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If NASA Won MEGAMILLION$$$ - with CASEY DREIER From The PLANETARY SOCIETY!
If NASA Won MEGAMILLION$$$ - with CASEY DREIER From The PLANETARY SOCIETY!

"No BUCKS, no Buck Rogers," says Gus Grissom in The Right Stuff. What the if… NASA had TRILLION$$$ more bucks!!!

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astronauts, astronomy, economics, elon musk, engineering, exploration, mars, moon, nasa, space travel, technologyPhilip ShaneScience, astronaut, spacestation, nasa, government, funding, budget, money, spending, utopia, scifi, sciencefiction, therightstuff, imagination, solarsystem, 2001, astronomy, theexpanse, moon, moonbase, mars, marscolonization, elonmusk, spacex, blueorigin, jeffbezos, boeing, consciousness, hard sf, community, star trek, industry, colonization, policy, solar system, elon musk, transportation, humanspaceflight, astronauts, the expanse, engineering, ula, commerce, science fiction, technology, apollo, futuretransportation, space travel, NASA, future, humansinspace, space, exploration, space elevators, spacetravel, space x, habitation, economics, preview, guests
Planet NIBURU Crashes Into EARTH! With Astronomer BOB KING
Planet NIBURU Crashes Into EARTH! With Astronomer BOB KING

Is there a DOOMSDAY PLANET named NIBIRU heading our way? Nope! But what the IF there was? We challenge astronomer & astrophotographer Bob King to play out the RAM-ifications of this Earth SHATTERING scenario, from which we learn a WHOPPING amount of real science.

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apocalypse, astronomy, cosmology, history, news, occult, physics, psychology, skepticismPhilip Shaneasteroids, astronomy, comet, disaster, legend, physics, pop culture, science fiction, solar system, vespa, guests
If NASA Won MEGAMILLION$$$ - with CASEY DREIER From The PLANETARY SOCIETY!
If NASA Won MEGAMILLION$$$ - with CASEY DREIER From The PLANETARY SOCIETY!

"No BUCKS, no Buck Rogers," says Gus Grissom in The Right Stuff. What the if… NASA had TRILLION$$$ more bucks!!!

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astronauts, astronomy, economics, elon musk, engineering, exploration, mars, moon, nasa, space travel, technologyPhilip ShaneScience, astronaut, spacestation, nasa, government, funding, budget, money, spending, utopia, scifi, sciencefiction, therightstuff, imagination, solarsystem, 2001, astronomy, theexpanse, moon, moonbase, mars, marscolonization, elonmusk, spacex, blueorigin, jeffbezos, boeing, consciousness, hard sf, community, star trek, industry, colonization, policy, solar system, elon musk, transportation, humanspaceflight, astronauts, the expanse, engineering, ula, commerce, science fiction, technology, apollo, futuretransportation, space travel, NASA, future, humansinspace, space, exploration, space elevators, spacetravel, space x, habitation, economics, guests
Inter-Galactic MAILBAG!
Inter-Galactic MAILBAG!

Our fans, aka our Super IFFers discuss our most mind-blowing shows and share their own mind-bending IF's!

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astronomy, audience, teaching, cosmology, physics, psychologyPhilip Shaneaustralia, big bang, cosmology, geek, government, history, higher dimensions, jupiter, arthur c. clarkes, planet, NASA, physics, astronomy, international, fans, audience, super iffers, community, measurement, units, teaching, students, geometry, cartography, star trek, sun, 2001, 2010, science fiction, science education, stem, senses, skepticism, policy, science outreach, scientific research
EINSTEIN'S WAR - Part Two
EINSTEIN'S WAR - Part Two

Part Two: WTiF World War I never happened? Would Einstein have solved his Theory of Relativity sooner -- or, perhaps, NEVER AT ALL? 

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astronomy, black holes, cosmology, einstein, exploration, history of science, mathematics, moon, news, physics, psychology, relativity, religion, scientific method, technology, universe, world dominationPhilip Shaneeinstein, war, history, relativity, scientific method, books, physics, policy, astronomy, moon, eclipses, cosmology, government, higher dimensions, international, time, legend, measurement, sun, teaching, universe, experimentation, germany, russia, england, united kingdom, eddington, religion, politics, nationalism, quakers, pacifism
EINSTEIN'S WAR
EINSTEIN'S WAR

WTiF World War I never happened? Would Einstein have solved his Theory of Relativity sooner -- or, perhaps, NEVER AT ALL? 

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astronomy, black holes, cosmology, einstein, exploration, history of science, mathematics, moon, news, physics, psychology, relativity, religion, scientific method, technology, universe, world dominationPhilip Shaneastronomy, einstein, war, history, relativity, scientific method, books, physics, policy, moon, eclipses, cosmology, government, higher dimensions, international, time, legend, measurement, sun, teaching, universe, experimentation, germany, russia, england, united kingdom, eddington, religion, politics, nationalism, quakers, pacifism