Episode 531: Open Space 41: Seeing Jupiter At Opposition, And More...

In this week's penultimate episode of Open Space before our summer hiatus, I give tips and tricks on seeing Jupiter, what's a good starting telescope, updates on LIGO, why rockets launch straight up, and more...

00:00 Introduction

02:00 Looking at Jupiter

02:38 Starting Telescope

03:55 Why do rockets launch vertically first?

05:04 How much should a telescope cost?

05:48 What has LIGO been seeing?

08:15 How bad is the radiation around Jupiter?

10:20 What do I think about the Lunar Gateway

13:17 Drilling into Europa

14:29 Will ISS have a successor?

16:19 Probe to Uranus/Neptune?

18:02 Why do a crewed mission to Venus?

19:39 Updates on Project Starshot?

22:30 Does light stop travelling?

23:30 What kind of transmission would come from Alpha Cen.

25:13 Ethical issues of asteroid mining

26:55 Why haven't we done rotating habitats in orbit?

31:35 Could dark matter turn into planets?

33:26 Moon base in 50 years?

35:50 Lots of people living in space by 2100?

37:14 Moon mining?

39:56 Books in any order?

40:30 When will ISS return to Earth?

41:47 Would I go to the Moon?

42:46 Have I read Artemis?

44:30 Who will be the first director to film in space

44:50 Will they take insects and worms to Mars

46:47 Best place to send humans scientifically

49:44 Is there an absolute stop?

51:11 Does the Moon have moons?

52:23 Why don't we build launch loops?

54:18 Will we infect Mars?

54:50 Missions to lava tubes?

56:30 What will AI do to us?

57:50 Would you be able to get radio signals on the Moon?

59:16 Views on AI ethics

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