Episode 708: Q&A 131: Can Breakthrough Starshot Slow Down? And More...

Welcome to the new style Q&As, which we're now recording every Monday live on my YouTube channel at 5pm Pacific Time. This week we got a lot of great questions about the Proxima Centauri signal, the Fermi Paradox, and Breakthrough Starshot.00:00:00 Start00:00:14 Is Starlink portable?00:01:07 Any thoughts on the Wow signal?00:03:58 What are magnetars?00:06:20 Any followup planned on Proxima signal?00:07:34 My answer to the Fermi Paradox00:11:50 Why don't neutron stars turn into black holes?00:13:03 Could Breakthrough Starshot confirm the Oort Cloud?00:15:07 Can Breaththrough Starshot slow down?00:20:03 Do other planets have pole stars?00:20:45 Should we put a telescope out by Neptune or Uranus?00:23:15 Next rare celestial event00:26:12 Does Skylon have a future in space exploration?00:30:35 How will humanity end?00:33:47 Is Elon Musk a supervillain?00:35:16 When can regular people do space tourism?00:38:12 Am I up to date on the Expanse?00:39:51 SG1 or the Expanse?00:41:37 Does everything experience gravitational lensing?00:44:07 What do I think of DALL-E?00:47:18 Doing space journalism for 21 years00:48:39 Space assembly of telescopes.🚀 OUR WEBSITE:════════════════════════════════════https://www.universetoday.com/🚀 PODCAST LINKS:════════════════════════════════════RSS: https://universetoday.com/audioiTunes: https://universetoday.com/itunesSpotify: https://universetoday.com/spotify🚀 EMAIL NEWSLETTER:════════════════════════════════════Read by 50,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe Free: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🚀 OTHER PODCASTS:════════════════════════════════════Weekly Space Hangout: Weekly news roundup with Fraser, special guests, and other space journalists.RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/feed/wshaudio/iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/weekly-space-hangout-audio/id836926769YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/Astronomy Cast: Award-winning, long-running deep dive into space and astronomy with Fraser and Dr. Pamela Gay.RSS: https://astronomycast.libsyn.com/rss/iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/astronomy-cast/id191636169?mt=2YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHI67dh9jEO2rvK--MdCSg🚀 JOIN OUR COMMUNITY:════════════════════════════════════Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday🚀 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA:════════════════════════════════════Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetodayTwitch: https://twitch.tv/fcain🚀 CONTACT FRASER:════════════════════════════════════Email: [email protected]🚀 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.Support Universe Today Podcast