At 05:16 PM 7/3/01, Chad Cooper wrote:
>If you want gripes, I am getting a little tired of the latest Sci-Fi movies
>always having space debris punching holes in the space vehicles.
>
>Let's count those in just the last two years: Deep Impact, Armageddon, Space
>Cowboys, Pitch Black, Mission to Mars, Red Planet (I think).
>
>Now, my gripe is that if NASA can track fist-sized objects in orbit around
>space, why can't a space shuttle/space freighter/Survey ship/ not see a
>debris field using simple radar? Also, they depict such impacts drill
>straight through the hull, and air starts to leak out. In two occasions,
>persons were actually hit. Why is there no massive gunshot sound? Why does
>it not explode from friction?
>
>Ok... I'm done griping...
>Nerd From Hell
Let me say it again,
"Relax, kid. It's only a movie."
-- Ronn! :)
