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[Q&A] Throwing Tools from Orbit, Sun's Place in the Galaxy, Reusing Parts of ISS

Author
Fraser Cain
Published
Tue 24 Sep 2024
Episode Link
https://universetoday.fireside.fm/1215

What happens if astronauts throw stuff from orbit? Can we travel through a black hole? What is our Sun's place in the Milky Way? How can human spaceflight become profitable? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.

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00:00 Start

00:34 [Alaris] What is the place of our Sun in the Milky Way?

05:00 [Ardena] How to find communities that care about space?

09:34 [Asuria] What happens if an astronaut throws something towards Earth?

12:23 [Belote] How big is the void we live in?

15:20 [Belsa] Can you travel through a black hole to another Universe?

18:38 [Cartego] How is Mercury closer to Earth than Venus?

19:52 [Chulak] Did different arms of the Milky Way come from different mergers?

22:16 [Dakara] How would we see the farthest galaxies disappear?

25:15 [Edora] How can human space flight become profitable?

27:24 [Goronak] Which human-made thing will be first to get to another star?

32:16 [Hadante] What are my favourite telescopes?

34:23 [Hebridan] Could supermassive black holes be made of lost anti-matter?

37:39 [Jenev] Can we reuse parts of ISS?

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