Launch Pad, Day Two: Kevin R. Grazier on Space Environment

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If there's one thing you learn in astronomy that's fundamental, it's energy. We're going to learn about energy and about orbits which are dependent on the energy of what they're orbiting. When we talk about the science in science fiction, we'll hearken back to this because energy explains a lot.

An example: on BSG we used bullets in our vipers instead of lasers. People thought it was low tech, but it's harder to get a lot of energy in ...