Episode 667: Open Space 84: Are Red Dwarf Planets Doomed? Should the Space Shuttle Have Been Built? And More

Another week, another Open Space. In this week's questions show, I talk about planets orbiting red dwarf stars, if planets could steal moons from each other, and whether or not the space shuttle should have ever been built.

02:58 Is Proxima Centauri C a gas giant?

05:22 How doomed are red dwarf planets?

07:37 Could a planet steal a moon?

10:25 Should we sent asteroids back to Earth to mine them?

14:00 Do any sunlike stars have promising planets?

15:35 Why do meteors turn green?

17:51 Will Starlink communicate from Earth to Mars?

21:50 What if our supermassive black hole increased in mass?

23:35 Will spaceforce administer justice in space?

27:29 Will we discover life on Enceladus?

31:10 What is the limit of ion engines?

32:33 Have any lava tubes been explored?

34:05 How will we deal with astronaut mental health?

36:52 Would I want three telescopes at L3, L4, L5

39:10 How does the speed of gravity affect the movement of stars in the Milky Way?

40:15 Was the shuttle prematurely ended?

43:52 Is there competition for small rockets?

49:00 What if the Sun was different type of star?

51:28 Is space radiation underappreciated risk?

54:44 what are my expectations for James Webb?

55:38 What are the best ideas for cleaning space debris?

57:51 Will James Webb find biosignatures?

58:15 Does the Solar System line up with the Milky Way?

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