Weekly Space Hangout: April 29, 2020 – Alcohol in Space with Chris Carberry

Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Brian Koberlein (BrianKoberlein.com / @BrianKoberlein) Dave Dickinson (www.astroguyz.com / @astroguyz) Alex Teachey (alexteachey.com /@alexteachey) This week we are pleased to welcome Chris Carberry to the Weekly Space Hangout. Chris is CEO and Co-Founder of Explore Mars, Inc, and helped to turn that organization into one of the most influential space nonprofits …
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Weekly Space Hangout: December 16, 2020 – John Powell Tells Us About PongSats and Airship to Orbit

Please welcome our guest tonight, John Powell, President of JP Aerospace, a nonprofit that launches student designed Pongsats (i.e., experiments that fit inside of a ping pong ball,) and other experiments to the edge of space using balloons. To date, over 80,000 students have participated in this program with plans to expand it even further. …
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[Q&A] Bigger JWST for Starship, Day on A Gas Planet, Real Science Gatekeepers

Why don't they just build a bigger version of James Webb for Starship? What's the pressure inside Europa's oceans? How can you measure a day on a planet without a surface? Answering all these questions and more in this week's question show.
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00:00 Start
00:26 [Andoria] What's the pressure in Europa's ocean?
04:45 [Vulcan] Should they build another JWST for the Starship?
09:53 [Risa] How long is a day on a gas planet?
13:45 [Aeturen] How does a total solar eclipse look like from the Moon?
16:17 [Vendikar] Suggestions for backyard telescope hobbyists
24:16 [Remus] Who are the real science gatekeepers?
28:05 [Janus] What would I do differently