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Re:Kerbal Space Program Acquired by Take-Two Interactive by kirrent on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @07:05PM (#14456630)
It wasn't only basic spaceflight. It was basic physics in general. Like when the two protagonists are somehow hanging off the ISS and Clooney has to let go because Bullock can't pull him in. It's a huge important moment plot wise and is really really dumb physics. I still don't even know what the filmmakers mistakenly thought could pull on them in that situation.
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Re:Kerbal Space Program Acquired by Take-Two Interactive by dragonwriter on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @07:14PM (#14456660)
According to (IIRC) the film's science adviser, the intent of that scene is that they are still decelerating relative to the station on the chute they are snagged on, and Clooney's charscter believes that the line doesn't hace sufficient strength and may snap with both of them but will hold with just Bullock's character.

If that's not just a post hoc rationalization, the film certainly doesn't seem to convey that effectively, though.

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Re:Kerbal Space Program Acquired by Take-Two Interactive by TeMPOraL on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @07:33PM (#14456755)
When watching I got an impression that in that scene, they were rotating, so it was inertia that was pulling them apart.
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