[Space Bites] Nuclear Rocket In 2027, New JWST Problems, Starship WDR

Starship completes its wet-dress rehearsal, another problem for Webb, a nuclear rocket test is coming, and more cool NIAC grants. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 👉 First NIAC Interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/growing-mars-77829316 00:00 Intro 00:14 Starship Wet Dress Rehersal 03:18 JWST's NIRISS problems https://www.universetoday.com/159790/webb-niriss-instrument-has-gone-offline/ 04:57 Webb's first occultation 07:46 Extremely Close Asteroid Flyby https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-system-predicts-small-asteroid-to-pass-close-by-earth-this-week 09:37 DARPA Nuclear Rocket Test by 2027 https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-darpa-will-test-nuclear-engine-for-future-mars-missions 12:05 How to Miniaturize Nuclear Batteries https://www.universetoday.com/159692/exploring-the-outer-solar-system-takes-power-heres-a-way-to-miniaturize-nuclear-batteries-for-deep-space/ 14:26 Tiny tiny tractor beam https://www.universetoday.com/159695/scientists-build-a-teeny-tiny-tractor-beam/ 15:56 Support us on Patreon 16:44 Growing Structures on Mars https://www.universetoday.com/159635/instead-of-building-structures-on-mars-we-could-grow-them-with-the-help-of-bacteria/ 18:30 Light Pollution Is Getting Worse https://www.universetoday.com/159704/light-pollution-is-obscuring-the-night-sky-rip-stargazing/ 21:27 Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/QUmep9cZwkw 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)