Posts Tagged ‘gravity movie’

Gravity: Drama

Tuesday, October 8th, 2013

The above review piece on the movie “Gravity” agrees with Leroy Chiao’s OpEd on CNN. Love the bit about orbital mechanics…

The physics of reality spaceflight are also boring. Orbital mechanics can be quite complex. Maneuvers and orbit changes are performed precisely and deliberately, and take some time. Much more exciting to have spacecraft “fly” like winged jet fighters in space, like in “Star Wars.” How boring would those battle scenes have been had their maneuvers been technically accurate?

Why is CNN doing so much around this film? It’s a Warner Bros. film! Regardless, I’d go see it. Here’s the official trailer…