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Episode 426: Open Space 5: Chasing New Horizons with Alan Stern and David Grinspoon May 14, 2018

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In this week's live QA, Fraser is joined by Dr. Alan Stern, the Principal Investigator of New Horizons and Dr. David Grinspoon to talk about their new book.

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Episode 425: QA 56: Is Everything We See Long Dead? And More... May 10, 2018

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When we look out into space, are we really just seeing stars, planets and galaxies which are long dead, ghosts from eons ago? Can black holes consume dark matter? Can we repair Kepler and other dead satellites, and more.

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Episode 424: 351: The Militarization of Space. Do We Really Need a Space Force? May 08, 2018

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President Trump recently called for the creation of a space force to deal with the future warfighting in space. It turns out, this already exists, space is already well militarized.

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Episode 423: Open Space 4: John Michael Godier May 07, 2018

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In this week's live QA, Fraser is joined by sci-fi author and futurist John Michael Godier.

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Episode 422: QA 55: Launching Rockets From Balloons? Featuring Emily Lakdawalla From The Planetary Society May 04, 2018

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In this week's questions show, Fraser wonders if lava tubes are stable, the best places to extract resources from the Solar System, and why the US has to pay for everyone's science.

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Episode 421: 350: Thanks To Gaia We Now Know Exactly Where 1.7 Billion Stars Are In The Milky Way May 03, 2018

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The European Space Agency just dropped an enormous amount of data onto the scientific community. The location and position of 1.7 billion stars in the Milky Way.

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Episode 420: Open Space 3: Live QA Featuring CodyDon Reeder from Cody's Lab Apr 26, 2018

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In this week's live QA, Fraser talks to CodyDon Reeder, the host and self-taught chemist and mad scientist from the popular YouTube channel Cody's Lab.

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Episode 419: QA 54: Why Doesn't NASA Mass Produce Spacecraft? and More... Apr 26, 2018

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In this week's episode, Fraser talks about how you can support the creators you love, why NASA doesn't make duplicates of its spacecraft, and what binoculars he's using.

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Episode 418: Open Space 2: Live QA Featuring Isaac Arthur Apr 24, 2018

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In this week's live QA, Fraser welcomes futurist Isaac Arthur to talk about a range of topics, from SpaceX to Breakthrough Starshot, and what we think about the state of sci-fi on TV.

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Episode 417: QA 53: How Many Planets Can We Detect? And More... Featuring Professor David Kipping Apr 19, 2018

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In this week's questions show, Fraser gets excited about the NIAC awards, considers how NASA will deal with a fully operational BFR, and a special guest answer from Professor David Kipping from Columbia University's Cool Worlds lab.

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