The Universe s04e08 Episode Script

Space Wars

In the beginning was the darkness.
Suddenly, an explosion occurred, which launched infinity Extension of the existence of time, space and matter.
Every day, new discoveries, revealed the enigmatic umopomrachitelni and deadly the secrets of the place we call Universe.
Projectiles with length Telegraph pillars are the snow from space and attacking targets on earth.
This will be the supreme switch the bunkers.
Lasers powerful enemies explode in all directions.
It struck him at the same time, see in the picture.
Rockets moving almost the speed of light detonate without the use explosives.
Approach to aimed at the destruction with the power of an atomic bomb without radiation.
Area drivers fight to the death in a very different kind of shootout.
This is not just science fiction this is the future of space Wars Universe.
UNIVERSE Space Wars We are 100 years into the future, space has become in the field of battle.
A colony of hostility on the moon and attacked the neighboring colonies.
The spacecraft Earth has a position after negotiations have failed.
Traveling through the Solar system and beyond people enter into the dispute and the danger of outbreak of war is as great as it was throughout human history.
Before the enemy colony take more innocent lives spacecraft using weapon with unimaginable power -- antimatter bomb.
Antimatter is the same like ordinary matter, but opposite charge.
Instead of negative electrons and positive protons Antimatter has positive negative electrons and protons.
When touched, the matter and Antimatter is destroyed each other the release of large energy.
When matter and antimatter is touch, are transformed into energy with 100% efficiency.
Nuclear weapons have efficiency around 1%.
The effectiveness of chemicals weapons is much less than 1%.
Regular warhead question simply exploded in contact with antimatter.
Antimaterialnata Pump a ball of antimatter involved in the electromagnetic field.
Just before the collision field is disabled.
Do not need anything else that of antimatter to get to and touch the desired location.
Then it will be converted into energy together with the place that touches the creation of a powerful explosion.
Another spacecraft in orbit around Earth enemy firing positions of small colony with laser weapons powerful.
The advantage of laser weapons moving the beam the speed of light.
You can use these rays travel long distances a very short time to hit the enemy before he was.
Light travels through universe of 300 000 km / sec.
Future laser weapons located in the orbit of the Earth only affect a second its objectives on the Moon which is 386 000 kilometers away.
That are 100 years the future does not mean that ordinary projectiles are missing.
They cause damage by brute force, Kinetic energy use to destroy its target.
If you accelerate an object at very high speed may not have is warhead because only the kinetic energy movement has its destructive force.
This asteroid crash into the planet The most serious is an object and moving faster, so more kinetic energy is maintained.
The kinetic energy equation speed takes precedence over mass because the mass is multiplied the square of speed.
If something moves twice as fast else with the same mass are four times higher kinetic energy.
Very high speed increase high kinetic energy.
Different amounts of kinetic energy is easy to see impact on target with the same projectiles moving at different speeds.
This expert on firearms launched in the same two shots.
The first will be with this weapon.
Secondly -- with this rifle.
With its long tube greater quantity of powder, muskets will be shot ball much faster.
First, gun fires a shot relatively low speed.
Musket shooting himself the ball faster.
The back of the target view damage the gun.
Now to see what damage muskets caused.
Many more kinetic energy produces a far greater damage.
In space no vacuum atmosphere it slows down.
Another ship of the Earth rocket into orbit the size of telegraph poles and constructed of solid metal underground base in the colony.
This is called "stroke of God.
After the initial project acceleration of gravity accelerates the rocket to more than You can start more serious objects with ever higher speeds and be capable of shooting down targets with the energy of an atomic bomb no residual radiation.
Heavy metal projectiles penetrate the lunar rocks the destruction of underground facilities.
No explosive substances the kinetic energy of the devastated region.
The effect is similar a collision with an asteroid leave a large crater.
Regardless of how advanced weapons in space will one of the fundamental principles of war and technology will be more effective.
I think it is inevitable human history is that the invention and use of weapons led to the response or creating most of these weapons.
This will be part of a cosmic war, how advanced.
Great protection against direct weapons such as lasers is a device that makes invisible spaceships as in "Star Trek.
" Then, the electromagnetic energy simply pass through the vessel.
But the technology for converting invisible spacecraft or the power to the destruction of large targets huge distances, far momentary beyond our capabilities.
There are currently no weapons in space.
However, over the next decade can be broken Space War.
Future space wars can be a little different.
I think I will start with antisatelitni and satellite systems satellites, missiles and robotic systems.
Delete satellite weapons can be the first step of cosmic war, because the satellites are already part for the maintenance of the land wars.
The United States is highly dependent on space.
Our armed forces can not do the job without satellites.
We use them for communications, navigation, all types of intelligence photo for signs.
Satellites are an essential element part of it.
Even the land required maneuvers very precise locations from GPS satellites.
Since 1997, China and the U.
S.
demonstrated the ability to destroy satellites in low orbit with rockets.
Both parties have destroyed a of its own satellites.
It is not easy at all, because satellites move with 27 000? /? several hundred km altitude N fast computers People do not have a chance.
Space satellite views a rocket is so difficult enough to hit the tennis ball for the enemy.
F.
Next to impossible But advanced technology not that hard.
The missiles have sensors that detect own location location of the target and possible changes and self--guided.
Imagine a tennis ball Adjustable same technology which changes its trajectory, to ensure the goal of the goal.
After the missile intercept satellite does not need a powerful explosion.
In fact, many antisatelitnite non--explosive missiles.
Deployed in space objects are very light because his dismissal is expensive.
To raise the material in 1 kg orbit, we need 100 liters of fuel.
Therefore, these objects very light and easy to destroy.
Effects on Earth of the future Space War would be cruel.
If the parties begin trigger foreign satellites problems affecting many large part of society, not only military.
Today's society is largely dependent on space.
What with our daily lives if we start to lose not only military but the public and satellites? Suddenly, ATMs and cell phones stop working.
Cards will be impossible.
Financial transactions worldwide using GPS signals will be suspended.
The whole world will be affected.
If space warfare out of control rockets can carry nuclear warheads in space to be sure the destruction of important goals.
But a nuclear explosion in space is very different It also leads to large the devastation of the Earth.
In today's arsenal is a weapon, that can be used massive space battles in the future.
Atomic bombs.
Anyone who has seen nuclear explosions on Earth difficult to recognize these explosions in space.
One of the scary things around nuclear explosions in space that are not as we expected.
Here we see a typical sponge but in the space where there is atmosphere and no clouds.
Instead, there will be no extension bladder to radiation and a bright flash as an outbreak of a small star.
In the first nanosecond, in all directions are scattered Gamma rays beam followed by expansion a cloud of radiation.
It will not blast he dropped the Earth Buildings because there is no atmosphere in space.
But the radiation field is spread faster and farther.
Radiation particles are like bullets travel long distances.
Gamma rays and neutrons can damage the very satellites and cause much damage.
The average size of nuclear bombs will destroy all satellites within a radius of 80 km.
Nuclear explosion in space is not destroy the device.
The astronauts passing through the rubble exploded a nuclear weapon subject to many high levels of radiation.
In particular, gamma rays radioactive decay of nuclei.
Interact the skin and cause cancer.
In addition, there are electrons and other particles from radioactive nuclei.
All these things cause damage to living tissue.
No wind and other atmospheric phenomena expand the area of keep dangerous radiation levels months.
Today's rockets can carry nuclear warheads in space.
Because of its impact on upper layers of the atmosphere, Some countries may decide use these weapons against each other, causing damage the surface.
When a nuclear weapon explodes above the Earth's atmosphere gamma--ray releases representing high--energy electromagnetic radiation, which the electrification of gases in the atmosphere.
The electrons are expelled of atoms and molecules and are directed downward very high speed.
This creates an incredible e--course which can lead to large differences in voltage and large electrical waves in our electrical equipment.
If the destination is the United States, shall be submitted a powerful electric field, known as "Electromagnetic Pulse (EMI) downward, like a large invisible ball lightning.
The event will destroy any electronics.
Nuclear Explosions Earth also create EMP but with limited scope.
Explodes above the atmosphere, atomic explosion can to devastate the country.
It is estimated that if the color pink with the capacity of one--megaton nuclear weapons most damage, if not all Electronics in the United States.
Damage caused by nuclear explosions the space of just a theory.
In the late 50's, at the height of the Cold War U.
S.
and the former Soviet Union became the first nations have used the space as a nuclear test site.
In 1962 one of the last test over the Pacific Ocean create EMP that damage the electronics New Zealand to Hawaii.
These electrical impulses can affect large areas, not only in the area just below the explosion.
Due to the wide dissemination of lesions both parties have left these tests after about 15--20 attempts.
To avoid damage on the apparatus friendly can be used more conventional weapons.
If security chief space station if you want a regular rifle outbreaks in the absence of oxygen and microgravity environment? Powder is oxidized only so that the gun is fired.
If bottomed drums bullets will have a shot.
Whether shotgun cartridge disposal and if the next cartridge is loaded not very safe.
I do not think the gun fire more than 2--3 times before it jammed.
Serious problem is that moving metal parts inside the gun need for lubrication.
The extreme conditions in space, it is likely interfere with lubrication.
For example, if the final gun direct sunlight nagoreshti will be very strong and the parties will be blind.
If there is sun the parties be frozen.
Lubricants are not very effective in the vacuum of space.
The biggest problem is they turn into small balls zero gravity and environments.
The astronauts show the same when drinking liquids in micro--gravity.
Instead of running uniformly liquids are divided into fields.
There is a system that will control well with the repulsion of the enemy -- electromagnetic barrel.
Track used firearms series of strong magnetic fields instead of gunpowder, to shoot bullets.
Current rail Arms can fire projectiles approximately three times faster than a bullet.
The idea of the rail gun Getting a shell can be metal or plastic but it is wrapped in foil to close the electrical chain between the two lanes.
The current magnetic field accelerates the rounds on the rails speed, some people is close to the speed of light.
This mechanism is, in some trains--shot and rolerkostari.
We have a number of magnets that was the site could be a train rolerkostar or a cosmic bullet.
Magnets remove to other, accelerating their movement until finally the subject of desired speed.
Mounted on a big spaceship rail gun can be part of our military arsenal in the future.
Large fires missiles with speeds of millions of km / h.
But if this tool to stop an alien civilization coming to destroy Earth? After 100 years, war ship can fire superskorostni with rail guns, infect their targets without explosives.
Hitting an opponent with Speed million km / h, will release a huge amounts of kinetic energy called "The energy of motion.
In 2008, S.
Army U.
test most powerful weapon railway we have.
Using a series of magnets and strong electric currents, The range of the guns at full power is 320 km.
Projectile motion 7 times faster sound, causing much damage.
We are very pleased that this thing is on our side.
This is a weapon that can to inflict major damage in the main city alien civilization.
Imagine a big ship with a rail tool that tracks the perimeter and outbreaks can large deposits the size of a car or a bulldozer.
Bullet velocity can reach This will create the kinetic energy can destroy the city.
This advanced rail gun far from our capabilities.
Are there other kinetic energy weapons to use in the near future? Remember that the size of rockets a telegraph pole, reaching the underground bunker on the moon? This weapon, known "God" shot " fairly simple and we use it, if war broke out in the coming decades.
Small rockets will be driven shells.
Rounds a large bar heavy metal compounds and heavy.
We can deduce that the orbit and toward the target.
Then we will gravity to accelerate it.
The ability of gravity objects to accelerate and increase its devastating power it can be shown One of the ancient weapons.
What kind of catapult Trebyusheto Sipe destruction from above.
Gravity accelerates objects such as rock a rate of 10 meters per second squared.
We take the stone and run it.
It fell to less than Secondly, what it means that missed speed of 10 m / sec.
But if that launched trebyusheto the same stone, for every second that passes, accelerates the speed of 10 m / sec.
Second in the second reach 20 m / s in the third -- 30 m / sec.
When you fall, it will more damage.
This stone fly for about 5 seconds which means during the impact fluctuated around 50 m / sec.
This creates more momentum energy, leaving a large crater.
In the battle broke after 100 years Rocket fired at the moon trebyushe precedence over the earth.
Since the Moon has no atmosphere booster rocket until the moment of impact on groundwater colony enemy bunker.
Enters the lunar rocks and destroy the bunker.
What if the Moon Impact turn enemies and performance of such Rocket to Earth? Earth's atmosphere to slow the rocket but if this is enough to protect our underground headquarters? Upon entering the atmosphere moves to 25 times the speed of sound.
Crossing the atmosphere will be delayed but if they reach the surface freeze will be deep, speed, since even will be around 9000 km / h.
The energy created in very small space and a very short time is equivalent to a small atomic bomb.
This missile would very penetrating force and will be perfect switch the bunkers.
As impressive have speeds of "divine shock" and rail guns, nothing can be measured Laser Speed -- Lasers are always is a favorite weapon in science space battles.
The idea of having your own laser is very attractive.
When I was 12, I I wanted to have a laser.
The kids love it playing with toys.
There is something very funny the idea of a gun , Which is quick, painless, sudden and effective.
What exactly is the laser? Lasers are something like technologically advanced flashlight, the radiating smooth.
This creates many strong irradiation.
Ordinary light from the flashlight or the sun is chaotic.
It is inconsistent, the waves are not synchronized and most of them are neutralized.
We see the remains, should not be neutralized.
Most visible laser beams have a particular color, because the waves only within this range are ready.
Different types of lasers cause other damage.
This green laser Laser Laboratory Stamfordskiya University pulses in strong pulses.
Manga does not generate much heat, a strong electric field.
The field of this laser is strong enough atoms break to give its electrons and degrades the various materials.
Strong electric field breaks even the air molecules, coming together again between pulses.
Then radiates energy and we see light.
Something like a thunderbolt.
These strong fields very efficiently damaged electrical appliances.
In fact, the laser beam is so powerful that damages our camera During the recording of these images.
Dust particles in the air became part of the drive to the lens which left a permanent mark green light sensor in the camera.
Another laser lab demonstrate the power of prolonged irradiation.
This is an infrared beam that is not visible to the human eye but the visible damage.
Develop something like the military, only around is that its There is an objective and passes in the beam is concentrated at that point.
If you put something there see it burned beams high temperature.
The result is a smooth cut This piece of cardboard.
Future laser weapons work the same way.
Fans of science films were surprised if you really know how to act laser weapons in space.
In science fiction often we see a long beam while in reality radiation will be very short, because the light the object is faster.
If someone is in your destination laser, you will have to very quickly.
Should react when they see your finger to reduce the trigger.
Otherwise, you instant success.
In the vacuum of space, even the rays of the arms using visible light not be visible.
The reason to see This laser beam is particle hits dust in the air.
In space no such particles and the beam will be visible.
It can only be seen damage to the target.
Because sound can not be distributed in a vacuum, these sound effects movies will.
While space laser weapons does not appear to sounds like in the movies are fast and deadly the battlefield.
How a glance Battlespace? You'll have to see it, to believe.
No other weapon is not inspiring high--energy lasers.
It is possible that after several decades Lasers can lie satellites in close orbit.
There is no faster than laser weapons moving beam, with 300 000 km / sec.
The creation of such powerful weapons is a really serious issue.
If the operation of weapon We just need electricity This gives us a lot.
When it comes to large implements warship we will need, projectiles and gunpowder but can not reach us.
If only the use of electricity not to think about transport missile and space keep them.
Laser penetration weapons in the battles of the Earth is a matter of days.
In 2008 and 2009 air U.
S.
Forces conducted experiments Weapon known as "The laser system air.
It launched a powerful laser the nose of a Boeing 747 modified identifying and objectives of the track, and may kill precision beam energy.
It is capable of reproducing very powerful beam.
The aircraft flies at high altitude and can shoot up overthrown fired missiles like a missile system.
Over time learn how to create more compact laser systems.
We can build them into satellite and to destroy missiles entering the atmosphere.
Infect their targets speed of light The laser is the ideal weapon for spacecraft.
The future space battles you've seen the movies, not have much in common air battles of today.
A 200 years in the future.
Cargo ships and passengers warships are on their way to Mars when they are attacked by space Pirates looking for easy prey.
Today, in order raised in the air they need the wings of airplanes.
This makes them less maneuverable and shift more difficult.
The space is different.
The vessel may be and drew a sharp maneuver.
These things are easy, when there is no atmosphere.
While pirates have attacked convoys strange looking guards try to stop them.
Ideally, small and many motors and sensors.
No environment and friction is not a problem.
Vessel is rotated 360 degrees and firing in all directions.
Will be manageable.
In these vessels, strange combatants in the vacuum of space, the movements very different that air battles of the Earth.
There will be much more abrupt movements.
Can suddenly shoot right or left maintain direction movement.
It will be capable of firing direction fearless may cause some lesions on the planet.
But without the atmosphere to stop vessels Can they high--speed mode pilots begin break down? This makes us ask, Nicholas B.
by Zegler, Illinois: "How fast human atoms start to decompose? Nicholas, is related to your question A common misconception.
It turned out that atoms are stable at any speed Because from their perspective, that are at rest.
However, if people are dying subjected to accelerated greater than 10 g.
I would say 10 is the maximum g acceleration in interstellar travel.
But how can you have the strength in g in the vacuum of space where there is almost no gravity? It comes down to "the principle of equivalence of Einstein key part of the general the theory of relativity.
The principle states that gravity and acceleration are equivalent.
When the elevator rises passengers feel additional gravity pressure on the floor.
If you move too fast in space and doing maneuvers Sharp leave your brain in the skull that can kill.
Would you like Steering ship system To protect you from such maneuvers.
Future can voennonachalnitsi decide to continue fighting without pilots.
How you look unmanned space battle? Due to the complexity and danger space battles pilots can never not to participate.
Imagine a pirate ship trying to seize cargo ship until all the people stay major vessels.
Imagine Large Ship management involved in a fight with another vessel operated by human beings.
We will not send soldiers.
It sends a small, maneuverable the spacecraft the size of a suitcase that would be undetectable to enemy be attached to it and will explode.
This will be the right approach.
Manned warships can It would be inappropriate, laser, but it is likely participate in the wars in space although there have some difficulties.
We are 30 years into the future.
Attempts to destroy ground--based enemy satellite with a laser.
Before reaching its target, the beam must cope with the atmosphere.
Have you looked into his face put a straw in a glass of water? It seems that the straw is bent the water surface.
The result is so because it refracts light from one medium to another.
Laser passes through the atmosphere have the same problem.
When the laser target from the surface into space should take into account how that the atmosphere bends the light.
Laser weapons located space will be much more effective logging in satellites or ships.
There is no atmosphere in space and therefore and no stray light in passing in the atmosphere.
But while scientists do not think of a powerful and energy of light in space laser will sufficient power.
The same power problem probably deprived soldiers space lasers.
Although not the creation of a nuclear reactor the size of a phone battery not be able to use weapons, because serious damage.
We would not like Captain Kirk, that destroys enemies with a laser gun.
This is much needed energy.
If lasers are not the dominant weapons in space in future how the battle would be lunar surface after 100 years? Two colonies were MFIP and war has broken out.
Could you imagine it will be very brief.
The environment is very hostile It's pure luck that you live.
Detachment, the enemy attack colony will be very small, due to the harsh conditions and the high cost of removing people and equipment in space.
For the same economic reasons the colony will be built lightweight materials.
Too expensive to send stainless steel or some armor.
First Colony will be very fragile.
Even a simple attack can be very effective.
I think the correct approach would sneak someone for the purpose I put a bomb and then disappears.
Small rockets fired someone is going to be very effective.
It would be easy to kill anyone f.
But if the assassination team not liquidate the colony from the first time may follow a counter--attack.
In the vacuum of space, and the smallest the wound can be fatal.
If the space suit breaks, there will be no leaks.
And what was broken suit Drilling and probably the people in it.
How are you first aid? In the far future space wars may be beyond human beings and machines.
However, the destructive power of natural phenomena in the universe is much more powerful of any weapon.
Hundreds of years into the future, extraterrestrial civilization Mars used as base for your next the invasion of Earth.
You can imagine asteroid deflection Drifting through the solar system to hit Mars.
You can imagine impact of an asteroid with a missile that deviate slightly the trajectory of his so after a few laps falls on Mars.
Inevitably, there is a transformation space into a battlefield? Can our progress leading--edge technologies be followed by progress in the minds and our self--preservation? People always thought overcome some day their desire for conflict.
We have not yet here and no I think we will succeed in space.
Most countries have already signed etc "Outer Space Treaty" of 1967 It is said that the space Moon and other planets will be visited by peaceful.
With the increased space travel in the future and the discovery of valuable resources beyond the Earth if the contract will be respected? Only time will tell if this arsenal of weapons in space drive our future, or the fiction that we can avoid.

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