PURSERS RND DEDTH STARS
Radio has no future. Heavier-than-air flying machines are
impossible. X-rays will prove to be a hoax.
-PHYSICIST LORD KELVIN, 1899
The (atomic) bomb will never go off.
I speak as an expert in explosives.
-ADMIRAL WILLIAM LEAHY
4-3-2-1, fire!
The Death Star is a colossal weapon, the size of an entire moon.
Firing point-blank at the helpless planet Alderaan, home world of
Princess Leia, the Death Star incinerates it, causing it to erupt in a
titanic explosion, sending planetary debris hurtling throughout the solar system. A billion souls scream out in anguish, creating a disturbance in the Force felt throughout the galaxy.
But is the Death Star weapon of the Star Wars saga really possible?
Could such a weapon channel a battery of laser cannons to vaporize
an entire planet? What about the famous light sabers wielded by Luke
Skywalker and Darth Vader that can slice through reinforced steel yet
are made of beams of light? Are ray guns, like the phasers in Star Trek,
viable weapons for future generations of law enforcement officers and
soldiers?
Radio has no future. Heavier-than-air flying machines are
impossible. X-rays will prove to be a hoax.
-PHYSICIST LORD KELVIN, 1899
The (atomic) bomb will never go off.
I speak as an expert in explosives.
-ADMIRAL WILLIAM LEAHY
4-3-2-1, fire!
The Death Star is a colossal weapon, the size of an entire moon.
Firing point-blank at the helpless planet Alderaan, home world of
Princess Leia, the Death Star incinerates it, causing it to erupt in a
titanic explosion, sending planetary debris hurtling throughout the solar system. A billion souls scream out in anguish, creating a disturbance in the Force felt throughout the galaxy.
But is the Death Star weapon of the Star Wars saga really possible?
Could such a weapon channel a battery of laser cannons to vaporize
an entire planet? What about the famous light sabers wielded by Luke
Skywalker and Darth Vader that can slice through reinforced steel yet
are made of beams of light? Are ray guns, like the phasers in Star Trek,
viable weapons for future generations of law enforcement officers and
soldiers?