{"id":5070,"date":"2013-10-25T19:56:20","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T19:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5070"},"modified":"2013-10-25T19:56:20","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T19:56:20","slug":"gravity-film-getting-the-biology-right-commercial-option-missed-google-hangout-with-astronauts-et-al","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5070","title":{"rendered":"“Gravity” film: Getting the biology right + Commercial option missed + Google Hangout with astronauts et al"},"content":{"rendered":"

The very popular movie Gravity<\/a><\/em> doesn’t get the orbital mechanics right but Joel Achenbach thinks they did fine with the human part of the story :\u00a0\u201cGravity\u201d better on biology than orbital dynamics [spoilers] – Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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With the Space Shuttles now retired, the movie could have shown the astronauts flying in a private spacecraft like the Dragon<\/a>, which SpaceX<\/a> hopes to fly people on as early as 2015 :\u00a0The Gravitas\u00a0of Commercial Spacecraft – Greg\u00a0Autry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a video of an interesting Google Hangout held on Thursday night and organized by Ryan Kobrick of\u00a0Yuri’s Night<\/a> and with a focus on the movie Gravity<\/em>.<\/p>\n

From the Caption:<\/p>\n

The first in a series of one-of-a-kind hangouts hosted by Yuri’s Night. We’ll be talking with some amazing experts in zero-gravity about the movie “Gravity” that came out a few weeks ago. Joining us will be Astronaut Ron Garan, Astronaut Cady Coleman, Italian Astronaut Paolo Nespoli, JSC Physiologist Liz Warren, Founder and Editor of collectSPACE Robert Pearlman, Zero G Flight Director Tim Bailey, and Yuri’s Night event host and Executive Director Dr. Ryan Kobrick!<\/p>\n

Watch our Google+ account and +1 us to learn about more \u00a0Hangin’ with Yuri Hangout events in the coming months leading up to Yuri’s Night on April 12, 2014.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n