At 06:14 PM 7/3/01, Jeroen wrote:
>At 15:16 3-7-01 -0700, Chad Cooper wrote:
>
>>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?
>
>Maybe the producers remembered the phrase "In space, no one can hear you
>scream", and reasoned that it is then also impossible to hear that gunshot
>sound.
Careful. You used the words "producers" and "reasoned" in the same
sentence. I think that's an oxymoron or something . . .
Actually, the real reason is that the producers have never attended one of
my astronomy classes where I show part of a recent big-budget film having
to do with space and rip it to shreds. (I'm that guy sitting down front
during the first showing using a lighted pen to take notes on all the flaws
in the film.)
>Or maybe including a realistic gunshot sound (in this case, one hell of a
>"BANG") would shatter the eardrums of the audience...
>
>
>>Why does it not explode from friction?
>
>That's simple. Those spacecrafts that get hit usually have the movie's
>heroes on board. If the ship would explode, the heroes would die and the
>movie would end after only 30 minutes. :)
Which is about 25 minutes longer than some of them should run.
-- Ronn! :)
