NASA’s Take on Starship Progress, Farthest Thing You Can See, Galactic Lagrange Points | Q&A 241

What is the farthest object you can see with the unaided eye? Do galaxies have Lagrange points like stars or planets? What does NASA think about Starship’s last flight attempt? Which future space telescopes are the most exciting? How will Starship fly without a crew escape system? Answering all these questions and more in this week’s Q&A show. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: 📚 Suggest books in the book club: 00:00 Start 01:01 [Andoria] How will Starship fly humans without a crew escape system? 07:03 [Vulcan] Do galaxies have Lagrange points? 10:43 [Risa] What do I hope JWST discovers next? 12:41 [Aeturen] What’s the farthest unaided-eye object? 13:53 [Vendikar] Is life common in the Universe? 15:17 [Remus] How accurate was The Martian? 20:13 [Janus] Are Von Neumann probes doable with current level of technology? 23:11 [Cait] What’s the shape of the known Universe? 25:07 [Betazed] Can aliens see dinosaurs? 25:17 [Cheleb] Will the next Starship reach orbit? 26:52 [Nimbus] What will be the next big space telescopes? 30:25 [Belos] What does NASA think about Starship’s IFT-2? 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe for FREE: 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: Astronomy Cast: 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Mastodon: @fcain Twitter: Twitter: Facebook: Instagram: 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@ ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) You are free to use my work for any purpose you like, just mention me as the source and link back to this video.