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Open the pod bay doors, Hal...

posted 11 years ago by DangerManTX
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Okay, after Andrei was safely in the airlock and depressurized, why couldn't another astronaut suit up, get outside and attempt to save the other astronaut? Contriving some equipment to scrub him, and get him inside the airlock. They still had 20 minutes of air and anyway it's a movie, that's a long time in a movie. But then NASA astronauts can go out for 6-8 hours at a time, so why can the astronauts in this movie only go out for short times like 1-2 hours?

Naturally when he pushes Andrei into the airlock he goes flying the other way thanks to Newtonian Physics, guess he wasn't a Physicist, any High School kid could have put him right there.

Now although Hydrazine is toxic, it can be diluted and washed away with enough water. In a real emergency would it not be more probable that some of the crew retreat to a safe and sealed off area of the ship, while Andrei recovered to a point where he could then help remove the other astronaut out of his contaminated suit? After which they could exit the airlock and be treated for any exposure to the Hydrazine, the airlock could be physically cleaned and any tainted materials disposed of. Guess I'm thinking too deeply and logically for this movie...

[–] damnrights 10 years ago

what everybody seems to have missed is the fact that he was also losing oxygen. Also it seems unlikely they had the ability to treat people with hydrazine exposure

[–] StinkyGreenBud 10 years ago

Op is a pretentious douche bag. But you are right. He had 20 minutes of o2 left until Andrei attempted to save James by removing his helmet. Which caused a breach and gave him very little o2 left. Prompting him to shove an unconscious Andrei into the airlock while himself being pushed into the darkest of space.

[–] GreyHunter 10 years ago

The reason they couldn't fetch him was speed. Did you catch how fast the ship was moving through space? He would have been hundreds of kilometers away by the time anyone suited up and exited the ship.

And, no, they couldn't have just slowed down or reversed course. This trips are calculated with extreme precision to ensure the ship arrives at the right place at the right time, and that they don't waste fuel (which, in most iterations, especially in a near-future like the one we see here) would be extremely heavy and therefore require they don't try to transport a lot of extraneous fuel into orbit. Once the guy came untethered, it was all over for him.

[–] emvan 10 years ago

Just as a public service, you should know that any sane, intelligent person reading this thread is laughing at you.

Prepare your minds for a new scale of physical, scientific values, gentlemen.