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[Q&A] Cubesats VS Big Missions, EM Protection from Space Radiation, Discovering Exomoons

20 minutes Posted May 14, 2025 at 11:00 am.

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[Ramon Martinez] How will NASA protect astronauts from radiation on Mars?

[First Ninja] Why launch space missions instead of swarms of cubesats?

[J Bell] Is it normal to be not interested in life beyond Earth?

[Xander Schnoebbe] How close are we to discovering exomoons?

[Jamie Doe] Can we combine a Solar Gravitational Lens and an interferometer?

[Mandahl] Visible light interferometers on Earth

[Christopher “Fiss” Brummet] Will CSA/ASC step up after NASA budget cuts?

[Web Fiji] If we go through space, will we inevitably hit something?

[Silas Miller] Is the Sun made of the same elements as the planets?

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Why risk sending big space missions instead of swarms of cubesats? Can NASA protect future Mars astronauts from radiation with EM-rockets? How close are we to discovering our first exomoon? And in our Q&A+ version, which sci-fi tech is the closest to becoming a reality? Answering all that and more in this Q&A show.

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