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Episode 539: Q&A 92: Can We Accelerate At 1G Like In The Expanse? Featuring Sophia Gad-Nasr
In this week's QA, I tackle constant acceleration. Do we have anything that can accelerate at 1G for long periods of time? Why are there different sized stars? And do the heavier elements come from supernovae or colliding neutron stars?Check out Sophia on Twitter at:https://twitter.com/astropartigirlhttps://astropartigirl.com/Traveling for billions of light years in a human lifetimehttps://youtu.be/4tjQ8o8j-O800:00 Continuous thrust at 1G?02:25 How can bigger stars form?03:56 Heavy elements from supernovae?07:00 OWL versus E-ELT09:34 Time dilation from living on Mars12:55 Do Uranus' moons…
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