Freshly Exhumed writes: Adam Frank, professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester and consultant on numerous movie scripts, was excited to watch “Ad Astra,” the new Brad Pitt space thriller. The film was promoted with the promise of scientific realism in depicting a solar system well on its way to being settled by humanity. Unfortunately, Professor Frank finds that despite…
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Ad Astra: Pirates and space monkeys can’t save dull space psychodrama
Brad Pitt stars in thoughtful sci-fi Ad Astra, but even his strong performance can’t plug the plot-holes in this movie’s melancholy heart Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2216799-ad-astra-pirates-and-space-monkeys-cant-save-dull-space-psychodrama/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Brad Pitt talks weightlessness and calluses on phone call to ISS
When Brad Pitt called the International Space Station (ISS) Monday to talk to American astronaut Nick Hague, the conversation turned to the unexpected consequences of weightless life. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-09-brad-pitt-weightlessness-calluses-iss.html…