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Can you smash a wine glass with your voice? Dr Kevin Fong finds out.
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In the first of the three annual CHRISTMAS LECTURES space doctor, Kevin Fong, explores and probes second by second what it takes to ‘Lift off’ into space. With Tim Peake, Britain’s first astronaut on the International Space Station, only days into his 6 month mission, he helps Kevin answer what keeps astronauts safe and on track as they’re propelled into orbit.
How do you control the energy of 300 tonnes of liquid fuel? What happens to your body if you don’t wear a spacesuit? And how do you catch up with a space station travelling at 17,500 mph to finally get inside?
With explosive live experiments, guest astronauts in the Theatre and planetary scientist, Monica Grady, direct from the launch pad in Kazakhstan, learn this and more as we recreate those thrilling minutes of ‘Lift off’.
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Fantastic video!
congratulations now you're an opera singer!
What's the frequency Kenneth?
Nice demonstration. I hope that there was also some discussion of resonance during the presentation.
Sounds like some sort of obscure alien mating call.
Do those pics at the end of the video mean we're going to get the whole lectures this year? I hope so.
where is Simon cowell?
I always think that it's a terrible demonstration of resonance. A driven SHO, like a mass-spring system is far more enlightening, and easier to see.
First "singer" got screwed over – she sung the right note, as instructed, but that was not the actual resonance frequency; you can hear the second "singer" outputting a clearly lower note that actually broke the glass.
Basic science example in middle school lol.