WEBVTT - 9 Things to Look forward to in 2018

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<v Speaker 1>Guess what, Mango, what's that? Will? Now you know how

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<v Speaker 1>much I love new space missions. And you and I

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<v Speaker 1>were talking a few weeks ago about this satellite that

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<v Speaker 1>NASA's launching next year. It's called the Tests or the

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<v Speaker 1>Transiting Exoplanets Surveys Satellite. Yeah, I mean that's the one

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<v Speaker 1>that's headed to look at the planets outside our Solar system, right, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's wild to read about just how far this

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<v Speaker 1>satellite will be looking. This is a two year survey

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<v Speaker 1>and Tests will be looking at two hundred thousand of

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<v Speaker 1>the brightest stars near the Sun and all the planets

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<v Speaker 1>around them. And in the survey, they're expecting to look

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<v Speaker 1>at about three hundred Earth size planets. And I love

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<v Speaker 1>it when these kinds of missions launch. I know it's exciting.

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<v Speaker 1>So when is it launching exactly? Well, they say it's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be no later than June. And I really love

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<v Speaker 1>this time of year because it's a chance to pause

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<v Speaker 1>and hit refresh, you know in some ways, and and

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<v Speaker 1>think about all the exciting things happening in the year ahead.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's what we're gonna do today, And today's nine

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<v Speaker 1>things were excited about for two thousand eighteen let's get started.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey there, podcast listeners, Welcome to Part Time Genius. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Will Pearson and it's always I'm joined by my good

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<v Speaker 1>friend Man and the man on the other side of

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<v Speaker 1>the soundproof class wearing a T shirt that says, actually,

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<v Speaker 1>what does it say? It says new year knew you

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<v Speaker 1>this year new shoe. What in the world does that mean?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that like Dr SEUs or something? I have no idea,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm sure it's profound that Tristan is one deep guy?

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<v Speaker 1>Who are not kidding? All right, Well, we've got another

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<v Speaker 1>smart guy on the phone, and that's our lead researcher,

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<v Speaker 1>Mr Gabe Louisier. Hey there, Gabe. All right, Well today

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<v Speaker 1>we're talking about some of the things we're excited about

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<v Speaker 1>for two thousand eighteen. So Mango, you want to kick

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<v Speaker 1>us off with the first fact, Yeah, definitely. So obviously

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<v Speaker 1>we're both excited about this search for exoplanns and everyone's

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<v Speaker 1>been talking about whether we should go to Mars or not,

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<v Speaker 1>but very few people talk about NASA's mission this year

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<v Speaker 1>to the Sun. But that's exactly what's happening in two

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<v Speaker 1>thou eighteen. It's called the Parker Solar probe, and the

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<v Speaker 1>whole idea is to trace the flow of energy around

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<v Speaker 1>the Sun and understand the solar winds and magnetic fields there.

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<v Speaker 1>And while it won't actually get to the Sun, it'll

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<v Speaker 1>actually get closer to Venus and then return in two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand twenty five. The probe is covered in all this

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<v Speaker 1>armor of carbon capositi solar shields, I guess, And that's

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<v Speaker 1>to protect it from the heat. Wow. So we get

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<v Speaker 1>the closest that will get you set is near Venus. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so it'll get to Venus, it'll actually orbit Venus, I believe,

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<v Speaker 1>so that to reduce on energy. Uh. And and then

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<v Speaker 1>and then I'll head back. Venus, which my son likes

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<v Speaker 1>to remind me, is actually the hottest planet despite being

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<v Speaker 1>the second planet. All right, that's a good one. We're

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<v Speaker 1>sticking with some space themes. Okay, well, Gay, what's your

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<v Speaker 1>first fact? So I go to space one to actually

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, the Sun is great and all, but

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a little more excited about the fact that two

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<v Speaker 1>space tourists are going to be headed to the Moon.

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<v Speaker 1>And uh, this is part of a SpaceX project. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>It's called the Falcon Heavy Rocket and it's gonna launch

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<v Speaker 1>with a crew of the Dragon too. It's it's the

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<v Speaker 1>most powerful rocket to blast off since uh NASA's Saturn

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<v Speaker 1>missions in the nineteen seventies. The mission is supposed to

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<v Speaker 1>last about a week and it will be mostly automated,

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<v Speaker 1>so the space tourists will, you know, pretty much just

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<v Speaker 1>sit there and hope that everything goes okay. And in

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<v Speaker 1>case something, you know, does go wrong, they'll have a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit of training and including how to pilot the

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<v Speaker 1>craft manually. But the capsule is just going to orbit

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<v Speaker 1>the Moon, not actually touched down. Um, and we don't

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<v Speaker 1>know who's going yet, but to private individuals approached SpaceX

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<v Speaker 1>and has to be a part of the Moon cruise,

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<v Speaker 1>and they haven't announced who they are yet, but there

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<v Speaker 1>you can be sure they're paying a pretty penny for

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<v Speaker 1>the privilege. There's not there's not an exact date yet

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<v Speaker 1>for the mission, just lateen but it's coming so so

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<v Speaker 1>they do know who the two people are. We don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>but those two people have been chosen. I mean. The

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<v Speaker 1>other weird thing about it is they call it Dragon

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<v Speaker 1>two instead of Double Dragon. That's the weirdest fact of all. Right, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess I will go next with a fact that

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like we can't talk about two thousand eighteen

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<v Speaker 1>without at least talking about the Winter Olympics and pyeong Chang,

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<v Speaker 1>South Korea. And this is definitely going to be an

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<v Speaker 1>interesting one. I mean, you know, it's only fifty or

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<v Speaker 1>so miles from the North Korea border, and we all

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<v Speaker 1>read about how the Russian team has been suspended by

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<v Speaker 1>the IOC for systematic doping, so that's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a unwrinkle in this and it'll be interesting to see

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<v Speaker 1>how many of their athletes compete independently. But one of

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<v Speaker 1>my favorite parts about the Olympics is hearing about the

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<v Speaker 1>new events that they're adding each time. And this year,

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<v Speaker 1>the the events that I saw listed were big air snowboarding,

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<v Speaker 1>mixed doubles curling. That sounds exciting, and mass starts speed skating.

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<v Speaker 1>I really don't understand what any of those mean, and

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<v Speaker 1>I kind of don't want to look them up because

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<v Speaker 1>I just want to be surprised by what mass start

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<v Speaker 1>speed skating is chaos. But anyway, I'm excited for the

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<v Speaker 1>Olympics as always. Okay, mango, what's your next fact? So

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<v Speaker 1>one of the things everyone's kind of excited about in

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand eighteen is that women are finally being given

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<v Speaker 1>the right to drive in Saudi Arabia. And obviously this

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<v Speaker 1>is a big deal. So Stacy looked up the reasons

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<v Speaker 1>women have been held back to this point and they

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<v Speaker 1>are ridiculous or actually infuriating. So these are some of

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<v Speaker 1>the reasons that Saudi Arabia is given in the past

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<v Speaker 1>for why women shouldn't drive. Mail drivers wouldn't know how

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<v Speaker 1>to handle women driving in cars next to them. Allowing

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<v Speaker 1>women to drive will make women more promiscuous and also

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<v Speaker 1>bring shame on the Saudi family. And also driving harms

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<v Speaker 1>women's ovaries, is that it's so crazy in battling, and

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<v Speaker 1>so all these, of course, are these stupid reasons. And

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<v Speaker 1>I remember I had this friend in college. He lived

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<v Speaker 1>in Saudi Arabia, and she said that her mom talked

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<v Speaker 1>about how the year or two they had spent there,

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<v Speaker 1>she felt like her wings have been clipped because she

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<v Speaker 1>just couldn't be independent at all. So getting the right

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<v Speaker 1>for these women to drive is really exciting, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be baby steps. So women still can't work

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<v Speaker 1>as taxi drivers, and the reason the change isn't taking

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<v Speaker 1>place until June is partially to train police on how

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<v Speaker 1>to interact with women when they pulled them over, because

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<v Speaker 1>men and women don't actually often interact unless they're related

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<v Speaker 1>to one another. That's very interesting fact and hopefully as

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<v Speaker 1>the first of many steps in that direction. Okay, Gabe,

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<v Speaker 1>what's your next fact? So one thing we're celebrating in

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen is the one hundred birthday of the John Deere tractor.

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<v Speaker 1>Nineteen eighteen was actually just the beginning of the John

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<v Speaker 1>Deere tractor line, which started thirty two years after the

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<v Speaker 1>man himself passed away. And John Deer was originally a

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<v Speaker 1>blacksmith by trade, which led him to inventing the first

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<v Speaker 1>steel plow in eighteen thirty seven. Uh. The company then

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<v Speaker 1>made all kinds of different farm implements for the next

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<v Speaker 1>eighty years or so before actually finally venturing into the

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<v Speaker 1>tractor game in eighteen. And the company already jumped the

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<v Speaker 1>gun a little bit and marked this anniversary by bringing

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<v Speaker 1>a family to their Waterloo, Iowa plant in October and

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<v Speaker 1>the family got to watch the first tractor roll off

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<v Speaker 1>the assembly line and they got to keep it too. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>it's pretty awesome. It's a good fact. Okay, well, my

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<v Speaker 1>last fact of the day. Um, it's actually pretty wild

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<v Speaker 1>to think about the fact that Phase one trials will

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<v Speaker 1>begin late next year for an AIDS vaccine, and this

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't seem like something we could be saying by this point,

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<v Speaker 1>And of course it's still very early, but scientists from

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<v Speaker 1>the n i H and the pharmaceutical company Sono Fie

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<v Speaker 1>appear to have us closer than ever to having a vaccine.

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<v Speaker 1>The vaccine combines three broadly neutralizing antibodies into a single compound,

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<v Speaker 1>and the number of anybodies make it nearly impossible for

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<v Speaker 1>HIV to mutate into AIDS, and so if it proves

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<v Speaker 1>to be effective, the drug could be used as a

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<v Speaker 1>vaccine to help treat people who already have the disease.

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<v Speaker 1>And if the trial goes well, then the drug could

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<v Speaker 1>be in the market in just a few years. So

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<v Speaker 1>obviously fingers crossed on that one. Yeah, it's pretty awesome, alright, mango,

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<v Speaker 1>what's your next fact? So? Uh? I love that they're

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<v Speaker 1>all these exciting medical innovations on the horizon, right, Like

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<v Speaker 1>the AIDS thing is so promising and awesome. But one

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<v Speaker 1>of the things that warmed my hearts was that there's

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<v Speaker 1>this new cooling cap for people going through chemo, and

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<v Speaker 1>basically you wear the cap before, after, and during your

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<v Speaker 1>session and it's significantly reduces hair loss, which you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we've all had friends and relatives with cancer, and especially

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<v Speaker 1>watching little kids with leukemia lose their hair and you

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<v Speaker 1>realize how difficult it is. During that time, at least

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<v Speaker 1>they can feel a little more confident from you know,

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<v Speaker 1>looking like themselves, and then it's kind of wonderful. That

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<v Speaker 1>is pretty neat. That's that's great. Alright, Gabe, you get

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<v Speaker 1>to close this out today. What's your last fact of

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<v Speaker 1>the day. All right, Well, this is significantly less important

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<v Speaker 1>than new developments and cancer and AIDS research, but there

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<v Speaker 1>is something I am excited about, um and that's that

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<v Speaker 1>George R. R. Martin is releasing a new Western Roast

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<v Speaker 1>based book this year. You know, before you know, we

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<v Speaker 1>get too excited. Is it's not the long awaited sixth

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<v Speaker 1>book and the Song of Ice and Fire series that's

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<v Speaker 1>Blawn Game of Phones, but it is based in the

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<v Speaker 1>same world. It's it's called Fire and Blood, so he's

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<v Speaker 1>mixing it up a little bit. And it's said to

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<v Speaker 1>be a two volume history about the tar Gerrian Kings.

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<v Speaker 1>That appear in those books, and Martin says the first

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<v Speaker 1>one will likely be released by the end of twenty eighteen,

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<v Speaker 1>and he said that at least one West Rose book

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<v Speaker 1>will be released this year and who knows, maybe too

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<v Speaker 1>a boy can dream. Wow, you really close that out

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<v Speaker 1>with a profound statement there. You know, Mega, We've had

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of good facts today, and I know we

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<v Speaker 1>talked about some pretty important things, you know, these space

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<v Speaker 1>missions and obviously what with women driving in Saudi Arabia,

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<v Speaker 1>aids vaccine, these caps for those dealing with chemotherapy. But

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like Gabe really hit us with some very

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<v Speaker 1>very important facts like the John Dear anniversary of the

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<v Speaker 1>George Are Martin novel coming out, So I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>he probably deserves to take the trophy today. Here's to

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<v Speaker 1>all your dreams coming true. Okay, that's right. I think

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<v Speaker 1>you made the right plice. This is our last episode

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<v Speaker 1>of Nine Things for the year. Look forward to getting

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<v Speaker 1>back to it next year, and happy New Year everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll be back with a full length episode tomorrow. Thank

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<v Speaker 1>you so much for listening. Kay