Episode 544: Q&A 94: Can Solar Sails Explore The Outer Solar System? And More...

In this week's questions show, I answer a question about solar sails, what geologists might learn from lunar rocks, if Earth could survive inside Jupiter, could gas giants be closer to the Sun, and more.

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Videos mentioned:

What is an Electric Sail? Another Exotic Way to Explore the Solar System - https://youtu.be/-pIl_cv3OkA

Oldest Rock From Earth Was Found On The Moon (Of All Places) - https://youtu.be/0h_ckjhGdjs

What are Globular Clusters? Relics of the Early Universe - https://youtu.be/BjzptXhpsz8

Timecodes:

00:15 Solar sails to the outer Solar System?

01:57 What could geologists learn from more lunar rocks?

04:01 Could Earth survive inside Jupiter?

05:49 Would gas giants change if they were closer to the Sun?

08:01 What if aliens have different laws of physics?

10:19 Best places to put a telescope

12:03 Difference between globular clusters and dwarf galaxies

13:31 Water shielding for a rover

15:16 Do I play RPGs

17:32 Should science be outcome-based?

19:33 Could you orbit the Moon more closely?

21:17 Site to avoid light pollution

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