Episode 664: Open Space 82: What Will Happen in the Next 5 Decades? And More...

Another week, another Open Space. This week I answer questions about what we might see in the next 5 decades. When dark matter will get debunked, and who will carry the Mars torch after Elon Musk passes away.

03:35 What will happen in the next 5 decades?

07:09 Will dark matter be debunked?

10:50 Who will carry the Mars torch after Elon?

13:17 Do I have a PhD?

14:33 Could civilizations be hiding in the infrared?

19:07 What laws should be in place before a mission to Mars?

23:25 If you could name a space program?

24:28 Can light travel faster than light?

25:30 Why aren't we using gliders to access the ISS?

28:12 What if a white hole passed through the Solar System?

29:26 Where do Von Neumann probes get their raw materials?

30:30 Am I happy with the militarization of space?

33:21 Have I read the Bobiverse books?

33:37 What if the speed of light wasn't constant?

35:10 Is Planet X a myth?

37:41 How will James Webb view habitable exoplanets?

39:02 What is the most frustrating space myth?

41:30 Is there something beyond Neptune?

44:35 How do coronographs work?

47:28 Would incoming alien ships unite the Earth?

49:20 Could you fly through Jupiter?

51:48 Should we let aliens know we eat ham and pineapple pizza?

52:25 How can the core of Jupiter be hotter than the surface of the SuN?

53:18 What field does metallic hydrogen generate?

54:00 What sci-fi books would make good movies?

56:40 What's the most likely answer to the Fermi Paradox?

56:53 Is anything in space named after me?

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