GeekSpeak subject for Saturday 13th March at noon SLT: Who would you take to the moon?

 Recently a Japanese billionaire said that he intends to take six people on a trip around the moon.  He has asked for applications.  Who do you think should go?  Painters, poets, scientists?  Young people, old people?  Would you go, if you could? What effect will the moon trip have on the people who go?  Will it inspire them to make great art? Will it make them value our planet more? Since we are talking about...

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GeekSpeak subject for Saturday 12th December at noon SLT:

 GeekSpeak – What next for SpaceX?As you know by now, SpaceX has successfully (apart from the final explosion) launched and landed a rocket.  SpaceX Launch Starship on First 12.5km FlightSpaceX Launch Starship on First 12.5km FlightThis marks the beginning of a whole new era so we would like to ask in this week’s GeekSpeak: What is next?  Where do we go from here to build a space economy and what will become of it?Will we see permanent...

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GeekSpeak – will 2019 see the start of a race to the moon?

China has landed a lunar rover on the far side of the moon.  What will happen because of this?  How will other countries react?When there are two massive bodies interacting in space there are five points where the gravitational forces balance out and it is easy to place satellites or space stations.  These are the Lagrange points. China has a satellite at the L2 point for Earth and the moon.  These Lagrange points are very...

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