Could Michael Bay's
Armageddon possibly be more scientifically accurate than the
Alien movies? Is the fantastical James Bond movie
Moonraker more accurate than the
Star Wars films? Are
Apollo 13 and
The Right Stuff 100% free of common scientific errors? That's the claim made by this interesting infographic
created by Io9 which illustrates the space movies that feature the most common scientific mistakes from the sci-fi genre. Remember the more ticks, the least accurate the film... I09 elaborated on there list, which doesn't include
Star Trek as they weren't willing to watch the ten movies and hundreds of t.v. episodes...
There's no sound in space Not all planets have Earth gravity Planets should have diverse climates, instead of one unified climate across a "desert planet" or "forest planet." It shouldn't be too easy to communicate with alien creatures, without some kind of high-technology "translator" explanation. And it definitely shouldn't be too easy for humans to interbreed with aliens. Humans exposed to vacuum without a spacesuit shouldn't explode or shatter. And a "hull breach" where the ship's crew is exposed to vacuum should kill everyone instantly. You can't have fires in space, unless there's oxygen leaking out somehow. Asteroids or other objects shouldn't be able to float close together without falling into each other's gravity. People shouldn't be able to dodge lasers and other speed-of-light weapons. And there's no reason why someone would move in slow-motion in zero gravity. Faster-than-light travel is probably not ever going to be possible.
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