The Physics of Starship Battles: Lasers and Kinetic Energy

Ohhh sorry i did not see your video about disentegration. I will check out. I agree with you about kinetic energy. If a .10 kilogram object has a velocity of 6096 meters per second (about 20,000 feet per second) it has a kinetic energy of about a million and some change. So yes the rock still hurts in this case its a rock being thrown at speeds close to mach 17. I was in the army and im sorry if you get hit with a slug at that velocity considered yourself cut in half or worst.

Umm you forgot to mention plasma based weaponry. It might not be lasers but can we assume that they are plasma based weaponry?

Plasma based weaponry is different then laser based weaponry. So maybe in all these movies they are using plasma weaponry.

Yeah, there's plasma, but no one movie can mention everything. I was up against the 10 minute limit as it was.
But I did mention plasma weapons previously in my "Disintegration" video.

This guy is an idiot. Our knowledge of science & physics is extremely primitive. All of what you see & think is possible.

Primitive compared to what? At the moment all we have to compare ourselves to is us, and compared to a mere century ago, we're all spacemen.
A "golden" age is not defined by what you DONT have. We can do things right now that were unthinkable even decades ago. We have made legitimate accomplishments of intellect, and we're allowed to congratulate ourselves, NOT waddle in impatience and misery about the fictitious tech you wished you had. Enjoy the time in which you live.

@SpreadingtheMuse You contradicted yourself.

Can you be more specific? I thought I was rather clear, and it seems you're doing exactly what I berated impatient people for in the movie:
"We're hyperfixated on technology so fictitious it hasnt even been invented yet, yet somehow swear we cant live without."

We have plenty of tech now to call it a golden age. Its not about what you DONT have.

Great Video!! LOved every second of it!

Good show! And that's exactly why I love Mass Effect, no frickin pew pew laser beams. Instead, they use MASS DRIVERS! In fact, their largest class of ships are considered weapons of mass destruction because their rail guns can obliterate a planetary surface.