Comments on: Armageddon sick of Shuttle hoaxes http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/10/armageddon-sick-of-shuttle-hoaxes/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:45:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: J http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/10/armageddon-sick-of-shuttle-hoaxes/comment-page-1/#comment-76089 J Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:51:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/10/armageddon-sick-of-shuttle-hoaxes/#comment-76089 You know its not hard to just make a fictional movie after these things occur to pacify the people desire for truth. I'm not saying in this case necessarily, but it seems like the notion, oh well it was in a movie so its obviously made up, isn't a valid reason. If you want to be a true skeptic you can't really count or discount anything. You know its not hard to just make a fictional movie after these things occur to pacify the people desire for truth.
I’m not saying in this case necessarily, but it seems like the notion, oh well it was in a movie so its obviously made up, isn’t a valid reason. If you want to be a true skeptic you can’t really count or discount anything.

]]> By: Calli Arcale http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/10/armageddon-sick-of-shuttle-hoaxes/comment-page-1/#comment-76088 Calli Arcale Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:17:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/10/armageddon-sick-of-shuttle-hoaxes/#comment-76088 Inertially Guided: <i>…of course, I also liked ‘unobtanium’, a great play on ‘adamantium’!</i> Actually, it wasn't a play on adamantium. Unobtainium has been in the vocabulary for decades -- longer than adamantium, I think. Used in this sort of context, it was probably meant as self-deprecating humor. I doubt it was successful, though as I've never had the stomach to watch "The Core", I don't really know. For a full discussion of unobtainium, see <a>Wikipedia's entry on the subject</a>. Inertially Guided:
…of course, I also liked ‘unobtanium’, a great play on ‘adamantium’!

Actually, it wasn’t a play on adamantium. Unobtainium has been in the vocabulary for decades — longer than adamantium, I think. Used in this sort of context, it was probably meant as self-deprecating humor. I doubt it was successful, though as I’ve never had the stomach to watch “The Core”, I don’t really know.

For a full discussion of unobtainium, see Wikipedia’s entry on the subject.

]]> By: Ben http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/10/armageddon-sick-of-shuttle-hoaxes/comment-page-1/#comment-76087 Ben Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:21:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/10/armageddon-sick-of-shuttle-hoaxes/#comment-76087 I think this is for you, no review of Armageddon is better than this: http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Armageddon_1998.aspx I think this is for you, no review of Armageddon is better than this:

http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Armageddon_1998.aspx

]]> By: StevoR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/10/armageddon-sick-of-shuttle-hoaxes/comment-page-1/#comment-76086 StevoR Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:17:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/10/armageddon-sick-of-shuttle-hoaxes/#comment-76086 Mark Martin wrote : "Last I knew, all those underwater mountains were… underwater." Well that's global warming in action for you! ;-) Mark Martin wrote :

“Last I knew, all those underwater mountains were… underwater.”

Well that’s global warming in action for you! ;-)

]]> By: Inertially Guided http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/10/armageddon-sick-of-shuttle-hoaxes/comment-page-1/#comment-76085 Inertially Guided Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:34:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/10/armageddon-sick-of-shuttle-hoaxes/#comment-76085 Of course, just when you thought Bay couldn't beat Armageddon, he cam out with Pearl Harbor... Of course, just when you thought Bay couldn’t beat Armageddon, he cam out with Pearl Harbor…

]]> By: Joe Meils http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/10/armageddon-sick-of-shuttle-hoaxes/comment-page-1/#comment-76084 Joe Meils Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:00:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/10/armageddon-sick-of-shuttle-hoaxes/#comment-76084 Well, that's just the sort of thing that WOULD happen, if you packed the cargo bay with napthalene and some kind of oxidizer... Yes, the movie sucked. But you have to admit the effects were reasonably good. (Considering the low budget of $15 million for the effects alone.) Imagine what a cool film could be made if they actually spent 1/10th of that money on a writer, and a few science advisors... Well, that’s just the sort of thing that WOULD happen, if you packed the cargo bay with napthalene and some kind of oxidizer…

Yes, the movie sucked. But you have to admit the effects were reasonably good. (Considering the low budget of $15 million for the effects alone.) Imagine what a cool film could be made if they actually spent 1/10th of that money on a writer, and a few science advisors…

]]> By: Koreman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/10/armageddon-sick-of-shuttle-hoaxes/comment-page-1/#comment-76083 Koreman Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:31:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/10/armageddon-sick-of-shuttle-hoaxes/#comment-76083 http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg19726465.000-black-holes-could-bump-asteroids-our-way.html http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg19726465.000-black-holes-could-bump-asteroids-our-way.html

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