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rallain | February 12, 2009Since this could be current events, I am reposting my analysis of space debris in the movie Wall-E.
Here is a shot from the scene where the space craft is leaving Earth:
In this scene, the spacecraft has to break through all the Earth-based space debris. The first problem is that the unused satellites are just sitting there. If they were to stay in orbit, they must move. Maybe the WALL-E creators are sticking with the no air means no gravity idea. At least they are consistent.
The other problem with that scene is the sheer amount of junk in orbit. Suppose that was 300 km above the surface of…
rallain | January 5, 2009I finally saw the movie WALL-E. Good flick, I liked it. There was, however, one part I must comment on. You know I can't help myself. I feel like the shark Bruce in Finding Nemo. I try not to attack, but there is a tiny drop of blood in the water. Here is the scene that I want to talk about:
I guess I should give a spoiler alert. Although, I will not talk about the plot of the movie.
In this scene, WALL-E is hitching a ride on this space craft. The space craft is entering a hanger deck of a space station. While the hanger door is still open, WALL-E is clearly hanging on so that he…