@cosmosarcive How much propellant would you need to reach and leave this extremely time-dilating planet orbit around Gargantua ??? It was not a speedy flyby, they did the water landing!
On October 26, 2014, the film Interstellar established a new standard for scientific accuracy in cinema. To reach the wormhole positioned near Saturn, the Endurance crew traversed approximately 1.3 times 10^9 km over a two-year period.
To mitigate the physiological degradation caused by microgravity, the spacecraft utilized a modular ring structure with a 60-meter diameter. By rotating at a calculated angular velocity, the ship generated centrifugal force to produce an inward acceleration of 9.8{ m/s}^2, successfully mimicking Earth's gravitational pull.
The visual rendering of these cosmic phenomena was not merely artistic; it was produced by solving Einstein’s field equations to trace the path of light through warped spacetime. This collaboration between physicists and animators remains a definitive record of theoretical science translated into visual media.
@StarshipGazer This time already less deformed engine bells! At first I was worried bc of the trapped "glowing cigarette" fire again. (both are your photos, just vertically stretched)
Three years since the first flight of Starship, the next generation is here. New ship. New booster. New engines. New pad and new test site. SpaceX engineers are working to solve one of the most difficult engineering challenges in history: developing a fully, rapidly reusable rocket
In 1991, Patrick Stewart danced and sang on the USS Enterprise-D bridge as a birthday surprise for Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. The clip wasn’t meant to be public but later appeared as a DVD bonus feature.