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The Tardigrade in the Hat : Space Infrastructure
Season 3 · Episode 5

The Tardigrade in the Hat : Space Infrastructure

Science, Actually Presents : The Nerd and the Scientist · Science, Actually

May 16, 202441m 11s

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Show Notes

Getting things to space is relatively easy - just hop on a rocket - but still somewhat expensive. Once in space getting from place to place is hard - once you've launched you're either going into orbit and staying there, or on your way to a far away destination - and takes a very long time. What can we do to make space travel quicker and cheaper, can we speed up communication with these far away places, and is that a giant dinner plate standing in the desert? Kovi and Benjamin answer all these questions - and talk about their dogs - in this episode.