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The problem with space is that its really really boring and really really quiet, and then, if something goes wrong, you die in 10 seconds. It doesn't make for m

• ChuckMcM 13y ago
  Actually its the 'something goes wrong and you're going to die in 7 hrs' that makes for the drama. If you died in 10 seconds then I agree, its a sad short film. The story of the Cosmonaut that knew he was going to die was pretty poignant in that way. I found the discussion about the recent failure with the water in the helmet thing more interesting. The weird thing is that in space you can drown in a half liter of water if you cannot get it to move away from your face. It is perhaps the scariest thought about a zero-g swimming pool where your own gravity pulls you into the center of a ball of water.
• anologwintermut 13y ago
  Apollo 13 disproves this point. I was stuck wishing Gravity was either Apollo 13 or 2001 A Space Odyssey. The sad part is, the technical points could have been fixed, they clearly had a lot of technical help. They just decided to ignore orbital mechanics completely and in fact I think that killed some of the tension. If you just have to line up, aim at the space station, and go, it's a lot less tense than if you actually have to figure out how to get there (see the incredible scene in Apollo 13 with the Jim Lovel siting out the window to get a re-entry trajectory).