StarTalk Podcast: Space Balls?
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- čas přidán 22. 04. 2021
- Quidditch in Space? Badminton on Mars? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice answer a grab bag of patron questions about all things athletics with our geek-in-chief astrophysicist Charles Liu.
To kick things off, we investigate human motion’s relationship with gravity and how to create risk in zero-G sports to keep them exciting. Where’s the fun if you don’t hit the ground? We explore what type of equipment and arenas would be necessary for sports in space. What fundamental physics would change in zero-G that we would need to adjust for? What about on a planet with a different atmosphere than us? We break down gravity, lift, and the ideal gas law.
Discover the difference between the slow-twitch and fast-twitch muscles. Which one would be more useful in a zero-G environment? You’ll learn about how physicists approach acceleration. What does the material of your equipment do to the physics of a ball’s motion? What impacts does our own planet have on our motion? Find out about the coriolis effect and how we can use it to our advantage.
Why do baseball players spit on their hands? We delve into moisture, grip, and static electricity. Then we ask, will there be a day where there are no more world records? Can humans keep getting faster indefinitely? Will we have to cheat? We break down the 4-minute mile, the 2-hour marathon, and what we can do to keep improving. Learn your physics fundamentals on another episode of StarTalk!
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"I never wrestled anybody, except my own demons..." made me spit my coffe... point Chuck.
I like that charles liu guy. He is perfect for this show. Please neil bring him more here.🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Seconded!
I agree! Great guest
He's been in others, CZcams "startalk science in pop fiction"
I like comedian man
I wish they would replace Chuck with Charles Liu
I love when these group of people get together, talking about science and sports.
As soon as Neil said "geek in chief" I said "YEAAAH!" Love when Charles Liu is on the show!
I love that that is his actual title on Star Talk! XD I like it when he is on too!
Thank you to the patreons and startalk I love being apart of this community!
enjoy the episodes with Charles Liu on it. always entertaining.
Much better than an opinionated girl "scientist"
@@usern4metak3ns What? Misogynistic much?
SAME
@@JasonWW2000 sure.
czcams.com/video/rputen0ahP8/video.html
I smashed the like button at ludicrous speed!
You went plaid then!
I wanted to but i was chicken
Great movie.
@@funforall9741 what are you chicken? Colonel sanders
You beat me to saying that! 😂
This Charles guy is awesome I would have probably learned something in school if he was my teacher
I would like to have Charles as my science teacher, Neil as my physics/math teacher, Gary as gym teaches and Chuck as the janitor! Lol.
@@paulvamos7319 That's not nice. Gary would be the principal of the school.
Everytime I watch one of these, I feel the spark of a regenerated (dead) brain cell.
🤣
@Charles Liu: You should have heard me cheer when I saw that you were on this podcast. LOVE everything you bring to the conversation.
Right on!
Charles Liu is like your favorite teacher 🖖😀 you're the best
Charles= math teacher
Neil= Science teacher
Gary= coach
Chuck= janitor XD
YESSSS so happy to see Mr geek in chief back. What a show 😊😂
Hope you guys/lady’s are having a wonderful day so far
hey ty
charles is so awesome. more of him please :)
Back in 1970s our Janus Company Radio Theatre (weekly live on KPFK LA for 14 years} decided we wanted to create a live broadcast of our version of baseball on a dome on the moon, complete with play by play, 2012 (!) ads and crowd sound effects. We called it Space Ball. (This was before the movie of that name.) It was great fun. We even managed a follow-up with a game rained out in the dome. Unfortunately the air-checks were lost, but the memories were better science than in reality. Those were great times!
I feel like Moon-golf is going to be a big business one day.
The ball collectors would have a horrid time.
That's what I was thinking
The Armstrong Club.
1 million dollars if you hit the satellites.
@@aonrust4617 bonus points if the ball orbits and hits you in the back of the head
Charles Liu's closing take applies to so many aspects of our society. 52:20
It's always been a dream of mine to just sit down and chat with Neil Tyson about space stuff. How lucky.
Me too, except I'm a little too far on the dumb side so I wouldnt know what to ask him lol
You can chat with me about astronomy/cosmology. Might not be as exciting as Neil tho lol.
My one question is how plausible is Final Fantasy 10 Blitzball? I know it supposedly played within a sphere of water and technically is affected by gravity, but almost everything about the sports practically screams _Made for low G/ No G_
Hey Neil - still living in denial of the UFO evidence being released from the US Navy and the Pentagon. True science is exploring All the evidence no matter what the result may show - Correct ?
There's a $500 a month patreon option that you get to go to a party with Neil every year.
Loved this episode (and all that feature Charles Liu) and I'm not a sports person. Gary's chair looks like a rustic throne.
Who else feels smarter after every single video? You guys inspire me to get back to school
Chuck and Neil are like two stars in a binary orbit. I swear they feed on each others energies and i love it. Videos always be hype xD
Just borrowed your book “cosmic queries” and I’ve learned quite a lot form it! Thanks!
*_May the Schwartz be with you!!!_*
May the black be with you too
Use the Schwartz Lonestar
Beat me to it! LOL
I see your schwartz is as big as mine
“I bet she gives great helmet.”
I was hoping this was going to cover the physics of the movie, but I'll watch this too.
Same here.
Love how there are 2 bot comments on this comment.
I legitimately couldn't fathom what else it COULD be if not a physics breakdown of Spaceballs for, honestly, like 20 seconds. That's how much I wanted it - I could imagine nought else.
Thanks for answering my question. I appreciate it big time, and feel smarter now that I finally know the answer. So thanks!
With the title of this video, I was not expecting it to be about sports, I was expecting it to be about the Mel Brooks movie. XD
Same lol
Yeah. I was like, “I think Spaceballs is one word...”
I can't even imagine how useful it would be to have someone like Charles to bounce ideas off of when writing a science fiction novel
When Neil was asking “Why dampen the fingers/hands for grip on a baseball?” I was like, “ The same reason you lick your finger before you turn the page of a book, low-grade adhesion.” I guess it just hadn’t occurred to him. But isn’t that what science is about? It’s turning our attentions in different directions for discovery.
You are awesome
Love your channel
as a gymnast, i would give everything to do gymnastics on mars or the moon in my lifetime.
sooner hopefully..
Great episode guys!! Love every one of them.. lots of logically sound thoughts and questions and philosophy is always fun talking about
Sorry latecomer. But I haven't seen this episode and when Dr. Tyson was like, "our geek in chief" I was like omg I hope it's Charles!!! Yay!!! So glad I'm right! Love the show. Thanks!
By the way I totally thought that this episode was going to be about the scientific accuracy of the movie Spaceballs
Yeah... I was like, “I think Spaceballs is one word...🤔”
Watching at 2:43 AM in the morning, India
The Geek-in-Chief is back!
I have heard about human flight on Titan and my understanding is that you would need a wingsuit but you could fly essentially forever on the planet in a wing suit. Lol the Icarus joke was hilarious by the way
Star talk all the way! 🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌
These people can make even sports entertaining
I hate to say it but chucks jokes are always better when he has an audience that responds to him
Dude as soon as I heard geek and chief I lost it with laughter and excitement for Charles
Geek-in-chief
Charles Liu episodes hit different
The elite four of Star Talk!!!
Great group, especially Charles Liu - would love to see him more.
PS Chuck Nice you’re awesome and don’t underrate or devalue yourself - you’re obviously very intelligent and the perfect bridge of connectivity between a broad audience and a group of scientists.
I love it this gets so much better everytime !
Been too long. Hello Dr. Tyson, Chuck, Gary & Dr. Liu
If someone ever asks me to describe myself. I would say “Have you ever watched Startalk?”
Now these are sports I would participate in.
Space ballet and gymnastics would be interesting to see. Magnetic tracks that people can travel, could be as much fun as a roller coaster or just a site seeing stroll.
5:41 Orbi-Tennis on the Moon, hit the ball as hard as you can so it goes orbital, the other player has to hit it in the same direction so it will pick up more speed (so, not a back and forth), hit it 5 times before the player that didn't serve has to stop it and either get a point, or the other player gets a point.
I saw an Italian pro at practice in Richmond VA, (VCU Cary St Gym) he could kick a ball into the goal by kicking it at nearly 40 degree offset of the goal! (That means, he could kick it in a orientation not facing the goal, and it curved towards the goal!) This is also known a a "banana kick" because the ball boomer-rangs to its intended target. The force and power of his kick put spin and english on the ball such that the air interacting on the ball did the work to guide it onto the goal.
Micro Gravity Laser Tag gets my vote for the first space sport.
Enders Game
Fewer tears more curiosity
Charles lou is an amazing person
Great video,keep it up!🔶️⬜🔶️⬜🔶️🟣
Niel, Just bought 2 of your books, I'd best be impressed or we're having a word!!!!! Art Major, lol, Kim!😉🗺️🕊️💓!
I kept thinking of Ninja Warrior in space when they were discussing acceleration. I'd watch that space based sport.
Just to let you know I watch every single video you put out.
This is my favourite startalk line up👏 one suggestion if I may, Chuck should just read the names of the people asking questions and Garry should read the actual questions😉
there once was a lady named Bright who could travel much faster than light she departed one day in a relative way and returned the previous night.
I’m a guitarist which definitely involves both fast and slow twitch.. Muscle memory is definitely a part! You can train any muscle to have memory just takes at least 1,000 times!! Anyone can develop more fast twitch muscle! By using all explosive movements!! Like sprinters jumping over a bench side to side!! Jump rope is really good!! One of the best exercises! Then squats !! Squats actually work your entire body and provides the most hormone production..
Charles is an actual genius
chuck makes my life
I’m surrounded by a bunch of smart people! (This is a spaceballs reference)
Damn I was really hoping this was discussing the realism of the movie "Spaceballs". Somebody please let me know when that happens!
Sir, I am huge fan and following your thoughts since when I started learning science in a different way. You are my inspiration. And I have a doubt which I would like you explaining about this, whether Human activity(climate change) is literally moving earth's tilt?
- thank you
Great Episode Guys
At about 11:30, I started picturing Batmans Mecha suit with a space helmet :)
Great episode guys! :-)
Gary is a real pro, he didn't even flinch at the word soccer.
Great show
The other shirts in Liu's closet are like "Finally! Some peace and quiet now that the blue guy is gone..."
As far as the US mens soccer program, I think one of the biggest issues is that in the US we have "other options"
In many of the other countries who are dominant in the sport of Soccer, it is *the* primary sport. Far and away. In the US, many of our best natural athletes end up choosing to play Baseball, Basketball, Football and Hockey before they choose Soccer.
Saving my life again today
HI! Me and my family are watching your show Cosomos!
Chuck says what we're all thinking
We Love Science and Sports🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Loved that movie...
Charles is awesome
15:15 someone jumps from one wall, does some flips, gymnastics, tricks, etc. reaching a top speed, BUT Winslow enough to land the other side. So tricks, plus speed would calculate a potential score in that sport.
Gymnastics in Space!!! And Spaaaaaaace Ghooooooooost!!!
My Fave people 🙏🙌💜
@Neil tyson Can you explain me about Schrödinger's cat??
The Jackie Chan movie 'The Myth' also contains interesting setups of what gravity-less sports would look like ^^
I know Neil is an Isaac Asimov fan, so he probably remembers a game described in _The Gods Themselves_ that may have been the inspiration for Quidditch.
Just commenting to support
I love Charles lu
When you play baseball in an O'Neill cylinder, every pitch will be some sort of breaking ball.
Love that guy! I agree 👍
Fleas can jump like a mile or two approximately. Compared o their own size. Scale 🤷♂️🤩
⭐️ Star Talk!!! 😎👍
Chuck is the real geek here haha
I'm of the personal opinion, that even the best and smartest people need somebody to humble themselves every so often, if not then they will stop trying to improve and become stagnant.
chuck got devil eyes xD
bruh giant plexiglass sphere, dope maybe semi complex court on inside, one side has blue targets, other red targets, teams of hit other teams target while flying around
I love how charles can correct Neil so easily
I didn't expect Gary. Nice jumpscare
Riding an electric dirtbike on Mars would be insane.
Are there any Startalk meeting groups yet? It seems to be very difficult to find people who are even moderately scientifically literate to chat with. Anyone in the south Florida (USA) area wanna get a club going?!
I'm not sure I understand Neil saying that the Coriolis effect deflects the ball to the right whether you're kicking northwards or southwards @37:20 . From a kicker's point of view, wouldn't the ball deflect to opposite goal posts whether he's facing North or South ? Might just need a refresher course on how Coriolis works 😂
The Dream Team! GG boys
Water polo INSIDE/ON a giant ball of water, floating in mid air. The nets/goals are at the poles. The trick is to keep the ball of water in the middle of the arena. Perhaps a huge sphere of iron or other dense metal to attract the water to the center of the arena.
@Chris Griffith Reminds me of blitzball in Final Fantasy X, check it out ! 😂
I have a small issue. It was stated several times in this conversation that an object moving in zero-G, once pushed from a wall or surface would continue in the same direction until opposed or influenced by another object or surface. Neil has asked several times about the change of direction once in motion. I have spent more than a decade in martial arts and half that time teaching it. While this may not be a "sport", it does add to our understanding of the human potential in physical activity. In my practice, we teach a technique of aerial kick that starts with a vertical leap followed by the torquing of the body produced from the independent motion or the leg to create momentum for a spin before landing the kick. Could our independent appendages (up to a quarter of our mass) be used to alter our direction once in motion? If so, then gymnastics would certainly have its place in zero-G sports, since their focus is primarily altering and manipulating the torque and momentum of the body. After all, we are more than just a ball floating to the next surface. To put it more simply, as a boxer doesn't just punch with their arm but the whole body, so do we kick with our whole body. If I was to explosively kick with a snaping force in a given direction, would I be carried in that direction in zero-G?
I'm no physicist, but I'll go out on a limb here (pun intended) and say you'd just start spinning uncontrollably. Since your kick isn't pushing you off of anything, the force you're pushing outward with your foot will cancel out with the force of your muscles and ligaments holding your joints onto your body. Since no net force is produced linearly, you will not change direction. It's also got something to do with the conservation of angular momentum (which I do not fully understand). This video shows an astronaut doing it in 0 G m.czcams.com/video/2Oc-Ucx_4Ug/video.html . He just spins faster but his direction doesn't actually change. Just as in martial arts, your kick gets you to spin but doesn't change your direction overall direction. You won't move diagonally or laterally through the air if your initial push is straight up... I may be wrong about this though, your question just really got me thinking!