On this line I'm completely obsessed with the youtube channel History of the Universe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtRFmSyL4fSLQkn-wMqlmdA

I'm very much a layman, but they're really fantastic long form videos and part of what makes them so engaging is they cover not just our current models and theories, but the evolution of those models and the stories of the scientists that made the discoveries. Top-notch content all around and for all the research involved they put out new videos pretty frequently too.

I’ve seen a lot of Hossenfelder on YT lately, and can definitely say that she’s my favorite scientist on the internet. No sensationalist BS.

So more trustworthy. Being more likely to be burned to the ground by private equity sounds about as untrustworthy as you can get.

I wouldn't say "more trustworthy" as much as "less likely to be burned to the ground by equity firms and other next-quarter-only types."

Personally, I think the best way to learn about what we know now is to learn about the history of our knowledge of astronomy and space. It's a lot easier to understand why certain things were significant and the train of thought that went into them with historical context.

Check out the book "The Watershed" by Arthur Koestler. The invention of the telescope was a true turning point for our understanding of the universe. Humans were fascinated (and confused) by the sky and the stars and planets for 10s of thousands of years, and then suddenly we could see things like moons orbiting Jupiter, mountains casting shadows on the moon, and crescent lighting on Venus. Everything became more real and tangible and open to scientific exploration, and really helped push people towards the idea that we are not the center of the universe.

Astronomy really was the spark for the scientific revolution.

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I mean, they break physics and make the universe act weird and warp reality as we know it. So i wouldn't be surprised if these things were pretty detrimental to existence itself.

Thanks for this. So amazing to know what’s out there. Wish I was selected to be apart of that colonial expedition. But unfortunately probably won’t be alive during that time.

Still amazing.

An English tutor could help you with that.

It's sad and scary that things not having any public input are the more trustworthy organizations

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No agency as such, but a great many skilled workers and companies.

One instrument I worked on in the 90s had a crucial element (four titanium wires as thin as hairs stretched across a gap of 50mm, and all that inside thin-walled titanium cans with walls no thicker than playing cards) that was made in Poland.

<TIL: the first head of Polsa, Prof Banaszkiewicz, is the lead scientist of this very device I'm describing! He's done well!>

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Thank you very much, I heard about Mr. Hermaszewski. Unfortunately Poland doesn't really have space agency, but I will definitely check the books and podcasts. I can't believe how fascinating our Universe is.

I used one of those rando London Underground subway style delta v charts -- my readers weren't handy -- and I think I grabbed the delta-v to Jupiter low orbit in there. My bad! I see from this one at 13.54 and Mars at 9.5 (I was doing the sums in my head too).

https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/14653/how-can-delta-v-and-aerobraking-as-shown-in-this-chart-be-explained

Also you should look up this guy Mirosław Hermaszewski

Would recomend the books An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by astronaut chris hadfield and Endurance by Scott Kelly. Since you are from Europe I would recommend visiting ESA’s web page. Also there are great podcast like “off nominal” and “the space above us”. Last I would check out the polish space agency and see if they have any events planed.

Yeah. I'm wondering how scalable that is.

I had initially assumed that the sort of infinite scalability you see in video games is just for video games and that in an actual space station you would run into some practical considerations that keep you from just adding modules indefinitely.

Now I'm starting to doubt that assumption.

Well, it is actually "Dr. Becky's" professional speciality, and she is currently a research fellow at Oxford University, so I think she is worth listening to.

So, thanks for your comment. I feel less likely I'ma get sucked into a black hole tomorrow 😂

Plan is for axiom station to start off as a part of ISS, then separate when ISS is to be decomissioned. There would not be a gap between the operational two periods

You are right that realistic scale creates problems because each planet further out is about twice as far as the planet further in.

Since I only just imagined the game in my head last night, I haven't played with "fixes". This is something that game designer would have to do.

Alterations might be to only use the four outer planets and stretch their au from the Sun less than double. And the board could be only half or a quarter of a full orbit.

Yeah, "IPO" and "company built around long-term plans" are mutually exclusive, especially nowadays.

How long will the ISS be operational? Tiangong will be active to 2030 and perhaps a couple years after that. If the ISS is retired after 2025, will the Axiom station be available by then?