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SFIA Monthly Livestream Q&A #54 - April 23, 2023

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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The Advantages of Orbital Only Missions to Mars and Venus

mark medallin says on an interstate and i'm sorry on an interstellar highway would a previous series of ships exhaust become a breaking medium. If you'll have much people going down the same road or those relativistic particles coming from behind it's not just a breaking medium for you too that could be handy in situations. clash asks what would an orbital only mission to Mars or Venus accomplish and what advantages could a human crew have over just deploying probes into orbit. Mark medallin: I really rather we don't mission build up there first with robots including the base of update you send people in but if they do then they should be our first stops.

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