Universe Today Podcast Fraser Cain

What kind of science can we do with telescopes on the Moon? Giant radio dishes in craters, gravitational wave detectors, UV-interferometers and much more. How Starship will completely change this field and enable new opportunities.


🟣 Guest: Dr. Martin Elvis
https://cfa.harvard.edu/people/martin-elvis


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00:00:00 Intro
00:02:11 Why put telescopes on the Moon
00:10:00 Unique things for the Moon
00:18:01 What a telescope should look like
00:27:31 Gravitational waves observatory
00:37:12 History of the Moon
00:41:00 What's next
00:49:43 How Starship will change the game
00:54:29 Current obsessions
01:02:37 Final thoughts


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What is the coldest place in the known Universe? Which object that has a name is the most distant in the Solar System? What would be the best use for SpaceX Starship? How do satellites avoid collisions? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.


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00:00 Start
00:24 [Andoria] What's the furtherest named object in the Solar System?
04:48 [Vulcan] How do satellites avoid collisions?
09:00 [Risa] Where did all the pictures of the Milky Way come from?
12:17 [Aeturen] Can astrophotography hobby be turned into something serious?
18:59 [Vendikar] Why does gravity work across vast distances?
20:11 [Remus] What's the coldest place in the Universe?
21:18 [Janus] What are my current obsessions?
25:56 [Cait] Why is space black will all the stars in it?
28:28 [Betazed] Did JWST disprove the all previously known astronomy?
30:20 [Cheleb] Is the Great Attractor moving away from us?
32:37 [Nimbus] Best use for SpaceX Starship?


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Another Test of SpaceX Starship Superheavy combo, another analysis of the flight with Scott Manley and Marcus House! Super Heavy soft-landed in the ocean. Starship survived re-entry. What does it mean for SpaceX?


📺 Scott Manley:
https://www.youtube.com/@scottmanley


📺 Marcus House:
https://www.youtube.com/@MarcusHouse


🚀 IFT-3 Analysis: https://youtu.be/EVic941kQ44
🚀 IFT-2 Analysis: https://youtu.be/ReXZvXPak4U
🚀 IFT-1 Analysis: https://youtu.be/RGcdjJj-f4g


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00:00 Intro
01:30 Starship IFT-4 Liftoff
06:19 Booster separation and landing
15:51 Ship coast and reentry
32:52 Failure or success?
45:41 What it means for Artemis
49:10 Starliner and Chang'e-6
59:14 Final thoughts


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Starship is successful on its fourth flight, Starliner reaches the station, carrying people, Hubble is only using one gyro, and Chang’e-6 scoops samples from the Moon and heads for home.


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00:00 Intro
00:14 Starship IFT-4


https://www.universetoday.com/167296/success-starship-makes-a-splash-in-fourth-flight-test/

07:10 Starliner First Crewed Launch


https://www.universetoday.com/167277/starliner-finally-launches-carrying-two-astronauts-into-orbit/

09:28 Chang'e-6 Lands, Scoops, Launches back


https://www.universetoday.com/167243/chinese-probe-collects-moon-samples-and-heads-for-earth/

10:53 dearMoon gets cancelled


https://www.universetoday.com/167211/japanese-billionaire-calls-off-his-starship-trip-around-the-moon/

12:19 SLIM is dead


https://www.universetoday.com/167242/japans-lunar-lander-fails-to-check-in/

13:03 Vote results
13:34 Hubble goes into single gyro mode


https://www.universetoday.com/167294/its-time-for-hardworking-hubble-to-slow-down-a-little/

16:09 Moon spacesuits integrated test


https://www.universetoday.com/167278/astronauts-are-practicing-lunar-operations-in-new-space-suits/

17:11 Support our work
18:27 Habitable worlds observatory


https://www.universetoday.com/167280/research-work-begins-on-the-habitable-worlds-observatory/

20:20 Dark matter updates


https://www.universetoday.com/167236/evidence-of-dark-matter-interacting-with-itself-in-el-gordo-merger/

24:24 More space news
25:06 What Starship success means


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How much water will a proper Moon base need? Where can we get it from? How can we manage and maintain the water? How will this approach work on Mars and beyond? Finding out the answers with Dr Jeffrey Lee.


🟣 Guest: Dr. Jeffrey Lee
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dX5MnbUAAAAJ&hl=en


📜 Water Management Considerations for a Self-Sustaining Moonbase
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00:00 Intro
01:56 How much water do humans need
05:10 Additional water requirements
09:32 Extracting water from the regolith
15:49 Managing the water
23:38 What comes next
26:16 Going to Mars
32:07 Current obsessions
41:21 Final thoughts


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How would they get a 14-meter mirror to space? Are we sure there's no life on the Moon? Can there be Lagrange points around Lagrange points? How much mass does Earth gain and lose to space? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.


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00:00 Start
00:26 [Andoria] Are we sure there's no life on the Moon?
06:53 [Vulcan] 14-meter space telescope. How?
10:53 [Risa] Why are there plumes on Enceladus?
14:59 [Aeturen] Is there a telescope planned to directly image exoplanets?
18:47 [Vendikar] Lagrange points around Lagrange points?
22:37 [Remus] Can you grind your own glass for a telescope?
25:12 [Janus] How much mass does Earth gain/lose?
28:11 [Cait] How much does time on JWST cost?
28:46 [Betazed] Can Earth remain habitable when the Sun expands?
33:01 [Cheleb] Does Hawking radiation travel faster than light?
34:12 [Nimbus] Did JWST find a Dyson sphere?
38:27 [Belos] How to keep up with space news?


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