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How did the Avalon (seemingly) get to Arcturus so quickly if they're only traveling at .5 of lightspeed?
Assume spoilers about Passengers from here, but really this has nothing to do with the plot so...
There are a number of tiny points to criticize in the film, but what I'm really coming up empty on is ...
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What do spacecraft travel paths in The Expanse look like? [closed]
In The Expanse, spacecraft use magical technology called Epstein Drives to travel at constant 1g acceleration (and deceleration), subject to real world physical constraints. This is in contrast to the ...
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What happens to lasers in space battles?
In Star Wars, we see many space battles and there are many missed shots.
What happens to the lasers when they fly off into space?
Do they eventually just fizzle out, or do they continue on forever?
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planetery system with two suns in K-PAX
In the movie K-PAX the character talks about his planet where there are two suns and he say that they only rise together once in many years. Wouldn't it be impossible to have one rising and the other ...
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