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[Q&A] Extending JWST's Life, Views from Dragonfly, Roadblock to Mars

18 min • 27 maj 2025

Can we refuel James Webb at L2 when it runs out of propellant? What will the Dragonfly octocopter see on the surface of Titan? Will discovering life on Mars stop us from going there? And in our extended Q&A+ on Patreon, what are space things I'm hoping to see in my lifetime? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show.

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00:00 Start
00:30 [Monty Skeetch] Will Dragonfly see rains or rivers on Titan?
01:35 [Ιwanna_kiIImyself] Why does JWST do figure of 8 movements at its Lagrange L2 point?
03:35 [SantiagoMK] Can JWST be refuelled?
04:35 [beau danner] Which moon is best for Venus?
05:25 [Billy Griffith] Will finding life on Mars stop us from going there?
07:11 [veerendra kumar] Do double and triple black hole systems exist?
08:29 [kLONDIKE69 NONE] Can we see asteroid belts around other stars?
09:04 [Tim G] My position on Planet 9/X
10:07 [Kasie Ream] Can Betelgeuse explosion be just a flop?
11:51 [Mufasa Putasa] What have we learned from gravitational waves so far?
13:54 [Eric D. Wade] What happened to the BEAM module?

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