Q&A: Your Space Questions Answered!

NSC Film Club is showing 'The Martian' on 4th July. View the film and see the spacesuit worn by Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain. Book tickets: https://www.spacecentre.co.uk/whats-on/film-club/ 

 

ON THIS EPISODE

Join Josh Barker and David Southworth for this mailbag episode of Space NOW! where we're answering YOUR space questions.

Including: Can we use nukes to terraform Mars? Does space have a North, South, East and West? And how far could the Voyager probes get from the Earth?

Have a question you want answered on a future episode? Send it to podcast@spacecentre.co.uk

Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/oGJchNjWakc 

 

EPISODE LINKS

The Martian spacesuit at the National Space Centre: https://www.spacecentre.co.uk/collections/categories/spacesuits-and-clothing/matt-damons-eva-spacesuit-from-the-ridley-scott-film-the-martian/ 

Sonia's Astrophotography: Follow our instagram to see it soon!

 

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Introduction

00:28 Space WOWs!

03:00 Is there a North, South, East and West in Space?

06:05 Sci-fi Book Recommendations?

08:15 Can we use nukes to terraform Mars?

13:18 Why do we look at Earth-like planets to find life?

18:04 What is happening with the Lunar Gateway?

21:57 Will Voyager 1 ever leave the galaxy?

24:48 Astrophotography shout-out!