Viewer Questions Episode 5

Another block of questions from my supporters on Patreon

The book I'm holding up is Robert Truax's autobiography - "American Rocketman"

Geiger Counter is the GQ GMC-500+

And if you're in the US you can indeed buy Uranium Ore or Yellowcake Uranium from Amazon

[JamieSteam]

00:25 Instability of spinning satellites.
03:35 Railguns on the Mun.
05:17 Space tourism.
08:43 Lunar Module control and maneuvering.
10:35 Companies selling land on the moon.
12:00 OneWeb news.
12:26 How did Scott and his wife first meet?
13:29 How do you make so many good videos?
14:35 Bananas, and buying uranium online.
15:50 Astronomy satellite constellations.
18:35 X-15 rocket fuels.

[ofsabir]

14:23 How acurate this statement is! Let's appreciate how Scott's videos have literally no filler content, no bs, and even if they are not scripted they are just heart to heart conversations between space nerds..

[chalor]

Scott Manley, DJ. I can't get over this, it's the best random fact ever. I'd go to a show in a heartbeat.

[johnladuke]

Okay, as much as I want to hear Scott Manley tell us all about linear accelerators on the moon, I think what the people really need is a video of wild stories from Scott's San Francisco DJ career.

[taylorgalilea]

14:50 Oh hey! I'm an Eagle Scout who got her Nuclear Science merit badge and that is what got me fascinated in nuclear technology, leading to me studying Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M. It was the person in the position you are putting yourself in for those Scouts that inspired me to go into the field I'm passionate and fascinated by. Thank you for being proactive in that, it was one of my favorite merit badges to show off and I'm sure the Scouts you'll be helping will feel the same.

Keep doing a good turn daily Scott!!

[MoonWeasel]

Forget DJ-ing, Uranium is a fantastic conversation starter at parties. Never know what nerds you’ll find.

[space_cheese]

I'm learning more from these episodes than I do after hours of googling

[thesteaksaignant]

I just can't wrap my mind around the amount of knowledge this man has. The God of nerds!

[MrHichammohsen]

This series is getting really good! We need longer unedited Scott Manley videos.

[nwimpney]

That's the simplest explanation I've ever heard for the Dzhanibekov effect, and it just clicked for me.
Previously, I knew that it was a thing, but never really understood why.

[denomaly]

The sheer enthusiasm for every one of these questions and the love for knowledge and nerdiness in these videos never fail to make me smile even while still getting smarter from watching these. It's incredible content, no doubt.

[walter]

Thank you Scott, for taking the time to answer your Patreon(?) members questions.
I'd love to sit down and have a beer or 10, with you too!
I'm not a "mover or a shaker", just an OG who's been a Space nerd since 1962!
Fly Safe!!

[t.]

Scott, you can read first three letters in Dzhanibekov as J. Russian doesn't have a single letter for J sound, so it uses two (ДЖ) which then were transliterated as three (D Zh) to English

[jajssblue]

Really enjoying this series! Thanks Scott! Fly safe!

[grahamrankin]

Uranium ore was included in ChemCraft chemistry sets. They included a viewer that had a fluorescent screen to detect the alpha particles.

[Zeppflyer]

So, that's even worse than the offers I keep getting to 'Become a Laird! Own 1 square foot of Scotland!'

[lemmingsoutside]

The rail guns in "The Moon is a harsh mistress" are pretty cool. Def something I'd love to read for the first time again. Awesome show SM!

[jackielinde]

Scott, in the book "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Heinlein, food grown on the moon was delivered by a mass accelerator. (I don't know what method was used...) It was also turned into a weapon that smooshed NORAD. But, for that high degree of accuracy, it was completely operated by a computer.

But, yeah, that concept has been around a long while.

[dustinweatherby]

I love the casual container of uranium ore....and everything else about the video of course! Fly safe!

[Anacronian]

"Turns out you can buy yellow cake uranium if you wish..I might get some" Scott sometimes you scare me.