Jun 2022

50m 52s

To Infinity And Beyond

About this episode

In the final episode of this series, Steve gives faint stars the side-eye, Helen sings a relatively short song about relativity and Matt gives a standing ovation to the desktop calculator that rerouted a space probe. Up, up and away!

- Steve's bit (01:54)

- Helen's bit (16:13)

- Matt's bit (36:07)

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