[Interview] Ion Engines for The Solar Gravitational Lens and Beyond
Ion engines can be a very efficient way to travel not only through our Solar System but even beyond. What kinds of ion engines are there? How are they different? What kind of missions can we expect? Finding out in this interview.
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📜 Advanced Electric Propulsion Systems with Optimal Specific Impulses for Fast Interstellar Precursor Missions
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00:00 Intro
01:20 What are ion engines
11:49 Possible Missions
18:15 Solar gravitational lens
30:42 Interstellar travel
34:04 Bonus part
35:10 Current obsessions
38:19 More interviews
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39:50
[Q&A] Space Base on Phobos, Starship Returning from Mars, Hibernation During Space Travel
Will we have a space base on Phobos? Will hibernation help us to cope with long-distance space travel? How will Starship be returning from Mars? Answering all these questions and more in the Q&A show.
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00:00 Start
00:24 Why not build a space station at Phobos?
02:33 How long would it take for live to evolve to human level again?
05:23 How to cope with radiation during long-distance space travel?
09:58 How will humans get back from Mars on a Starship?
15:01 Will hibernation help us survive during space travel?
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[Space Bites] Game Over for Gaia // Why Ingenuity Crashed // Humanity's First Quasar
We finally learn why Ingenuity crashed. Gaia is nearing the end of its life. NASA is planning cargo deliveries to the Moon. And a twin of the Milky Way, seen in infancy by Webb.
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00:00 Intro
00:15 Why Ingenuity crashed
02:58 End of Gaia
05:52 Cargo missions for the Moon
07:34 Mass of the Milky Way
09:13 Vote results
09:47 Solar flares
12:30 Cosmic rays
14:47 Milky Way's early twin
16:25 Humanity's first quasar
17:56 Interviews
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[Q&A] Fighting Light Pollution, Venus Holding Its Atmosphere, Space Under New Administration
How can one fight light pollution? What will happen to space exploration in our modern political climate? Why doesn't Venus lose its atmosphere without a magnetosphere? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show.
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00:00 Start
00:23 How can Venus hang on to its atmosphere without a magnetic field?
02:17 What will happen to space exploration?
08:45 Would we see a Sgr A quasar from Earth if it became one?
11:54 How to fight light pollution?
15:36 What's going on with the "Crisis in Cosmology"?
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[Q&A] Milky Way from the ISS, Poking a Black Hole, Sun Bringing The Moon Closer
How don't comets lose all their mass really quickly? Where are all the photos of the Milky Way from the ISS? Can you reach out from orbit and poke a black hole with a stick? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show.
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00:00 Start
00:24 Comets and their tails
04:06 Where are the pictures of the Milky Way from the ISS?
08:36 Will the Sun's expansion bring the Moon closer to Earth?
11:27 Can you poke a black hole with a stick?
13:35 When did 'our' part of the Universe form?
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