Quickly looked. Russians conducted an anti-satellite test. Debris from the test crossed the orbit of the space station. Astronauts hunkered down. Not sure if this will cause on-going issues but these kinds of tests are colossally stupid.
Edit: The hunkering down was in capsules currently docked at ISS. Not sure why the capsules are safer. Maybe just smaller cross-section.
Spoiler! I haven’t watched Gravity. Seriously though, those Hollywood people are pretty imaginative.
The orbital physics of the movie are a bit dubious.
Reality is kind of boring. And inconvenient. Too many rules. Feynman used to say he was doing imagination in a tight straight-jacket.
As far as I can tell, they go to the capsules in case they need to evacuate.
We had it. It’s a good book. Recommend.
Neil Degrasse Tyson had the best tweet response to Gravity, saying that it should have been called Angular Momentum.
Mo Willems is so damn good.
Among the threads that come together in this story:
Watching The Lighthouse… what the FUCK?
Amazing movie. A+
I liked it
No seriously, WHAT THE FUCK??
The real horror would be if you’re watching on CABLE.
Headline writer eats shoots and leaves.
http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=340827
Chiefsplanet debates how many 5 year olds.
The engineer and architect ones in this series are good too.
I still have no idea what the perfect age for reading this book is supposed to be.
Good to hear. I was thinking about getting some of the others for my girls for Christmas this year.
The Zoe & Sassafras books are really good science-y kids books too, for an older age group than the Ada Twists.