[Overtime Q&A] New Space Stations, Rocket Size Limit, Surviving Mass Extinction

Have I ever messed up a recording? Are there plans for new space stations? Is there a limit to the size of an orbital rocket? Will humanity survive the next mass extinction event? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Overtime Q&A.

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• 00:00 Start


• 00:24 Can a software engineer help astronomers?


• 05:03 Do galaxies have ripples?


• 07:03 Can we build a telescope to study a specific planet?


• 09:14 Did I see the Apple ad?


• 15:15 Does AI hallucinate?


• 16:51 Is there a limit to the size of an orbital rocket?


• 17:57 Will humanity survive the next mass extinction event?


• 21:40 How would an electromagnetic cannon work?


• 24:56 Would Gaia work well at the orbit of Jupiter?


• 26:58 Will I get a new telescope?


• 28:10 Have I ever messed up a recording?


• 31:05 Are there plans for new space stations?

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