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The Physics of Space Battles

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How scientifically accurate is your favorite sci-fi space battle? Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Subscribe to It's Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Joseph Shoer has several extensive, in-depth articles on the physics of space warfare: http://josephshoer.com/blog/2009/12/t... http://josephshoer.com/blog/2010/07/p... Space warfare: Almost everything you know is probably wrong http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forum... Is space warfare really practical? http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forum... Zero-g dogfighting for dummies: http://www.citizenstarnews.com/news/z... Projectile weapons vs. directed energy weapons: http://forum.gateworld.net/threads/17... Nukes in space: http://www.projectrho.com/public_html... Effects of radiation weapons in space: http://www.projectrho.com/public_html... Could the Death Star really destroy a planet? …...more
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The Physics of Space Battles
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2014Sep 22
How scientifically accurate is your favorite sci-fi space battle? Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Subscribe to It's Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Joseph Shoer has several extensive, in-depth articles on the physics of space warfare: http://josephshoer.com/blog/2009/12/t... http://josephshoer.com/blog/2010/07/p... Space warfare: Almost everything you know is probably wrong http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forum... Is space warfare really practical? http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forum... Zero-g dogfighting for dummies: http://www.citizenstarnews.com/news/z... Projectile weapons vs. directed energy weapons: http://forum.gateworld.net/threads/17... Nukes in space: http://www.projectrho.com/public_html... Effects of radiation weapons in space: http://www.projectrho.com/public_html... Could the Death Star really destroy a planet? http://www.universetoday.com/92746/co... "Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son of a b***h in space"    • Mass Effect 2: Sir Isaac Newton is the dea...   Produced for PBS Digital Studios Joe Hanson - Host and writer Joe Nicolosi - Director Amanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen IncKate Eads - Associate Producer Katie Graham - Director of Photography Editing/Motion Graphics - Andrew Matthews/Kirby Conn Gaffers - John Knudsen/Philip Sheldon Post-production intern - Dalton Allen Theme music: "Ouroboros" by Kevin MacLeod Stock images via Shutterstock ----------- Join us on Patreon!   / itsokaytobesmart   Twitter   / drjoehanson     / okaytobesmart   Instagram   / drjoehanson     / okaytobesmart   Merch https://store.dftba.com/collections/i... Facebook   / itsokaytobesmartpbs  

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