Show Notes
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 17:42 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/B_h8kKdiHe8 Why do star shades look like flowers? Is Mars colonization just a Ponzi Scheme? Why would it be worth doing? And on Q&A+, should you scream into the void? 00:00 Intro
00:23 [@silasmiller4417] Why are renders of orbital star shades shaped like flower pedals?
05:37 [@illyakuryakin5024] Anyone notice no one is talking about the Ponzi scheme called "Mars Colonization" anymore?
12:13 [@illyakuryakin5024] why would it be so "amazing"?
17:42 [@Alienalloy] If I scream in the vacuum of space have I gone beyond compony health and safety procedures so already a lost cause?
20:20 Final thoughts
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