[Q&A+] Can You Put An Consumer-Grade Telescope In Space?

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:01 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UjOkLC6N9cY Can someone launch a regular small telescope into space? Are Moon caves stable enough for a permanent base? What happened to the Swift rescue mission? And in Q&A+, was the asteroid belt a planet at some point? 00:00 Intro 00:41 [@Noonyuh] Could affordable consumer smart telescopes be easily retrofitted to survive in space? 05:06 [@user-kx2fc2mw5v] Are Moon caves stable enough to build in them? 08:47 [@surrender_monkey] What happened to the Swift rescue mission? 15:01 [@EdSceptic-y2e] Is the asteroid belt a destroyed planet or is it forming into a planet or neither? 18:15 Final thoughts