Wait, I saw this movie called "Gravity" where the heroine used a fire extinguisher to propel herself through space and went all over the place. It was easy. Maybe the ISS folks should try that to get the the satellites! ;-)
This thread is exactly why I called BS early and often on Gravity, despite being downvoted in numerous places for doing so and being told "It's just a movie, lighten up." A movie that leaves everyone who sees it a little bit dumber.
Yes, it was "just a movie," but you know what? Reality is pretty goddamned interesting, too. Hollywood should try it sometime.
Sure, but the thing is, Gravity was like five orders of magnitude less dumb than anything else about space. Despite all my undying love to that show, you'll not get any smarter if you watch Star Trek instead. Gravity is probably the closest Hollywood ever got to the real deal.
Still, we should learn to appreciate a thing that's better than everything even if it's still bad, instead of dismissing as not perfect. Incremental improvements, things like that...
Read the comment I replied to. I'm pretty sure s/he was being sarcastic, but I'm also pretty sure a lot of kids now think of a fire extinguisher as a useful tool for navigation in gravity wells.
