Starship completes its wet-dress rehearsal, another problem for Webb, a nuclear rocket test is coming, and more cool NIAC grants.
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00:00 Intro
00:14 Starship Wet Dress Rehersal
03:18 JWST's NIRISS problems
https://www.universetoday.com/159790/webb-niriss-instrument-has-gone-offline/
04:57 Webb's first occultation
07:46 Extremely Close Asteroid Flyby
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-system-predicts-small-asteroid-to-pass-close-by-earth-this-week
09:37 DARPA Nuclear Rocket Test by 2027
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-darpa-will-test-nuclear-engine-for-future-mars-missions
12:05 How to Miniaturize Nuclear Batteries
https://www.universetoday.com/159692/exploring-the-outer-solar-system-takes-power-heres-a-way-to-miniaturize-nuclear-batteries-for-deep-space/
14:26 Tiny tiny tractor beam
https://www.universetoday.com/159695/scientists-build-a-teeny-tiny-tractor-beam/
15:56 Support us on Patreon
16:44 Growing Structures on Mars
https://www.universetoday.com/159635/instead-of-building-structures-on-mars-we-could-grow-them-with-the-help-of-bacteria/
18:30 Light Pollution Is Getting Worse
https://www.universetoday.com/159704/light-pollution-is-obscuring-the-night-sky-rip-stargazing/
21:27 Outro
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