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mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
Here's a question for Weir: how do the improvise condoms if they don't bring any over? What citizenship would the baby get, being born in international waters, basically?

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mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

Nail Rat posted:

Even in an airtight container, wouldn't all the bacteria have died from the cold overnight?

He could've easily moved them to the safe part before anything happened. Redundancy is an important aspect of anything in space and he hosed up. All eggs in one basket and all that.

mobby_6kl fucked around with this message at 18:14 on Oct 8, 2015

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
Yeah I think a reality TV show wanted to send its cast to mars.

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
I doubt he went all Machinist on this movie. There's no need, really.

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

Panfilo posted:

How much of a pain would it be to try to replicate the mission in Kerbal Space Program? The issue is the Hermes, how would you be able to accelerate it for so long with only 4x time acceleration?

I did smile when I saw I think it was a Delta IV launch near the end and it looked very similar to a launch vehicle id build in KSP.

Somebody with way to much time on their hands did just that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdZulZpCa2s

Quite a bit pain of a pain in the rear end, I'd say.

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mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
Yeah I think in the movie it looked like a direct earth->mars slingshot, this of course. This way it of course makes a bit more sense, and I can see them not wanting to overcomplicate everything with detailed explanations of orbital mechanics.

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