Space Got Weird. Mercury’s Involved.

It starts with a Rip From the Headlines that grabs our attention — “Mercury, the planet that shouldn’t exist” — and sends us down an unexpected space rabbit hole.In this episode of Two Shot Tuesday, we talk about why Mercury raises real questions, how little we understand about our own solar system, and why scale and time in space completely break human intuition. The conversation drifts into asteroid belts, ringed worlds, space tourism, and whether space exploration is about spectacle or something much bigger.We wrap by looking ahead to Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, and why space stories — real or fictional — keep pulling us back in.Pour something and come along for the ride.