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[Q&A] Europa Sample Return, Imaging Auroras, Winds of Titan

Oct 29, 2024
41:25

How hard can it be to retrieve a sample from Europa? How strong are the winds on Titan? What are the differences between different types of time dilation? Will Starship have landing legs? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.

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  • 00:00 Start
  • 00:29 [Alaris] What are the weird rocket noises?
  • 04:54 [Ardena] Could we be forever trapped on Earth because of its spin?
  • 08:29 [Asuria] How to take pictures of auroras?
  • 11:54 [Belote] How big is the Solar System?
  • 15:16 [Cartego] How hard would it be to do a sample return from Europa?
  • 21:37 [Chulak] Why worry about contaminating space probes?
  • 25:25 [Dakara] What are the plans to explore lava tubes on Moon/Mars?
  • 28:36 [Edora] How strong are the winds on Titan?
  • 30:32 [Goronak] Will there be legs of Starships that go to Moon and Mars?
  • 31:51 [Hadante] What are the chances of Europa Clipper finding plumes and sampling them?
  • 34:20 [Hebridan] Any news on Starshot?

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