'Gravity': It's Not Rocket Science!
Salt Spring Island's Cameron Byers shares his insights about the science behind the Oscar winning film Gravity.
The director of Gravity, Alfonso Cuaron, has admitted that the Oscar-contending film is not always scientifically accurate and that some liberties were taken to sustain the story. "This is not a documentary. It is a piece of fiction." Indeed, there are so many scientific inaccuracies in the film that the 10 listed below represent but a small faction of the whole:
1. Gravity opens with George Clooney doing a very good impression of Buzz Lightyear orbiting around the Space Shuttle in his manned manoeuvring unit (MMU). The unit in question was used on the shuttle from 1983-1984. After the Challenger disaster, the MMU was deemed too risky for future use in extra-vehicular activities (EVAs). From that point onwards, the Canadarm and traditional, tethered EVAs fulfilled the tasks the MMU was designed for.
2. Gravity depicts three astronauts working on EVA -- Kowa…
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