{"id":6734,"date":"2014-03-03T06:13:39","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T06:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6734"},"modified":"2014-03-03T06:18:28","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T06:18:28","slug":"gravity-grabs-seven-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6734","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Gravity&#8221; grabs seven Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the makers of and the actors in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1454468\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Gravity<\/em><\/a> for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/oscars\/nominations\/\" target=\"_blank\">seven Oscars <\/a>they won tonight, including Best Director for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0190859\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n<\/a>. Quite remarkable for a space drama with a near-term, (fairly) hard science, realistic approach to captivate audiences in huge numbers and to achieve so much critical acclaim.<\/p>\n<p>I wish the scenario was less catastrophic but, as NASA Astronaut Mike Massimino indicates, the movie still manages to depict the amazing beauty and wonder of spaceflight in earth orbit:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rxOZUBDBo3I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the makers of and the actors in Gravity for the seven Oscars they won tonight, including Best Director for Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n. Quite remarkable for a space drama with a near-term, (fairly) hard science, realistic approach to captivate audiences in huge numbers and to achieve so much critical acclaim. I wish the scenario was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6734\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Gravity&#8221; grabs seven Oscars<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20,39,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-arts","category-space-films-and-videos","category-spaceflight-parabolic-flight"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1KC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4316,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4316","url_meta":{"origin":6734,"position":0},"title":"Video: Latest trailer for &#8220;Gravity&#8221;","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Just a guess, but the movie\u00a0Gravity appears to be about a bad day at the ISS:\u00a0 New Gravity trailer will leave you breathless - io9 http:\/\/youtu.be\/OiTiKOy59o4 Update: Here is a review of the movie after its showing at the Venice film festival: SciFi Film Review: Gravity: Critics Call Alfonso Cuaron\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Solar Sci-Fi&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Solar Sci-Fi","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=38"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/OiTiKOy59o4\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4454,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4454","url_meta":{"origin":6734,"position":1},"title":"Astronaut Cady Coleman advised Sandra Bullock on spaceflight for &#8220;Gravity&#8221; role","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"While astronaut Cady Coleman was residing on the International Space Station, she spoke and exchanged email with actress Sandra Bullock to help her prepare for her role in the movie\u00a0Gravity, which is set to be released on October 4th. : Astronaut gave 'Gravity' advice to Sandra Bullock from space -\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Solar Sci-Fi&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Solar Sci-Fi","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=38"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/OiTiKOy59o4\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14867,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14867","url_meta":{"origin":6734,"position":2},"title":"Videos: &#8220;Star Craft&#8221; with Loren Grush of The Verge","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Loren Grush, who reports on spaceflight at The Verge, has started a video series called Star Craft. 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