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#9: Moon Colonization | Black Holes | Interstellar - Luke Smith


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The guys are joined by Luke Smith to talk all things space: Moon colonization, black holes, relativity, and Interstellar.

Luke's Recommendations:

The Infinite Monkey Cage (podcast)

John Michael Godier's Event Horizon (podcast)

Cool Worlds Podcast

Math & Physics Podcast

ScienceClic (YouTube channel)

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All episodes are split up into chapters for your listening convenience.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:13 - Who is Luke Smith?

00:05:38 - Why we need to colonize the Moon

00:13:43 - Transportation between Earth and the Moon

00:21:15 - The Earth is our cradle, it's time to move on

00:28:48 - Different types of energy extraction

00:32:58 - Antimatter, negative mass, and dark matter are weird

00:36:55 - Black holes

00:39:04 - Light speed

00:44:57 - Four-dimensional spacetime

00:55:36 - Are we at a physics plateau?

01:00:09 - Back to black holes

01:04:57 - What's the best way to intake content?

01:16:40 - Productivity and movies

01:19:57 - Interstellar

01:25:47 - Four-dimensional Minecraft?

01:29:11 - Custom rendering engine for Interstellar black hole

Production assistance by Willem Smith

Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Chang

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