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141: Space Germs, Firefly #8 ‘Out of Gas’

This week on the Space Nerds podcast: PATREON LAUNCH: The Space Nerds Patreon campaign has launched! Jesse and Alexandria break down everything you need to know.SPACE NEWS: (starts at 12:20) NASA’s protocol to keep our microbes from spreading through the solar system are woefully out of date. Jesse and Alexandria discuss the possibility that our germs could contaminate another world, or even that space germs could contaminate earth. Check out the original article from Gizmodo: Read more

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140: Star Trek Picard #1: Remembrance

On this special bonus episode of the Space Nerds podcast: STAR TREK PICARD: We enthusiastically break down the pilot episode of Star Trek Picard, ‘Remembrance.’ Andi and Sarah share their perspective on the show as newbies to the Star Trek universe before Doug and Jesse deep dive through the episode. We discuss the return of Picard and Data, decaf Earl Grey, Romulan refugees, the reveal of Dahj’s true nature and how it all fits in Read more

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139: Mushroom House on Mars, Black Mirror ‘Be Right Back’

This week on the Space Nerds podcast: SPACE NEWS: Would you live in a mushroom house on Mars? Jesse beams in Doug to discuss a whole new type of space mushrooms. Read the original article from Futurism.com: https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-grow-moon-base-mushrooms BLACK MIRROR: Alexandria and Jesse break down ‘Be Right Back,’ in which people can be re-created after their death using their social media profiles. They discuss whether or not they would want to be re-created, or if Read more

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138: Space Warfare, Deep Space Nine ‘Q-Less’ and ‘Dax’

This week on the SPACE NERDS podcast: SPACE NEWS: (starts at 1:13) Could the space around our planet become a war zone? The technology already exists to equip satellites with weaponry, and it’s up to the governments of Earth to keep space peaceful. Jesse and Alexandria discuss what could happen if future wars are fought in space, based off this article from Phys.org: https://phys.org/news/2019-10-space-war-zone.html DOUG SPACE NINE: (starts at 24:10) Doug and Jesse discuss two Read more

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137: The Rise of Skywalker Roundtable Deep Dive

This week on the Space Nerds podcast: SPACE NEWS: (Starts at 1:36) Can asteroids be mined for water to fuel space exploration? Jesse and Alexandria discuss the possibility in this Space.com article: https://www.space.com/water-rich-asteroids-space-exploration-fuel.htmlRISE OF SKYWALKER: (Starts at 14:24) It’s the first meeting of the Space Nerds Star Wars club! Jesse and Doug are joined by special guests and fellow Star Wars lovers Jennie Krantz and Be Russell for a freewheeling 3.5 hour discussion of The Read more

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136: Artificial Skin, Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker Premiere!

This week on the Space Nerds podcast: SPACE NEWS: Scientists are working on creating artificial skin that could enhance virtual reality and help in rehabilitation. Jesse has other ideas for potential uses, and Alexandria introduces us to haptics. Check out the original article from TechXplore: https://techxplore.com/news/2019-09-artificial-skin-virtual-reality.html RISE OF SKYWALKER: (Starts at 18:40) The entire Space Nerds crew assembled at the Majestic Bay theater for the premiere showing of the Rise of Skywalker! Right after the Read more

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135: Living on Mars, Black Mirror ‘The Entire History of You’

This week on the show: SPACE NEWS: We discuss what it would take to live on Mars, and where we could get the resources. Turns out we’d have to get over our aversion to eating bugs! Check out the original article from Space.com: https://www.space.com/how-feed-one-million-mars-colonists.html You can also check out the latest video edition of the Space News, available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvC4hikf4C0 BLACK MIRROR: Continuing our discussion of Black Mirror episode by episode, we dive into ‘The Read more

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134: UFOs are real, Deep Space Nine ‘Babel’ and ‘Captive Pursuit’

This week on the show: SPACE NEWS: The government has confirmed that UFOs are real, and there is video evidence to prove it! We discuss the implications, and whether or not it would be wise to alert the public if aliens are walking among us. Check out the original article from livescience.com: https://www.livescience.com/navy-ufo-videos-authentic-classified.html DOUG SPACE NINE: We get aphasic with Babel (S01E04) and go full Tosk with Captive Pursuit (S01E05) from Star Trek Deep Space Read more

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133: Time Travel Special! About Time, See You Yesterday

This week we have a special episode about time travel! We start things off by checking in with Alexandria on a comment about last week’s episode, then we jump into the space-time continuum. SPACE NEWS: Is time travel possible? We explore the current theories and experiments taking place. Full article from BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44771942 ABOUT TIME: Andi joins us to recommend the British time travel romantic comedy ‘About Time.’SEE YOU YESTERDAY: Special guest Lauren Du Pree Read more

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