Final Frontier: The Science Behind the Fiction

Guest Speaker: Kim Steadman, Robotics Engineer (JPL)*Spoilers for Strange New Worlds Episodes 1-4* Want to know how NASA approaches its away missions to Mars and beyond? Do spaceships actually fly that way? Would it make those sounds in a brown dwarf? Robotics engineer and TOS fan Kim Steadman will tell you how! She is one of the engineers for the Mars Rover program, and she does interplanetary away missions daily! Join us as we talk about "Ghosts of Illyria", how she was inspired by science

Join is on our first away mission in SNW Episode 2: Children of the Comet. Expert guitarist and theorist Tom McNally will explain and demonstrate how Uhura and Spock can turn music into language using math. Guest: Tom McNally Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we discuss Strange New Worlds Episode 1 with planetary physicist Kevin Grazier, and explore the mechanisms of warp drive, and the possibilities of using warp signatures to make a warp bomb. Spoilers Ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Come explore strange new worlds and galaxies far far away with the science that inspires (and is inspired by) the scifi series we love. Every week we will take a closer look at an episode or film property, analyze the world building and themes, and ask a scientific question posed in each episode. Episodes coming to Geekscape's YouTube channel, the Geekscape website and an RSS feed for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices