Astrophysicist takes to twitter about Gravity inaccuracies

Neil deGrasse Tyson Trolled "Gravity" On Twitter, And It’s Pretty Hilarious
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, had a few issues with the space-set thriller Gravity.    Link to Buzzfeed article


Neil deGrasse Tyson Thinks Gravity Is Scientifically Inaccurate
It might be the number one movie this weekend, but the Gravity is full of crap. Or so says Neil de Grasse Tyson, the famous astrophysicist and Reddit deity. On Sunday night, in a series of 12 tweets, Tyson explored the “Mysteries of #Gravity,” pointing out that while the premise is realistic, there are many scientific inaccuracies in the film. He asks good questions: why is Sandra Bullock, a medical doctor in the film, servicing the Hubble Space Telescope? And why does Bullock’s hair not float freely on her head in zero gravity scenes?  While he’s not the first person to ask these questions, he’ll certainly get the most attention for doing so.
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Tweets in question
Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson  4h  
Mysteries of #Gravity: Astronaut Clooney informs medical doctor Bullock what happens medically during oxygen deprivation.

Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson  4h  
My Tweets hardly ever convey opinion. Mostly perspectives on the world. But if you must know, I enjoyed #Gravity very much.

Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson  4h  
FYI: Angular Momentum -- The tendency, once set rotating, to keep rotating, unless another force acts to slow or stop it.

Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson  9h  
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  10h  
Mysteries of #Gravity: Satellite communications were disrupted at 230 mi up, but communications satellites orbit 100x higher.

Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson  10h  
Mysteries of #Gravity: Nearly all satellites orbit Earth west to east yet all satellite debris portrayed orbited east to west

Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson  10h  
Mysteries of #Gravity: Why Bullock's hair, in otherwise convincing zero-G scenes, did not float freely on her head.

Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson  10h  
Mysteries of #Gravity: Why anyone is impressed with a zero-G film 45 years after being impressed with "2001:A Space Odyssey"

Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson  10h  
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  10h  
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  10h  
Mysteries of #Gravity:  Why Bullock, a medical Doctor, is servicing the Hubble Space Telescope.

Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson  10h  
The film #Gravity depicts a scenario of catastrophic satellite destruction that can actually happen.

Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson  10h  
The film #Gravity should be renamed "Angular Momentum"

Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson  10h  
The film #Gravity should be renamed "Zero Gravity"

 Cuaron should get an advisor next time, ...  

The special effects will never be perfect.

Mostly positive comments about this movie. Those who did not like it said it was two hours of boringness. Weak storyline of you can make it. All talk about Bullock and not Clooney. These two are too old to be astronauts.

Competition was Cloudy with Meatballs 2. Captain Phillips will probably knock it out of #1 this week.

I actually saw the tweets as I follow him on twitter. He made some valid points but in the end it is still a movie that was well done, well acted and well produced. It is meant to tell a story and illicit a certain experience which is what it apparently did.

Precisely SG.  

Nearly every film made can be "nit picked apart"
about realism issues !
It doesn't detract from one's experience of watching
just a film.

 

Neil deGrasse Tyson Trolled "Gravity" On Twitter, And It’s Pretty Hilarious
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, had a few issues with the space-set thriller Gravity. Link to Buzzfeed article


Neil deGrasse Tyson Thinks Gravity Is Scientifically Inaccurate
It might be the number one movie this weekend, but the Gravity is full of crap. Or so says Neil de Grasse Tyson, the famous astrophysicist and Reddit deity. On Sunday night, in a series of 12 tweets, Tyson explored the “Mysteries of #Gravity,” pointing out that while the premise is realistic, there are many scientific inaccuracies in the film. He asks good questions: why is Sandra Bullock, a medical doctor in the film, servicing the Hubble Space Telescope? And why does Bullock’s hair not float freely on her head in zero gravity scenes? While he’s not the first person to ask these questions, he’ll certainly get the most attention for doing so.
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...Yeah, 'cause the reason we go to movies is for a lesson in astrophysics.  

Way2Old4Dis wrote:

Neil deGrasse Tyson Trolled "Gravity" On Twitter, And It’s Pretty Hilarious
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, had a few issues with the space-set thriller Gravity.    Link to Buzzfeed article


Neil deGrasse Tyson Thinks Gravity Is Scientifically Inaccurate
It might be the number one movie this weekend, but the Gravity is full of crap. Or so says Neil de Grasse Tyson, the famous astrophysicist and Reddit deity. On Sunday night, in a series of 12 tweets, Tyson explored the “Mysteries of #Gravity,” pointing out that while the premise is realistic, there are many scientific inaccuracies in the film. He asks good questions: why is Sandra Bullock, a medical doctor in the film, servicing the Hubble Space Telescope? And why does Bullock’s hair not float freely on her head in zero gravity scenes?  While he’s not the first person to ask these questions, he’ll certainly get the most attention for doing so.
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...Yeah, 'cause the reason we go to movies is for a lesson in astrophysics.  

That's why I watch the The Big Bang Theory.