Episode 632: Open Space 62: Will We Need a Prime Directive in the Future? And More...

In this week's live Q&A, and talk about whether or now we're going to need a Prime Directive in the future like Star Trek, and why aliens might have one already, could life exist on a red dwarf, and if balloons could be used to launch rockets.

04:25 Did Solar Probe break orbit?

05:45 Why do we pronounce Dutch words in our English way?

08:09 Will NASA need more money to get to the Moon?

10:54 What will it take to get into the space industry?

14:21 Do we do book reviews on Universe Today?

15:12 What was the coolest thing we saw at the AAS?

16:46 Will we need the Prime Directive in the future?

20:00 Is there a limit to a rocky planet?

20:45 Will there be information panspermia?

22:25 Is there an ultraviolet habitable zone?

23:37 Can we solve global warming without fusion?

25:33 Could life exist on a red dwarf planet?

27:08 Plans for a space elevator on the Moon?

28:43 Was there a second genesis on Mars?

31:19 How do you respond when someone says that abiogenesis isn't possible?

32:10 Will the Russians fly on Crew Dragon?

33:42 When will Bigelow Aerospace actually fly a module?

35:23 Why can't Europe sent people to space?

36:46 How is Solar Orbiter different?

38:31 Is the Skylon still a thing?

41:21 Could we use ballons for rocket launches

43:32 What about aliens that don't want to fly to space?

45:54 How do you escape your sky city on Venus?

46:34 Will hypersonic spaceplanes replace airlines?

48:18 Can nuclear bombs provide propulsion?

49:06 Can there be emission free launches?

51:02 What future telescopes are coming?

52:19 Simulation or multiverse?

54:33 Coronavirus fears?

57:45 Understanding infinite Universes

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