Universe Today Podcast

By: Fraser Cain
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  • Space news, interviews, Q&As, and exclusive content from Universe Today. Audio versions of Fraser Cain YouTube channel.
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  • [Interview] Can Anybody Stop SpaceX Now? (with Eric Berger)

    [Interview] Can Anybody Stop SpaceX Now? (with Eric Berger)
    Nov 19 2024
    Will SpaceX be able to deliver Starship in time for Artemis? Will Elon and Donald cancel SLS and replace it with Falcon Heavy? Is there any chance for real competition with SpaceX? How serious is the space race with China? Finding out the answers in this interview. 🟣 Guest: Eric Berger https://arstechnica.com/author/ericberger/ 🦄 UT Extra: Future of Space Journalism https://patreon.com/universetoday 📖 Eric Berger's New Book "Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205309521-reentry 00:00 Intro 01:12 Reentry and the rise of SpaceX 10:24 What happens to SLS 20:17 The state of Starship 30:45 Blue Origin and other competition 35:29 Space race with China 42:11 Questions from the Patreon Community 53:22 Current obsessions 55:11 Final thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/_igVSf6tyJs 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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    57 mins
  • [Interview] How The Moon's Bumpy Gravitational Field Can Help Launch Things From Its Surface

    [Interview] How The Moon's Bumpy Gravitational Field Can Help Launch Things From Its Surface
    Nov 18 2024
    Moon has a non-uniform bumpy gravitational field. We can use these anomalies to launch stuff off the surface of the Moon with electromagnetic launchers. How exactly can we do it? Finding out in this interview. 🟣 Guest: Dr. Pekka Janhunen https://www.mpe.mpg.de/person/18090/2169 📜 Launching mass from the Moon helped by lunar gravity anomalies https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.09616 📜 Terraforming the dwarf planet: Interconnected and growable Ceres megasatellite world https://arxiv.org/pdf/2011.07487 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday More interviews: 🌞 Solar Gravitational Lens with Slava Turushev: https://youtube.com/live/lqzJewjZUkk?feature=share 🚀 Realistic Interstellar Travel with Andrew Higgins https://youtu.be/SkGRVvA23qI 🏡 Asteroid Habitats with Adam Frank https://youtu.be/Z-hH3-z56cg 00:00 Intro 02:51 Electrostatic sail updates 07:15 Launching stuff from the Moon 14:46 Finding trajectories 18:44 Practical applications 30:56 Mining Ceres 38:32 Future of humanity 42:53 More interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/VP4fn0_cb24 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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    45 mins
  • [Space Bites] Zone of Avoidance Defied // Big Meteor Storm's Coming // Ozone Hole Shrinks

    [Space Bites] Zone of Avoidance Defied // Big Meteor Storm's Coming // Ozone Hole Shrinks
    Nov 15 2024
    Some good environmental news, the Roman Space Telescope gets its mirror, astronomers defy the zone of avoidance, and moving stars halfway across the Milky Way 📸 New Zealand Astrophotography Competition: https://www.universetoday.com/169293/our-breathtaking-cosmos-new-zealand-astrophotography-winners-announced/ 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:14 Good news! https://www.universetoday.com/169251/good-news-the-ozone-layer-hole-is-continuing-to-shrink/ 02:41 Nancy Grace Roman gets its mirror https://www.nasa.gov/missions/roman-space-telescope/telescope-for-nasas-roman-mission-complete-delivered-to-goddard 05:01 Leonides https://www.universetoday.com/169124/is-an-off-year-leonid-outburst-in-the-cards-for-november/ 06:27 Trash compactor https://www.universetoday.com/169229/a-trash-compactor-is-going-to-the-space-station/ 07:43 Astronomers defy the Zone of Avoidance https://www.universetoday.com/169287/astronomers-defy-the-zone-of-avoidance-to-find-hundreds-of-new-galaxies/ 10:07 Finding black holes by their light echoes https://www.universetoday.com/169227/using-light-echoes-to-find-black-holes/ 11:33 Vote results 12:11 Life under ice on Mars https://www.universetoday.com/169296/how-life-could-live-under-the-ice-on-mars/ 13:46 Stellar engine https://www.universetoday.com/169255/a-spider-stellar-engine-could-move-binary-stars-halfway-across-a-galaxy/ 16:08 Habitable worlds observatory 17:05 More space news stories 17:49 New Zealand astrophotography competition 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/d3eNRzrJRqY 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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    20 mins

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