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Ep. 588 - Lunar Resources: Lava Tubes

Astronomy Cast

Astronomy Cast

Natural Sciences, Science, Astronomy

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 588 - Lunar Resources: Lava Tubes by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay All eyes are on the Moon. We're going back, this time to stay, right? One of the best resources on the Moon will be the lava tubes that criss-cross the subsurface of the Moon. These can provide protection from space, and a look at the geologic history of the Moon, and they can be enormous!

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0:00.0

Hello, you listening to your favorite podcast again?

0:04.8

A little predictive love you, don't you think? My latest heartbreak has been a catalyst as

0:08.8

brought me to London. I spend my days as a professor and my nights with friends. It's a generous

0:13.7

way to describe them, but I have to stay close. There's a killer out there picking them off,

0:18.7

all while trying to frame me. I laugh at the irony if it weren't so serious. Someone is watching me.

0:24.1

I can feel it. Is it you? You? February 9? Only on Netflix.

0:36.9

Astronomycast Episode 588. Lava Tubes. Welcome to Astronomycast, or weekly

0:42.9

fax-based journey through the cosmos, where we help you understand not only what we know,

0:46.6

but how we know what we know. I'm Frieza Kane, publisher of Universe Today with me as always

0:51.2

is Dr. Pamela Gay, a senior scientist for the planetary science institute and the director of

0:56.3

Cosmic Quest. Hey Pamela, how are you doing? I'm doing well. How are you doing? I'm doing good.

1:01.8

It was, we talked about this on the pre-show just a reminder to everybody that we record these shows

1:06.7

live every Friday at noon Pacific on YouTube and the shows are an hour long. So if you want to see

1:14.2

more of the witty banter between Pamela and myself, if you want to see Pamela answer

1:19.3

completely random questions from whoever's watching the show, then you're going to want to

1:25.9

to watch that. How and so the big piece of news that happened this week was the Starship. And so

1:34.6

I think we spent about 20 minutes talking about Starship. But for those of you who missed it,

1:40.6

SpaceX tested Starship and it was magnificent. I'm still giggling. I'm just, I don't know when I'm

1:48.8

going to stop giggling. But that was the kind of goodness and light I needed in my life. Yeah,

1:56.4

it was a beautiful test. Every part of it was went way beyond my expectations. The the part where it

2:04.4

failed, where it crashed on the landing pad was was the part that surprised me because I thought

2:10.4

the landing was part that SpaceX had nailed. But when we, but all the other parts were all brand

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