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submitted 3 weeks ago by ericbomb@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

I'm aware of the NCIS scenes, what else you guys got?

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[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago

Stuff falling towards earth from a spaceship/satelite.

You're already in orbit, things might wander away but it won't be attracted in any specific direction.

[-] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 12 points 3 weeks ago

This one doesn't apply in Star Wars because nobody orbits anything in Star Wars. Antigravity is cheaper than accelerating into an orbital vector.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

There are lot of films where this doesn't happen for sure 😃

Isn't the death star in orbit at one point?

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yes the second Death Star is in orbit around Endor.

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago

Don't forget the universally established upward direction so all ships are magically oriented exactly the same when they meet

[-] Silentiea 1 points 3 weeks ago

Then why don't the continents ever turn out from under them?

[-] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 weeks ago

Because the movie is only 2 hours long and it takes several hours for that to happen.

[-] Silentiea 1 points 3 weeks ago

The movie is 2 hours, but sometimes the events are much longer.

[-] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, but during the parts of those events when we weren't looking, they moved the ships over so they'd be in the same place relative to the ground.

[-] Silentiea 2 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for the insight, dragonfucker

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 6 points 3 weeks ago

Really depends on how low you are.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

How much drag can you get in orbit lol?

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

drag in orbit? 0, microgravity that pulls on everything even in high orbit? yes.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

What is this microgravity?

I mean the earth pulls with its gravity, and your vessel/satelite overcome that by being in orbit. Something coming lose will just stay in orbit too.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

Uhm no. While you are in orbit you simply revolve around a parent object (a planet for example) but you still are subjected to its (and by proxy it to yours) gravitational pull. Eventually something that came lose will deorbit.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Keyword here is eventually. Sure it will, but what it definitely will not do is accelerate towards planet earth at what looks like 9.81m/s². AKA falling.

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