This material could change the internet, so why hasn't it?

[@johnnymatias3027]

Your presentation skills and overall content and editing quality is worthy of a tv channel, let alone a mega youtube channel. Good luck

[@Wingedarc]

I do not understand how you do not have millions of subscribers your videos are so well made!

[@AtomicFrontier]

Thanks Greg, we're working on it!

[@user-de4cq6uk6l]

My favorite thing about these videos is at the end, you zoom out and show where on a map the thing you were explaining is. A really good idea as most people’s geographic knowledge is pretty dismal and can get people to start knowing where things are

[@skylark.kraken]

Wait, there are more countries in the world than the US, China, Europe, and Russia?

[@baconwizard]

@@skylark.kraken you forgot the country of Middle East

[@istvanfarmosi]

Damn. I consider myself fairly nerdy but I gotta say, the fact that we already have practical applications of microgravity manufacturing I wasn't expecting. Discovery channel ain't got nothing on you guys. Hats of to y'all, and a massive thank you for making these videos.

[@westcheap]

"dollarydoos" Liked 👍

[@GAMBANJUJJJ]

HOLY SHIT THE FIBRE OPTIC! This is the main mcguffin in the book Artemis by Andy Weir. I can't believe its real!

[@AtomicFrontier]

ME TOO!! That's what got me started on the topic and could't believe it actually existed

[@superslimanoniem4712]

YES ZAFO OMG IT EXISTS?!

[@penguinkothe8323]

YES I was just about to comment this! that's insane!

[@a8495turtle]

I came here to say that too. That book is great.

[@jason2182]

I love your presentational style, use of video footage and the animations! Looking forward to seeing your channel continuing to grow!

[@RyanEglitis]

For the shot tower, you probably should have clarified how it works a little more. The height of the tower is needed to give the shot time to form into little spheres as they fall. They also fall into a cooling medium at the bottom, commmonly water, to freeze the shape.

[@stoneydixon4249]

That dog looked so confused when you knocked of the cup of water.

[@samarthjain5015]

This man gave this the quality of infotainment television channels.

[@JTapselicious]

Delicious content, legendary presenter.

[@c9k]

Very interesting, well produced. Keep it up mate

[@AtomicFrontier]

Thanks!

[@zrodger2296]

Q: if the molten lead balls are falling through air, wouldn't they form into a tear drop shape instead of a sphere? Is the drop tower depressurized to some extent? Or are they so small they still form a sphere even with the air resistance? But I must say: outstanding video! Subscribed!

[@AtomicFrontier]

Good question. Its a common misconception that falling liquids are "tear drop" shaped. In reality they're much more circular / oval. For the lead, its relatively high surface tension and low size (giving proportionally less drag) tends to pull it into a sphere. It's not quite perfect - but very good.

[@Megaranator]

also lead is heavy so it deals better with the drag

[@alinandolennemann4231]

nice video. it is not a topic focused on in a lot of videos. You put a lot of info into a compact time. Keep it up!

[@Danger_mouse]

Ah, I've been to the shot tower in Melbourne, but I had no idea what it was 🙂👍

[@mafiawerbung]

How do you not have a million views and subscribers?

[@michaelthompson9548]

Great Channel!!

[@Musikur]

There you go, I've been an stood in Melbourne Central/Daimaru dozens of times and looked at the shot tower, and never realised that that's how they made the shot.

[@patrick247two]

Thank you.

[@57thorns]

Actually, the speed of light in fiberoptics is too slow (about 2/3 c), so traders started using microwave links instead (one example is between Chicago and New York, but other such networks exist). But unless you find examples closer to home, I suspect this is not your area to cover.

[@hk5716]

the most underrated channel

[@DavidEstherby]

Fascinating, I read about the Fibre Optics in Andy Weir's book Artemis. Hadn't realised that the discovery that he had in written in Fiction was already reality.

[@Cyberguy42]

What do you mean? Fiber optics were widely used decades before that book was written.

[@DavidEstherby]

@@Cyberguy42 Referring to a technology theorised in the book, not the invention of Fibre optics, read my post properly before stating such a post.

[@Brick-Life]

ahha Melbourne Central always pass to take the train

[@renenoble139]

at 4:19 Tasmania has been removed making Australia look much better

[@57thorns]

Now that you have gained some traction, please do not change. Don't feel pressure to feed that algorithm or release more videos. Keep the trickle of high quality coming. The only "youtuberish" thing I might be interested in seeing is a presentation video of the team (you web site says "we", so I assume a bit here), why you started doing this and what the plans are for the future. But I did notice you are now aiming for a new video every two weeks, a huge increase compared to older history. Why? And how are you planning to to that.

[@AtomicFrontier]

Hi! Thanks for your interest. I like your idea of a 'meet the team' and 'direction' video (if you can help us get to 50K that would be a perfect special episode!), but "we" is really more of a royal "we" since it's just dad (music + camera) and me (all the rest) with some assistance accessing locations/ chemicals. Everyone involved is credited at the end of each video. We're never going to drop quality, but are keen to try out new things (e.g. the one-take video was really popular so expect more of those in the future). The increased production rate is facilitated by a) having a massive backlog of content that has been filmed but not edited (e.g. the next episode was shot in 2018, which accounts for the ridiculous location), and b) putting more time into videos (previously I was running a rocket team and writing a thesis). Thanks! - James

[@57thorns]

@@AtomicFrontier Thank you for the answers. It would be a pretty short video it seems. I am really impressed not just by the quality from this family cooperation,. but the fact that you can get to those places and get those permits at all.

[@peterwortmann]

another great vid

[@melody3741]

If this world ever becomes one where the massive unfathomably huge amount of fuel needed to launch parts becomes readily available this easily, we will no longer want for anything at all.

[@Enxuvjeshxuf]

melbourne!!

[@maxwalker1159]

Interesting

[@schlepper7125]

And here I was thinking micro gravity was just really small gravity

[@harriehausenman8623]

does this count?

[@AtomicFrontier]

Almost enough engagement. Maybe one more.

[@harriehausenman8623]

@@AtomicFrontier lemme see what I can do ;-) (before the masses come) *crossing fingers*

[@countrye3013]

For a second I thought this was gonna be about Uggs...

[@kirkc9643]

*ugg boots

[@tommyproductions891]

jam factory, melbourne

[@AlexJones-ue1ll]

Your neighbor "Bruce"? Sorry, can stop thinking of Monty Python now, eh, Bruce?

[@Lanzbik]

I’m getting Artemis vibes

[@LukelayAlt]

I think my comment keeps getting deleted, that or it disappears from the comment section for me only, could you take a look and see if it's being auto deleted? If the other comments are here and for some reason I just can't see them, then I apologize for the spam (this is my third comment)

[@AtomicFrontier]

Weird, I can't see them on "comments" or "held for review" so not sure where they're going. Sorry!! Will do some digging, wonder what KZbin is flagging

[@LukelayAlt]

@@AtomicFrontier How strange, well basically to summarize what my comment was; I was wondering if the latency from Melbourne to Perth was faster than the speed of light, my math may have been incorrect, but it seemed that way to me, it's hard to describe why I think this because it might just end up getting deleted again.

[@LukelayAlt]

Here's my original comment, maybe it works as a reply: The possibility of lower latency with ZBLAN makes me ecstatic, however something isn't right here... this has been keeping me up all night, so here is my 3AM math; You said it could make it from Melbourne to Perth (around 3000km) in just 14000th of second, which should be about 71.4 Microseconds or 23.8 Nanoseconds per Kilometer (71.4 / 3000), which would mean it would travel at 42,016,806,700 m/s which is faster than the speed of light (299,792,458 m/s) I mean, if somehow it is 23.8ns per kilometer then that would mean that anything below 42,000km would be in Microsecond latency, and anything below 42km would be in Nanoseconds, of course this is ignoring other factors that contribute to latency, but that is still absolutely crazy, I wish that was possible! Maybe it is? Maybe I got my math wrong?

[@LukelayAlt]

Didn't know how to find the answers to some things in a calculator, so I Googled these to find the answer: one fourteen thousandth of a second 23.8 nanoseconds per kilometer to meters per second They should provide the answer as if you used a calculator so yeah

[@AtomicFrontier]

I think I used 2700 km (direct path) so gives an average of 1.9E8 m/s with 3000 km giving 2.1E8 m/s. Not sure what my initial maths was, sorry.

[@rallyworld3417]

??

[@enochliu8316]

Dog, near water.