Cubesats VS Big Missions, EM Protection from Space Radiation, Discovering Exomoons | Q&A 321

Cubesats VS Big Missions, EM Protection from Space Radiation, Discovering Exomoons | Q&A 321

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Fraser Cain
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Why risk sending big space missions instead of swarms of cubesats? Can NASA protect future Mars astronauts from radiation with EM-rockets? How close are we to discovering our first exomoon? And in our Q&A+ version, which sci-fi tech is the closest to becoming a reality? Answering all that and more in this Q&A show.

00:00 Start
00:31 [Ramon Martinez] How will NASA protect astronauts from radiation on Mars?
02:01 [First Ninja] Why launch space missions instead of swarms of cubesats?
05:07 [J Bell] Is it normal to be not interested in life beyond Earth?
08:23 [Xander Schnoebbe] How close are we to discovering exomoons?
10:05 [Jamie Doe] Can we combine a Solar Gravitational Lens and an interferometer?
10:59 [Mandahl] Visible light interferometers on Earth
13:01 [Christopher “Fiss” Brummet] Will CSA/ASC step up after NASA budget cuts?
14:44 [Web Fiji] If we go through space, will we inevitably hit something?
15:31 [Silas Miller] Is the Sun made of the same elements as the planets?

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