Episode 519: Open Space 38: Thoughts On Blue Origin/Blue Moon and More... - podcast episode cover

Episode 519: Open Space 38: Thoughts On Blue Origin/Blue Moon and More...

May 15, 20191 hr 1 min
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Episode description

01:00 Gravity Wells are for Suckers poster

01:36 What's coming out soon?

03:15 Why are people worried about overpopulation?

04:41 Favorite spot on Vancouver Island to see stars?

06:12 Why no guest this week?

09:04 More about space construction?

10:25 Have I ever seen a UFO?

11:04 Could we intercept a future Oumuamua?

17:15 Episodes on future missions?

18:07 Thoughts on Jeff Bezos' Blue Moon concept?

26:46 Will we abandon spaceflight again?

30:08 What physics experiments could we do on the Moon?

34:56 Has a laser sail been tested yet?

36:44 Orbiting billboards?

38:37 Should we try to prevent Phobos crashing into Mars?

40:10 What about the space junk problem?

44:18 Any news on the BFR?

46:02 Does GPS work in space?

47:23 What's happening with the debris field from India's test?

48:37 Created artificial gravity from mining asteroids?

50:26 Magnets to get space junk?

52:54 Is a nearby star going to explode as a GRB?

54:06 Could we find a rogue planet flying past the Solar System?

55:25 Where will starman go next?

56:12 China's space elevator? Artificial moon?

57:39 Fusion in space?

59:19 Guest next week, Dennis E. Taylor, author of the Bobiverse Trilogy

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