How to Kill a Planet: explosions!

I was interviewed for a documentary for National Geographic called "How to Kill a Planet" (it was part of the series Naked Science). We went to Phoenix to blow up explosives to simulate antimatter. This "behind the scenes" footage was filmed by me.

We also went to the gun range to make an antimatter analogy, and I shot a nice little MP-5 gun... and I did pretty well with it, especially toward the end.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• guns
• explosions
• science
• Naked Science
• National Geographic

[TheBadAstronomer]

BrilliantAdventure, it aired last week. But I'm sure NatGeo will replay it quite a bit.

[windyshrimp]

You just need Adam Savage laughing in the backround.

[pookabun]

Boys and their toys. You just wanted to use some neat explosive materials and blow stuff up.

Admit it! :-)

[pfunkmalfunkshun]

lucky!! i got a universal machine pistol with a silencer to get past the long barrel you need to get a civilian model and i had to order a military lower to get it to take real high capacity mags the civilian model when you first get it is a pussy pistol but it can be rebuilt with a parts kit at home 10 rounds only single stack fuck that now i got 45 rounds semi auto for now i don't need full im a collector not a merc;)

[janemidnight]

Was that gun range Ben Avery's?

[mvszao]

SO COOL! You see the explosion and THEN you hear the shound and the camera feels the shockwave. It's awesome!

[rerere284]

LIEZ!!!

:P

[anthonzi]

Low caliber is low

[spacedooky42]

When he was firing semiauto the recoil made it seem like a GSG5, not a MP5...he has good gun handling.

[spacedooky42]

Apparently the Russians kept an AK74 in a storage cabinet in case they crashlanded in the middle of Siberia and met a bear.

[AnimaRaptor]

Well.... yes.

[expalman]

The guy off camara was much better!