On 6/25/2012 3:14 AM, Invisible wrote:
> On 24/06/2012 10:44 PM, Stephen wrote:
>> On 24/06/2012 10:35 PM, John VanSickle wrote:
>>> The science howlers are too numerous to list here.
>>
>> That is Hollywood for you. ;-)
>> And SF movies in general.
>
> Pick, oh I don't know, ANY FILM involving space ships. Immediately we
> have a raft of question:
>
> - Why are these ships so damned loud in the high vacuum of outer space?

Which reminds me.  Have the guys from Mythbusters ever detonated 
something in a vacuum chamber, with a microphone at the other end, to 
see if the mic picks up any sound?  It would be the only meaningful 
earth-bound test of whether explosions make noise in space.

Regards,
John

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