I got a little homesick for being in space, actually! The opening sequence, on the EVA, when they’re flying over a beautiful hurricane on the planet - it was kind of jaw-dropping, but even in 3-D, it doesn’t have the full impact that a real Earth pass would have. So you enjoyed the film? No post-traumatic stress? Vulture had a long, spoiler-filled conversation with the astronaut about space debris, jet packs, tears in space, and Sandra Bullock’s underwear. He had to watch that very solar panel get slashed to bits during Gravity, but aside from that moment, Parazynski loved the film.
astronaut Scott Parazynski has done seven space walks, including the time he spent seven hours dangling from a robotic arm at the International Space Station, repairing a solar panel array that could have electrocuted him at any time. Still, we thought it might be even more grounded to fact-check the film with someone who had actually, you know, been to space.įormer U.S. Which of course made us wonder: What is real, and where does artistic license come into play? Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson attempted to answer some of those questions on Twitter yesterday, and for a guy working in 140-character sound bites, he did a good job. Aside from the presence of Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, everything in the film feels immediately, startlingly real. Alfonso Cuarón’s space odyssey is like walking into one of those glorious full-color NASA photographs (which we can’t link to right now - thanks, Congress!), accompanied by the best-looking astronauts in history. Science fiction has shown us a thousand versions of life in space, but Gravity is the rare film that attempts to capture the reality.
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