#758: Non-Roving Rovers

Astronomy Cast dive into the wild world of non-roving rovers. The future of exploration isn’t just rolling… it’s hopping, flying, crawling, and swimming!

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Fraser Cain
Universe Today

Dr. Pamela Gay
CosmoQuest

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  • Richard Drumm, Audio Engineer
  • Ally Pelphrey, Video Engineer

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Ep. 438: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 2: Geoengineering

We know humans are having an impact on planet Earth, but what if we really put our backs into it, and intentionally tried to change the entire planet? Either to make it better, or to fix some terrible mistake we’ve made. The technique is called geoengineering. Could it work?

Ep. 437: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 1: The Torino Scale

We love to destroy the universe, and also rebuild it. Today we begin a new series where we destroy and rebuild. Let’s talk about some existential threats we face, and ways we could recover, starting with the sword of Damocles hanging over our head: killer asteroids!

Ep. 436: Common Misconceptions in Probability

Human beings are bad at many things, but we’re particularly terrible at understanding probability in a rational way. We underestimate, overestimate and generally mess up probability. We’ll try to fix it here, but we’ll surely fail.

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