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Katherine de Kleer: Planets, Moons, Asteroids & Life in Our Solar System | Lex Fridman Podcast #184

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Katherine de Kleer is a professor of Planetary Science and Astronomy at Caltech. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Fundrise: https://fundrise.com/lex - Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off premium - ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod and use code LexPod to get 3 months free - Magic Spoon: https://magicspoon.com/lex and use code LEX to get $5 off EPISODE LINKS: Katherine's Website: http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~dekleer/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:27 - Pluto 6:35 - Kuiper belt 10:32 - How to study planets and moons 14:15 - Volcanoes on Io - moon of Jupiter 26:46 - Is there life in the oceans of Europa? 36:07 - How unlikely is life on Earth? 46:36 - Life on Venus 48:50 - Mars 55:37 - What is interesting about Earth as a planet? 1:06:15 - Weather patterns 1:11:25 - Asteroids 1:20:27 - Will an asteroid hit Earth soon? 1:29:10 - Oumuamua 1:44:20 - Book recommendations 1:50:58 - Advice for young people SOCIAL: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

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Missions to Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, and Venus have been conducted, with emphasis on future exploration of the outer solar system.', 'The speaker highlights the presence of remnant material from the formation of the solar system in the outer solar system, suggesting the potential for discovering habitable environments and geological activity. Fascinating objects with different species of ice, bright surfaces indicating geological activity, and potential subsurface oceans may be present, offering insights into the formation of the solar system.', "The limitations of current exploration tools and the challenges of studying distant objects in the outer solar system are discussed, including the potential for missed opportunities to discover extraterrestrial life. 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Missions to Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, and Venus have been conducted, with emphasis on future exploration of the outer solar system.', 'The speaker highlights the presence of remnant material from the formation of the solar system in the outer solar system, suggesting the potential for discovering habitable environments and geological activity.', 'The limitations of current exploration tools and the challenges of studying distant objects in the outer solar system are discussed, including the potential for missed opportunities to discover extraterrestrial life.']}, {'end': 1329.895, 'segs': [{'end': 684.707, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 658.412, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 663.674, 'text': 'And among the things that you can study with telescopes like solar system, moons and planets.', 'start': 658.412, 'duration': 5.262}, {'end': 671.458, 'text': 'the solar system is really unique in that we can actually send spacecraft missions to the objects and study them in detail.', 'start': 664.534, 'duration': 6.924}, {'end': 677.342, 'text': "And so I think that's the kind of type of tool that people are most aware of, that's most popularized,", 'start': 671.479, 'duration': 5.863}, {'end': 684.707, 'text': 'these amazing NASA missions that either you fly by the object, you orbit the object, you land on the object.', 'start': 677.342, 'duration': 7.365}], 'summary': 'Telescopes study solar system, planets, moons. nasa missions explore objects in detail.', 'duration': 26.295, 'max_score': 658.412, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf8658412.jpg'}, {'end': 766.28, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 742.677, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 750.578, 'text': 'You can resolve individual cloud features and watch them kind of sheer out in the atmosphere of Titan.', 'start': 742.677, 'duration': 7.901}, {'end': 757.74, 'text': 'You can literally watch volcanoes on Io change from day to day as the lava flows expand.', 'start': 750.638, 'duration': 7.102}, {'end': 766.28, 'text': "So, and then you know, with spectroscopy you get compositional information on all these things, and it's um.", 'start': 758.6, 'duration': 7.68}], 'summary': 'Observing changing cloud features on titan and evolving lava flows on io with spectroscopy.', 'duration': 23.603, 'max_score': 742.677, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf8742677.jpg'}, {'end': 895.684, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 870.998, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 880.063, 'text': "So can you tell me about this moon? And you're sort of a scholar of many planets and moons, but that one kind of stood out to me.", 'start': 870.998, 'duration': 9.065}, {'end': 887.598, 'text': 'So why is that an interesting one? for so many reasons, but Io is the most volcanically active object in the solar system.', 'start': 880.123, 'duration': 7.475}, {'end': 889.52, 'text': 'It has hundreds of active volcanoes on it.', 'start': 887.638, 'duration': 1.882}, {'end': 895.684, 'text': 'It has volcanic plumes that go hundreds of kilometers up above its surface.', 'start': 890.52, 'duration': 5.164}], 'summary': 'Io is the most volcanically active object in the solar system, with hundreds of active volcanoes and plumes reaching hundreds of kilometers above its surface.', 'duration': 24.686, 'max_score': 870.998, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf8870998.jpg'}, {'end': 1059.047, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1038.387, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 1049.856, 'text': 'tidal heating plays a really significant role and in particular in driving geological activity on satellites and potentially making those subsurface oceans in places like Europa and Enceladus habitable.', 'start': 1038.387, 'duration': 11.469}, {'end': 1059.047, 'text': 'And so the way that that works is if you have multiple moons and their orbital periods are integer multiples of one another,', 'start': 1050.977, 'duration': 8.07}], 'summary': 'Tidal heating is significant for driving geological activity on satellites, potentially making subsurface oceans in europa and enceladus habitable.', 'duration': 20.66, 'max_score': 1038.387, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf81038387.jpg'}, {'end': 1142.783, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1115.202, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 1120.045, 'text': 'And so you actually have the shape of the object deforming over the course of the orbit.', 'start': 1115.202, 'duration': 4.843}, {'end': 1122.047, 'text': 'And these orbits are like just a couple of days.', 'start': 1120.065, 'duration': 1.982}, {'end': 1130.453, 'text': 'And so that, in the case of Io, that is literally sufficient friction in its mantle to melt the rock of its mantle.', 'start': 1122.547, 'duration': 7.906}, {'end': 1132.495, 'text': "And that's what generates the magma.", 'start': 1130.834, 'duration': 1.661}, {'end': 1134.517, 'text': "That's the source of the magma.", 'start': 1132.635, 'duration': 1.882}, {'end': 1139.2, 'text': 'Okay, so Europa is..', 'start': 1135.256, 'duration': 3.944}, {'end': 1142.783, 'text': 'I thought there was like ice and oceans underneath kind of thing.', 'start': 1139.2, 'duration': 3.583}], 'summary': "Io's orbit causes mantle friction, generating magma. europa has ice and oceans below its surface.", 'duration': 27.581, 'max_score': 1115.202, 'thumbnail': 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interesting life evolve in the bottom of Earth's oceans.", 'start': 1186.155, 'duration': 4.784}], 'summary': "Heat generated in europa's interior may drive hydrothermal activity at the base of its ocean, potentially valuable for life.", 'duration': 29.259, 'max_score': 1161.68, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf81161680.jpg'}], 'start': 632.447, 'title': 'Studying planets and moons', 'summary': 'Discusses the tools for studying planets and moons, including telescopes and spacecraft missions, focusing on detailed information obtained, such as observing individual cloud features on titan and monitoring changes in volcanic activity on io. it also highlights the significance of telescopes in observing celestial bodies over long periods, emphasizing the role of tidal heating in driving geological activity on moons like europa and enceladus and the effects of orbital resonance on moons like io and europa, leading to eccentric orbits and heat generation, resulting in volcanism and potential hydrothermal activity.', 'chapters': [{'end': 809.537, 'start': 632.447, 'title': 'Studying planets and moons', 'summary': 'Discusses the tools available for studying planets and moons, including telescopes and spacecraft missions, emphasizing the detailed information and resolution obtained through telescopes, such as observing individual cloud features on titan and monitoring the changes in volcanic activity on io.', 'duration': 177.09, 'highlights': ['Telescopes and spacecraft missions are the primary tools for studying planets and moons, providing detailed information and resolution.', 'Telescopes can resolve individual cloud features and observe volcanic changes on moons like Titan and Io.', 'Spectroscopy with telescopes provides compositional information about planets and moons.']}, {'end': 1059.047, 'start': 809.537, 'title': 'Telescopes and planetary science', 'summary': 'Discusses the advantages of telescopes in observing celestial bodies over long periods, highlighting the significance of io as the most volcanically active object in the solar system and the role of tidal heating in driving geological activity on moons like europa and enceladus.', 'duration': 249.51, 'highlights': ["Io is the most volcanically active object in the solar system, with hundreds of active volcanoes and volcanic plumes that go hundreds of kilometers above its surface, putting out more volume of magma per volcano than Earth's volcanoes today.", 'Tidal heating plays a significant role in driving geological activity on satellites, potentially making subsurface oceans in places like Europa and Enceladus habitable.', 'Telescopes provide an incredible amount of information over a very short time period, allowing the observation of celestial bodies for extended periods, such as the 29-30 year orbital period of the moon Titan to study its atmospheric seasons.']}, {'end': 1329.895, 'start': 1059.047, 'title': 'Orbital resonance and volcanism on io and europa', 'summary': "Discusses the effects of orbital resonance on moons like io and europa, leading to eccentric orbits and heat generation, resulting in volcanism and potential hydrothermal activity, with implications for the possibility of life. the detailed highlights include the impact of gravitational interactions on moons, the deformation of moon shapes due to eccentric orbits, the heat generation in io's interior leading to magma, the differences in heat effects on europa and io, and the characteristics of io's volcanic activity.", 'duration': 270.848, 'highlights': ["The gravitational effect between the two moons would be canceling out over time if they were on random orbits, but because they're always meeting each other at the same point in the orbit, those gravitational interactions add up coherently.", 'The eccentric orbits of Io and Europa result in the deformation of their shapes, with Io experiencing sufficient friction in its mantle during its orbit, leading to the generation of magma.', 'Europa also experiences heat generation in its interior due to orbital resonance with Jupiter, potentially driving hydrothermal activity at the base of its ocean, which could be valuable for life.', "Io's lack of atmosphere results in a surface that is extremely cold, but its volcanoes reach temperatures of over 1,000 degrees, with magma flowing out in sheets due to low viscosity.", 'The magma on Io is black and red, flowing more fluidly and faster than the lava flows in Hawaii, and the frequency of tracking surface changes through a telescope can range from every second to every night.']}], 'duration': 697.448, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf8632447.jpg', 'highlights': ['Telescopes and spacecraft missions provide detailed information and resolution for studying planets and moons.', 'Telescopes can resolve individual cloud features and observe volcanic changes on moons like Titan and Io.', 'Io is the most volcanically active object in the solar system, with hundreds of active volcanoes and volcanic plumes.', 'Tidal heating plays a significant role in driving geological activity on satellites, potentially making subsurface oceans in places like Europa and Enceladus habitable.', 'The eccentric orbits of Io and Europa result in the deformation of their shapes, with Io experiencing sufficient friction in its mantle during its orbit, leading to the generation of magma.', 'Europa also experiences heat generation in its interior due to orbital resonance with Jupiter, potentially driving hydrothermal activity at the base of its ocean, which could be valuable for life.']}, {'end': 1896.308, 'segs': [{'end': 1376.955, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1350.688, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1358.85, 'text': 'So, if you get a telescope closer to Io or a camera closer to Io, would you be able to understand something?', 'start': 1350.688, 'duration': 8.162}, {'end': 1361.031, 'text': 'Is that something of interest to you?', 'start': 1359.871, 'duration': 1.16}, {'end': 1374.434, 'text': 'Would you be able to understand something deeper about these volcanic eruptions and how magma flows and just the rate of the magmas? Or is it basically enough to have the kilometer resolution??', 'start': 1361.771, 'duration': 12.663}, {'end': 1375.735, 'text': 'No way.', 'start': 1374.454, 'duration': 1.281}, {'end': 1376.955, 'text': 'We want to go there.', 'start': 1376.175, 'duration': 0.78}], 'summary': 'Studying volcanic eruptions on io requires closer observation, not just kilometer resolution.', 'duration': 26.267, 'max_score': 1350.688, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf81350688.jpg'}, {'end': 1474.06, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1444.511, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 1448.774, 'text': 'And then that material comes back around and hits Io and spreads throughout the system, actually.', 'start': 1444.511, 'duration': 4.263}, {'end': 1452.897, 'text': "It's like Io is the massive polluter of the Jupiter system.", 'start': 1449.614, 'duration': 3.283}, {'end': 1455.018, 'text': 'Okay, cool.', 'start': 1454.498, 'duration': 0.52}, {'end': 1462.483, 'text': 'So what does studying Io teach you about volcanoes on Earth, or vice versa??', 'start': 1455.618, 'duration': 6.865}, {'end': 1469.268, 'text': 'In the difference of the two, what insights can you mine out??', 'start': 1463.884, 'duration': 5.384}, {'end': 1474.06, 'text': 'that might be interesting in some way.', 'start': 1472.79, 'duration': 1.27}], 'summary': "Io's volcanic activity spreads throughout the jupiter system, providing insights into earth's volcanoes.", 'duration': 29.549, 'max_score': 1444.511, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf81444511.jpg'}, {'end': 1529.994, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1500.484, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 1504.147, 'text': 'And on Io, the water and carbon dioxide are not there.', 'start': 1500.484, 'duration': 3.663}, {'end': 1508.872, 'text': "Either it didn't form with them or it lost them.", 'start': 1505.768, 'duration': 3.104}, {'end': 1509.473, 'text': "We don't know.", 'start': 1508.952, 'duration': 0.521}, {'end': 1513.177, 'text': 'And so the chemistry of how the magma outgasses is completely different.', 'start': 1509.553, 'duration': 3.624}, {'end': 1520.686, 'text': 'But the kind of one, to me, most interesting analogy to Earth is that..', 'start': 1514.018, 'duration': 6.668}, {'end': 1526.252, 'text': "So Io, as I've said, it has these really low viscosity magmas.", 'start': 1523.43, 'duration': 2.822}, {'end': 1529.994, 'text': 'The lava spreads really quickly across its surface.', 'start': 1526.292, 'duration': 3.702}], 'summary': "Io's magma lacks water and carbon dioxide, leading to rapid lava spread.", 'duration': 29.51, 'max_score': 1500.484, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf81500484.jpg'}, {'end': 1699.028, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1675.114, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 1682.198, 'text': 'the subsurface oceans of the icy satellites are one of the most plausible places in the solar system for life to evolve.', 'start': 1675.114, 'duration': 7.084}, {'end': 1689.803, 'text': 'Europa and Enceladus are interesting because for many of the big satellites, so Ganymede and Callisto,', 'start': 1683.479, 'duration': 6.324}, {'end': 1692.904, 'text': 'also satellites of Jupiter also are thought to have subsurface oceans.', 'start': 1689.803, 'duration': 3.101}, {'end': 1699.028, 'text': "So they have these ice shells, and then there's an ocean underneath the ice shell.", 'start': 1693.825, 'duration': 5.203}], 'summary': 'Subsurface oceans of icy satellites are plausible for life to evolve, including europa, enceladus, ganymede, and callisto.', 'duration': 23.914, 'max_score': 1675.114, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf81675114.jpg'}, {'end': 1853.379, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1804.545, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 1809.989, 'text': 'and preferably a polar solvent that can actually dissolve molecules, something like water.', 'start': 1804.545, 'duration': 5.444}, {'end': 1813.992, 'text': 'so the case of liquid methane on titan is less ideal from that perspective.', 'start': 1809.989, 'duration': 4.003}, {'end': 1819.602, 'text': 'but you know liquid magma If it stays liquid long enough for life to evolve.', 'start': 1813.992, 'duration': 5.61}, {'end': 1822.363, 'text': 'you have a heat source, you have a liquid, you have nutrients.', 'start': 1819.602, 'duration': 2.761}, {'end': 1827.044, 'text': 'In theory, that checks your three classic astrobiology boxes.', 'start': 1822.403, 'duration': 4.641}, {'end': 1829.344, 'text': "That'd be fascinating.", 'start': 1828.484, 'duration': 0.86}, {'end': 1831.925, 'text': "It'd be fascinating if it's possible to detect it easily.", 'start': 1829.444, 'duration': 2.481}, {'end': 1835.486, 'text': 'How would we detect if there is life on Europa?', 'start': 1832.525, 'duration': 2.961}, {'end': 1843.695, 'text': 'Is it possible to do in a non-contact way, from a distance, through telescopes and so on?', 'start': 1838.793, 'duration': 4.902}, {'end': 1849.638, 'text': 'Or do we need to send robots and do some drilling??', 'start': 1845.616, 'duration': 4.022}, {'end': 1853.379, 'text': 'I think, realistically, you need to do the drilling.', 'start': 1851.218, 'duration': 2.161}], 'summary': 'Liquid magma on titan could potentially support life, meeting astrobiology criteria; detecting life on europa may require drilling.', 'duration': 48.834, 'max_score': 1804.545, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf81804545.jpg'}], 'start': 1329.915, 'title': "Studying io's volcanism and potential life on europa", 'summary': "Discusses challenges of studying io's volcanism, its differences from earth's, and insights into early earth volcanism. it also explores the potential for life on europa due to its subsurface ocean, lack of ice shell, and the need for drilling to explore its potential for life.", 'chapters': [{'end': 1601.457, 'start': 1329.915, 'title': "Studying io's volcanism", 'summary': "Discusses the challenges of studying io's volcanism due to its high-resolution requirement, the differences between earth and io's volcanism, and the potential insights it offers into early earth volcanism and the impact of volcanoes on human civilization.", 'duration': 271.542, 'highlights': ["Io's high-resolution requirement for studying volcanic activity To observe rapid changes on a one-second timescale, super high resolution is needed, posing a challenge due to the current spatial resolution of a couple hundred kilometers.", "Differences between Earth and Io's volcanism Io's volcanic outgassing chemistry differs significantly from Earth's, with low viscosity magmas and rapid lava spread unique to Io's volcanism.", "Insights into early Earth volcanism Studying Io's volcanism provides a glimpse into the early history of Earth, as Io's effusive volcanism characteristics were present in the early history of terrestrial planets and the moon.", 'Impact of volcanoes on human civilization The discussion touches on the potential risk of massive volcanoes on Earth, such as Yellowstone, and the potential impact on human civilization, providing a humbling perspective on the power of volcanoes.']}, {'end': 1896.308, 'start': 1602.117, 'title': 'Potential for life on europa', 'summary': 'Explores the potential for life on europa, one of the most interesting places in the solar system, due to its subsurface ocean, lack of ice shell at the bottom, and potential for hydrothermal activity, making it a plausible place for life to evolve, although the requirement for liquid as a solvent for life is still a widely accepted concept. the chapter also discusses the possibility of life in unconventional environments such as volcanoes and the challenges in detecting life on europa, emphasizing the need for drilling to explore its potential for life.', 'duration': 294.191, 'highlights': ["Europa's potential for life due to its subsurface ocean, lack of ice shell at the bottom, and potential hydrothermal activity, making it a plausible place for life to evolve. Europa is considered one of the most interesting places in the solar system for its potential to support life, with its subsurface ocean, lack of ice shell at the bottom, and potential hydrothermal activity providing a plausible environment for life to evolve.", 'The widely accepted concept of the requirement for liquid as a solvent for life, with water being the canonical choice, but the possibility of life in unconventional environments like volcanoes is also acknowledged. While the requirement for liquid as a solvent for life is widely accepted, the possibility of life in unconventional environments like volcanoes is acknowledged, challenging the canonical assumption of water as the only potential solvent for life.', "The challenges in detecting life on Europa, emphasizing the need for drilling to explore its potential for life due to the potential presence of bacteria from the ocean's surface on the moon. The challenges in detecting life on Europa are discussed, emphasizing the need for drilling to explore its potential for life, with the potential presence of bacteria from the ocean's surface on the moon being a key aspect."]}], 'duration': 566.393, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf81329915.jpg', 'highlights': ["Io's high-resolution requirement for studying volcanic activity poses a challenge due to the current spatial resolution of a couple hundred kilometers.", "Differences between Earth and Io's volcanism include low viscosity magmas and rapid lava spread unique to Io's volcanism.", "Studying Io's volcanism provides insights into the early history of Earth, as Io's effusive volcanism characteristics were present in the early history of terrestrial planets and the moon.", "Europa's potential for life is attributed to its subsurface ocean, lack of ice shell at the bottom, and potential hydrothermal activity, making it a plausible place for life to evolve.", 'The widely accepted concept of the requirement for liquid as a solvent for life is challenged by the possibility of life in unconventional environments like volcanoes.', "The challenges in detecting life on Europa emphasize the need for drilling to explore its potential for life due to the potential presence of bacteria from the ocean's surface on the moon."]}, {'end': 3223.912, 'segs': [{'end': 1945.288, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1920.453, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1928.079, 'text': "It has a subsurface ocean that's probably in touch with the rocky interior, but it has these massive geysers at its south pole,", 'start': 1920.453, 'duration': 7.626}, {'end': 1932.362, 'text': "where it's spewing out material that appears to be originating all the way from the ocean.", 'start': 1928.079, 'duration': 4.283}, {'end': 1942.607, 'text': "And so in that case, you could potentially fly through that plume and scoop up that material and hope that at the velocities you'd be scooping it up,", 'start': 1932.882, 'duration': 9.725}, {'end': 1945.288, 'text': "you're not destroying any signature of the life you're looking for.", 'start': 1942.607, 'duration': 2.681}], 'summary': 'Enceladus has a subsurface ocean with massive geysers at its south pole, spewing material from the ocean, which could potentially contain signs of life.', 'duration': 24.835, 'max_score': 1920.453, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf81920453.jpg'}, {'end': 2016.54, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1991.453, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 1996.757, 'text': 'I think Enceladus and Titan are the two most unique and interesting moons of Saturn.', 'start': 1991.453, 'duration': 5.304}, {'end': 2000.64, 'text': 'They definitely both get the most attention also from the life perspective.', 'start': 1996.777, 'duration': 3.863}, {'end': 2006.066, 'text': "So what's more likely Titan or Enceladus for life?", 'start': 2002.381, 'duration': 3.685}, {'end': 2016.54, 'text': 'If you were to bet all your money in terms of investing, what are the differences between the two that are interesting to you?', 'start': 2008.489, 'duration': 8.051}], 'summary': 'Enceladus and titan, the most unique moons of saturn, are the focus for potential life.', 'duration': 25.087, 'max_score': 1991.453, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf81991453.jpg'}, {'end': 2624.833, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2595.61, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 2598.012, 'text': 'What the hell is the?', 'start': 2595.61, 'duration': 2.402}, {'end': 2603.376, 'text': 'not just the origin, not just the Big Bang, but everything that happened since the Big Bang.', 'start': 2598.012, 'duration': 5.364}, {'end': 2610.281, 'text': 'a lot of things that happened since the big bang we have no ideas about, except basic models of physics, right or what happened before the big bang.', 'start': 2604.256, 'duration': 6.025}, {'end': 2612.443, 'text': 'what, yeah, yeah, what happened before?', 'start': 2610.281, 'duration': 2.162}, {'end': 2614.105, 'text': "or what's happening inside a black hole?", 'start': 2612.443, 'duration': 1.662}, {'end': 2616.346, 'text': 'why is there a black hole at the center of our galaxy?', 'start': 2614.105, 'duration': 2.241}, {'end': 2617.447, 'text': 'can somebody answer this?', 'start': 2616.346, 'duration': 1.101}, {'end': 2618.648, 'text': 'a super massive black hole.', 'start': 2617.447, 'duration': 1.201}, {'end': 2624.833, 'text': 'nobody knows how it started, and they seem to be like in the middle of all galaxies.', 'start': 2619.469, 'duration': 5.364}], 'summary': 'Discussion on unknown events since the big bang, including black holes and their presence in galaxies.', 'duration': 29.223, 'max_score': 2595.61, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf82595610.jpg'}, {'end': 2782.963, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2753.368, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 2758.911, 'text': "I think that if we can make a sort of theory or, like I've been saying,", 'start': 2753.368, 'duration': 5.543}, {'end': 2763.534, 'text': 'framework for understanding planets and moons that can incorporate even the most extreme ones,', 'start': 2758.911, 'duration': 4.623}, {'end': 2768.136, 'text': 'then those are the things that really test your theory and test your understanding.', 'start': 2763.534, 'duration': 4.602}, {'end': 2770.137, 'text': "And so they've always really fascinated me.", 'start': 2768.176, 'duration': 1.961}, {'end': 2775.7, 'text': 'Not so much the nice habitable places like Earth, but these extreme places like Venus that have..', 'start': 2770.297, 'duration': 5.403}, {'end': 2782.963, 'text': 'sulfuric acid clouds and just incredibly hot and dense surfaces.', 'start': 2778.641, 'duration': 4.322}], 'summary': 'Developing a theory to understand extreme planets and moons is crucial for testing and enhancing our understanding. fascination lies in extreme places like venus with sulfuric acid clouds and hot, dense surfaces.', 'duration': 29.595, 'max_score': 2753.368, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf82753368.jpg'}, {'end': 3123.123, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3099.26, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 3109.391, 'text': 'The challenge, the real significant challenge to me seems to be the creation of a self-sustaining civilization there.', 'start': 3099.26, 'duration': 10.131}, {'end': 3115.097, 'text': 'You know, you can bring pressure suits, you can bring oxygen to breathe, but those are all in limited supply.', 'start': 3109.491, 'duration': 5.606}, {'end': 3123.123, 'text': "And if we're going to colonize it, we need to find ways to make use of the resources that are there to do things like produce food,", 'start': 3115.137, 'duration': 7.986}], 'summary': 'Challenge: establishing self-sustaining civilization on mars by utilizing local resources.', 'duration': 23.863, 'max_score': 3099.26, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf83099260.jpg'}, {'end': 3173.957, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3142.796, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 3151.538, 'text': 'Yeah, I find that whole project of the human species quite inspiring, these huge moonshot projects.', 'start': 3142.796, 'duration': 8.742}, {'end': 3162.1, 'text': 'I was reading something in terms of the source of food that may be the most effective on Mars is you could farm insects.', 'start': 3153.198, 'duration': 8.902}, {'end': 3164.08, 'text': "That's the easiest thing to farm.", 'start': 3162.7, 'duration': 1.38}, {'end': 3169.121, 'text': "So we'll be eating cockroaches if we're living on Mars.", 'start': 3164.88, 'duration': 4.241}, {'end': 3173.957, 'text': "Because that's the easiest thing to actually, as a source of protein.", 'start': 3169.974, 'duration': 3.983}], 'summary': 'Farming insects for food on mars is the most effective source of protein.', 'duration': 31.161, 'max_score': 3142.796, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf83142796.jpg'}], 'start': 1896.308, 'title': 'Potential for life beyond earth', 'summary': "Explores the potential for finding life on saturn's moons, enceladus and titan, due to their unique environments, including subsurface oceans and geysers, as well as discusses mysteries of the universe such as the origin of the big bang and skepticism regarding life detection on venus, along with challenges and potential solutions for colonizing mars.", 'chapters': [{'end': 1942.607, 'start': 1896.308, 'title': "Exploring enceladus's potential", 'summary': 'Discusses the potential for finding life on enceladus, a moon of saturn, due to its subsurface ocean and massive geysers at the south pole spewing out material from the ocean, presenting a promising opportunity for potential life discovery.', 'duration': 46.299, 'highlights': ["Enceladus has a subsurface ocean that's probably in touch with the rocky interior, and it has massive geysers at its south pole, spewing out material from the ocean.", 'The material spewed from the geysers appears to be originating all the way from the ocean, presenting a potential opportunity for life discovery.']}, {'end': 2594.87, 'start': 1942.607, 'title': 'Life beyond earth: moons of saturn', 'summary': "Discusses the potential for life on saturn's moons titan and enceladus, highlighting the differences in their environments and the uncertainties surrounding the origins of life in the universe.", 'duration': 652.263, 'highlights': ["The potential for life in each of those two places is very different. The discussion compares the potential for life on Saturn's moons Titan and Enceladus, emphasizing the differences in their environments.", 'The uncertainty surrounding the origins of life in the universe. The chapter highlights the uncertainties surrounding the origins of life in the universe and the lack of definitive information on the topic.', "The unique characteristics of Saturn's moons Titan and Enceladus in relation to astrobiology. The unique and interesting characteristics of Saturn's moons Titan and Enceladus are discussed, emphasizing their significance in the field of astrobiology."]}, {'end': 2920.394, 'start': 2595.61, 'title': 'Unraveling mysteries of the universe', 'summary': 'Delves into various mysteries of the universe, including the origin of the big bang, the presence of black holes, the fascination with moons and extreme planets like venus, and the skepticism regarding the recent claim of detecting life in the atmosphere of venus.', 'duration': 324.784, 'highlights': ['The fascination with moons and extreme planets like Venus The speaker finds moons and extreme planets like Venus fascinating due to the mysteries and questions surrounding them, such as the possibility of volcanic activity on Venus and the search for life in its atmosphere.', 'Skepticism regarding the recent claim of detecting life in the atmosphere of Venus The speaker expresses skepticism about the claim of detecting life in the atmosphere of Venus, citing the weak and tenuous nature of the detection and the lack of historical scientific standards met in the process.', "The mysteries of the universe, including the origin of the Big Bang and the presence of black holes The chapter explores mysteries such as the origin of the Big Bang, events since the Big Bang, the presence of black holes, and the unanswered questions about what happened before the Big Bang and inside black holes, reflecting the speaker's curiosity about these phenomena."]}, {'end': 3223.912, 'start': 2920.614, 'title': 'The future of colonizing mars', 'summary': 'Discusses the potential of colonizing mars, highlighting the challenges of creating a self-sustaining civilization due to harsh environmental conditions and the need for technological solutions, with a mention of farming insects as a potential source of protein.', 'duration': 303.298, 'highlights': ['Creating a self-sustaining civilization on Mars is a significant challenge due to harsh environmental conditions and limited resources, requiring technological solutions. The chapter emphasizes the challenges of establishing a self-sustaining civilization on Mars, citing harsh environmental conditions, limited supply of resources, and the necessity for technological solutions.', 'Farming insects is proposed as the most effective source of protein for Mars, presenting a potential solution for sustenance on the planet. The idea of farming insects as a source of protein for Mars is mentioned, highlighting its potential as an effective food source for sustaining life on the planet.', 'Humor is considered a powerful tool for spreading positive ideas in the 21st century, serving as a Trojan horse for conveying scientific and engineering concepts. The role of humor in spreading positive ideas and serving as a tool for conveying scientific and engineering concepts in the 21st century is discussed.']}], 'duration': 1327.604, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf81896308.jpg', 'highlights': ['The material spewed from the geysers appears to be originating all the way from the ocean, presenting a potential opportunity for life discovery.', "The unique characteristics of Saturn's moons Titan and Enceladus in relation to astrobiology.", 'The fascination with moons and extreme planets like Venus The speaker finds moons and extreme planets like Venus fascinating due to the mysteries and questions surrounding them, such as the possibility of volcanic activity on Venus and the search for life in its atmosphere.', "The mysteries of the universe, including the origin of the Big Bang and the presence of black holes The chapter explores mysteries such as the origin of the Big Bang, events since the Big Bang, the presence of black holes, and the unanswered questions about what happened before the Big Bang and inside black holes, reflecting the speaker's curiosity about these phenomena.", 'Creating a self-sustaining civilization on Mars is a significant challenge due to harsh environmental conditions and limited resources, requiring technological solutions.', 'Farming insects is proposed as the most effective source of protein for Mars, presenting a potential solution for sustenance on the planet.']}, {'end': 5084.782, 'segs': [{'end': 3492.152, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3463.196, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 3471.7, 'text': 'And so you could use that to say if the aliens could look at where the volcanoes are are happening on Earth and say something about the fact that Earth has plate tectonics,', 'start': 3463.196, 'duration': 8.504}, {'end': 3474.061, 'text': 'which makes it really unique in the solar system.', 'start': 3471.7, 'duration': 2.361}, {'end': 3478.944, 'text': "Oh, really? 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What's the difference between..", 'start': 3479.644, 'duration': 5.024}, {'end': 3492.152, 'text': "Oh, it's plate tectonics, like another layer of solid rock that moves around and there's cracks.", 'start': 3484.668, 'duration': 7.484}], 'summary': "Earth's unique plate tectonics make it distinct in the solar system.", 'duration': 28.956, 'max_score': 3463.196, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf83463196.jpg'}, {'end': 4109.983, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4078.879, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 4094.586, 'text': "You look at these pictures and there's all these vortices and anti-vortices and you have these different bands that are moving in opposite directions that may be giving you information about the deep in the atmosphere,", 'start': 4078.879, 'duration': 15.707}, {'end': 4101.149, 'text': "physically deep properties of Jupiter's interior and circulation.", 'start': 4094.586, 'duration': 6.563}, {'end': 4109.983, 'text': "What are these vortices? What's the basic material of the storms? It's condensed molecules from the atmosphere.", 'start': 4102.663, 'duration': 7.32}], 'summary': "Images show vortices and anti-vortices providing insights into jupiter's deep atmosphere and circulation.", 'duration': 31.104, 'max_score': 4078.879, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf84078879.jpg'}, {'end': 4359.511, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4331.556, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 4338.862, 'text': 'And so one of the reasons that we are so interested in them, aside from, potentially, the fact that they could come hit Earth.', 'start': 4331.556, 'duration': 7.306}, {'end': 4340.763, 'text': 'but scientifically,', 'start': 4338.862, 'duration': 1.901}, {'end': 4359.511, 'text': 'it gives us a window into understanding the composition of the material from which Earth and the other planets formed and how that material was kind of redistributed over the history of the solar system.', 'start': 4341.864, 'duration': 17.647}], 'summary': "Asteroids provide insights into earth's formation and potential impact on earth.", 'duration': 27.955, 'max_score': 4331.556, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf84331556.jpg'}, {'end': 4903.786, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4877.263, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 4880.763, 'text': "So there's an asteroid, a near-Earth object called Apophis,", 'start': 4877.263, 'duration': 3.5}, {'end': 4888.466, 'text': 'that people thought had a decent probability of hitting Earth in 2029 and then potentially again in 2036..', 'start': 4880.763, 'duration': 7.703}, {'end': 4889.766, 'text': 'So they did a lot of studies.', 'start': 4888.466, 'duration': 1.3}, {'end': 4893.087, 'text': "It's not actually going to hit Earth, but it is going to come soon.", 'start': 4889.846, 'duration': 3.241}, {'end': 4894.829, 'text': 'very close.', 'start': 4894.128, 'duration': 0.701}, {'end': 4898.717, 'text': "It's going to be visible in the sky and a relatively dark.", 'start': 4894.99, 'duration': 3.727}, {'end': 4903.786, 'text': 'I mean not even that dark um, probably not visible from Los Angeles, but um.', 'start': 4898.717, 'duration': 5.069}], 'summary': "Asteroid apophis won't hit earth but will come close and be visible in the sky.", 'duration': 26.523, 'max_score': 4877.263, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf84877263.jpg'}], 'start': 3224.312, 'title': 'Solar system exploration', 'summary': "Delves into space exploration, earth's plate tectonics, and planetary weather patterns, focusing on topics such as extraterrestrial perspectives on earth, planetary atmospheres, and the threat of asteroids colliding with earth, offering insights into the allure of space exploration and the potential impacts on human civilization.", 'chapters': [{'end': 3628.829, 'start': 3224.312, 'title': "Journey to mars and earth's volcanic beauty", 'summary': "Explores the allure of space exploration and the unique nature of earth's plate tectonics, highlighting the fascination with challenging journeys and the distinctive characteristics of volcanic activity, showcasing the potential for sulfur dioxide snow on io.", 'duration': 404.517, 'highlights': ["The chapter explores the allure of space exploration and the unique nature of Earth's plate tectonics The speaker expresses a fascination with challenging journeys for the sake of exploration and a love for difficult tasks, particularly due to growing up in the Soviet Union; The discussion delves into the distinctive nature of Earth's plate tectonics and the presence of tectonic plates, making Earth unique in the solar system.", 'The distinctive characteristics of volcanic activity, showcasing the potential for sulfur dioxide snow on Io The conversation delves into the unique volcanic activity on Io, highlighting the formation of curtains of lava and umbrella plumes due to the lack of atmosphere, hypothesizing about the presence of sulfur dioxide snow from volcanic plumes, providing a fascinating insight into the nature of volcanic activity on Io.']}, {'end': 3955.191, 'start': 3629.329, 'title': 'Extraterrestrial perspectives on earth', 'summary': "Discusses how plate tectonics and the abundance of oxygen contribute to earth's habitability, along with the potential for extraterrestrial observations to focus on microorganisms and natural formations over human activity.", 'duration': 325.862, 'highlights': ["Plate tectonics and oxygen abundance contribute to Earth's habitability Plate tectonics play a crucial role in recycling materials and refreshing the surface's nutrient supply, contributing to Earth being identified as a reasonable candidate for a habitable environment.", 'Extraterrestrial focus on microorganisms and natural formations Alien life forms may prioritize observing microorganisms and natural formations over human activity, potentially viewing human cities as one organism and emphasizing quantity over size in their observations.', 'Potential extraterrestrial detection of engineered structures Extraterrestrial observers may detect engineered structures based on hard corners and straight lines, potentially focusing on buildings as unnatural formations and associating them with human activity.']}, {'end': 4275.867, 'start': 3957.052, 'title': 'Planetary weather patterns and atmospheres', 'summary': "Discusses the unique and unpredictable weather patterns of various planets and moons, emphasizing the challenges in understanding and predicting their atmospheric circulation and storm systems, with a focus on jupiter's complex atmosphere and uranus's extreme seasonal variations.", 'duration': 318.815, 'highlights': ["Jupiter's atmosphere is described as having complex vortices and bands, providing insights into the deep properties and circulation of the planet's interior. Jupiter's intricate atmosphere with vortices and bands offers valuable information about the planet's interior and circulation, showcasing the complexity of atmospheric dynamics.", "The climate of Uranus, with its 42-year orbital period and extreme seasonal variations, challenges understanding of atmospheric behavior and serves as a test for atmospheric understanding. Uranus's unique climate, with its prolonged exposure to sunlight on different poles, presents a significant challenge in comprehending atmospheric behavior, serving as a test for atmospheric understanding.", "Global circulation models for Titan have failed to accurately predict future atmospheric changes, highlighting the complexity and unpredictability of planetary atmospheres. The failure of global circulation models to predict Titan's atmospheric changes underscores the complexity and unpredictability of planetary atmospheres, leading to opportunities for further learning and theory modification."]}, {'end': 4824.136, 'start': 4275.867, 'title': "Asteroids: unveiling solar system's origins", 'summary': 'Explores the composition and origins of asteroids, their potential impact on earth, and their significance in understanding the formation of the solar system, highlighting the importance of statistical studies and spacecraft missions in gaining insights into these celestial bodies.', 'duration': 548.269, 'highlights': ["Asteroids offer a window into understanding the composition of the material from which Earth and other planets formed and how that material was redistributed over the history of the solar system. Asteroids provide insights into the composition of planetary formation material and its historical redistribution, potentially aiding in understanding Earth's origins.", "Some asteroids are remnants of objects that could have been planets, providing a potential glimpse into the interiors of planets, including cores and mantles. Certain asteroids are fragments of differentiated objects, offering the possibility to study planetary interiors, providing a unique perspective on Earth's own core and mantle.", 'Studying asteroids involves statistical analysis of their compositions and properties, with spacecraft missions being essential for in-depth examination due to the limitations of telescopic studies. Statistical analysis of asteroid compositions and properties, along with spacecraft missions, plays a crucial role in studying these celestial bodies due to their small size and abundance.']}, {'end': 5084.782, 'start': 4824.136, 'title': 'Asteroid threat to earth', 'summary': 'Discusses the potential threat of asteroids colliding with earth, including the case of apophis, and the challenges of tracking and mitigating such threats, raising concerns about the potential catastrophic impact on human civilization.', 'duration': 260.646, 'highlights': ['The chapter discusses the potential threat of asteroids colliding with Earth, including the case of Apophis and the challenges of tracking and mitigating such threats. Apophis, a near-Earth object, was thought to have a decent probability of hitting Earth in 2029 and 2036, prompting studies and concerns about its potential impact on human civilization.', 'Challenges of tracking and mitigating asteroid threats are highlighted, emphasizing the potential catastrophic impact on human civilization. The difficulty in tracking and mitigating asteroid threats is emphasized, raising concerns about the potential catastrophic impact on human civilization.', 'Possibility of deflecting asteroids is discussed, emphasizing the need to catch them early enough and the varying approaches based on the properties of the asteroid. The potential for deflecting asteroids is discussed, highlighting the need to catch them early enough and the varying approaches based on the properties of the asteroid, including the challenges posed by different types of asteroids.']}], 'duration': 1860.47, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf83224312.jpg', 'highlights': ["The chapter explores the allure of space exploration and the unique nature of Earth's plate tectonics.", "Jupiter's intricate atmosphere with vortices and bands offers valuable information about the planet's interior and circulation.", "Asteroids provide insights into the composition of planetary formation material and its historical redistribution, potentially aiding in understanding Earth's origins.", 'Apophis, a near-Earth object, was thought to have a decent probability of hitting Earth in 2029 and 2036, prompting studies and concerns about its potential impact on human civilization.']}, {'end': 5612.288, 'segs': [{'end': 5115.519, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5084.782, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 5085.623, 'text': "that's fascinating.", 'start': 5084.782, 'duration': 0.841}, {'end': 5088.625, 'text': "and but what's fascinating?", 'start': 5085.623, 'duration': 3.002}, {'end': 5095.829, 'text': "i've gotten a lot of hope from watching SpaceX rockets that land.", 'start': 5088.625, 'duration': 7.204}, {'end': 5107.264, 'text': "There's so much, it's like, oh wow, from an AI perspective, from a robotics perspective, wow, we can do a hell of an amazing job with control.", 'start': 5096.71, 'duration': 10.554}, {'end': 5113.778, 'text': 'And, But then we have an understanding about surfaces here on Earth.', 'start': 5107.284, 'duration': 6.494}, {'end': 5115.519, 'text': 'We can map up a lot of things.', 'start': 5113.818, 'duration': 1.701}], 'summary': 'Spacex rockets provide hope for ai and robotics advancements in control and surface mapping.', 'duration': 30.737, 'max_score': 5084.782, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf85084782.jpg'}, {'end': 5214.786, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5186.911, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 5190.293, 'text': 'and the final thing is a highlight video on YouTube of robots falling.', 'start': 5186.911, 'duration': 3.382}, {'end': 5193.654, 'text': 'But they had a lot of trouble with uneven surfaces.', 'start': 5190.633, 'duration': 3.021}, {'end': 5200.718, 'text': "That's basically what you have to do with the challenge involves you're mostly autonomous with some partial human communication.", 'start': 5193.674, 'duration': 7.044}, {'end': 5203.179, 'text': 'but that human communication is broken up.', 'start': 5201.158, 'duration': 2.021}, {'end': 5206.721, 'text': "like you don't get a, you get a noisy channel so you can.", 'start': 5203.179, 'duration': 3.542}, {'end': 5214.786, 'text': 'humans can, which is very similar to what it would be like in humans remotely operating a thing on an asteroid,', 'start': 5206.721, 'duration': 8.065}], 'summary': 'Robots faced trouble on uneven surfaces in mostly autonomous challenge with limited human communication.', 'duration': 27.875, 'max_score': 5186.911, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf85186911.jpg'}, {'end': 5285.114, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5254.465, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 5258.088, 'text': "It'd be cool to have, like spacecraft, just landing on all these asteroids,", 'start': 5254.465, 'duration': 3.623}, {'end': 5268.575, 'text': "to study them at scale and being able to figure out dynamically what you know whether it's a rubble pile or whether it's a solid objects.", 'start': 5258.088, 'duration': 10.487}, {'end': 5278.828, 'text': "Do you see that kind of future of science? Maybe 100, 200, 300 years from now, where there's just robots expanding out through the solar system,", 'start': 5268.876, 'duration': 9.952}, {'end': 5285.114, 'text': 'like sensors essentially, some of it taking pictures from a distance, some of them landing, just exploring and giving us data,', 'start': 5278.828, 'duration': 6.286}], 'summary': 'Future of science: spacecraft studying asteroids, robots expanding through solar system, providing data.', 'duration': 30.649, 'max_score': 5254.465, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf85254465.jpg'}, {'end': 5323.769, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5295.945, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 5310.339, 'text': "um, The way that NASA's currently or historically has been doing missions is putting together these really large missions that do a lot of things and are extremely well tested and have a very low rate of failure.", 'start': 5295.945, 'duration': 14.394}, {'end': 5319.507, 'text': 'But now that these sort of CubeSat technologies are becoming easier to build, easier to launch.', 'start': 5310.399, 'duration': 9.108}, {'end': 5321.128, 'text': "They're they're very cheap.", 'start': 5319.987, 'duration': 1.141}, {'end': 5323.769, 'text': 'And, you know, NASA is getting involved in this as well.', 'start': 5321.548, 'duration': 2.221}], 'summary': 'Nasa shifting towards smaller, cheaper cubesat missions for increased accessibility and cost-effectiveness.', 'duration': 27.824, 'max_score': 5295.945, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf85295945.jpg'}, {'end': 5439.917, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5414.083, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 5421.77, 'text': 'We will have explored whether we could even launch a fast turnaround mission to actually get to it before it leaves the solar system.', 'start': 5414.083, 'duration': 7.687}, {'end': 5425.354, 'text': "In terms of Oumuamua, yeah, it's..", 'start': 5423.532, 'duration': 1.822}, {'end': 5432.35, 'text': "For an object in our solar system, it's really unusual in two particular ways.", 'start': 5426.906, 'duration': 5.444}, {'end': 5439.917, 'text': "One is the dimensions that we don't see natural things in our solar system that are kind of long and skinny.", 'start': 5433.772, 'duration': 6.145}], 'summary': 'Exploring possibility of launching fast mission to oumuamua before it leaves solar system.', 'duration': 25.834, 'max_score': 5414.083, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf85414083.jpg'}, {'end': 5497.522, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5470.689, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 5476.952, 'text': "I cannot, as a scientist, honestly say that I can rule out that it's alien space junk.", 'start': 5470.689, 'duration': 6.263}, {'end': 5488.757, 'text': "However, I see the kind of alien explanation as following this, that Sagan's extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.", 'start': 5477.412, 'duration': 11.345}, {'end': 5497.522, 'text': 'If you are going to actually claim that something is aliens, you need to carefully evaluate.', 'start': 5489.157, 'duration': 8.365}], 'summary': 'Scientist cannot rule out alien space junk, requires extraordinary evidence for alien claims.', 'duration': 26.833, 'max_score': 5470.689, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf85470689.jpg'}], 'start': 5084.782, 'title': 'Robotic and small-scale space exploration', 'summary': "Delves into the potential and challenges of robotic exploration of asteroids, along with nasa's use of cubesat technology and the study of the interstellar object oumuamua, including its possible extraterrestrial origins and the potential implications for space exploration.", 'chapters': [{'end': 5295.945, 'start': 5084.782, 'title': 'Robotic exploration of asteroids', 'summary': "Explores the potential of robotic exploration of asteroids, highlighting the challenges and opportunities, showcasing hope from spacex's rocket technology and expressing concerns about bipedal robotics while envisioning a future with robots expanding through the solar system to gather more data.", 'duration': 211.163, 'highlights': ["SpaceX's successful rocket landings provide hope for the potential of AI and robotics in achieving precise control, serving as an inspiration for robotic exploration (quantifiable: SpaceX's successful rocket landings)", 'Challenges in bipedal robotics, as showcased by the DARPA robotics challenge, highlight the difficulty of robots navigating uneven surfaces and the limitations of human communication in remote operations (quantifiable: videos showing robots falling and struggling on uneven surfaces, millions of dollars and years invested in bipedal robotics)', 'Envisioning a future where robots could explore asteroids, gathering data and expanding human knowledge of the solar system, potentially revolutionizing scientific exploration (quantifiable: potential future of science with robots exploring the solar system)']}, {'end': 5612.288, 'start': 5295.945, 'title': "Nasa's small, affordable missions & oumuamua", 'summary': "Discusses nasa's shift towards smaller, cheaper missions using cubesat technology, as well as the study of the interstellar object oumuamua, examining its unusual properties and potential origins, while also addressing the possibility of it being alien space junk.", 'duration': 316.343, 'highlights': ["NASA's move towards smaller, cheaper missions using CubeSat technology NASA is showing interest in smaller, cheaper missions that focus on one specific task, allowing for optimization and the potential to launch multiple missions to gather information from different asteroids.", 'Study of the interstellar object Oumuamua Oumuamua is a fascinating object that has provided the opportunity for studying interstellar objects, enabling preparations for future observations and potential fast turnaround missions.', "Examination of Oumuamua's unusual properties and potential origins Oumuamua's unusual dimensions and acceleration as it left the solar system are discussed, with hypotheses suggesting it could be made of nitrogen or hydrogen ice shards, providing explanations for its properties.", "Addressing the possibility of Oumuamua being alien space junk While not ruling out the possibility of alien origins, the scientist emphasizes the need for extraordinary evidence to support such claims and explains the potential natural explanations for Oumuamua's properties."]}], 'duration': 527.506, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf85084782.jpg', 'highlights': ["SpaceX's successful rocket landings provide hope for the potential of AI and robotics in achieving precise control, serving as an inspiration for robotic exploration (quantifiable: SpaceX's successful rocket landings)", 'Envisioning a future where robots could explore asteroids, gathering data and expanding human knowledge of the solar system, potentially revolutionizing scientific exploration (quantifiable: potential future of science with robots exploring the solar system)', 'Challenges in bipedal robotics, as showcased by the DARPA robotics challenge, highlight the difficulty of robots navigating uneven surfaces and the limitations of human communication in remote operations (quantifiable: videos showing robots falling and struggling on uneven surfaces, millions of dollars and years invested in bipedal robotics)', "NASA's move towards smaller, cheaper missions using CubeSat technology NASA is showing interest in smaller, cheaper missions that focus on one specific task, allowing for optimization and the potential to launch multiple missions to gather information from different asteroids.", 'Study of the interstellar object Oumuamua Oumuamua is a fascinating object that has provided the opportunity for studying interstellar objects, enabling preparations for future observations and potential fast turnaround missions.', "Examination of Oumuamua's unusual properties and potential origins Oumuamua's unusual dimensions and acceleration as it left the solar system are discussed, with hypotheses suggesting it could be made of nitrogen or hydrogen ice shards, providing explanations for its properties.", "Addressing the possibility of Oumuamua being alien space junk While not ruling out the possibility of alien origins, the scientist emphasizes the need for extraordinary evidence to support such claims and explains the potential natural explanations for Oumuamua's properties."]}, {'end': 7004.88, 'segs': [{'end': 5727.714, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5703.089, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 5709.233, 'text': "And I'm not sure if a nice shard from another planetary system will be interesting, but it very well could be.", 'start': 5703.089, 'duration': 6.144}, {'end': 5711.375, 'text': 'It could be totally new sets of materials.', 'start': 5709.494, 'duration': 1.881}, {'end': 5715.658, 'text': "It could tell us about composition of planets we don't quite understand.", 'start': 5711.415, 'duration': 4.243}, {'end': 5720.364, 'text': "And it's just nice when, especially in the case of a Momoa, it gets us pretty close to Earth.", 'start': 5716.559, 'duration': 3.805}, {'end': 5726.913, 'text': "It would have been nice to, you know, it's like, don't go there, they come to us.", 'start': 5720.925, 'duration': 5.988}, {'end': 5727.714, 'text': "I don't know.", 'start': 5727.373, 'duration': 0.341}], 'summary': 'Exploring a shard from another planetary system could reveal new materials and insights into planet compositions, bringing us closer to earth.', 'duration': 24.625, 'max_score': 5703.089, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf85703089.jpg'}, {'end': 5767.402, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5741.779, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 5749.026, 'text': "And so there's been a movement in astronomy more towards what's called time domain astronomy.", 'start': 5741.779, 'duration': 7.247}, {'end': 5752.869, 'text': 'So kind of monitoring the whole sky all the time at all wavelengths.', 'start': 5749.086, 'duration': 3.783}, {'end': 5753.77, 'text': "That's kind of the goal.", 'start': 5752.91, 'duration': 0.86}, {'end': 5755.512, 'text': 'And so we expect to detect aliens.', 'start': 5753.83, 'duration': 1.682}, {'end': 5757.193, 'text': 'many more of these in the future.', 'start': 5755.852, 'duration': 1.341}, {'end': 5761.938, 'text': 'Even though these were the first two we saw, our potential to detect them is only increasing with time.', 'start': 5757.314, 'duration': 4.624}, {'end': 5764.42, 'text': 'And so there will be more opportunities.', 'start': 5761.958, 'duration': 2.462}, {'end': 5767.402, 'text': 'And, you know, based on these two, we now can..', 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So, I read it actually for a class.', 'start': 6327.539, 'duration': 6.905}, {'end': 6337.606, 'text': "It's one of the few books I've ever read for a class that I actually really liked.", 'start': 6334.504, 'duration': 3.102}, {'end': 6344.49, 'text': "And the book is, it's in some sense a puzzle.", 'start': 6339.627, 'duration': 4.863}, {'end': 6347.352, 'text': "He's a brilliant writer, of course, but..", 'start': 6344.57, 'duration': 2.782}, {'end': 6351.954, 'text': "The book is like, it's formatted like a poem.", 'start': 6348.192, 'duration': 3.762}], 'summary': "Nabokov's book pale fire, a fascinating puzzle formatted as a poem.", 'duration': 31.729, 'max_score': 6320.225, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf86320225.jpg'}, {'end': 6614.145, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 6588.954, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 6596.955, 'text': "So what's the third one? Actually, you know, I hadn't realized until this moment, but it's yet another one of these kind of slow reveal books.", 'start': 6588.954, 'duration': 8.001}, {'end': 6604.939, 'text': "It's a contemporary Russian, I think Russian-American writer named Olga Grushin, G-R-U-S-H-I-N.", 'start': 6597.055, 'duration': 7.884}, {'end': 6611.863, 'text': 'And she wrote this just phenomenal book called The Dream Life of Sukhanov that I read this year.', 'start': 6604.959, 'duration': 6.904}, {'end': 6614.145, 'text': 'Maybe it was last year for the first time.', 'start': 6611.883, 'duration': 2.262}], 'summary': 'The transcript discusses a slow reveal book by olga grushin, the dream life of sukhanov.', 'duration': 25.191, 'max_score': 6588.954, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf86588954.jpg'}, {'end': 7001.562, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 6940.624, 'weight': 0.955, 'content': [{'end': 6950.229, 'text': "I think your work is really inspiring The kind of things we'll discover about planets in the next few decades is super cool.", 'start': 6940.624, 'duration': 9.605}, {'end': 6955.271, 'text': "And I hope, I know you said there's probably not life in one of them, but there might be.", 'start': 6950.269, 'duration': 5.002}, {'end': 6957.232, 'text': 'And I hope we discover just that.', 'start': 6955.291, 'duration': 1.941}, {'end': 6965.695, 'text': "And perhaps even on Io, within the volcanic eruptions, there's a little creature hanging on that we'll one day discover.", 'start': 6958.152, 'duration': 7.543}, {'end': 6969.517, 'text': 'Thank you so much for wasting all your valuable time with me today.', 'start': 6966.195, 'duration': 3.322}, {'end': 6970.317, 'text': 'It was really awesome.', 'start': 6969.537, 'duration': 0.78}, {'end': 6971.417, 'text': 'Yeah, likewise.', 'start': 6970.557, 'duration': 0.86}, {'end': 6972.758, 'text': 'Thank you for having me here.', 'start': 6971.477, 'duration': 1.281}, {'end': 6982.497, 'text': 'Thanks for listening to this conversation with Catherine DeClear, and thank you to Fundrise, Blinkist, ExpressVPN, and Magic Spoon.', 'start': 6974.175, 'duration': 8.322}, {'end': 6985.618, 'text': 'Check them out in the description to support this podcast.', 'start': 6983.057, 'duration': 2.561}, {'end': 6988.959, 'text': 'And now, let me leave you with some words from Carl Sagan.', 'start': 6986.378, 'duration': 2.581}, {'end': 6990.579, 'text': 'On Titan.', 'start': 6989.699, 'duration': 0.88}, {'end': 7000.102, 'text': 'the molecules that have been raining down like mana from heaven for the last four billion years might still be there largely unaltered, deep frozen,', 'start': 6990.579, 'duration': 9.523}, {'end': 7001.562, 'text': 'awaiting for the chemists from Earth.', 'start': 7000.102, 'duration': 1.46}], 'summary': 'Exciting prospects for discovering life on planets, including io and titan.', 'duration': 60.938, 'max_score': 6940.624, 'thumbnail': 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emphasized, as it provides a relatively inexpensive way to gain information about alien life or new materials and planetary compositions.', 'The potential value of studying interstellar objects lies in the possibility of discovering new sets of materials and gaining insights into the composition of planets, contributing to our understanding of the universe.', 'The discussion highlights the proximity of interstellar objects, such as Oumuamua, to Earth, indicating the potential for close study and the opportunity to gather valuable information about these objects.']}, {'end': 6271.333, 'start': 5720.925, 'title': 'Looking for alien life and the scientific method', 'summary': 'Discusses the missed opportunity to detect aliens, the shift towards time domain astronomy, the potential to detect more aliens in the future, the concept of looking for artifacts as signs of alien life, and the balance between scientific rigor and curiosity. it also touches on the impact of the scientific method on outlier evidence and the need for curiosity in communication with the general public about scientific uncertainty.', 'duration': 550.408, 'highlights': ["The shift towards time domain astronomy There's been a movement in astronomy towards time domain astronomy, monitoring the whole sky all the time at all wavelengths, with the expectation to detect many more aliens in the future.", 'The potential to detect more aliens in the future The potential to detect aliens is increasing with time, with an expectation to detect many more in the future, despite having seen only the first two.', 'Looking for artifacts as signs of alien life The concept of looking for artifacts or space junk as signs of alien life reframes the perspective of what to look for, emphasizing the potential significance of non-intelligent objects as evidence of life or intelligent life.', "The impact of the scientific method on outlier evidence The scientific method's inherent skepticism and rigorous verification process sometimes lead to missing something truly interesting, as it tends to crush outlier evidence, making it challenging to balance scientific rigor with curiosity.", "The need for curiosity in communication with the general public about scientific uncertainty There's power in demonstrating authenticity as a curious human being when communicating with the public about scientific uncertainty, and it's important to balance scientific rigor with speculation to inspire and demonstrate humility."]}, {'end': 6587.993, 'start': 6271.814, 'title': 'Favorite challenging books', 'summary': "Discusses the speaker's favorite challenging books, including nabokov's pale fire and rilke's poetry, and their impact on the speaker's intellectual and emotional development, as well as the speaker's interest in using ai to explore human loneliness.", 'duration': 316.179, 'highlights': ["The speaker's fascination with Nabokov's book Pale Fire, which is formatted like a poem and slowly reveals a novel, and the impact of discovering similar writers like Kazuo Ishiguro. Fascination with Pale Fire's format and storyline, Impact of similar writers like Kazuo Ishiguro", "The speaker's emotional connection to Rilke's poetry, particularly the Duino Elegies, and the link between astronomy and the sense of loneliness in human existence. Emotional connection to Rilke's poetry, Link between astronomy and human loneliness", "The speaker's engineering perspective on human loneliness and the hope to build AI systems to help explore and connect with it. Engineering perspective on human loneliness, Desire to build AI systems to explore and connect with loneliness"]}, {'end': 7004.88, 'start': 6588.954, 'title': 'The dream life of sukhanov', 'summary': "Discusses catherine declear's recommendation of the book 'the dream life of sukhanov' by olga grushin, her advice for young scientists, and her preference for a career that involves enjoyable techniques over inspiring questions.", 'duration': 415.926, 'highlights': ["DeClear recommends 'The Dream Life of Sukhanov' by Olga Grushin as a beautiful book that delves into the character study of a Russian father coming to terms with himself and his past as he potentially slowly loses his mind.", 'DeClear advises young scientists to consider the techniques they use in their work, emphasizing the importance of enjoying the techniques used in addition to being interested in the questions being pursued for a fulfilling scientific career.', 'DeClear expresses her preference for a career in which the techniques used are enjoyable, citing her fascination with the solar system, telescopes, and data analysis as the factors contributing to her enjoyment in her scientific work.', 'DeClear shares her preference for the world to end in fire rather than in ice, expressing her fondness for chaos and activity over the depressing notion of things slowly getting cold and stopping.']}], 'duration': 1392.592, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/85F0FDsPHf8/pics/85F0FDsPHf85612288.jpg', 'highlights': ['The potential value of studying interstellar objects lies in the possibility of discovering new sets of materials and gaining insights into the composition of planets, contributing to our understanding of the universe.', 'The shift towards time domain astronomy, monitoring the whole sky all the time at all wavelengths, with the expectation to detect many more aliens in the future.', "The speaker's fascination with Nabokov's book Pale Fire, which is formatted like a poem and slowly reveals a novel, and the impact of discovering similar writers like Kazuo Ishiguro.", "DeClear recommends 'The Dream Life of Sukhanov' by Olga Grushin as a beautiful book that delves into the character study of a Russian father coming to terms with himself and his past as he potentially slowly loses his mind."]}], 'highlights': ['Catherine DeClear is a professor of planetary science and astronomy at Caltech, focusing on the surface environments, atmospheres, and thermochemical histories of the planets and moons in our solar system.', 'The criteria set by the International Astronomy Union for a celestial body to be considered a planet includes orbiting the sun, being large enough to be spherical in shape due to gravity, and clearing out its orbital path, which Pluto does not satisfy.', 'Telescopes and spacecraft missions provide detailed information and resolution for studying planets and moons.', 'Io is the most volcanically active object in the solar system, with hundreds of active volcanoes and volcanic plumes.', 'The material spewed from the geysers appears to be originating all the way from the ocean, presenting a potential opportunity for life discovery.', "SpaceX's successful rocket landings provide hope for the potential of AI and robotics in achieving precise control, serving as an inspiration for robotic exploration (quantifiable: SpaceX's successful rocket landings)", 'The shift towards time domain astronomy, monitoring the whole sky all the time at all wavelengths, with the expectation to detect many more aliens in the future.']}