Space Nerds Episodes

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 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 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 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 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 Read more…

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132: Space Junk, Black Mirror ’15 Million Merits’

This week on the show: SPACE NEWS: Did you know Earth has a space junk problem? We discuss the growing issue of orbital debris clogging the space around our planet. BLACK MIRROR: This week we gush over ’15 Million Merits,’ breaking down the plot and examining the societal issues brought Read more…

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131: Space Meat, DS9 “A Man Alone” and “Past Prologue”

This week on the show: SPACE NEWS: Synthetic meat has been grown in space for the first time. Would you eat space meat or is it time to go vegetarian? DOUG SPACE NINE: We discuss the episodes “A Man Alone” and “Past Prologue” from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season Read more…

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130: Lunar Space Elevator, Firefly #7 Jaynestown

This week on the show:SPACE NEWS: Scientists are proposing the construction of a lunar space elevator to lower the cost of traveling from Earth to the moon. Alexandria and Jesse debate whether or not this sounds like a good idea. Check out the full article from The Observer here: https://observer.com/2019/09/moon-space-elevator-lunar-exploration-columbia-study/ Read more…

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129: New NASA Spacesuits, Arrowverse Year 4

This week on the show: SPACE NEWS: NASA has unveiled new spacesuits designed to be more comfortable for women, in preparation of the first women to walk on the moon. ARROWVERSE YEAR 4: We continue our massive TV watching project with the fourth year of Arrowverse shows, including Arrow season Read more…

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