Live Lockdown Q&A Show

You can watch the video of this recording (and our live Episode
95 recording on 27th April) at
https://www.youtube.com/user/AwesomeAstroPod/videos


(midday PST, 3pm EST, 8pm UK, 9pm Central Europe)


 


This show is a response to the many requests we get to do an
episode dedicated to answering listeners’ space & astronomy
questions. Producer John thought lockdown would be the perfect
time to do it, when we can try and help ease the stress, boredom
and isolation.


 


The Guests: We invited some of our friends from the astronomy
world to answer your questions too:


University of Oxford Professor of Astronomy, Creator of the
Zooniverse and BBC’s The Sky at Night Presenter, Chris Lintott.
We asked him:



Are there ways for an amateur astrophotographer to get
involved in contributing to actual science? From David
Schlaudt

Square Kilometre Array or JWST. Which is going to
generate the most exciting science? And if each one could
answer just 1 question about the Universe, what would you
like it to be?  From Mark De Vrij





 


Director of Public Engagement for Cardiff University’s
Gravity Exploration Institute, Dr Chris North. We asked him:



Why are astronomers so sure that Oumuamua and Borisov are
from outside the Solar System? From Derry North (Chris’ Dad!)

Square Kilometre Array or JWST. Which is going to
generate the most exciting science? And if each one could
answer just 1 question about the Universe, what would you
like it to be?  From Mark De Vrij





 


Senior Astronomer and Institute Fellow at the SETI Institute,
Seth Shostak. We asked him:



What’s currently big in the world of extraterrestrial
hunting?

What happens when we discover possibly habitable planets?
From @WrathfulTumbles

Square Kilometre Array or JWST. Which is going to
generate the most exciting science? And if each one could
answer just 1 question about the Universe, what would you
like it to be?  From Mark De Vri





 


US Spaceflight researcher and chronicler, Gavin Price. We
asked for:



An overview of the Apollo 13 mission that was limping
back to Earth 50 years ago today

The key Apollo 13 decisions and preparations that were
underway at this point - a day before splashdown

A discussion about, and nod to the BBC World Service
podcast 13 Minutes to the Moon. From Peter Ellinger






 Other listener inspired topics discussed by the podcast
crew:


What astronomy equipment do we use?

Are the current clear skies a product of fewer airplanes and
lower pollution?

What would happen if a small stellar-mass black hole collided
with a much more massive star? Could the star ever ‘win’? From
Glenn Diekmann in California

You talk about the ELT in April part 1. But how on God's
green Earth do you keep a mirror like that clean? From
@SeamasterGMT

A discussion on the ‘Ashen light of Venus’ inspired by
@Blixbuller