Uploaded May 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Just a normal hang out and Q and A session to celebrate 100,000 subscribers! Thank you to everyone who contributed to make this dream a reality! Thank you to everyone who showed up! I hope you enjoyed it, and I'd love to do it again soon! Be warned: Lots of lag!
P.S. I cut out the first 5 minutes of me blankly staring at the screen with no idea how to work a live stream.
Just a normal hang out and Q and A session to celebrate 100,000 subscribers! Thank you to everyone who contributed to make this dream a reality! Thank you to everyone who showed up! I hope you enjoyed it, and I'd love to do it again soon! Be warned: Lots of lag!
P.S. I cut out the first 5 minutes of me blankly staring at the screen with no idea how to work a live stream.
![How Does Superman Fly? [Sup Sci Pilot]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qC7601wD_Us/mqdefault.jpg "How Does Superman Fly? [Sup Sci Pilot]
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Everyone in Metropolis looks up in the sky. Sometimes we see him, sometimes we dont. But we always know hes around. Metropolis Citizen
Its not a bird... Its not a plane...
Sure, we all know Superman can fly, but does anyone know how? In most interpretations, Kel-El seems to just reach his arms upward and start propelling through the air without any real explanation. People tend to just shrug their shoulders and say, Hes an alien or Its a comic book, but there may be more science to this fiction than everyone realizes. What are the chances that someone could REALLY fly through the stars without a jet or a wing? Do you need to be from another planet or have a different biology to shrug off the laws of gravity? Reality is always throwing us curve balls, and we at Sup Sci are ready for the pitch. Has Superman just been flying for so long that no one questions it anymore?
Have a question fit for a superhero scientist? Ask in the comments, or e-mail us at asktheimaginaryaxis@gmail.com
To see what other people think about how Superman flies, click here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reuJxXev4Cg
Inspiration, courtesy of:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bea8p4txAeY
Thanks, Stan! ;)
Opening song composed by:
https://www.youtube.com/user/teknoaxe
The Winchester .223 Super Short Magnum:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.223_Winchester_Super_Short_Magnum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsxXfGHlgUA
The Allegheny:
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/allegheny/
Superman could not always fly! Its true!
http://reading-room.net/Action1/Action1Cover.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7zGcpg9ETE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman
Jumping on the moon:
http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/VerticalJump.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_weight
http://www.universetoday.com/19710/gravity-on-the-moon/
Javier Sotomayor and the high jump:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Sotomayor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_high_jump_world_record_progression
John Byrnes Superman run:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byrne_%28comics%29#Superman
Albert Einsteins Theory of General Relativity:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_relativity
http://www.space.com/17661-theory-general-relativity.html
Gravitons:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graviton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_gravity#The_graviton
Clips From:
Superman: The Animated Series
Superman (1940s)
Superman: The Movie
1993 Olympics
All-Star Superman
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Superman Returns
Man of Steel
Smallville
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SUPERMAN™ created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
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