Episode 516: Open Space 37: Can The Sun Release A Killer Flare? And More...

01:11 Is our Sun capable of releasing a super flare? 04:10 How much for a decent starting telescope? 05:20 Is terraforming Mars pointless? 07:08 Will alien life exist in the future? 09:03 Will Dobsonians work in a city? 09:45 What is the space race trying to achieve? 12:31 Can an artificial magnetic field stop space radiation? 14:04 Would I go to Mars? 14:38 Interferometer the size of Mars' orbit? 17:06 Why build bigger telescopes? 18:32 Why isn't everything expanding? 20:18 When is the next Decadal Survey? 21:35 Live telescopes? 21:57 Should we have an international space agency? 23:57 Is there a theoretical upper limit to black holes? 24:20 What will we accomplish in the next 100 years? 25:32 Life on Titan? 27:32 Did we capture any planets or moons from outside the Solar System? 28:32 Can I retire on Mars in 30 years? 29:59 How would we capture an asteroid to mine it? 31:16 Why don't we search for other kinds of life? 33:30 Simulation theory? 36:02 Haven't we tried reusable rockets before? 37:18 Geoengineering to stop global warming? 39:20 Did life ever exist on Mars? 40:43 Any viewers outside the US? 41:34 Any big errors I've made? 43:20 When will we start asteroid mining? 44:27 When will we get a bloopers episode? 45:02 Most exciting project? 47:00 What about Venus? 48:43 Any cancelled projects that make me sad? 49:43 Can we plant trees on other planets? 51:18 Will spacesuits get better? 53:13 Will Mars spacesuits protect from radiation? 54:11 My opinion of nuclear energy? 55:45 Travel to space in our lifetime? 56:25 Will I do a small QA tour? 57:01 Does my wife love space too? 58:10 Does a 2024 Moon landing make sense?Support Universe Today Podcast