[Q&A] DART Successor, Fixing Space Debris, Viking Missions Controversy

If Moon was created with a big collision, where's the crater? Can we fix the space trash problem? Is doing Astronomy just a waste of money that can be better spent elsewhere? What will come after DART? All this and more in this week's Q&A.

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• 00:00 Start

• 02:01 [Tatooine] Is Astronomy just a waste of money?

• 07:17 [Coruscant] How do scientists react to being wrong?

• 09:25 [Hoth] Where's Theia's crater?

• 11:22 [Naboo] If no Big Rip, what's left?

• 14:52 [Kamino] What about returning to the Moon?

• 17:22 [Bespin] Is life everywhere?

• 20:34 [Mustafar] Will there be DART successors?

• 24:23 [Alderaan] How to fix space debris?

• 28:53 [Dagobah] EHT but in space?

• 34:26 [Yavin] Dark energy after heat death?

• 37:29 [Mandalore] Viking missions controversy?

• 42:39 Outro

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