[Q&A+] Cubesats VS Big Missions, EM Protection from Space Radiation, Discovering Exomoons | Q&A 321
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.
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WARP DRIVE!!
Could cubesats have power in the outer solar system?
I wonder if human eyes could be considered to be visible light interferometers since they're effectively two receivers combining to create a single image...? Probably not, since I'm fairly sure that the brain is doing something else to combine the images, but a curious thought nonetheless.
About the only sci-fi devices that have been realized are those doors that swish open as one approachs!
Dr. Kipping has done some riveting work on bayesian statistics that suggest the probability of primitive life elsewhere in the universe is much higher (4:1 if memory serves) than intelligent life or a sterile universe. He also had an interesting parameter added for the "longevity" of potential intelligent civilizations that, depending on how you tune that variable, could mean that we're not necessarily alone, we're just out of sync with other civilizations.