054: Mika McKinnon, Science Consultant on Stargate (Interview)

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Realistic, or at least plausible, science has always been an important part of the vision of Stargate. Now meet one of the people key to bringing that vision to life! Mika McKinnon, Science Consultant for SGA and SGU, joins DialtheGate to answer your questions LIVE!

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Timecodes
0:00 - Splash Screen
0:20 - Opening Credits
0:48 - Welcome and Episode Outline
01:22 - Call to Action
01:56 - Guest Introduction
05:38 - How Mika got into the franchise
08:08 - Perseverance Rover on Mars
12:24 - An SGU Stargate on Mars
13:00 - Dichotomy between Sci-fi writers and scientists
18:23 - Mika's Interests in Science Fiction
19:48 - Discovering Stargate
20:37 - SGA 5x16 "Brain Storm"
22:06 - Stargate is chicken soup
24:33 - Working as a science consultant (SGU 1x14 Human)
26:33 - How possible is it to create a Stargate
31:29 - How realistic do you think one-way wormhole travel is?
34:33 - Gaters' reaction to the scientific accuracy
37:06 - Pulsar radiation (SGU 1x19 "Incursion")
42:22 - Becoming a Science Consultant
43:32 - What is there at the end of the universe? (SGU 2x15 "Seizure")
46:38 - Unexplained stuff around us ("Phantom Signals" 2020)
47:42 - Do aliens exist?
53:18 - Is transporter beam technology possible?
54:30 - Have you written McKay lines?
55:42 - How much of the math on the walls of the Destiny was real?
57:35 - Does hyperspace and subspace exist?
58:50 - If you could go anywhere through the Stargate, where would it be?
1:00:29 - Elite: Dangerous
1:02:35 - Thank You, Mika!
1:03:00 - Post-Interview Housekeeping
1:06:18 - End Credits

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