I'm pleased to welcome back Dr. Casey Handmer, a software systems architect at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In addition to his work at NASA, Casey has a fascinating blog where he considers the future of human and robotic space exploration:

https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/



Episode 748: Interview: Dr. Casey Handmer, Starship, Space Junk and Settlement

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New measurements show dark energy may be evolving, Japan is joining Artemis with a pressurized rover, why the Moon has two different faces, and my experience with the total solar eclipse.



Evolving Dark Matter // JAXA's Moon Rover for NASA // Eclipse Experience

What engine type will the first manned interstellar mission use for propulsion? Will AI help solve any mysteries of space? Why do we have exoplanet types named after Neptune but not Uranus? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A; show. 



[Q&A] Interstellar Propulsion, Uranus-Type Exoplanets, AGI Solving Space Mysteries

Vera Rubin’s Camera is complete, where are rogue planets coming from, NASA chooses suppliers for its new lunar rover, and an earlier formation for the Moon. 



[Space Bites] How To Watch The Eclipse // Vera Rubin's Huge Milestone // New Moon Rovers

Does gravitational lensing affect the CMB? Can the Great Attractor solve the Hubble tension? Why don't we put a Deep Space Network antenna in space? What's the difference between a nova and a supernova? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A; show.



[Q&A] Supernova VS Nova, Orientation of the Moon, Gravitational Lensing of the CMB

The Fermi paradox has many solutions. Many explanations for the fact that we don't see any signs of intelligent life in the Universe. We ranked all the major ones and put them into tiers from S to D.



Episode 748: Interview: Dr. Casey Handmer, Starship, Space Junk and Settlement

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