Does this Weapon Break the Outer Space Treaty? | Because Science Footnotes

Kyle talks Project THOR, responds to your comments, and more!

[@becausescience]

Thanks for watching, Super Nerds! *Link to last week's video if you haven't seen* kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2W0Y62ihMmgqJY This week's episode is a doozy. But not evil. Can't stress that enough. -- kH

[@Loganxmusic9339]

You might have to change the super nerd award to the super villian award

[@theCidisIn]

Definitely not evil.

[@Barmem]

You should start calling people "super villain" not "super nerd"

[@stuffanthings]

This is purely useless as a system as due to how orbits work you would either have to wait hours to be above your target or have a huge number of these satellites to be able to deliver a payload faster than a conventional missile. To get around this you could give them a propulsion and guidance system, but then all you have done is placed a conventional missile in space. So the better option would be to use all those funds to develop faster missiles and/or fire more to get around anti-missile defences. Maybe a super villain could use a conventional style missile that would work like a B1 lancer, hugging the ground at insane speeds flying under radar to avoid detection.

[@kostarak3160]

@@Loganxmusic9339 why not have both?

[@bytblaster]

we need a "super Villain" award instead of the "super nerd"

[@benmiller5015]

But what would be the parameters for winning the super villain award? Best super villain plan? Wiping out all other villains highlander style cuz there can be only one?

[@billyboy1er]

Agreed, I actually thought he was gonna give a "SUPER VILLAIN" to Geoff F for his idea ! 😅

[@Aveskarina]

HEY! I was about to propose same damm thing! :D

[@ericholder9603]

Cant we have both

[@F4ngel]

@@benmiller5015 Yes, only Kyle should be the only one to know the parameters. You can be a super villain recognised by other super villains, or a self proclaimed one. Which ever works for you *thumbs up

[@ironnwizzard]

I like that Kyle's just accepted his status as a Super Villain at this point. Need any henchmen Kyle? :D

[@mayowankenobi]

I volunteer as well!

[@ticonofruger573]

7:10 I half expected you to say, "You are indeed, a super villain. I mean nerd."

[@silver_7734]

Wait, is super nerd a codeword for "You just gave me my next idea to use when I get out of the void to destroy Earth"?

[@joshuathomasbird]

It might be. It might also be a codeword for Pilobolus...

[@axe693axe]

15:49 ...meanwhile inside Kyle's head: *NAILED IT!*

[@lucashayes346]

Giant guillotine in space thats moving faster than light and not a super-villain thing? Got it. Orbital Fruit Ninja.

[@Gurtington]

I dont think that would be orbital at that point.

[@Willam_J]

“Dr. Moo has a job, where she builds robots, that go to Mars.” That’s not a job. That’s a fantasy!!! 😃 The only way her “job” could be cooler, is if they sent multiple robots, and let them fight. Mars Battlebots!!! 😆

[@freezingfire1800]

Faster tha light you say?! *has flashbacks of kyle tellling me that you can't go faster than the speed of light in an episode of footnotes

[@riccardochecchinato4883]

Faster than light in the void. (Ahem,Cherenkov ahem)

[@atk05003]

He stressed the words "no THING can go faster than the speed of light". I suspect the "guillotine" will be made of warped space of some sort. Basically, make a region of warped space just right and then pass it through something, which will get ripped to shreds by the forces.

[@riccardochecchinato4883]

Yeah, sorry, I kinda stopped watching before the end part of the video so assumed something regarding Cherenkov radiation. My bad.

[@ThisIsAigle]

Come on Kyle. You missed the perfect opportunity to make a pun during the Tesla question. A 'Hot Rod from God' . . .

[@albertjackinson]

Now THAT is a good pun!

[@jeremyhamrick5769]

How does ant man breathe once he’s smaller than an air molecule?

[@LMFAOdudeification]

Maybe air molecules are shrunk around him as he breathes. Edit: Even with that, though, he should logically have a limit to how much he can shrink, but when he breaks that limit for comic-book shenanigan reasons, problems like this arise. IIRC, Pym Particles (in the MCU) shrink the space between atoms and their constituent sub-atomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) to achieve the shrinking effect. After a certain point, he shouldn't be able to shrink, let alone breath in that impossibly shrunken state. Pym Particles, in some comic iterations, siphon mass to and from an alternate dimension for shrinking and growing respectively, but even that should run into some hard, biological limitations below the size of a couple million cells. :/

[@jimharris5320]

I think his suit either has an air tank or it recycles air. Either way, he'd be breathing the air that shrunk with him.

[@revengeofthenerds7067]

Kyle answers this question in his video about how Ant-Man’s suit works

[@theguylevi]

@@jimharris5320 Unless there are half a dozen or so units even smaller than those discovered already, what you are saying really isn't possible. I believe he would just poof into a little explosion of electrons...could be a fun outcome that we can't calculate yet.

[@davidbodor1762]

Good question, but to be fair he never stays shrunk for a long period of time. Generally speaking the air inside his lungs and possibly his suit should be enough.

[@raedien]

Seriously though, love the editing on this channel. Kudos to whoever is responsible. Also, more Magic refs please.

[@sraonline9151]

Geoff is incredibly brilliant. He made Kyle monologue so he had time to make his escape.

[@coletunfoster376]

You ever think about Samus and the science behind all of her crazy amazing gadgets ????

[@becausescience]

How she scrunch up so tiny -- kH

[@ElectromagNick]

@@becausescience Professional contortionists can actually twist and flex themselves into spaces about that small. So the in-lore explanation of her spliced genome and techno-wizardry is unnecessary.

[@rolfs2165]

@@becausescience How does the arm cannon work without turning her arm into crispy crispy bacon?

[@PashaGamingYT]

They don’t.

[@LiamNajor]

@@rolfs2165 If you look at the 3D Model, the barrel of the arm cannon only extends about halfway through the cannon itself, and in metroid prime (the first one) you can see her hand behind that point in xray. That is some badass heat dampening though, I must say.

[@kuraiphiri432]

Kyle you should have a SUPER VILLAN NERDS title . Loved the show though.

[@mastrepolo]

Hey Kyle, been watching for a few years now and just wanted to say that the show and your presentation is just getting better. Keep up this awesome work and thanks for giving a light hearted way to explain different concepts enjoyably.

[@Drakefance5]

That feeling when you'll never be on footnotes because new episodes come out at 2am and kyle will look through comments long before waking up.

[@albertjackinson]

That's me.

[@fatbabyjake]

That bowling ball reminds me of the one from the Mystery Men movie. That's awesome.

[@BoDiddly]

It didn't remind you of Hamlet?

[@fatbabyjake]

@@BoDiddly It would have been that example if it would have just been a skull for sure haha.

[@FlagCutie]

That's it, we lost Kyle to the Dark Side and their cookies!

[@coletunfoster376]

Foreal metroid is one of the coolest video game franchises you can break down!!! Be it the spinning jump. The blast upgrades. The different life. Love the show and would love a metroid episode!!!

[@bryanbowen2935]

About to ask about Because Space (I loved it, and I miss it) then got my answers, thanx.-B.B.

[@stax6092]

Hello there Mr. Kyle Hill, I hope you and the Because Science team are splendid. I was wondering what if you could do an episode of Because Science or Because Space about what would happen if we implemented a Diamondillium like structure around the earth. Other than needing sliding door like pars for space travel, would it really protect us or would say a meteor send it Careening into us?How would it affect sunlight and life here on the planet? Great show, thanks for your time.

[@JCintheBCC]

I can guarantee that it would inferior to my Diamondium structure.

[@stax6092]

@cak01vej Maybe, but I still think it is worth a video.

[@AsbestosMuffins]

@cak01vej its diamond-based though so it should be clear if processed right

[@ryanmunk7756]

I think every time Kyle slurps his drink he becomes even more of a real villain. That sound makes my skin crawl.

[@theoryquery]

I cant believe he missed the pun there... "We all converge. Itsn't it MAGICal?!" XD

[@cadepeterman4276]

I'm predicting the next episode is about the point between 2 mile long scissor blades moving faster than light, or a guillotine. Thanks Vsauce

[@spensermcland6822]

Missed a perfect moment there to use this one... Hot Rod From GOD!!! 😎

[@AzraelThanatos]

The Disc thing seems to come from Niven's "The Magic Goes Away" with the effects being something that fits the artifact that eliminates magic there

[@Twist3dLogic]

I love the various questions comments pose on these topics. Some of the thought experiements are super interesting! :D

[@aaronmcculloch8326]

Oh missed opportunity, that Roadster would be a Hot rod from God!

[@Lawrence330]

Elon Musk isn't "technically" a go--- Oh, you mean because it fell from space....

[@aaronmcculloch8326]

@@Lawrence330 If I were some sort of high budget Muskwatch writer I'm sure I could have come up with something better! But since there is no such thing as a muskwatch writer we'll never know...

[@youkofoxy]

"We gonna built a FTL guillotine in space, not evil..." if you say so, but what Peaceful use has that apparatus? just give me one and I will green light it.

[@dhi_holo9341]

youkofoxy I saw someone else say Orbital Fruit Ninja

[@Biomechanoid29ah]

Deffend earth from incoming meteorites... by allowing them to pass through.

[@mugwump7049]

Chopping off the ends of space cigars?

[@alllife123]

That last bit really has laughed out loud! Thank you Kyle for entertaining me while educating me at the same time. Neat! :-D

[@markgaston3824]

Great video, I really enjoyed watching ur channel you definitely make science fun I wish I would have known someone like u back in my school days it would have made learning about it more enjoyable. If someone was really set on building something like project Thor it seems to me that first building a base on the moon and constructing it from there would be more feasible aslo you have all that helium-3 on the moon surface to work with launching from the dark side of the Moon and would give anonymity from being accused of such evil doings.

[@Yora21]

"If you launch two missiles, at least one of them..." That's not how statistics works. Two missiles with a 50% hit chance mean a 75% chance of at least one or more hits.

[@Lawrence330]

Checks out, as explained here: davidmlane.com/hyperstat/A136602.html Kyle should know better, this is covered in engineering curriculum.

[@Carewolf]

@@Lawrence330 It is covered by junior high math..

[@NikohSimonds]

I've only seen a minute so far, but I'm going to question where is the love of force of will lol

[@dannythachsong]

You mentioned kinetic bombardment and got me thinking, in science fiction, we see magnetic launchers and railgun type weaponry from space frequently. What type of projectiles would work in those weaponry? They are always depicted as energy weapons or lasers. Would all conventional weapons burn up in the atmosphere and we merely generate a pretty light show when firing from space? Love the show, been following since nerdist! Been my guilty pleasure to watch and learn eversince.

[@saphcal]

Omg thats amazing to hear about Because Space. I'm so happy!

[@pyeitme508]

Please make video about your thoughts on Ghost Recon Breakpoint?!

[@MazokuJun]

Kyle, it's Kessler syndrome, not Kepler.

[@geofff.3343]

I made the mistake and he was just reading my copy.

[@MazokuJun]

@@geofff.3343 Yes, I saw it, but I guess since he didn't know the correct term, I have to correct him as well.

[@TheTravelerww]

7:07 Jeff you are now indeed a Super Nerd (and possibly also a Super Villian)

[@mugwump7049]

For a moment there I thought I was watching Answers With Joe. The chair turning is kinda his thing. Great channel! His and yours actually are the two sciency channels I watch on a regular basis.

[@GameChanger77]

If Noah's ark fell from space would it burn up before it hit the ground? (assume that no humans or animals were on board) The ark is definitely bigger than 75 ft but it is made of wood.

[@stephanybrown3226]

Stuck in the void huh? Looks pretty homey to me.... lol

[@Tzphardi]

That office is the only structure in an endless void, forever forlorn and abandoned. Whenever Kyle steps outside, he is greeted by endless darkness. Sounds pretty lonely to me!

[@ostmen_draugr]

@@Tzphardi sounds perfect to me. Sign me up

[@Cruzifix777]

Not a super villain weapon he says, Faster than light Guillotine in SPACE he says. Kyle the entire world wants to know your location.

[@dangeloromero3874]

Im definitely loving all of the references and connections to everything.

[@WouterVerbruggen]

It's *Kessler* syndrome, not Kepler XD

[@geofff.3343]

That was my error.

[@smcsvlogs]

Damn, already one dislike? Even your haters have notifications on!

[@runefaustblack]

They suscribed to a channel they hate?

[@biohazard724]

KZbin auto-downvotes videos to keep them from staying on the front page

[@skylx0812]

For music there are bots that can thumbs down vids for a certain genre to make another appear more popular. And there are bots that can thumbs up vids. And thats just the music industry snipping at one another here at ol You-rube. Who knows what everyone else employs to make their channels look more popular.

[@BoDiddly]

It's not that they are haters, ir is more likely fans that think they are smarter than he is.

[@mugwump7049]

You'd be surprised at the extent of what haters can do. Star Wars sequel trilogy haters actually conspired for episodes VIII & IX to fail.

[@NelielSugiura]

Major probs/kudos to your visual editor for this episode. Give them a fist-bump for me!

[@MysteryBounty]

Yes! Finally a Because Space update!! I been asking for weeks where that show was xD

[@SixGunJo]

We've all been calling it Larry Niven's disk forever...

[@becausescience]

You have not -- kH

[@goonerOZZ]

Kyle, if you read this, can you dig in the science of Colony Drop from the Gundam franchise?

[@ronrowlett8697]

I was just thinking about that!

[@nosaint317]

That scene was heartbreakingly devastating

[@goonerOZZ]

@@nosaint317 you've seen the Origin version?

[@nosaint317]

@@goonerOZZ yes, on Toonami lol kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZaahZmartljrJY

[@goonerOZZ]

@cak01vej I actually really want to know is it really capable to destroy a city as big as Sydney, or is it supposed to wreak havoc at even a bigger area

[@jojobeans2005]

I come here for the puns and wordplay and I leave with interesting facts and a different outlook on the day, keep it up Kyle, thanks for the nerdy jokes and all that you do.

[@madscientistshusta]

This has slowly become a secrete evil villain howto yt channel and i...love it!

[@spicylemon9339]

Did you hear about the thing with a mass of a million sun's that blew through a ring in our galaxy?

[@spicylemon9339]

@Michael Nilson it'd make sense but no object that caused it was found, judt at one point a hole was made when we weren't looking tho its light-years away so it already happened a long time ago ig😂😂

[@DjAirsurfer]

@cak01vej I'd like a source for this too, sounds a bit made up?. like where did this info come from? How do we know it was the "mass of a million suns" if we didn't find it? How did this happen "when we weren't looking"? I'm pretty sure we're observing the galaxy in some form at all times. Like.. is he talking about the accretion disk of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy?

[@spicylemon9339]

@cak01vej look up "GD-1 stellar stream hole" you'll find tons of things

[@jab-io2po]

Particles in Quantum Entanglement can go FTL

[@jackielinde7568]

Well, the particles themselves don't go past the light speed limit. It's the information they transmit that would go faster than light. [EDIT] Einstein didn't like this, because he thought NO INFORMATION should go faster than light and no one at the time had an explanation why this was a thing beyond "it's just quantum mechanics." He called it "Spooky Action At A Distance". He also had other issues with Quantum Mechanics that he and Niels Bohr went toe to toe about. Turned out Bohr was a smarter boy than Einstein. I still like them both.

[@VNM-xg3ix]

No, the particles don't go FTL but the "signal".. I guess you could call it ,does .

[@dhvsheabdh]

@@jackielinde7568 No information is transferred in quantum entanglement. No message from person one to person two can happen where a message is deterministically sent.

[@dhvsheabdh]

This is, in the sense, a message cannot be sent in the context of communication with entanglement.

[@jackielinde7568]

@@dhvsheabdh It IS information that's being exchanged. Very limited information to be sure. Quantum Entanglement is when two particles (like electrons) get "entangled. No matter how far apart they are, when one changes it's spin or direction, the other changes with it immediately. That's the information that gets transmitted "faster than light."

[@ShawdellWolfheart]

When I watch last episode I remembered a series of books by Jack Campbell "The lost fleet" and his "Kinetic projectiles" commonly named "rocks". It's a weapon used for bombarding orbital geostationary bases and planetary targets. But not on ships, because it's easy to avoid. It's great series. They should make a tv series about it, something like "The Expanse".

[@JoshuaWeirdo]

Awesome video. Keep on being awesome! Could you please do a video about giant insects?

[@barrybend7189]

Rail guns the most dangerous weapon in space.

[@superdupergrover9857]

Can we hit the Flat-Earthers with Project Thor? The irony would be... delicious. We could use whatever's leftover to hit anti-vaxxers. Edit: could you name me a Super Duper Nerd?

[@loacyric]

Better idea would be to hit the climate change deniers.

[@Biomechanoid29ah]

Anti vaxxers should get their shots this way.

[@jonwalquist4016]

Thanks for signing my playmat at Magicfest Vegas!

[@JohnWeland]

A couple of these I expected you to say "and for thinking about that you are indeed a super.... villain"

[@drewdavis2392]

Nerd correction: Though I'm not an MtG player, I suspect that card in the intro has nothing to do with Ringworld, but rather Niven's book "The Magic Goes Away". That book (spoiler alert) involves a wizard that invents a spell that causes a wheel to spin, continuing to draw mana to spin faster, and faster, and faster, until either the wheel explodes (pretty destructive in the book, though I can see a footnote video calculating exactly how fast you can spin a disk of various materials and thus how much energy = pounds of TNT equivalent you'd have) -- or until all the mana in the area is used up. This is a good way to paralyze enemy wizards, and also tends to leave you with a world where mana is hard to find (see the title).

[@HayderAbdulridha]

You're not just a nerd, you're an evil nerd, which makes you a better nerd.

[@SyncSeiryuu]

For Halloween, Kyle should dress as a evil genius, and post a series of videos where he explains how he plans on defeating and/or killing super heroes.

[@SmokeADig]

Love the content dude! Also, what’s your favorite color/s in mtg? You strike me as an Izzet mage..

[@St34mPunkPrivateer]

I would love to see a colab between Isaac Arthur , Matt O'Dowd and yourself, about some crazy futurism. It be an interesting mix of energy as all of you are on different levels , but the wit would make it super entertaining lol. Maybe make a mini series where you are the super villain and other scientists/ sci journalists/ ect get to come up with a plan on the spot to stop you.

[@ColinJonesPonder]

NB: nothing can travel faster than the speed of light *in a vacuum* ;) Cherenkov radiation is created from electrons moving faster than light, but that's the speed of light in water (as an example). I look forward to tomorrow's episode :)

[@keithcurtis]

It might be mentioned in the 1000+ comments, but Larry Niven's name is not invoked on that card because of Ringworld, but because of a weapon in the book he co-authored with Jerry Pounelle called "The Magic Goes Away. It was a disc that used local magic (in the book a depletable resource) to spin faster and thus suck more magic. It was a feedback loop designed to destroy all of the magic in a particular area. Just like Nevinyrral's Disk. :)

[@ItachiUchiha-yz5nn]

Very cool Kyle, I love watching your videos. You help bring facts, science and logic to the whole world and that is extremely important. However, a small correction needs to be made. "Project Thor" isn't a space based weapons system, it's what your barber calls your appointment when you call in and schedule. What a glorious mane you have Odinson! 😄

[@MohammadNohman]

OMG THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THE WOODCHUCK QUESTION. ANOTHER OF LIFE'S MYSTERIES SOLVED

[@beekaa5]

7:30 Big David.. whahaha i cried a little! LOL me and a friend were trying to come up with a guys name, we both had a whiteout: me: John Jeffy, or Jeffy John He: Antonio Banderas we were looking for Ron Jeremy... :D Hilarious

[@sethdaigle3900]

Hey Kyle, quick question, you had mentioned a sphere instead of a rod being dropped from space, would the magnus effect mess with a sphere at all to prevent accurate hits. Love the channel! Keep up the content!

[@uriei]

That glass skull bowling ball reminds me to the one in Mystery Men, god I love that movie!

[@Nicolasgusso]

"But then, again, supervillains aren't really worried about treaties that much, are they?... I know i'm not..." Final, definitive, undeniable proof of his true identity.

[@TheVWarriors]

as someone who was introduced to kyle via game knights (MTG commander gameplay stuff) and saw his locust god deck... based on that, i can confirm: super villain

[@gemglowsticks]

Ah! Kyle used a double negative. Said the space guillotine was not NOT evil. My spidey sense is tingling

[@akizeta]

You know, there's more than a touch of Frank N Furter to your super-villain... impression.

[@warsmithandrath449]

I'd like to see Kyle do a reaction video to the 4 part Astartes production. Get some science mixed in with his first exposure to the 40k universe.

[@nicholaskasbar2112]

I hear about faster than light guillotine and have hopes that you are answering my question from because science live! Weaponized Alcubierre drive. Mwa..hahahahahahaha

[@bigblue2216]

Congrats on the 1.18 million. I don't know how but ya did it. I lasted all of 15 seconds before I bowed out.

[@Wolfkey13]

Project Thor is still one of my favorite weapons. Who doesn't love a good orbital bombardment.

[@alexwixom4599]

The next MTG series is all about Fairytales. You should make a Fairytale episode. Could you climb repunzel's hair? Is sleeping beauty in a medically enduced coma? How fast is the gingerbread man? You gotta peep the new set, it's so awesome.

[@nickmetoyer3015]

I posted this o Face book already but I want to cover my bases. I would love an episode where you analyze how we could make Space Marines from the Warhammer 40k universe. Love the show Kyle.

[@ascerteshallow9277]

Hey Kyle, love the show! I have an episode idea for you: analyzing the properties of Tiberium from the Command and Conquer video game series. If you're not familiar with it, it's a substance from outer space that is capable of replicating and/or "spreading," naturally appears as crystal formations, is incredibl toxic to living organisms, but can also be turned into checmical variants for weapons. Additionally, it can somehow be used for money and is capable of mutating human beings. I'd love to see you try and science this! :D

[@mugwump7049]

Isn't it also used as fuel, IIRC?

[@terranovatitan4673]

Hey Kyle love the show btw. Have you considered trying to tackle some science of the SCP foundation or the thousands of scps?

[@joeyteter9383]

Happy to hear Because Space is still going on, I love me some Dr. Moo 😍😍😍

[@EbeneezerSquid]

The Nivenyrral Disk is actually a a reference to Larry Niven's only Fantasy series, "The Magic Goes Away," which treats 'Mana' as a natural resource humanity used up in the past like coal or oil. In the series, the most dangerous weapon was a simple disk, with two simple spells. The disk simply used one spell to keep it together, and another to spin. It just would not stop, and would speed up and continue to do so until all the mana in the area was used up. These disks were used to destroy the great nation of Atlantis. If you look at the description of the Nivenyrral Disk, the reference become more obvious.

[@gogroxandurrac]

A correction to your recognition of a supernerd, he was talking about chaff in space, not Kessler syndrome. Chaff is basically strips of tinfoil designed to interfere with radio signals. It wouldn't be a deadly block to space travel, it would be a block to space communication. He added nuts and bolts to make it more similar to Kessler syndrome, but chaff was still the main bit.

[@dickkarlsson2638]

Love the outro! :D

[@noctisumbra2749]

One thing not touched on is that rods are the optimal shape for armor penetration, look at modern APFSDS rounds, so a telephone pole is not only more stable and more accurate but is much better vs hardened targets. I read a paper at one point, though I can't seem to find it back, that suggested using space needles instead of telephone poles, a five or six foot tungsten dart used to take out hardened targets such as missile silos or command structures in minutes from orbit before they can even launch.

[@deadpoet4]

Larry Niven has also written fantasy, and that is where Nevinyrral's Disk comes from. In the short story "The Magic Goes Away" (1976), the main character (Warlock) creates The Warlock's Wheel (a disk on a string with 2 spells, one to spin it faster and faster infinitely and one to fortify the disk so it would the forces). It proved that Mana was a non-renewable resource because, once activated, it used all available Mana in the area, destroy itself, and no magic would ever work in that area again. Note: If the effect of Nevinyrral's Disk wiped out Mana producing lands, it would be more accurate to the source material. Bonus fact: "The Magic Goes Away" was an allegory for the 1970's oil crisis. Bonus bonus fact: There were many stories set in Niven's "Magic Universe", including 2 novels co-written with Jerry Pournelle ( The Burning City (2000) and its sequel, Burning Tower (2005))

[@salzstangl]

The whole space-shrapnel plan would not have too big of a snowball-effect. The ISS for example (critical parts) has an "armor" protecting it from micro-meteorites. That works, because the speed usually is high enough to completely disintegrate the projectile and the protective material without piercing the hull. It could destroy some satellites, but to completely disintegrate them you need a projectile that is not too fast (or bigger).

[@manosmk]

Hey Kyle, I have a suggestion, how about as the "Super Nerd" title for best comments, you add a "Super Villain (candidate)" for one comment a week, or at least once on the show, for the most evil of comments?

[@ctl6985]

I give a thumbs up for Because Space still being a thing. I was wondering about that as well

[@davidwallace7543]

Footnotes should definitely start like that 🤣🤣🤣😂

[@remliqa]

I think I remember a space channel(Scott Manley? Curious Droid? Anton Petrov? Minutephysics? Can't remember which one) did video about a phenomenon which make shadow seem to move faster than the speed of light. Can be sure about the details (physics video tends to go over my head).

[@timmicheletto1913]

Project Thor may have some interesting problems. The first satellite that we put into orbit was cylindrical, and it ended up toppling end over end thanks to the intermediate axis theorem (also called the Dzhanibekov effect). Any orientation and guidance system would need to retain balance across axes, otherwise the cylinder may also experience rotation along the wrong axis and end up toppling end over end.

[@chrisn4315]

Hey, Kyle - loved the show, as always... Proposal: How about you introduce a new title for the commenters? Considering how the super villian comments have grown exponentially, I'd imagine something like "Super Villian of the Week". Wouldn't that be nice...? ;-D

[@brettito]

Editor is the MVP of these videos.

[@jhcoverdrive9287]

1:25 Oh, come on...You don’t specify the medium (or lack there of?). I mean Cerenkov radiation, etc; doy! But seriously, digging the channel more than ever. For me it’s the best combination of comedy, science, maths, physics and most importantly, imagination/creativity and your ability to communicate it with that level of enthusiasm. Keep doing what you’re doing, man.

[@GeekShiek]

Yay for Because Space coming back!