Universe Today Podcast

[Q&A+] Can You Put An Consumer-Grade Telescope In Space?

September 15
19 mins

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Episode Description

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:01

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Can someone launch a regular small telescope into space? Are Moon caves stable enough for a permanent base? What happened to the Swift rescue mission? And in Q&A+, was the asteroid belt a planet at some point?

  • 00:00 Intro

  • 00:41 [@Noonyuh] Could affordable consumer smart telescopes be easily retrofitted to survive in space?

  • 05:06 [@user-kx2fc2mw5v] Are Moon caves stable enough to build in them?

  • 08:47 [@surrender_monkey] What happened to the Swift rescue mission?

  • 15:01 [@EdSceptic-y2e] Is the asteroid belt a destroyed planet or is it forming into a planet or neither?

  • 18:15 Final thoughts

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