this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2024
613 points (96.8% liked)

Science Memes

11130 readers
2548 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.



Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.



Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/1104168

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Sordid@beehaw.org 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I don’t really recall any spacewalks so we don’t see any instance of ‘no gravity’

Leia did one in the sequels.

[–] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 9 points 4 months ago

I don't deny the star wars universe is getting a bit more of an update in the cinemas, especially post-Interstellar and whatnot, but space opera in the 80s was really intent on ignoring the stark reality of space for both constraints of filming and viewership. Goddamn fun though.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 5 points 4 months ago

Spacewalks are a bad example anyway. A ship's artificial gravity could extend outside its hull. Conversely, the lack of spacewalks doesn't mean we aren't shown the absence of gravity, since we see the ships themselves maneuvering in a way that suggests a lack of gravity.

Gravity in SW is still kind of fucked, but not "gravity in deep space" fucked.