Neil deGrasse Tyson reacts to US intel that Russia could attempt to deploy a space-based weapon
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- Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson joins CNN's Abby Phillip to discuss US intelligence that Russia is developing anti-satellite capability. #CNN #News
More scientists and less politicians
Our senate should be scientists, doctors, innovators, experts and such.
@@bestlaidplans4511 ...and poets, sociologists, builders, farmers, musicians, taxi-drivers, writers, boxers, the unemployed, the sick and infirm - and home-makers and seamstresses, and pilots and body-builders and oil barons. But it isn't. And it won't be. Ever. Because people just let others to do that shit. And the only ones attracted to doing it are the narcissists. Get the money out of politics and democracy 'for the people, by the people' might actually have a chance of materialising.
They would just become politicians… human nature
@@bestlaidplans4511A civilisation if technocrats
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Producers made a mistake. His rational response, gently sprinkled with skepticism, is not going to cause the required amount of panic among viewers.
I know, it's kind of funny. They probably killed a ton of clicks and views by doing this
I love your comment. Very well said.
100 percent this is about stoking fear so we find the military more
His overall arrogance will also not do a good job at that too.
@@drdanimals Why?
Neil basically is saying it's being blown out of proportion. No pun intended.
and you dont need nuclear for that either! just morally bankrupt producers
Neil has a special gift for cutting through the noise and boiling down complex science into bite size pieces for the average person to comprehend. Thank you Neil deGrasse Tyson!
Yo!!! 👊🏾🇳🇬🇺🇸
Yeah, like telling us that wearing a muscle shirt makes you more male and wearing makeup makes you more female. Thank you, Neil.
Actually, other than his line of work, he's an idiot. The trans debate interview with Bill Maher proved that.
LOLOLOL
Yeah found NDTs burner
Dude us cringe af
When last did he do astro physics or any science at all?
When the networks storyline of playing with your emotions to get you to react to fear gets frozen by pure intellect. Neil once again not only a national treasure but one of the greatest treasures in the history of mankind. Please give this man a standing ovation! 🙏
Finally, someone intelligent explaining this and what it could mean..
Neil is overrated, but he’s kindaaa alright
Saber rattling by Russia because they know they can't handle any wars. Can't even take over a smaller country and they're expected to be the world's 2nd superpower? lol.
This guy is a fraud
@@PepeCoinMania you're a fraud. Neil may not be an active scientist, but this guy has studied his field, worked in it, made good contributions, and then became a science communicator. go check his PHD work for example, this guy knows about space.
@@CodepageNet good call, always gets me how youtube trolls declare actual experts as fraud's..
I'm a simple man... I see a thumbnail for a video featuring Dr. Tyson ... I click on it.
I could listen to him forever
Explanation coming from this propaganda artist.. multiple testaments to his ability to placate with articulation.. Doctorate in theoretical physics, I.e. meta cognition for losers that are willing to simp for grant money
Yes, you are a simple man
@@bobsilentjay7169 🦨👃
@@bobsilentjay7169like you?
Tyson's intelligence and cleverness are beyond my comprehension, but, maybe because I've read his books, I had kind of acknowledged many of his crucial points before hearing them now. Still, it's always lovely to see him educating people on air.
Thanks for having him and giving the important clarification on the topic matter.
Funny he realized it was probably an EMP device in the middle of the interview..
Also funny, all the viewers who came here to express how they are so glad they should not be worried. Learn some history folks. We came close to nuclear war multiple times in history. If a clear first strike advantage could be assured, a nuclear attack becomes more likely
Folks should also question why CNN doesn’t interview an expert on space weapons.
@@keim3548 Like Who? Other than Personalities that claim to have some Expertise. Space Weapons has never been anything that has been put in to use. Its been a Sci Fi thing and conspiracy thing. Until now. Even our Own military rely on Experts LIKE him for this very thing.
I can not confirm nor deny that I have peed in my own bathtub
if I don't own the bathtub, then does that count?
@@mysterymayhem7020 Correction. I can not confirm nor deny that I have peed in the bathtub that me and my bank co-own.
The Ceramic Glomar
I took a dumb in my bathtub once but never pissed in there.
@@brb__bathroom*Bank of America leaves the chat In approval
Neil always light me up with the way he explains space stuff.
Especially when he throws in a little bit of pissing in the bathtub 😅
Is it just me or is the reporter trying her best to make Neal agree there's more to this than he's expressing to her?
It's just you from where I'm standing. I did not sense her trying to exacerbate the topic.
I noticed too. It's not just you
No, she was just trying to express humility noting that there are aspects of the issue that we are not aware of, but this is not compatible with Neil D Tyson because he's an arrogant know it all asshole who interrupts her before she can even finish her sentence. Look again.
Well, its CNN, manufacturer of lies, outrage, and panic.... so.... you tell me
No man she's trying to get him to look at her boobs.
Neil is one of the best. Really appreciate you having him on the show.
Neil was like this is so stupid lol
Neil debunked this so well. Valid points. Good interview.
He didn't debunk it. He basically said he doesn't know what Putin is doing. Neil talked about things he thought wouldn't make sense to do. But he can't know what they are up to. It's Russia, and Putin and his military do not care about clutter in space. They only care about destroying American capabilities in space.
One thing i thought of is that in a world where RTGs exist and are valid ways of powering spacecraft, describing it as "nuclear powered" seems like simple scaremongering.
@@milkdrinker7 agreed
@@Leshic2 look, anything sent to orbit, made of matter, is a potential threat to satellites. It's honestly not too hard to do, and Russia and China both have the ability to destroy or disable GPS satellites should they want to. They refrain for several reasons, not the least of which is because it would be an act of war, and ICBMs don't need GPS to hit their preprogrammed destinations. The US military would not be decapitated so easily and definitely has plans for disabling other geopositioning systems even in a second strike after theirs goes down.
If it works as well as his main battle tank we've got nothing to worry about.
True. It would also represent an enormous source of graft within the Russian kleptospace.
This is old news! Russia has already stationed a bunch of space cannons in orbit. Using the advanced turret tossing launch system.
Everything Russia builds is faulty.
@@abrakkehakka1357 I think you might have confused that with COD Ghosts
On top of that, the weapon is not a cannon, in theory is a pulse that disrupts and fries all other satellites. Do you even watch the videos before commenting?
@@koiguidenishikigoi4972 Says the Russia troll. Reminder: Russia can't build anything more sophisticated than a nand circuit without importing Western Technology and chips.
Putin knows when we hear his name in a sentence with the word nuclear it shakes us.
Biden know that and use it to scare you. Nowhere in russian news you can find such stupid nonsense. We have one of the best physics schools and all about nukes in space is total shit. Much easier to send a bucket with nails and explode it, effect will be almost the same in meaning of destruction satellites . Why to pay more. This fairytale about Star wars was popular in Reagan reign, and reason was the same, history repeating itself.
Abby Phillip is brilliant!
As if "Jewish space lasers," weren't already keeping me at night😅😂😂?
@@jamessean6541😂
Jewish space lasers are blue, high in the spectrum. Muslim space lasers are infrared. Christian tends to be green. Atheists say fuck it an launch ionized particle beams. Or conventional kinetic weapons.
@@jamessean6541😳😱😱😱
So dangerous! I think the only thing that can save the US is a big, beautiful wall, like an extraordinary wall, you know… between the ground and space and we will send Elon to Mars so he can make the Marsians pay for it.
LOL 😂@@jamessean6541
6:00 Awwwn he was looking forward to meet her in person and she just thanked him for the Astrophysics 💔
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She’s dealing with intuition and can see through all that fake science talk….
missed opportunity
I'd be heartbroken myself.
Dr. Tyson is one of my VERY favorite people!
Cheers Neil
Probably the only CNN video I watched more than 3 minutes of😂
Sounds like a job for Space Force!
Sppppaaaaaccceee Faaarce!
Hahahahaha
Thunderbirds!
Кто о чем, а вшивый про баню
Libs in 2018: HAHAHA Space Force! What an idiot!!
Libs in 2024: THANK GOD FOR SPACE FORCE!!!
NDT is a national treasure 😎
:) Always has been, always will be.
Non Destructive Technology.... We must very much guard that technology, friends.
@@Peethemayan4516 :) Too late, it has already been released into the environment... And I like it!
It would be very much like Americans to treasure garbage.
@@majorpwner241 Hmm... not sure which part of "pwning" you didn't understand...?!
This is someone I could listen to for quite some time. Very interesting.
He has a podcast (since like 2011 or something crazy)
Startalk is his podcast. It's a great listen anytime I'm in the car for more than 10-15 minutes. It's also on CZcams.
@@Alundil_55 Going to check that out. Thank you!
@@m4yd1e86 ha has been at the Joe Rogan experience also. Good stuff.
Good show Neal. Smartly done.
"Well there must be something more Neil, because I need something sensational to sell this story and you are giving me boring and practical." -every news outlet
How about sharks with laser beams attached to their heads swimming in space?
lol 💀
I think their eyes should be lasers, so they shoot lazer beams out of their eyes. But I think it would be cooler if they were bears, and not sharks. Or possibly the bears should ride the sharks into battle, I think you can train them.
@@CrazyGaming-ig6qqPenguins too
Calm down, Dr. Evil.
@@majorpwner241 Or what? You can't stop us, we're invincible muahahhaa!
The reporter was confused about what to ask after being clearly answered that he was skeptical, because scientifically it was ineffective and could harm Russia itself.
You're confused about confusion. Abby asks Niel questions that she feels viewers might want answered. That's her job. She may understand an issue, but wants to make sure it's made clear - to viewers - by the interviewee.
@@catkeys6911 You may be right, but asking more than twice about the same thing shows that the questioner is confused. But maybe this is just my bias towards Americans, who always feel that Russia, China, etc. are a threat to the world. And America is a world peacemaker, not the cause or trigger of many wars in the world to maintain dominance. Peace ;))
It’s the same principle as nuclear weapons in general. No sane person would use them. But Putin is becoming more unstable so it’s still worthwhile we consider the possibilities
@@thl205 Putin is ruthless? There is no secret agent who is not trained to be ruthless, let alone a notorious secret service chief. There are many people, including Navalny, who have fallen victim to the cruelty of the Putin regime. We can even say that he has gone a bit psyco. However, does he have to hurt the country he loves with irreversible consequences? I think not. It is precisely the American leader who knowingly actually used the Atomic Bomb, Agent Orange, Clusters Bomb, etc., and only later, after having better weapons, did America and its allies ban the use of these dangerous weapons.
@@demit007 She doesn't actually do that. She's trying to be a help for viewers, asking questions that she may already know the answer to, herself, but needs Neil to say it for the viewers, just in case. Don't be hittin' on my favorite anchor and political correspondent. I will have Ra, the Sun God, give you a sun burn.
Neil is making the mistake of assuming that Moscow will act rationally.
Well if russia would be irrational I wonder if it nukes kyiv if western countries would act rational and don't start a nuclear Armageddon
Exactly!
They did at one time
If they're anything like how the US/NATO acted in precipitating the current war, then good luck.
What do you expect
Más entrevistas así ! Please 🙏
This was not just a great discussion, it was essential coverage. When Neil said "it's like peeing in your own bathtub" that was SO classic Neil on how he is wonderfully clear or joyful about science. I wouldn't last but maybe 20 minutes in a science discussion with him; but on the faith route, it would be a blast to talk. Also, Abby Phillip is such a talent and a beauty. Neil is such a genius, so it was easy to digest. The 21st century is getting bumpy and it's repeating the past in a more technological way with the same dangerous and forces of the past politically and militarily. Neil is the Arthur C. Clarke of our age on the science side. God love him.
Thanks for this interview.
I’ve been a fan of Dr. Tyson since I was a kid, and he's like fine wine. He just gets better and better with age.
Tell him there are only 2 genders he's not too bright
Same. He's a national treasure. When they put him on a stamp I'll buy them.
😂😂
So long as he's stored horizontally.
No
Thank you for this news segment. It was soooo much more educational and helpful than some politician who has no idea about the reality of the situation. Thanks Neil. And Abby.
Politicians know way more than you can imagine, except that they're all bought and paid for so they're never going to give us the whole picture of it's not in their master's or masters' best interest to let them tell it the way it is... Dangerous and stupid are the best names for the ba$tards.
There is an international agreement to not place weapons in space.
All countries keep agreements, until they want to go to war
The cold war ended partly due to Reagan tricking the USSR into believing that the US was investing in a massive space defense systems with lasers that could take out intercontinental missiles. The USSR simply couldn’t afford to invest in something similar. They could hardly afford their nuclear arms resources. One of the reason to why Gorbachov wanted a deal that would dismantle all of the US and the USSRs nuclear arsenal. And Reagan, going for economic chess mate, said no to such a deal.
Anyway, communism then collapsed when Hungary couldn’t afford to keeping its boarder to Austria intact. And the USSR also could help Hungary out economically. East Germans found out and began to travel to Hungary (since travel between the communist nations was way less restricted) where they rather unproblematic could escape to Austria (and then easily to West Germany). No idea to have a wall in Berlin when people began to understand it was easy to get around, and there was little possibilities to hinder people from taking the “Hungarian route”. Therefore the wall and communism fell. The western intelligence service was however “fooled” this time. They should really have noticed the increased flow of East German refugees through Hungary-Austria and asked themselves why this is.
@@abrakkehakka1357 There was still a treaty to not place weapons in space or on celestial bodies. Just because Reagan chose to ignore it doesn't mean it didn't exist.
@@mgreg8134 Yes, there was/is indeed an agreement. And stationing weapons in space would snot only violate those, but lead to a weapons race that would be costly, but that Russia wouldn’t be able to win economically or technologically.
To my knowledge Reagan always talked about plans for a “star wars” system. But the trick seems to have been effectively enough to affect the communists economical strategies. My thoughts were just some history, not about defending some Russian crap. I would believe Putins propaganda machine is working overtime to accomplish a similar trickery. Anything to get the US to divert funds somewhere else than towards Ukraine.
@@abrakkehakka1357 Wow that makes sense. They want to collapse the US the same way the US collapsed the USSR. I always thought Putin was plotting something. I never trust empires from either side. The world is simply gangs colliding with each other to accumulate more power. No goodies or badies. They're all the same shit.
I like how Neil shuts down the fear mongering 😆 The anchor was grasping at something for the audience to continue to be afraid of 😂
The interviewer is really pushing to try and make it seem more scary than it is.
Neil is so awesome
The Goldeneye
At least this was an informative interview
politics
Polotics
Putin is a real life Bond villain 😂
It's not even funny
America and it’s need for inventing cartoonesque villains 😅
Or the real life James bond
is it just me or the interviewer really wants the threat to be real
we as a nation have actually assumed that the Russians had space based stuff since the 90's
Dude is super smart. We are lucky to have his support
Nuclear EMP bomb would be very scary
A cobalt nuke, more so
Not in space. But extremely easy on land and just a handful slipping in to the U.S. would put us back to the bronze age.
It would completely destroy society
@Fabio-ew3sh To some extent, however, many military systems are hardened against EMP attacks. We should have always been hardening all systems against EMP and Coronal Mass Ejections because it is not just other nation states that attack electronics but nature attacks electronic systems as well.
Only to the unprepared. For the year long practiced Prepper Game On 👍
Bet they regret putting him on. He quickly debunked all the fear mongers.
One of the great challenges in life, is knowing enough about cosmology to think that makes you someone who should weigh in on politics...but not enough about politics to know you're wrong.
Somebody let MTG know that there are now Commie space lasers!
😂😂😂
...controlled by Hunter Biden.
Yes and perhaps let her know funding Ukraine is a good idea.
The threat from Russia -
Secure our Nation's interests in, from, and to space. The Space Force protects our country and the freedom to operate in space, keeping it secure, stable and accessible for military space power and new waves of innovation. Wait a minute that is the mission statement of trump created US Space Force. Of course Russia would create a SF to fight in the war declared by trump.
You mean that they stole from Soros and the Rothchilds!?!
Hail King Neil 🤴 ❤
Russia has to gets drones from Iran and we think they are about to deploy weapons in space? Give me a break 😂😂😂😂😂
For years US astronauts had to go to Russia in order to get to the International Space Station. I don't see any humor in this situation.
And missiles from North Korea 😂
Some drones, but Russia already had Lancet's. Over 700 attacks by just Lancets has been documented.
Ya but, Star Wars, Space Force; what did you think it would be just us?
Two people here that are great at their jobs.Bravo CNN.
Nice guy and well explained.
EMPs are an area weapon, not specifically targeted.
Satellites that cannot adjust their orbits due to imminent collision become a great hazard to space access.
And this is why I think you will see greater manuevering capability being built in for satellites - it already exists to maintain stable orbit, but I think some extra will be added for this contingency, especially spy satellites. At the speeds involved it will be difficult for a kinetic kill weapon to intercept, even with its own manuevering thrusters.
Kind of like in WW2 when ships used to zig-zag to avoid torpedos when they suspected there were enemy submarines in the area.
@@praphael Directed-Space EMPs formed part of the plot of Goldeneye James Bond film.
Most of today’s young adults don’t know that because they didn’t see the film. You all just remember the Goldeneye game for the N64 from when you were kids.
@@Ryan_Christopher EMP CAN be Directional. At low power. Problem with that for a range weapon is that it also Dissipates at low range. The LOWEST range a satellite can be and maintain orbit is about 1,200 miles up. Thats Very low orbit and for a light weight satellite requires movement at about 18,000 miles an hour. Orbiting in 12 hours. So would only be over US for like 30 Min.
A 10 Megaton Nuke which would give off a EMP WAY bigger than we can control. Would have a range of 1,000 with 1,500 as the outside very low effect area. That would not be more than enough to Jam Some radio frequencies. Disrupt Cell service ect. Would not really effect most modern tech outside of some temp Communication disruption. As most is at least Lightly Shielded. (EMP can also happen in any Explosion with high Electricity. Like a Transformer Blowing But the Range is super short.)
Now the Thing to watch out for would be a 10 megaton or more nuke Detonated 200-400 miles up. That Could be REALLY problematic. That is the EMP pulse military is actually worried about. But Launching a Nuke or aiming one well from a low orbit satellite would be insanely hard. And it would have most likely been damaged or Burned up in Atmo before reaching the height. Not to mention that it would be way to heavy to have on a Low orbit satellite.
I agree with Neil. Something else is going on. It eaither has a different purpose than we think or its mostly just to rile us up with Russia shaking its fist.
More Dr. Tyson please. 😊
Having EMP in orbit seems like a strategic thing in order to potential disable electronics without prior alert.
I like how Neil basically said they're overreacting
Don't worry, everyone. The space force is on the rescue!
Space Farce*
Oh great, we're saved.🙄
Thank you CNN this must be discussed more widely.
His book, Accessory to War is an excellent read! I devoured the 500 pages that put so much of our technological evolution in perspective. The detailed description of why pursuing space-based weapons is a fools errand.
Neil theGrass Tyson is Chewbacca, that's how he knows about space.
Neil stopped short of saying STOP SPREADING PROPAGANDA!
Fun fact….USAF tested the F15 back in the 80s for anti satellite warfare. It worked quite well.
EKV by Lockhead in the 60s-70s for Satellite and ICBM defence.
Or Sprint Missile in the 50s also great ICBM defense.
But like he said, smashing satellites is like peeing in your own bathtub. Hence the USAF stopping all ASAT tests after that one time.
@@Ryan_Christopher
If your North Korea or Iran your don’t have a bathtub to pee in.
@@falconeaterf15 Literally...
Just ordered his book…he’s very interesting.
remember russia's "nuclear tsunami" submarine? I'm not too worried
The idea of a man-made tsunami belongs to the famous human rights activist academician Sakharov. The idea was rejected by the Soviet military as inhumane. I think there are ordinary missiles with a nuclear warhead in robotic submarines.
well it was putin that kept gloating about it, and the russians don't seem particularly slowed down by something being "inhumane"@@VOVARUS
@@jamesdawson2510And they would use this in Ukraine how? Its not hard to make and technically we can do it but it would be too inhumane. There are many reasons as to why they are not using their nukes of any kind in Ukraine, and hope to god they never will.
They actually threatened the UK with it@@MelkorTolkien
@@jamesdawson2510 Threatening and using are two different things.
Love me some Neil. I have this book and it is a great read. Highly recommend people read it.
18,000 mph huh? So the guys at the ISS are just outside of it while spinning 18,000 mph and other satellites and debris moving past at unfathomable speeds?
Your speed is relative to the object that is in orbit. Which is why you’re tethered to that object
In 2018, Johnson and a group of Republicans wanted to show their patriotism by spending the 4th of July celebrating America's independence in Moscow.
In 2018, eight republican lawmakers celebrated the 4th of July inMoscow: Senator Richard C. Shelby of Alabama, who led the delegation, along with Senators Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, John Neely Kennedy of Louisiana, Steve Daines of Montana, North Dakota’s John Hoeven, Jerry Moran of Kansas, South Dakota’s John Thune, and Rep. Kay Granger of Texas. The dubious reason they gave for the trip was “engagement."
The group met with a number of RussianAgents, and keyRussian officials, including foreign minister and former RussianAmbassador to the US, the two who 14 months earlier were photographed by the RussianPress yukking it up with Trump in the Oval Office, the day after Trump fired Comey for daring to do his job of investigatingRussian interference in our elections. To this day, we have no way of knowing what was discussed during their visit toMoscow, as the media was barred from the closed-door meetings, much to the delight of the GloatingRussians.
Thank you for this interesting insight to these insurrectionist supporters of tRUMP & Putin.
All from states with strategic military assets. Hmmmm… 🤔
Wait. This is bad? Isn't peace better than war?
And now we know the names of our politicians that Putin has dirt on. They were brought there first to be shown blackmail video or documents in back rooms.
That's when Putin had them all BRAIN-WASHED huh? Seems like the entire MAGA-GOP eventually took that Moscow Kool-Aid too.
Rand Paul was giving them a personal, "Tour of the Kremlin," apparently?
When the government is talking about sinking the Titanic with a meteor, but all you need is a cold boy.
It's been said that Neil is the kind of guy that would wake his wife up to tell her he's going to bed...
This guy is a kid. He is a dreamer. I dont know why people take him serious. He lived maybe over 50 years on this wolrd but he is still 5 in mind
what is GPS systems get destroyed..could disable many weapons and transportation systems here that we rely on from shipping to planes ...more and more we rely on GPS
Neil's still got it after all these years. For once, someone who answers questions very clearly and doesn't juggle around to get to the point.
It’s a first strike weapon. Knocking out strategic communications while having a puppet who won’t do anything in place .
So Yeah. Not likely. If its a Low orbit Satellite. Its moving at least 18,000 miles per Hour. And has weight limitations. And it would be at LEAST 1,200 miles from the surface. It would also have a strike window at about half hour a day at most at predictable times unless it doubles the Distance. Which would make it comparable Launching from Main land as far as distance and time are concerned. For it to be a Reliable launch platform it would need to be more of a stationary Orbit. That's 22,000 miles up. 4 times the distance of Middle of Russia to middle of US. And would give us twice if not 3 times the warning time.
EMP also only travel about 1000 miles even in a vacuum and still be effective. 1,500 at the top end and at that distance it has little effect besides on older unshielded tech. So as an EMP Device it would be an Incredible Expensive and Over done thing to knock out Cell service for half the US for like.... a Day. Would not even effect most military tech as we have had EMP shielding in that since like the 90s. Hell my laptop from BESTBUY has enough emp shielding to handle that. Most modern cars do to. I said Cell because that is the most Fragile. And it would most likely be back up in a Day. 2 at most. And the military does not rely on it.
Most likely its in response or partially response to the Star Link Satellites being used in Ukraine. As a First strike weapon its pretty Stupid. (Though it IS Russia. So .... They might be dumb enough) Most likely its either a long term Surveillance that required the power. Out there to take out other satellites. Or really just an attempt to spook us.
Also everything I said is able to be Googled. EMP range and Orbits and all. Its all been data we have had for decades. Its not hard to figure out.
Well, but if you are behind in space technology (and I mean electronics, not rocketry, where Russians are still good), and your adversary (US from Russians point of view), it might be still good idea to blow everything up in space, because you lose much less than your adversary.
I think it’s crazy. The media was telling us that they were running out of weapons and they were using shovels now they’re telling us they’re practically building a damn death star what’s going on with the media bro😂😂😂
He said himself there would be electromagnetic pulse hence EMP.
The actual use of it would be as an EMP like he said but he quickly went to other stuff when this is cearly what it will be used for, disable most of the Us space assets (and land assets if exploded on top of North america) in one go without warning because you cant detect the launch of a nuke that has already been there for years. Then they can launch their own nukes without any response from Us minuteman missiles or bombers and only lets maybe the submarines able to retaliate in any way possible.. i think he is there only to calm the people on this and isnt trying to actually answer the question..
Thank you. Finally someone who can see thru his acting cameo. I believe bc the entire US government is concerned
People still think their nation is separate from planet earth. They sink we sink. We sink they sink. No man is an island. No nation is an island. It truly is funny how we think he would actually destroy himself.
Both the Russians and the USA have used nuclear decay-based power plants from time to time in space for decades. This was for projects that required a higher consumption of energy than solar alone could provide. As both countries have developed solar cells with increased efficiency the use of decay-based power plants has decreased to the point it is rare. So what we are looking at is most likely a space-based anti-satellite system that either uses a high energy laser or radio energy burst that would require an extended period of time to recharge via solar energy.
Way back, the USSR had fission powered spysats that used molten potassium as working fluid. None are still operational and several have leaked droplets of metal that are still in orbit and pose a danger to other satellites in that orbital sphere. They only made about 10kW of power.
You Think We Haven't Done Any Of That Yet?!
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You are the best Neil
Nuclear would emply an EMP
EMP on the ground is one thing .... EMP in space that is laughable to think about, interstellar space has storms worse than that!
It's no where near the danger you may think. Just the ambient cosmic rays are more prevalent and penetrative unless you're like right next to the nuke.
"imply."
Learn simple words.
@@charlieprince8671 im a physics major how do you know how i think???? i suppose your the janitor at Calpoly research lab!
@@willieboy8798Excellent observation.
But the average human is clueless. You're defusing the "fear bomb" that ignorant media is pushing.
Trump is insufferable but I always thought that space force was one of the few good things he he did, you have to protect your satellites etc
It was already being done under the air force.
Ukraine needs help to defend democracy! Europe needs to create many more jobs to provide that help!
Russia already created 520,000 military-sector new jobs, and will invest £95.7bn ($120bn) next year into new arms production! There's no time to waste!!
They'll be a failed state long before that!
Ok, lets hurry up, what do we do?
Ask congress.
Let Europe take their turn defending themselves. The U.S. has an invasion going on at our borders.
Pill Kutin @@_TheLONEwolf
We are like monkeys juggling hand grenades.
Love Neil deGrasse Tyson as he always breaks down very technical and scientific information into layman’s terms. He is true national treasure.
Love that he said the words prime directive...
This could be really bad, worse than attacking people in one place.
I love Neil, always an intelligent voice of reason, with a little humor sprinkled in there.
They were worried about that in the 70s and 80s, too.
Before watching the video I thought it would be redundant having a weapon in space. Its a all just fear mongering. Tyson confirmed my thought.
Remember when your teacher said ur not gonna need to know that math or your not gonna use that math
He used that math 😂
I guess the tucker Carlson interview went great.
He is the best.
Kudos to NDT for not using the word "stupid", it was on the tip of his tongue
Yup that's what worries me, shrapnel.