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Wow, it's exactly like in the "Gravity" film! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_(2013_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_(2013_film)
by jacekm 5y ago
Wow, it's exactly like in the "Gravity" film!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_(2013_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_(2013_film)
- ab_io 5y ago> During a spacewalk, Mission Control in Houston warns Explorer's crew about a rapidly-expanding cloud of space debris accidentally caused by the Russians having shot down a presumed defunct spy satellite Life imitating art.
- Aeolun 5y agoExcept it wasn’t accidental :/
- mlindner 5y agoNo it's not. That movie has no bearing on reality.
- jacquesm 5y agoCurrently it actually does.
- jazzyjackson 5y agosorry, are there not astronauts who were recently imperiled by a debris cloud caused by the russians shooting down an old satellite?
- rmdashrfstar 5y agoA defunct Russian satellite is destroyed in orbit and its debris threatens astronauts upgrading Hubble and the Chinese space station located in a similar orbit. It’s scary how accurate the plot is to the real-world situation…
- m4rtink 5y agoWell, in reality all those are in very different orbits, especially the Hubble at 600+ km up. And ISS and the Chinese space stations have very different orbit inclination, mainly due to lauch corridor concerns.
- rcpt 5y agoTime to jump between spaceships. Just like that time I accidentally got on the wrong flight so I propped open the emergency exit and did a mid air transfer to the right one. Lost my checked bag though