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Mintaka is a real star in the constellation of Orion, in The Star Trek: Next Generation episode, "Who Watches the Watchers" we see that a race of Proto-Vulcans live on a planet in the Mintaka star system. Mintaka is a binary star system with one star being a blue supergiant. Patron Robert Williams asked, "What are the chances of a species evolving to the Bronze Age in orbit of a blue supergiant?"
Short Answer? None.
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nasa.gov/ames/kepler/habitable-zones-of-different-stars
Mintaka is a real star in the constellation of Orion, in The Star Trek: Next Generation episode, "Who Watches the Watchers" we see that a race of Proto-Vulcans live on a planet in the Mintaka star system. Mintaka is a binary star system with one star being a blue supergiant. Patron Robert Williams asked, "What are the chances of a species evolving to the Bronze Age in orbit of a blue supergiant?"
Short Answer? None.
Join our patreon: Patreon.com/badastra
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Sources:
worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/46548/would-it-be-possible-for-a-planet-orbiting-a-blue-supergiant-to-develop-intellig
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mintaka
esahubble.org/projects/fits_liberator/fitsimages/davidedemartin_12
space-art.co.uk/image.php?gallery=stars-nebulae&image=blue-giant-star
nasa.gov/ames/kepler/habitable-zones-of-different-stars
![Nuclear Tourism Is Wild (Scientist Reacts to Dark Tourist)
The Netflix series Dark Tourist showcases Nuclear tourism, which has become an entire industry including famous sites like Chernobyl, the Trinity site in New Mexico, and Fukushima. Astra reviews the dos and don’ts when touring in an atomic wasteland.
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https://www.remm.nlm.gov/civilian.htm
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-how-much-radiation-dangerous/how-much-radiation-is-dangerous-idUSTRE72E79Z20110315
Netflix’s Dark Tourist
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Netflix’s Dark Tourist
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Curation: https://www.treehugger.com/nuclear-tourism-destinations-4869171
Chernobyl: Eamonn Butler/Flickr [CC by 2.0]
Oak Ridge, Tennessee: Ɱ/Wikimedia Commons [CC by SA-4.0]
Nevada Test Site: The Official CTBTO Photostream/Flickr [CC by 2.0]
Greenbrier bunker: Andriy Blokhin/Shutterstock
Hiroshima, Japan: TAW4/Shutterstock
Nagasaki, Japan: travel oriented/Flickr [CC by SA-2.0]
Titan Missile Museum: Steve Jurvetson/Wikimedia Commons [CC by 2.0]
Hanford site: David Lee/Flickr [CC by SA 2.0]
Bikini Atoll: Ron Van Oers/Wikimedia Commons [CC by SA 3/0]
Trinity Atomic Bomb site: Wikimedia Commons
Savannah River Site: U.S. Department of Energy/Wikimedia Commons [CC by 1.0]
Los Alamos, N.M.: Wikimedia Commons.
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