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Outline of Q&A
0:00 Stream starts
2:25 Stephen begins the stream
18:08 ​What do you think about civilization going to Mars?
28:07 Why do the planets orbit in the same plane?
36:40 Are Phobos and Diemos also on the same plane? Considering they're asteroids that were grabbed by Mars and now orbit Mars
39:23 What makes a planet a planet?
47:40 Why do most planets, stars and galaxies seem to spin the same way?
48:46 What did nasa do to avoid astronauts getting great amounts of cosmic rays?
56:40 How exactly do you detect Muons? I'm going to be taking a class next year that has a big fun project at the end of the semester that includes potentially making something that detects Muons
1:13:49 Why is water a good radiation shield if it has low atomic numbers inside?
1:19:46 Why does an iron core result in a super nova?
1:25:20 How do nuclear blasts affect computers?

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