Universe Today Podcasts With Fraser Cain

803: ILLEGAL Moon Residents, Space Power Plants, Center of the Universe | Q&A 179

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In this week's questions show, I explain how other planets can have geostationary orbits, if sending tardigrades to the Moon is a violation of the Outerspace Treaty, and why everything orbiting the Sun is in perfect balance. Here's a link to our Discord server: https://discord.gg/3nk8kAARUm 00:00 Start 00:53 Does Venus have a geostationary orbit? 02:34 Is sending tardigrades to the Moon violate the Outerspace Treaty? 06:30 Why is everything in stable orbit around the Sun? 08:50 Is there a telescope on the ISS? 10:33 How does the solar maximum work? 13:05 Does space solar power make sense? 15:40 Do rockets have to go into orbit around the Earth first? 17:15 When will a microscope go to Mars? 19:57 Could gravitational lensing let us see beyond the observable Universe? 21:53 Where will we see the surface of other worlds? 24:19 Could you go faster to blue shift light? 26:47 Do nuclear rockets need fuel? 28:03 Does time travel slower at the centre of the Universe? 29:49 Can black holes go supernova? Want to be par