What Happened When The Soviets Launched A Giant Mirror Into Space

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Комментарии • 117

  • @fireX30
    @fireX30 3 дня назад +45

    Uhhh you docked a Soyuz and a Mercury together……it was an Apollo capsule…..
    Great video anyway!

    • @sleat
      @sleat 3 дня назад +1

      That would be quite a feat though, since the Soyuz design was initially flown on April 23, 1967, and the last flight of the Mercury spacecraft design flew on May 15, 1963. Perhaps Russia also had time-machines!?

    • @KRYPTOS_K5
      @KRYPTOS_K5 2 дня назад

      Yes, the AI failed. Probably guided by dimensions. Soyuz is smaller than Apollo.

  • @LordDustinDeWynd
    @LordDustinDeWynd 3 дня назад +9

    Remember Echo 2? January, 26th, 1964? 135 foot diameter inflatable silver sphere?

    • @Gribbo9999
      @Gribbo9999 3 дня назад +2

      I believe there is a Norwegian town, which gets no sunlight during in winter months, that has set up a mirror on a nearby mountain to give the folks a little reflected sunlight.

    • @buggsy5
      @buggsy5 3 дня назад +2

      It was a convex reflective surface, so much dimmer than direct sunlight.

  • @njathifrancis
    @njathifrancis 3 дня назад +25

    @asianometry just did a video on this

  • @jackman5840
    @jackman5840 3 дня назад +3

    Him dying in the battle doesn't mean it didn't happen, it means the tactic wasn't as effective as intended at the very least though.

  • @cdz9400
    @cdz9400 3 дня назад +7

    How it it possible that I just finished a video by Mustard about the Nautilus, and at the end he teased a video on this topic (which I cannot access without paying for a streaming service), and this gets posted today

  • @paytonturner1421
    @paytonturner1421 3 дня назад +12

    I think the important thing is to consider the long-term negative effects these mirrors might pose to the earth, and landscapes that might be effective with too much sunlight redirecting to it.

    • @Deontjie
      @Deontjie 3 дня назад +8

      There is a village in Italy, Viganella, that uses mirrors to beam sun into there deep valley during winter months. The villagers all agree that this improved their lives by a huge percentage.

    • @buggsy5
      @buggsy5 3 дня назад +2

      Yes, the additional atmospheric heating would be the major concern.

    • @menotyou1234
      @menotyou1234 2 дня назад +1

      ​@@DeontjieThis energy you point out is already in the Earths biosphere, Space energy is not..!

    • @alexeykrylov9995
      @alexeykrylov9995 День назад +1

      A little bit brighter than the full moon is not "too much sunlight" as you call it.

    • @paytonturner1421
      @paytonturner1421 День назад

      @@alexeykrylov9995 When it comes to new ways of technology and altering the atmosphere of the planet that always comes with ethical applications and safety of people.

  • @jasonpoland5507
    @jasonpoland5507 2 дня назад +2

    Major mistake. You used Mercury / Soyuz at 3:53 when it was Soyuz / Apollo in the 70s - where Deke Slayton finally got to fly

  • @OakWoodPcs
    @OakWoodPcs 3 дня назад +7

    Love the intro

  • @Recon777x
    @Recon777x 2 дня назад +8

    2:30 But a lens is not a mirror. The focal length of a concave mirror can be whatever you want it to be depending on the curvature.

    • @Kahless_the_Unforgettable
      @Kahless_the_Unforgettable День назад

      My first thought as well. Is there some physics reason this can't be done? And if so, why?
      It just sounds like math to me. Just reduce the curvature of the reflector until the focal point is 1,000 miles away. Why is this impossible? Why would this even be difficult?

  • @ipotekacreditdeti
    @ipotekacreditdeti 3 дня назад +4

    Hello from Moscow, it is sad to realize how Russia slowed down space race after Cold War and deconstruction of USSR

    • @Gurumeierhans
      @Gurumeierhans 2 дня назад +2

      Maybe dont invade other countries?
      Frees up resources

    • @Ragnovlod
      @Ragnovlod 2 дня назад

      Now there are many countries more than capable of achieving amazing things in this regard. There are things some people don't understand, or remember, that made those times memorable.

    • @kaboonali5466
      @kaboonali5466 2 дня назад +3

      @@GurumeierhansRussia isn’t famous for invading countries, the US is

    • @Gurumeierhans
      @Gurumeierhans 2 дня назад

      @@kaboonali5466 Murica is a warmonger, thats true.
      Still Russia is fighting an illegal war...

    • @Squee.1366
      @Squee.1366 День назад +1

      @@kaboonali5466 This is how russia is a biggest country in the world.

  • @andyfim
    @andyfim День назад +2

    Thanks! Really interesting, I knew nothing about this project..

  • @SebastianWellsTL
    @SebastianWellsTL 3 дня назад +1

    Man, that intro was epic!! 😎

  • @SebastianWellsTL
    @SebastianWellsTL 3 дня назад +1

    Love your historical videos! 👍

  • @politicsuncensored5617
    @politicsuncensored5617 3 дня назад +2

    Wow youtube why are you bcensoring-blocking normal comments on a science video? Video down voted because of YT censorship. Shalom

  • @jamminwrenches860
    @jamminwrenches860 День назад

    "I'm glad it didn't work out"
    Meanwhile a company is currently working on this very project stating they will rent areas of daylight for events and emergency work like tornado/ hurricane cleanup.

  • @jamesmskipper
    @jamesmskipper 21 час назад

    Focus is the critical factor for the sun gun.

  • @ralfhalfeld
    @ralfhalfeld 3 дня назад +1

    Sounds useful for Mars terraforming

  • @TheMatthewsFam
    @TheMatthewsFam День назад

    Reaching out for permission to react to your videos

  • @stevensantos9572
    @stevensantos9572 3 дня назад +1

    This was the plot point for one of the later James Bond films.

  • @harmlymostless6925
    @harmlymostless6925 3 дня назад +4

    @3:04 - the problem with your diagram of a mirror producing a death ray from space is drawn wrong. The mirror's focal length must be the distance between the mirror and the item you wish to burn.

    • @buggsy5
      @buggsy5 3 дня назад +1

      Yep. The graphic makes it appear that a lens or mirror cannot be built with a focal length suitable to the separation distance. The claim that a giant mirror in space could not be used as a heat type death ray is nonsense. There are other reasons that make it highly impractical, but not the focal length.

    • @AlejandroMoreno-y2o
      @AlejandroMoreno-y2o 2 дня назад

      Love the way you go. Anyway maybe you need more knowledge to understand why there is still a similar problem. On the other hand, why were things rigurous only in before the nineties? Now everything is inaccurate, as this video.

  • @charlieiskandar1597
    @charlieiskandar1597 3 дня назад +9

    3:56 uhh it's Apollo Soyuz, not mercury soyuz

    • @wingstrongwingstrong
      @wingstrongwingstrong 3 дня назад

      it's on purpose to get people to leave comments. he sometimes makes ridiculous mistakes

    • @dishmanw
      @dishmanw День назад

      Detente

  • @jamespaul2587
    @jamespaul2587 3 дня назад +1

    No ants were harmed in the production of this video.

  • @Udo-bar-restaurant
    @Udo-bar-restaurant 3 дня назад

    I just love your enthusiasm

  • @DubFull
    @DubFull 3 дня назад

    Living in south/east Norway and having those long winter days/nights where at minimum theres 6 hours of sunlight on 21 December where I live (not too bad), it would be cool to extend it by a couple of hours in the evening to get up to 8 hours of light, if the mirror had some kind of on/off switch and not melt the snow too much 😁

  • @Shadow_banned_by_YouTube
    @Shadow_banned_by_YouTube 2 дня назад

    The Space Race, remember your poll from June 13 saying that IFT 5 will most likely lift off in JULY? Yeah, I do 😂😂😂 I voted for “September+” only because there was no “October+” lol 😂😂😂

  • @somaday2595
    @somaday2595 День назад

    ...or a reflector that redirects solar radiation from Earth's hot spots and reduces global warming?

  • @MidnightMaker
    @MidnightMaker 3 дня назад +1

    It's pronounced "SEER-ah-Kyuz"...

  • @MotSter
    @MotSter 3 дня назад +1

    didnt that asian space channel do the same topic video just a day before this one? i htink they did

  • @user-vt4gb6qu8i
    @user-vt4gb6qu8i 3 дня назад

    Literally there is as company who is trying to come back with this same idea.

    • @buggsy5
      @buggsy5 3 дня назад +1

      At one time, the USA was considering a satellite with a giant mirror that would convert sunlight to microwaves, then beam the microwaves down to a large antenna field on the Earth's surface. I don't think they got beyond the concept stage.

  • @matthewsaffran6103
    @matthewsaffran6103 3 дня назад

    All I want is a freaking shark with a laser beam

  • @MollyGermek
    @MollyGermek 3 дня назад +4

    "The obsessive militarization of the Soviet Union," and I'm bloody glad he was! Are we supposed to be upset that the Soviets managed to defeat the Nazis?!?

    • @brothergrimaldus3836
      @brothergrimaldus3836 День назад

      The allies defeated Germany.
      Not the Soviets.

    • @MollyGermek
      @MollyGermek День назад

      @@brothergrimaldus3836 80% of Axis casualties were caused by the Soviets. The vast majority of lend-lease didn't arrive until after Stalingrad. The Soviets defeated the Nazis.

    • @user-yu5sj7cw6y
      @user-yu5sj7cw6y День назад +1

      @@brothergrimaldus3836 yes, that was plenty american troops in Stalingrad and Kursk batle

    • @brothergrimaldus3836
      @brothergrimaldus3836 День назад

      @@user-yu5sj7cw6y oh... you got me.
      Hey, what is that going on over in the east? It's probably nothing.

    • @user-yu5sj7cw6y
      @user-yu5sj7cw6y День назад +1

      @@brothergrimaldus3836 event west historians consider that is most key batles in WW2

  • @snorfallupagus6014
    @snorfallupagus6014 День назад

    Russia kidnapped Dr. Evil.

  • @TheGhostOfSmedleyButler
    @TheGhostOfSmedleyButler День назад +2

    The Soviet Union was dissolved some time ago...I believe you meant the Russian Federation...

  • @Pisti846
    @Pisti846 3 дня назад +1

    A good idea as long as you can turn it on and off.

    • @mrbaab5932
      @mrbaab5932 3 дня назад

      The mirror has to constantly move to keep the sun reflecting toward the earth. The mirror is orbiting the earth and is in earth's shadow for much of that time.

  • @cameronsatterfield14
    @cameronsatterfield14 3 дня назад +2

    At 3:50, not only did a Soyuz NOT dock with a Mercury capsule, the Mercury capsule is WAY out of scale to the Soyuz.

  • @brabecjakub
    @brabecjakub 3 дня назад

    I can say i was here since 100k subscribers once you'll hit 3 million subs.

  • @PaulADAigle
    @PaulADAigle 3 дня назад

    Seems there would be some use to 'blocking' the sun, like in the Arctic.

  • @LordDustinDeWynd
    @LordDustinDeWynd 3 дня назад +3

    3:57 Gemini met Gemini in orbit, never docked. Gemini never met with Soyuz.

  • @christophmahler
    @christophmahler 3 дня назад

    2:10 Buttercup...

  • @KRYPTOS_K5
    @KRYPTOS_K5 2 дня назад +2

    Final conclusion very strange. I disagree

  • @Gribbo9999
    @Gribbo9999 3 дня назад +1

    I believe there is a Norwegian town, which gets no direct sunlight during in winter months, that has set up a mirror on a nearby mountain to give the folks a little reflected sunlight.

  • @jexterjackson3087
    @jexterjackson3087 День назад

    Warming the Earth w/ a giant mirror... What could go wrong w/ that "idea"....

    • @leight420
      @leight420 23 часа назад +1

      there is a giant fusion reactor in the sky tf is a tiny mirror gonna do

    • @jexterjackson3087
      @jexterjackson3087 22 часа назад

      @@leight420 -
      Is it pumping heat into the earth's atmosphere?
      I don't have the working knowledge to say what it "Will" do, but IMO, changing the temp of ANY planet, isn't something that a species as stupid as ours should be doing for profit-driven reasons.
      Earth is a "Goldie Lockes" planet. Just right... till Humans get their stupid, little hands on it....

  • @OnlykinGaming
    @OnlykinGaming 3 дня назад

    Love the Updates

  • @nathanmacpherson2448
    @nathanmacpherson2448 3 дня назад

    You sound like yammienoob that reviews motorcycles and stuff

  • @Wrangler-fp4ei
    @Wrangler-fp4ei 3 дня назад +1

    He certainly interesting man, having been involved introducing conceiving of the docking collar for spacecraft. The thing thou, is the Solar Sail is being used today. NASA and a non-profit group are testing smaller scale version of them.

  • @halcon2134
    @halcon2134 3 дня назад +1

    The chickens are going to have insonia.

  • @tracyrreed
    @tracyrreed 3 дня назад

    Asianometry just covered this a day or two ago. Coincidence?

  • @bubbles69138
    @bubbles69138 2 дня назад

    That final remark... What benifit would a place get from having perpetual sunlight?? Ummm.. Northern europe / asia / america... solar plant in the cold area's that have less particulates / humidity due to colder air.. 24 / 7 sunlight done with just a couple / few of the proposed final size? yeah, that could help with renewable energy alot

  • @otterpossum9128
    @otterpossum9128 3 дня назад

    Good tthing they didn't, the permafrost would have melted. Destablizing every foundation and road would be catastrophic but I don't think they considered that. And of course, methane release would be hugh but nobody thought about that either.

  • @SharpsShtr
    @SharpsShtr 3 дня назад

    What is old is new. . . A company called Reflect Orbital is proposing a constellation of such satellites. Proposed uses vary, but one would allow customers to call for sunlight on a specific position. Who knows if they'll actually make a go of it though.

  • @sandybottom6623
    @sandybottom6623 3 дня назад

    There was a USA company called SBSP - Space Based Solar Power - aka Special BS Project - back in the noughties. And it had a successor. But the whole project has many practical problems.

  • @andymouse
    @andymouse 3 дня назад

    50x the light of a full moon ! whoopy doo !!

  • @mkatakm
    @mkatakm 3 дня назад

    They asked it which was the fairest state.

  • @ScreamingEagle228
    @ScreamingEagle228 3 дня назад

    Solar panels that is all

  • @am2dan
    @am2dan 3 дня назад +1

    How many times can you mispronounce "знамя"? Some odd name or word that only pops up once is forgivable, but when it's the subject of the video...sheesh!

  • @AlejandroMoreno-y2o
    @AlejandroMoreno-y2o 2 дня назад +2

    You should study optics before it and avoid putting false videos about physics. And add something which is new. Almost all of us know the things you mention about the project

  • @jexterjackson3087
    @jexterjackson3087 День назад

    SOLUTION : FARM ENERGY, ftw....
    Don't Fight The Systems ( Render them Obsolete🤔)
    Upgrade from Gold to Energy Trade.
    - GENERATE \ STORE \ CREATE
    Our Own Energy AND Energy-Backed E-Currencies.
    -RESOLVE
    Our Own National Debts....

  • @interpl6089
    @interpl6089 3 дня назад +4

    So sad the US - Russia relations deteriorated. Both sides did their share on this.

    • @G-Man-half-life
      @G-Man-half-life 3 дня назад

      Russia 🇷🇺 started it when they started promoting terrorism and communism.

    • @mrbaab5932
      @mrbaab5932 3 дня назад

      Other than Obama the Great, the USA did nothing to harm the relationship.

    • @interpl6089
      @interpl6089 3 дня назад +3

      @@mrbaab5932 Yeah not really...i don't want to go deep here but basically USA is all over Russia's back door, be it Ukraine as the best example or the Far East states.

  • @davidl9232
    @davidl9232 2 дня назад

    Should have hired FritoLays to build ones SpaceMirror. Checkout the inside of Cheetos bags.
    PS didn't they realize the unending daylight would screw life on Earth. Killing bugs, killing plants, killing life?

  • @alexcovey1200
    @alexcovey1200 3 дня назад

    Hello

  • @cesarfuentes6499
    @cesarfuentes6499 2 дня назад

    Soviet entonces are grait

  • @CosmicVoyage5
    @CosmicVoyage5 3 дня назад

    cool

  • @Erik-pt2yw
    @Erik-pt2yw 3 дня назад +2

    3:00 Vladimir the who? Bro if you can't pronounce the name then do it with a google translate or at least write it on a screen

    • @Erik-pt2yw
      @Erik-pt2yw 3 дня назад

      Сыромятников блять Sirom-yat-nee-kov

    • @plumcat4089
      @plumcat4089 3 дня назад

      Yeah, Syromyatnikov. Pronouncing it that way 3:00, holy hell...

  • @plumcat4089
    @plumcat4089 3 дня назад

    Thanks for interesting information.
    But. 3:00 excuse me, but being a native I went to Google to search his name, because it's almost impossible to get it right. Сыромятников should be pronounced not like Sierro-Mayatnikov or whatever. For God's sake...

  • @Mannicx
    @Mannicx 3 дня назад

    This is exactly the future of SpaceX , bad ideas can fool only some… 😂😂😂

  • @robadams5799
    @robadams5799 3 дня назад +1

    Look at all these critical comments about minutiae. *Sigh.* The nerds are here.

  • @GrigoriZhukov
    @GrigoriZhukov 3 дня назад

    Oh the drunkards actually got in orbit?

    • @GrigoriZhukov
      @GrigoriZhukov 3 дня назад

      @Merku808 no family of mine, but I do have pretty all of British isle tied up, thegerman and French gets complicated

  • @CarlaPorvald-t8s
    @CarlaPorvald-t8s 3 дня назад

    Watching your channel is like an excursion into a world of hilarious adventures and incredible jokes. Continue to delight us with your wit and creativity!🎰🥧🦩

  • @DarinaOlesen
    @DarinaOlesen 3 дня назад

    Every time I admire your ability to create quality content. Keep making us happy with your videos!🔔🟧🤙