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USAF. (2003). The US Air Force transformation flight plan.
Preston, R., Johnson, D. J., Edwards, S. J., Miller, M. D., & Shipbaugh, C. (2002). Space weapons earth wars. Rand Corporation.
Wright, D., Grego, L., & Gronlund, L. (2005). The physics of space security. A Reference Manual, Cambridge.
DeBlois, B. M., Garwin, R. L., Kemp, R. S., & Marwell, J. C. (2004). Space weapons: crossing the US Rubicon. International Security, 50-84.
Baucom, D. R. (2017). The Rise and Fall of Brilliant Pebbles 1. In United States Military History 1865 to the Present Day (pp. 329-376). Routledge.
Hitchens, T., & Samson, V. (2004). Space-based interceptors: still not a good idea. Georgetown journal of international affairs, 21-29.
National Research Council. (2012). Making sense of ballistic missile defense: An assessment of concepts and systems for US boost-phase missile defense in comparison to other alternatives. National Academies Press.
Borger, J. (2005). Bush likely to back weapons in space. The Guardian, 19.
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Written by Petr Lebedev, Derek Muller, and Emily Zhang
Filmed by Trenton Oliver, Derek Muller, Petr Lebedev, Emily Zhang, Raquel Nuno, and Eddie Lopez
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Edited by Trenton Oliver
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
The fact that they didn't seem to anticipate that a weight dangling from a helicopter on a tether would be swinging all over the place is ... odd to say the least.
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rod swinging wildly back and forth on the helicopter
everyone: "wow I can't believe that missed the target."
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Well... watched 30 seconds of this video and realized that them testing the "rods from god" idea was actually just them dropping a subsonic projectile, that lacks stabilization, onto a sand castle.
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I like to imagine that Adam Savage just materializes whenever something fun like this is happening in the desert
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I'm shocked at how little thought went into properly testing this idea, especially when compared to the amount of money and number of people involved.
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What is hillarious about this. Is that they took no steps to make it more practical. Like how hard it would have been to add fins to the rods. Or even reduce the tether length to reduce the pendulum motion. Hell even install a camera to the belly of the helicopter so it can be aimed that way.
This feels like they were only barely prepared for this. Which is shocking considering how much money went into making it.
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This might be one of the most unproffseional carried out experiments ive ever seen
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Wish there was a point in the experiment that the goal switch from accuracy to "lets see how big crater get from dropping really high" and proceed to have everyone really far away until it lands.
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My favourite part is where Adam Savage appears out of nowhere, as if desert explosion tests just summon him 😂
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Dangling heavy objects from ROPES high up under an undulating, gyrating, helicopter and expecting ANY degree of accuracy. UMMM…..
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Imagine going through all of this work, spent all that money, and got all of these people together to make this video and not thinking of putting stabilizing fins on the object you are dropping from 500m
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Kinda surprised that nobody realized that this was never going to work. Id expect this from a Mr. Beast video but not Veritasium. Usually he simulates outcomes with equations before going into the field to test.
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Genuinely shocked at the scant amount of forethought that went into something with a budget this large.
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This was a fun watch but the fact they watched the weight swing around and yet just kept thinking they were missing cause they weren't lined up was infuriating
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I still find it funny he called it Project Thor, given how he was the only "Thunder god" to NOT throw lightening bolts at people, ever.
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why on earth did you hire a team of pro sand castle builders, and then have them spend all their time making more accurate looking buildings, rather than just 10x the number of them so you wouldn't have to worry about missing them??
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This seemed like a "lot of money, not a lot of thought" video. No one thought about how the rods were going to hit their targets until the day of?? Fins are a bare minimum, you could have even done some gps-based bang bang course corrections with an arduino or something. Of course then you are basically designing a precision guided bomb like Mark Rober noted in his egg drop video.
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As a retired military aviation specialist, I've had firsthand experience with the complexities of dropping objects from altitude, particularly missiles. When you release something from a high altitude, it doesn't simply drop straight down. Various factors influence its trajectory. First, there's the forward momentum; whatever you're dropping is initially moving at the same speed as the aircraft. Then, wind plays a significant role; higher altitudes can have stronger and often different wind directions than at ground level. Additionally, Earth's rotation affects trajectories over long distances—a phenomenon known as the Coriolis effect. Lastly, the design of the object, such as a missile, includes aerodynamics intended to guide it towards a target, but this guidance must account for all these factors to be accurate. It's a complex interplay of physics, requiring precise calculations and adjustments for successful deployment.
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Almost like you made a video about a subject without even thinking about it for a second 😂
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@sungi7833
1 year ago
As someone from the military. I assure you, this is not their worst idea.
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