(1:05) - NASA Grant To Enable Explorations Of Concrete Behavior In Moon-Like Gravity: 

Colonizing Mars and setting up a base on the lunar surface for deep space exploration has been a hot topic for a while, but there is still a major unanswered question: how are we going to build structures in space? Concrete seems to be a pretty solid answer. 

Unfortunately, the microgravity conditions in space pose a challenge for concrete cures which can result in mechanical defects in the end product; however, Professor Yamamoto at Penn State has recently received a grant to study these defects and investigate methods to avoid them which means concrete villas on Mars might not be a far fetched reality in the near future.

(12:17) - Learn About The Universe With The James Webb Space Telescope: 
The observable universe is about to get much bigger and we owe it all to the James Webb telescope. It will be the first to detect the light from the galaxies that were formed shortly after the Big Bang - approximately 13.5 billion years ago - and it is able to accomplish this using the new infrared sensing equipment that it’s predecessor (the Hubble telescope) didn’t have.

But what does this mean for us? Aside from the cool new high definition images of the cosmos, we’re likely going to find answers for some lingering questions but more importantly, stumble onto even more questions than we had before.

Episode 38 was brought to you by Mouser Electronics, Farbod & Daniel’s favorite electronics distributor :) 

This is the video of the space challenge hosted by Mouser Electronics that was discussed in this episode.

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