1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: Let's talk space this Monday nighties back from his big 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:08,960 Speaker 1: trip up to the dark skies around Norfolk Island. Dave 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: Rennicke Astro Space News, Hello Dave, how are you again? Likewise, 4 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:16,240 Speaker 1: how was it? 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:16,440 Speaker 2: Now? 6 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: You had a lot of people there and having a look. 7 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: The heavens must look incredible there, Yeah they are. 8 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:25,600 Speaker 2: You've got to what's called Bordle one skies over there. 9 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 2: This is scale put together many years ago by somebody 10 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 2: by the name of Bortle, and it turns out some 11 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 2: good way of gauging how dark skies are, and it 12 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 2: goes from one through to five, five being little of 13 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 2: a major city there, whichever city around the world you choose. 14 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 2: Some are worse than others and down to really zero, 15 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 2: which wold be the out back of Australia there next 16 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 2: to Ruler Room. When all the lights are turned out. 17 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 2: We were onto a border one over there, so there's 18 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 2: only one streadlight the whole lineand on North Oak Island, 19 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 2: so you can show the only where we go there. 20 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 2: Pretty dark was great. 21 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: How many people go over with you? 22 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 2: So sorry, Matt. 23 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 1: How many people do you take over there? 24 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 2: We take a dozen at a times, a small group 25 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 2: and it's enough for us to handle a part from 26 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 2: theself who is resident on the island. There. We are 27 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 2: two large telescopes. We live there, but we sort of 28 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 2: mixed The week up is continued through viewing. I do 29 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 2: slide talks, lectures, We do soular viewing out there as well, 30 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 2: and we have a little trivia nighting between farewell dinner 31 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 2: and it's really good. We had a great bunch of 32 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 2: people there and I sold two c Stars. Well they're 33 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 2: going to buy two CEA Stars telescopes. These are the 34 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 2: new ones that that we're using at the moment. I 35 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 2: counted those over with me on the plane there. These 36 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 2: new type of telescopes has taken the world by storm. 37 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 2: I don't know whether we mentioned that to you before 38 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 2: or talked about them, but there are a new new 39 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 2: type of telescope. Matthew. You don't need any prior knowledge 40 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 2: of astronomy or working your telescope to be able to 41 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 2: do it. It's not really a telescope, it's not really 42 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 2: a camera. It's a combination of both. And they're retaugh 43 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 2: for just under a thousand dollars. But my own, my submissing. 44 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 2: In thirty years, I have ever seen it's the most simple 45 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 2: thing to use. 46 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: So what is just GPS is that you just I 47 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: want to look at SAT and then it looks at it. 48 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's designed for deep sky. You don't need to 49 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 2: know where anything is in the sky. It's got a 50 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 2: database but at least probably over fifty thousand objects in there. 51 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 2: It knows where you are. You set your set your 52 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 2: WiFi up with it, so if you've got your phone 53 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 2: with you, it knows where you are on planet Earth 54 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 2: and you connect it up to this amazing instrument. It's 55 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 2: only about the size of a shoe box, and it 56 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,079 Speaker 2: knows where you are. It knows our coordinates, where we 57 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 2: are in the Southern Hemisphere. As you hit a little 58 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 2: on the chief page, you just hit objects that it 59 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 2: gives you a list of everything is in the sky 60 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 2: that night or that time of night, or if you 61 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 2: don't want to do that, but the list of everything 62 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 2: that's got in there, and you go and pick and 63 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 2: choose what you want and then you just say, well 64 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 2: find that. It goes to find it for you and 65 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 2: on your screen there while you're holding your iPhone or 66 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 2: your iPad or whatever you've got your tablet up comes 67 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 2: this amazing image is anything as good as anything you'll 68 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 2: ever see, I dare say in a humble photographic book. 69 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:29,639 Speaker 2: So you're almost these are amazing. 70 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: You're not looking directly at it, Dave, you're looking at 71 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: it on a screen. 72 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 2: Then yeah, right, But the camera is the thing itself 73 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 2: is looking at it. And how we use it. We 74 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 2: use it it an adjunct, o't they? Well it's a 75 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 2: good word. We have the telescope on, say the horse 76 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 2: said nebula, or with the Ryan Nebula, or the southern 77 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 2: cross of the jewel box, even the moon, and I'll 78 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 2: have this thing set up as well. But what this does, 79 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 2: it's better than well, it's like your eye make the 80 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 2: fight a thousand time. You know, when you look through 81 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,839 Speaker 2: a telescope you can't see color. But when you turn 82 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 2: this thing on, it indelibly imprints the image on the screen, 83 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 2: and then it doubles it, and then it doubles it again. 84 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 2: Every ten seconds that reinforces the image, so it continues 85 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 2: to build it up. And it might take a few hours, 86 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 2: you know, if you want to spend by, I put 87 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 2: it out there at nighttime, come in and monitor on 88 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 2: my iPhone while watching the news two or three in 89 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 2: the morning. Yeah, and leave it outside there and it'll 90 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 2: just look. These are the fantastic. Honestly, it's anyone who's 91 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 2: interested in one of these, don't have a look at 92 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 2: my website. I've got a story on there now. I 93 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 2: was lucky enough to well brazen enough to ask them 94 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 2: for one for a review, so I got a free one. 95 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:51,039 Speaker 2: But they're out of there hard to get, you know, 96 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 2: Ben Teller Insidney. This is a distributor of that distributed 97 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 2: telescope all around the world, and they got I think 98 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,919 Speaker 2: probably fifty or sixty or something some time ago, and 99 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 2: they're all gone in a very short time. Look, they're 100 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,919 Speaker 2: retailed for just hundred thousand dollars. Now people must say, oh, 101 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 2: there's a lot of money. Will you go and buy 102 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 2: a telescope or eight or nine hundred dollars you go 103 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 2: and buy an optical camera to fit on that's going 104 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 2: to cost you another five you know, and then you've 105 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 2: got to try and figure out how to use it 106 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 2: and connect it up. You don't need to do that 107 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 2: with this telescope. This is one of the best things. 108 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 2: Or anyone who's interested in the night sky but doesn't 109 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 2: want to way over complicated we'll go and buy anything. 110 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 2: This pit will do it. Then you're downloaded on your 111 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 2: iPhone or your iPad and you can print them out. 112 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:35,919 Speaker 1: How about that. It's amazing. 113 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, good sales. I love it. I think it's brilliant. 114 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: How many times did you go to Norfolk? Is it 115 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:44,280 Speaker 1: once a year? 116 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, we go once a year. We've been going five 117 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 2: years now, and I'll break the news to you now. 118 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 2: Really we haven't said anything yet, but it looks like 119 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 2: we may have a contract with one of the major 120 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 2: tool groups, Bounty Tools or Pine Tree Tours, one of 121 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 2: them over on the island. My apartner right now is 122 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 2: still there talking you know, two people over there about that. 123 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 2: So we may end up having this as a major 124 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 2: d junct or an inclusion in the you know the 125 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:20,039 Speaker 2: types of triffs they have over there when you go over, 126 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 2: so this is going to make it's going to mean 127 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 2: that we'll probably double a triple a number of people 128 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 2: coming along are going to have my you know what 129 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 2: hanging out. But I don't care. It's good. I mean, 130 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 2: I've been the island five times now. There's much not 131 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 2: much new I've seen over there, but look the people 132 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 2: we met on our group and you know the ones 133 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 2: that we took over with us that came over from 134 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 2: New South Wales. There, it's really good to sit down. 135 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 2: We just have a mag they're all older folks too, funny, 136 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 2: you know, there's no young people on it. Massive. They're 137 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 2: in there fifty and upwards most of the time. But 138 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 2: the other ones that have the wherewith all the money 139 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 2: in the time to travel. 140 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's it, that's right exactly. Okay, Now two space matters. 141 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: The SpaceX have put up one of their founcon rockets 142 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 1: just yesterday. I think we're in the last twenty four 143 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: hours anyway, and it's carrying a lot of equipment for 144 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 1: something called Haven one, which is the first privately built 145 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: or will be space station. So who's up there building 146 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: a space station? 147 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, I've come back with a bit of the threat. Yeah. 148 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 2: Haven one is a private company vast space of putting there. 149 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 2: So I remember a commercial single module station, your devices all. 150 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 2: Remember what I've been talking about distortucing over the years 151 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 2: with you. Yeah, and we did talk about one day 152 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 2: they're going to have these private commercial space stations. Well 153 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 2: here's the first one going up there. It's relatively compact 154 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 2: and it's only designed for about three or four weeks 155 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 2: by small crews of people. It's going to be relying 156 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 2: on docking to a crew drag of spacecraft SpaceX again 157 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 2: and to get people up there and back. So elon 158 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 2: musty finger at the fir a litill feature, you know, 159 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 2: starmic terminals. People are to communicate back comfortable seating. Why 160 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 2: is it matter? Well, look, the International Space Station is 161 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 2: going to be dropped in the drink incident. It won't 162 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 2: last longer than twenty thirty. And commercial stations like this one, 163 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 2: as you have them want, they've got to play a 164 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 2: role in continuing that the work was done up there. 165 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 2: But also, you know, catering for this new up and 166 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 2: coming tourist business which will be called space space travel, 167 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 2: commercial space station, or you name it. There's so many 168 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 2: things coming up, and they're they're all private enterprise. 169 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: You know, incredible. That's amazing, isn't it? Just what's going 170 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: to happen? And I suppose then it'll take tourists up there. 171 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's the idea behind it. It'll become a commercial venture. 172 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 2: But in the meantime you're going to have competition too. 173 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 2: I will say that between now the end of twenty, 174 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,839 Speaker 2: you'll see two maybe three of these stations fully operational 175 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 2: up there, offering you know, services to people who want 176 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 2: to go up there for up to a week, maybe 177 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 2: a month, stay like you go on book it overseas holiday, 178 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,719 Speaker 2: we go on a cruise. Now it sounds crazy, so 179 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 2: trouble that way before the shows went up on corners unreal. 180 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 1: Isn't it just what an amazing thing? Yeah? Hey, we've 181 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: often talked and people like Grahame call up with questions 182 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 1: about Voyager from time to time. But there's more probes 183 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:36,959 Speaker 1: up there, and I was reading about one recently called 184 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 1: is it dare that is? Or hang on, let me 185 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 1: tell you exactly what it's called, because I wrote the 186 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 1: name down somewhere, and it's Dawn Dawn space probe that 187 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:51,559 Speaker 1: was set up to look at asteroids and I guess 188 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: the the asteroid what's it called the asteroid belt that 189 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 1: is out there between wherever it is Mars and Jupiter. 190 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 1: And is it still out there sending info back? 191 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 2: It's not active now, sorry, it's mission is complete, but 192 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 2: it was launched by NASA. Well I think it's nearly 193 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 2: part of the first part of the YouTube towers right 194 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 2: targeted to look at two objects. One is called Vesta 195 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 2: and the others called Cirrus. These are two major asteroids. 196 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 2: There were four there, Serious Palace you know, and Vestor. 197 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 2: Now these two are huge, I mean, these are massive, 198 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:30,839 Speaker 2: massive worlds. They're little planets, and this space crab made 199 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 2: history by thing the first one to orbit two of 200 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 2: these together, little dwarf planets. There are The mission ended 201 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 2: I think about ten years ago, yeah, about twenty eighteen, 202 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:47,559 Speaker 2: twenty nineteen, when it used all this fueler. It doesn't 203 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 2: really communicate back here anymore, but it remains in orbit 204 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 2: around one of these objects, I think Serious, the bigger asteroid. 205 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 2: There's no longer active. But the data we got from these, 206 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 2: you know, has given us a much better understanding the 207 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 2: early Solar System was like, because when we look at 208 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 2: serious powerst Juno Investor, these asteroids and all the little ones, 209 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 2: we're looking at the flossam and the jetsum left over 210 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 2: from the makeup of the Solar System. So these are 211 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 2: remnants of bits that may planet Earth, Venus, Mars. This 212 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:20,760 Speaker 2: is the stuffs left over in the mix. Very important 213 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 2: we do that it was run by a little engine 214 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:27,199 Speaker 2: called Ion. An ion engine quite unique for its time 215 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 2: electric propulsion. 216 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 1: How about that. It couldn't be the only thing up 217 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:36,679 Speaker 1: there in terms of looking for things. They must have 218 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:40,079 Speaker 1: sent others up to do other things. For instance, the 219 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: one that landed on Mastroid, and was it a Japanese 220 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 1: on wasn't it shot past the Earth and dropped off 221 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 1: the sample There's got to be a lot of these 222 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 1: things up there, I imagine. 223 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right, they did too. We've had a few 224 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 2: of those sample return missions. We've never had a piece 225 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 2: of asteroid before. And when you get a bit of 226 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 2: asteroid like that, you're getting a pristine piece of the 227 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 2: Earth Goolar system. It's no use disting up the core 228 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 2: of the Earth. There's too much going on in the meantime. 229 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 2: It mixed. We want to know what the solar systems 230 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 2: like in the early years. Well, these rocks still be 231 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 2: the mixture made of those that hasn't changed in almost 232 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 2: five billion years. That's how all this stuff is. So 233 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 2: that's one is all. We did get a sample return. 234 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,319 Speaker 2: The first one came down some years ago, cracked open 235 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 2: when it landed, and that was the end of that 236 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 2: sample mission. Because once the egg got to it, the 237 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 2: bacteria in the eg got to it was really useless. 238 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 2: But this happening is a good of this sort of 239 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 2: thing because they're there Forte. 240 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 1: It's amazing because that when you think about this thing 241 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 1: traveling millions, if not tens of millions of kilometers out 242 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 1: into space and landing on an asteroid, drilling into it, 243 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: collecting a sample of dirt and rock, and and then 244 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 1: bring it not coming back to Earth, but on a 245 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: flyby to another asteroid. I mean, just imagine the calculations. Oh, 246 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: it fires off a capsule full of this stuff to 247 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: drop off as it goes past the Earth like an 248 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 1: uber delivery. It's crazy. 249 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:20,959 Speaker 2: I'm silly at all. I agree with you. I mean, 250 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,200 Speaker 2: can you imagine the calculations needed to be able to 251 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 2: do that. It's just astronomical. All done by computers, of course, 252 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 2: but in the early years they didn't do that exactly. 253 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 2: That's just amazing is that we can do that. Can 254 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 2: you imagine how hard it would be. You've got a 255 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 2: launch here ahead of time, and you've got to go 256 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 2: to the asteroid built which is just outside the orbit 257 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 2: of Mars. It's along the way away, and you've got 258 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 2: to not only do that, you've got to find this object, 259 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:49,679 Speaker 2: and then you've got to follow it and you've got 260 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:53,839 Speaker 2: to get up close to it. It's incredible the technology 261 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 2: involved with this and the people who work to do that. 262 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:59,440 Speaker 2: You've only got to be one thousands of millions of 263 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:03,959 Speaker 2: infraction of the second out and you're going to miss it. Yeah, 264 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 2: things are moving so quick and one hundred thousands of 265 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 2: a second, or could many editions of about a quarter 266 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 2: of them. Ask. 267 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 1: It's incredible, just incredible. 268 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 2: I think it's brilliant. I just want to have dinner 269 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 2: with one of these people. And how do you do that? 270 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 1: I reckon, we'll be boring. 271 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 2: We too, Oh yeah, we do extra wine. 272 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean they might be very good at it, 273 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: but I don't know if they'd be the best. Maybe 274 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: they are. Maybe I'm you know, just stereotyping nerds. I 275 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 1: don't know. But but it is amazing, I tell you what. Yeah, 276 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 1: just incredible. Dave. Look, I won't keep you. Got a 277 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 1: sore throat. You've just come back and probably. 278 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 2: Need to unpack. 279 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: But yeah, all right, Uh, just let me double check here. 280 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 2: One on the line. 281 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 1: No, nobody's got any question. I was kind of relying 282 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 1: on Huey to fill up a bit of a gap 283 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 1: for us tonight. But no, no, HUEI got actually got 284 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 1: a question here from Cheryl who says how many items 285 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 1: have come out of astronaut missions? So I presume she 286 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: means things like is Velcrow one that was? 287 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 2: It's not. Look, this is a great question. If I 288 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 2: see here, we could talk for an hour on this. 289 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 2: I won't do that, but I did a story in this. 290 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 2: One was just a good to brought this up. There's 291 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 2: probably at least a twousand things we're using in our 292 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 2: everyday life as a result of the space program. And 293 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 2: keep in mind that every dollar is spent on the 294 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 2: space program, generally we turned seven to four dollien dollars 295 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 2: back to the economy. But what I want you to 296 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 2: do is to go to Google and put in space spinoffs. Okay, 297 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 2: just those two words space spinoffs, and you'll get a 298 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 2: list of all the things that came from Now. Vilco 299 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 2: I believe was not found that and nor was teflov 300 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 2: Really these are two common misconceptions here. Velco was an accident. 301 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 2: He was looking at those you know, there's there's flowers 302 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 2: that stick to you like little arrows. 303 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, to. 304 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 2: Blow them they blow away. Well, Yeah, that's that's what 305 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 2: he saw. That this could be something bell Crow, you know, 306 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 2: but there are so many other things where you have 307 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 2: to look at it. 308 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 1: Cordless tools. Cordless tools is one have you got I have, 309 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: I'm looking at it. Firefighter gear, three D printing spray 310 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: on solar cells, goes to. 311 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 2: Look inside the human body. 312 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, digital mimmography, memory foam amazing, goes on liquid calling garments, 313 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 1: and so many other things. Freeze dried foods of course, incredible, 314 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 1: just unreal. How about that? Good, good question, Cheryl. It 315 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: is good on your Dave. I will leave you now, 316 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: thank you so much for your time as always, and 317 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: we'll chat to get next Monday with you. Thank you, Dave. 318 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,239 Speaker 1: Rennicky Astros based news. You can always check out his website.