Video: Why bullets are better than laser cannons
- Date: January 7th, 2009
- Author: Jay Garmon
- Category: Futurism, Gadgets, Geekend, Movies, Science, Science Fiction, Space, Television, Video
- Tags: Video, Laser, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jay Garmon
Look, we all know that there’s very little science behind our favorite movie and TV sci-fi space battles but, as this video explains, one of the great sins may be the use of laser weapons instead of good, old-fashioned projectile cannons. Who says physics isn’t useful?
(Found via SFSignal.)
Jay Garmon has a vast and terrifying knowledge of all things obscure, obtuse, and irrelevant. One day, he hopes to write science fiction, but for now he'll settle for something stranger -- amusing and abusing IT pros. Read his full profile. You can also follow him on his personal blog or via his Twitter feed.
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Space Opera
BFilmFan | 01/07/09
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Are rockets photon propulsion?
BALTHOR | 01/07/09
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My photons travel infinitely fast
BALTHOR | 01/07/09
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Rockets work in the vacuum of gravity free space
BALTHOR | 01/07/09
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re: balsa wood planes in gravity-free vacuum
seanferd | 01/07/09
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RE: Video: Why bullets are better than laser cannons (just plain wrong)
Leon Tribe | 01/08/09
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Why projectiles are so 19th century? :^0
NickNielsen | 01/08/09
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A near limitless supply of energy
Leon Tribe | 01/09/09
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So what we need, then
NickNielsen | 01/09/09
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Fabulous
NickNielsen | 01/08/09
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