Popcorn Science Podcast

For All Mankind

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In this episode of "Popcorn Science," we discuss the 2019 series For All Mankind.

Topics
  • Science Gripes (6:05)
    • Dumbest way to move an Asteroid
      • No reaction control thrusters
      • Do not need a tower to push
      • Spike in a rubble-pile asteroid
      • Sending out crew to asteroid while under thrust?
      • Living on Mars (14:50)
        • Radiation on the Surface, aristocracy live above ground?
        • Happy Valley Base near the equator, but ice is near the poles
        • Korolev Crater harboring life? No Methane or lava tubes.
        • Untethered EVA? Risky.
        • Science Shine (27:08)
          • Asteroid depiction
            • A dark rubble pile
            • Initial contact, asteroid more like a wall than a planet.
            • Space is quiet!
            • Phoenix station has 0.2g gravity
            • Sol is a Mars day
            • Johnson / Molly Cobb Spacecenter Details
            • Astrobiology
              • Methane as a biomarker
              • Lavatubes are a reasonable place to look for life
              • Asteroid Mining
                • Worth the effort?
                • Flooding the market with rare earths
                • 122g of asteroid for $1B (OSIRIS-REx)
                • Of it's time (52:47)
                • Ratings (1:04:35)
                  • References
                  • For All Mankind (Wikipedia)
                  • Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission (ARRM)
                  • A City on Mars
                  • Mars Phoenix
                  • Korolev Crater
                  • Mars Odyssey
                  • Bruce McCandless II
                  • Mars Watch
                  • Methanogenesis
                  • OSIRIS-REx
                    • ...more
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                    Popcorn Science PodcastBy John E. Moores & Catherine Neish