Episode 531: Open Space 41: Seeing Jupiter At Opposition, And More...

In this week's penultimate episode of Open Space before our summer hiatus, I give tips and tricks on seeing Jupiter, what's a good starting telescope, updates on LIGO, why rockets launch straight up, and more... 00:00 Introduction 02:00 Looking at Jupiter 02:38 Starting Telescope 03:55 Why do rockets launch vertically first? 05:04 How much should a telescope cost? 05:48 What has LIGO been seeing? 08:15 How bad is the radiation around Jupiter? 10:20 What do I think about the Lunar Gateway 13:17 Drilling into Europa 14:29 Will ISS have a successor? 16:19 Probe to Uranus/Neptune? 18:02 Why do a crewed mission to Venus? 19:39 Updates on Project Starshot? 22:30 Does light stop travelling? 23:30 What kind of transmission would come from Alpha Cen. 25:13 Ethical issues of asteroid mining 26:55 Why haven't we done rotating habitats in orbit? 31:35 Could dark matter turn into planets? 33:26 Moon base in 50 years? 35:50 Lots of people living in space by 2100? 37:14 Moon mining? 39:56 Books in any order? 40:30 When will ISS return to Earth? 41:47 Would I go to the Moon? 42:46 Have I read Artemis? 44:30 Who will be the first director to film in space 44:50 Will they take insects and worms to Mars 46:47 Best place to send humans scientifically 49:44 Is there an absolute stop? 51:11 Does the Moon have moons? 52:23 Why don't we build launch loops? 54:18 Will we infect Mars? 54:50 Missions to lava tubes? 56:30 What will AI do to us? 57:50 Would you be able to get radio signals on the Moon? 59:16 Views on AI ethics Our Book is out! https://www.amazon.com/Universe-Today-Ultimate-Viewing-Cosmos/dp/1624145442/ Audio Podcast version: ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/universe-today-guide-to-space-audio/id794058155?mt=2 RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/audio What Fraser's Watching Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmkjd428BcHcCEVWOjv7cJ1G Weekly email newsletter: https://www.universetoday.com/newsletter Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ Astronomy Cast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHI67dh9jEO2rvK--MdCSg Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.universetoday.com/ Twitch: https://twitch.tv/fcain Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universetoday Instagram - https://instagram.com/universetoday Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / frasercain@gmail.com Karla Thompson - @karlaii / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEItkORQYd4Wf0TpgYI_1fw Chad Weber - weber.chad@gmail.com