 How would an electromagnetic cannon work? 24:56 Would Gaia work well at the orbit of Jupiter? 26:58 Will I get a new telescope? 28:10 Have I ever messed up a recording? 31:05 Are there plans for new space stations? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/QEikPnzrMoo 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Support Universe Today Podcast
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