Neil deGrasse Tyson ?@neiltyson 6 Oct
Mysteries of #Gravity: Why we enjoy a SciFi film set in make-believe space more than we enjoy actual people set in real space
Neil deGrasse Tyson ?@neiltyson 6 Oct
Mysteries of #Gravity: Satellite communications were disrupted at 230 mi up, but communications satellites orbit 100x higher.
Neil deGrasse Tyson ?@neiltyson 6 Oct
Mysteries of #Gravity: Nearly all satellites orbit Earth west to east yet all satellite debris portrayed orbited east to west
Neil deGrasse Tyson ?@neiltyson 6 Oct
Mysteries of #Gravity: Why Bullock's hair, in otherwise convincing zero-G scenes, did not float freely on her head.
Neil deGrasse Tyson ?@neiltyson 6 Oct
Mysteries of #Gravity: When Clooney releases Bullock's tether, he drifts away. In zero-G a single tug brings them together.
Neil deGrasse Tyson ?@neiltyson 6 Oct
Mysteries of #Gravity: How Hubble (350mi up) ISS (230mi up) & a Chinese Space Station are all in sight lines of one another.
Neil deGrasse Tyson ?@neiltyson 6 Oct
Mysteries of #Gravity: Why Bullock, a medical Doctor, is servicing the Hubble Space Telescope.
Neil deGrasse Tyson ?@neiltyson 6 Oct
The film #Gravity should be renamed "Angular Momentum"