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Reminds me of the anime Planetes, about a group of space garbage collectors. In the opening scene, you're shown an innocuous looking screw floating in orbit for
by jolmg 9y ago
Reminds me of the anime Planetes, about a group of space garbage collectors. In the opening scene, you're shown an innocuous looking screw floating in orbit for something like 10 seconds, and then suddenly a traveling ship appears from the distance, and the screw goes straight through like a bullet, causing all the passengers to die. I don't know how realistic that was, but it really set the tone for the importance of the characters' job in keeping the orbits clean.
- nprincigalli 9y agoGot curious, found it on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heESAW2addo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heESAW2addo
- Sukotto 9y ago"This video contains content from BandaiChannel, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds" It bothers me that crossing an invisible line in the ground blocks access to stuff that others can see simply by standing on a different patch of dirt. (With the added irony that this is a Japanese show, in the Japanese language, and I am physically in Japan at the moment.)
- sdrothrock 9y agoImagine my surprise when I went to look, got the same problem, saw your comment... my name is Scott and I'm in Tokyo as well. Do you know about the HN Tokyo Slack chat? https://hntokyo.slack.com https://hntokyo.slack.com
- Sukotto 9y agoI had not heard of it before. Thank you for sharing it. Unfortunately, the login page shows as invite-only; instructs me to contact the workspace admin for access; but doesn't give any obvious way to contact that person. If you are an admin and would like to invite me, I have an email in my profile.
- delhanty 9y agoCan see you found out how to sign-up for the HN Tokyo slack, so welcome #Sukotto! For anyone else reading who wants to join there is an auto-invite here: https://hntokyo.io/ https://hntokyo.io/
- delhanty 9y agoThanks for the outreach Scott!
- def_true_false 9y agoCoincidentally, the arbitrary nature of borders is a recurrent theme in the show.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoWhat I love about this scene is the proper portrayal of relative velocities in orbit. You see a slow-moving ship. You then watch a slowly-drifting screw. Then, at the moment they're shown together, you realize their relative velocity is like that of a bullet. (Also, I love the anime. It tries to handle space with as much scientific realism as possible. Also, even though it frequently shows the worst aspects of humanity, it also shows the best, and overall is pretty hopeful about space.)
- SiempreViernes 9y agoNot all of them, which is a mayor plot point.