tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post515233505760273848..comments2023-10-14T06:19:18.000-05:00Comments on Rocket Scientist: RS Classic: Sometimes I Don't Understand StuffStephanie Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post-26069250182303041112010-06-13T20:13:59.245-05:002010-06-13T20:13:59.245-05:00Just another honest rant about how bad science in ...Just another honest rant about how bad science in the movies is. I agree.The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post-58754664487674331812010-06-13T12:52:45.886-05:002010-06-13T12:52:45.886-05:00Well, then I'm not surprised at your reaction....Well, then I'm not surprised at your reaction.<br /><br />You may be right about the asteroid (although many of the nearest ones are tracked very carefully and can be predicted years in advance). However, a stray meteor or comet that's never come 'round before, we might have no warning whatsoever.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post-13971794757226737662010-06-13T12:47:57.718-05:002010-06-13T12:47:57.718-05:00Ha: I just looked up Armageddon and Deep Impact.
...Ha: I just looked up Armageddon and Deep Impact.<br /> Armageddon was the one I saw, not Deep Impact...Oops!soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post-61813183529316525872010-06-13T12:38:26.702-05:002010-06-13T12:38:26.702-05:00Well, the truth is, I can't remember armageddo...Well, the truth is, I can't remember armageddon, but Deep Impact was the most dreadful tripe.<br />your point, however, about sending a group of rufty tufty oil drillers into space to drill a hole and stick a nuclear device into the heart of an asteroid was laughable. No less unlikely than the scenario I outlined.<br /><br />If that asteroid's on its way, then I say... "Prepare for fossilisation"<br />I don't think we're any more prepared than the dinosaurs were.<br />And let's face it. If we can't stop a leaking pipe a mile down, how do we imagine we'll be able to divert the course of a lump of planet?soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post-80675756004803381082010-06-13T11:12:03.310-05:002010-06-13T11:12:03.310-05:00Gumby, you dog! (Just kidding!)
How you been? I&#...Gumby, you dog! (Just kidding!)<br /><br />How you been? I've missed you!<br /><br />Project Savior, I'm with you. It's one reason I do fantasy. Either do it right or don't do it.<br /><br />Soubriquet, if that's what you got from my post, I need to seriously rework it.<br /><br />Jeff, there we'll have to disagree. There was nothing about that appealed to me. <br /><br />Aron, I don't know that I blame the movie for the confusion, or rather the poorly informed public and powers that be that made it popular. And I'm pretty disgusted NASA branded it so obviously.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post-21256444030942117662010-06-13T08:49:29.627-05:002010-06-13T08:49:29.627-05:00I disliked both movies, for different reasons, but...I disliked both movies, for different reasons, but I have to say "Armageddon" is one of the worst movies of all time. It was simply awful. Yelling and screaming and loud music and mayhem and bad acting and worse science for two solid hours.<br /><br />Hope you're doing well Steph!GumbyTheCathttp://gumbythecat.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post-25260301166632894672010-06-13T07:22:00.585-05:002010-06-13T07:22:00.585-05:00I personally like it if the movies either, play by...I personally like it if the movies either, play by the rules and do as much research into the subject as possible to give it realism, or just toss the whole concept of a real universe that has physical properties and they just make stuff up. It's the ones that try to do both that I hate (unless done really, really well).<br />But I feel most normal people can tell the difference, most politicians not so much.Darrell B. Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02851443183217238218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post-14862916989629083182010-06-13T07:07:09.576-05:002010-06-13T07:07:09.576-05:00I see...
What you're saying is that Hollywood ...I see...<br />What you're saying is that Hollywood should send NASA astronauts to tackle the Deepwater Horizon leaks.<br />In the space of a week a shuttle would have been retrofitted to deep-dive, and astronauts would have been trained to handle large corks with the shuttle's manipulator arm.<br />Ta Daaa!soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post-46860302225834522282010-06-13T00:15:56.045-05:002010-06-13T00:15:56.045-05:00As for movies go... By far Armageddon wins.
but a...As for movies go... By far Armageddon wins.<br /><br />but as being closer to the real deal, i give the edge to Deep Impact.Jeff Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667419764890599092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post-36092041235948045532010-06-12T23:18:54.103-05:002010-06-12T23:18:54.103-05:00I would also like to blame Armageddon for us not h...I would also like to blame Armageddon for us not having a clear policy on what to do if something did happened. We don't know who will pay, when to let the rocket through or when not let it hit us, who will lead to campaign to stop the rock and other policy stuff. I think our leaders think NASA can duct tape something together and solve their problem. <br /><br />So yea, Deep Impact FTWAron Sorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09327072976517417107noreply@blogger.com