Universe Today Podcasts With Fraser Cain

In this week's penultimate episode of Open Space before our summer hiatus, I give tips and tricks on seeing Jupiter, what's a good starting telescope, updates on LIGO, why rockets launch straight up, and more... 00:00 Introduction 02:00 Looking at Jupiter 02:38 Starting Telescope 03:55 Why do rockets launch vertically first? 05:04 How much should a telescope cost? 05:48 What has LIGO been seeing? 08:15 How bad is the radiation around Jupiter? 10:20 What do I think about the Lunar Gateway 13:17 Drilling into Europa 14:29 Will ISS have a successor? 16:19 Probe to Uranus/Neptune? 18:02 Why do a crewed mission to Venus? 19:39 Updates on Project Starshot? 22:30 Does light stop travelling? 23:30 What kind of transmission would come from Alpha Cen. 25:13 Ethical issues of asteroid mining 26:55 Why haven't we done rotating habitats in orbit? 31:35 Could dark matter turn into planets? 33:26 Moon base in 50 years? 35:50 Lots of people living in space by 2100? 37:14 Moon mining? 39:56 Books in any order? 40:30 When will