Doctor Who

[nmg]

The distinctive "chirp-boing" noise of the proximity sensors on the roof of the module appears to have been lifted from 2001: A Space Odyssey; it's the noise of the proximity radar aboard the EVA pods on Discovery One.

My, I'm a geek.

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[kludge.livejournal.com]

Our nerdery was more of the science than the science-fiction type:

fides (as the doctor stands amid the burning metal struts after the explosion): "Uh, would the atmosphere on Mars support fire?"

Me (after "that's ten feet of solid steel!" and a back-of-the-envelope calculation): "Uh, so they couldn't bring bikes due to a weight constraint, but they brought a five thousand ton ceiling tile?"

[nmg.livejournal.com]

You think that's bad - have you worked out how big the launch vehicle(s) would have been?

The Apollo missions put 45 tonnes in a trans-lunar transfer orbit, and were able to put 15 tonnes of that on the surface of the moon and then bring 6 tonnes back to Earth. That required a launch vehicle with a wet mass of 3000 tonnes...