Episode 516: Open Space 37: Can The Sun Release A Killer Flare? And More...

01:11 Is our Sun capable of releasing a super flare?

04:10 How much for a decent starting telescope?

05:20 Is terraforming Mars pointless?

07:08 Will alien life exist in the future?

09:03 Will Dobsonians work in a city?

09:45 What is the space race trying to achieve?

12:31 Can an artificial magnetic field stop space radiation?

14:04 Would I go to Mars?

14:38 Interferometer the size of Mars' orbit?

17:06 Why build bigger telescopes?

18:32 Why isn't everything expanding?

20:18 When is the next Decadal Survey?

21:35 Live telescopes?

21:57 Should we have an international space agency?

23:57 Is there a theoretical upper limit to black holes?

24:20 What will we accomplish in the next 100 years?

25:32 Life on Titan?

27:32 Did we capture any planets or moons from outside the Solar System?

28:32 Can I retire on Mars in 30 years?

29:59 How would we capture an asteroid to mine it?

31:16 Why don't we search for other kinds of life?

33:30 Simulation theory?

36:02 Haven't we tried reusable rockets before?

37:18 Geoengineering to stop global warming?

39:20 Did life ever exist on Mars?

40:43 Any viewers outside the US?

41:34 Any big errors I've made?

43:20 When will we start asteroid mining?

44:27 When will we get a bloopers episode?

45:02 Most exciting project?

47:00 What about Venus?

48:43 Any cancelled projects that make me sad?

49:43 Can we plant trees on other planets?

51:18 Will spacesuits get better?

53:13 Will Mars spacesuits protect from radiation?

54:11 My opinion of nuclear energy?

55:45 Travel to space in our lifetime?

56:25 Will I do a small QA tour?

57:01 Does my wife love space too?

58:10 Does a 2024 Moon landing make sense?

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