Re: UCF physicist says Hollywood movies hurt students' understanding of science

On Aug 20, 11:41 pm, Padmar Mushkin <x...@xxx> wrote:
On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:55:50 -0700, Calvin <cri...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
But shortly before that we were shown an impossible view of
Jupiter and some of its satellites. If we could see the planet
and one satellite at the size shown, then we would not see the
other satellites except as very tiny objects. At the proximity
they were shown, the tidal forces would tear them apart.

The lining up of the moons did seem unlikely to me, so I'll grant you
that one. But it looks nice :)

I wasn't referring to the lined-up scene, but to several before that.

Actually, though this complaint is valid, IMO, what I really
had in mind for errors was what you called wildly-optimistic
technology, which I saw as so improbable that it was impossible,
such as the huge underground facility on the moon and the
gigantic spaceship to Jupiter, which would have to be
constructed in Earth orbit.

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