Interstellar Propulsion, Uranus-Type Exoplanets, AGI Solving Space Mysteries | Q&A 255
What engine type will the first manned interstellar mission use for propulsion? Will AI help solve any mysteries of space? Why do we have exoplanet types named after Neptune but not Uranus? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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Question: it seems that it shouldn't take 15 Starship launches to get enough fuel into LEO to get a Starship to the moon and back. In fact, I thought that Elon said only 5 launches in his presentation the other day? Perhaps you could answer with some calculations?
Venus receives ~92% more solar radiation than Earth and still holds onto its atmosphere (1÷0.72AU²). Thank you for the update!
Andoria: as the sun loses mass the planets will drift further away, so the Earth may escape destruction, although it will have become uninhabitable long before the sun's red giant phase.