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How can capitalism exist in space? Which will be commercially successful first, Earth orbit or the Moon? Did we observe lightnings on other planets? And in Q&A+, could aliens be watching Earth as a reality TV show?
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00:25 [Todd Ablett] Which first commercially successful moon base or commercially successful space station?
01:24 [P0tato Biden] How can capitalism exist in space?
02:42 [One] Can I imagine the Chinese landing on the Moon?
04:19 [churchdiscography] Did we see lightning on other planets?
05:03 [Redhead Roadtrip] Will astronauts on the Moon be vulnerable to space radiation?
05:15 [Michael Boulos] Copies of Earth in an infinite Universe
08:36 [snarzetax] What is the Timescapes model?
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How can capitalism exist in space? Which will be commercially successful first, Earth orbit or the Moon? Did we observe lightnings on other planets? And in Q&A+, could aliens be watching Earth as a reality TV show?
00:00 Start
00:25 [Todd Ablett] Which first commercially successful moon base or commercially successful space station?
01:24 [P0tato Biden] How can capitalism exist in space?
02:42 [One] Can I imagine the Chinese landing on the Moon?
04:19 [churchdiscography] Did we see lightning on other planets?
05:03 [Redhead Roadtrip] Will astronauts on the Moon be vulnerable to space radiation?
05:15 [Michael Boulos] Copies of Earth in an infinite Universe
08:36 [snarzetax] What is the Timescapes model?
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![NASA Just Funded This Insane Study to Resolve The Largest Known Black Hole [NIAC 2026]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U6fZ2GryNhU/mqdefault.jpg "NASA Just Funded This Insane Study to Resolve The Largest Known Black Hole [NIAC 2026]
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The 2026 NIAC Awards are out! This is OBLIVION. A project thats aims to utilize an innovative interferometry technique to resolve TON-618, the largest known black hole in the Universe. This will require insane precision, formation flying and lasers.
📜 OBLIVION: Observing Black hole LIght Via Intensity cOrrelatioN
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00:00 Intro
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11:06 How can it possibly work
16:18 Possible targets for observation
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![Swarming The Rings of Saturn With Tiny Probes [NIAC 2026]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VqBVL2vwh04/mqdefault.jpg "Swarming The Rings of Saturn With Tiny Probes [NIAC 2026]
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📜 Actively Steerable Femtosat Constellations for In-situ Exploration of Saturn’s Rings, Atmosphere, and Magnetosphere
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Saturns rings are dense. Sending one flagship probe through them makes no sense. Itll most probably be lost. But sending a swarm of small cheap probes does. Even if a lot of them wont survive, youre still getting lots of data. This is exactly what this NIAC project is proposing.
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01:22 Observing Saturns rings
05:21 A swarm of satellites
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