Every one of us reading this article no doubt must have had at least little knowledge as regards the the man of steel, commonly known as Superman. For decades, people have had to read about this superhero, coupled with the act of watching movies and animations of him beating the crap out of villans, crashing into buildings, flying faster than a speeding bullet, and even catching airplanes.
Superman, as we all know, has always appeared victorious in every of his encounter with supervillans (although, dark side has always proven to be a pain in the neck). But these weren't a walk in the park or something like that for them. They all went down after putting up a fight, and due to the enhanced abilities of the man of steel, things got ugly for them.
The man of steel is equipped with devastating and practically impossible powers such as; flight, superhuman strength, x-ray vision, heat vision, cold breath, super-speed, enhanced hearing, and. high-invulnerabilty. And these are the powers people have asked if a human could ever possess.
Can Superman Ever Exist?
Apart from the pages of a comic book, we must have watched movies depicting the awesomeness of this great superhero from the planet of Krypton. Here, we see a better view of how endowed he is, but can't seem to figure out if it could ever happen in reality. Let's understand a few things first.
Superhuman Strength
As I said earlier on, Superman catches airplanes and trains with his bare hands. This is only due to his heightened and increased strength.
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His superhuman strength is caused by the yellow sun of Earth, and being from a planet with relatively higb gravitational pull and a red sun, his strength was liable to be increased, making most the Earth's gravitational pull on him to be too small and defiable. This is due to a phenomenon known as the Photonucleic Effect.
The Photonucleic Effect is an effect whereby certain species of organisms experience a level of increased abilities, due to one reason, exposure to the yellow sun of Earth.
The Photonucleic Effect which was explained in Elliot S! Maggin's novella, Starwinds Howl, was as follows:
"The photonucleic effect is a very specialized astronomical phenomenon. It takes place when an object native to the influence of a red giant star enters the influence of a small G-type star. Every object in the Universe, organic or inorganic, has a distinctive signature based on the geological and cosmological characteristics of the environment in which it was formed. In fact, if twins with identical genetic codes were born in space, and one was raised on dense Krypton and the other on Earth, the one raised on Krypton would be far stronger than the one raised on Earth—assuming the Kryptonian twin survived at all. This is all, of course, no more than a thought experiment. It almost never happen."
Humans most of the time create body energy by exposing themselves to sunlight, which is then converted to an organic compound known as Vitamin D.
Superman converts the light of our planet's star to energy, which enhances his abilities. And in the case of humans, we convert sunlight to Vitamin D which prevents fatigue of the muscles and so, yes, gives us energy just like the man of steel.
Indestructible
Superman, as we have seen in movies and comic books, has always bounced off bullets shot at him. Many would assume that being able to bounce of bullets in reality is impossible, but what if I told you scientists can make bullet-bouncing outfits that suit your strength?
Titanium has the highest strength-to-weight ratio of any natural metal known to man. Pure titanium is stronger than standard steel, while being less than half the weight, and can be made into even stronger alloys. Titanium is a silvered colored metal with low density and high strength, and with a high strategized processing, can be used tn produce bullet proof vests to aid a human superhero.
Flying Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
Flying faster than a bullet which moves at a speed of about 4,500km/h is what the man of steel has done in movies and comic books.
North American X-15 aircraft has the current world record for the fastest manned aircraft. Its maximum speed was mach 6.70 (about 7,200 km/h). Moving at this speed would take you about 6 hours to go round the Earth. And a considerably change in size of this aircraft to suit a human being (like a Jet pack), would only prove how being a real life Superman is practically possible.
X-ray Vision
Thanks to movies and comic books' love for X-ray vision, we have been led to believe that X-ray vision will let us see through other people’s clothes – as well as buildings and underground bunkers like the man of steel.
These days, scientists have started working on producing contact lenses that possess improved X-ray vision. This only shows how humanity have taken large leaps in making Superman exist outside the pages of a comic book.
With all these put forward, I, personally, can only say Superman can exist. Maybe not really as a superhero, but as a regular human with special abilities.
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