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[Q&A] Aiming an Asteroid at The Moon, Mars Babies, Absolute Stillness

19 min • 7 augusti 2025

Could we aim asteroid YR4 at the Moon on purpose? What would happen to babies born and raised on Mars? Should we use water as an insulation layer for our spacecraft? And in Q&A+, could we mine an asteroid that's stuck in a Lagrange point?

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00:00 Start
00:28 [Goatlord] Could we direct an asteroid into the Moon to study the effects?
01:00 [MadmonkeyOz] Mars' ancient coast line
04:53 [Christian DesAlliers] Expanding advanced civilizations
07:52 [Web Fiji] Is there such thing as absolute stillness in the Universe
08:46 [TELE KOMIK] What will happen to babies born and raised on Mars?
10:52 [Len Kelter] Tackling the wait calculation
11:28 [Kasie Ream] Is it possible to do an X-Ray telescope?
12:06 [Jul Kar 'Cerum] Can we use water as an insulation layer for spacecraft?

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