Mar 14, 2022 05:41 PM
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Astronomer spotted an asteroid just hours before it impacted Earth
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/20...4b1f158fc3
INTRO: For just the fifth time ever, astronomers discovered a new asteroid right before it slammed into Earth’s atmosphere. Astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky first spotted the asteroid cataloged as 2022 EB5 on March 11 using the Schmidt telescope at Hungary’s Piszkéstető Observatory. The observations indicate the space rock was likely about the size of a refrigerator and that it impacted the atmosphere to the north of Iceland just a few hours later... (MORE - details)
"Last Exit: Space" documentary: Why Werner Herzog thinks human space colonization will fail
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/03/a...ts-poetry/
EXCERPTS: Last Exit: Space is a new documentary on Discovery+ that explores the possibility of humans colonizing planets beyond Earth. Since it is produced and narrated by Werner Herzog (director of Grizzly Man, guest star on The Mandalorian) and written and directed by his son Rudolph, however, it goes in a different direction than your average space documentary. It's weird, beautiful, skeptical, and even a bit funny.
In light of the film's recent streaming launch, father and son Herzog spoke with Ars Technica from their respective homes about the film's otherworldly hopes, pessimistic conclusions, and that one part about space colonists having to drink their own urine.
[...] Werner notes that the script is his son's, who says that "all of my films are comedies, even if they don't look like comedies." Rudolph's inclination for dark humor is seen throughout Last Exit: Space, which is largely anchored by interviews with researchers, engineers, and ex-astronauts, though the director is also eager to feature skeptics, futurologists, and voices that he admits he "politely disagrees with."
[...] In Last Exit: Space, Rudolph puts his own spin on his father's filmmaking pedigree by alternating between hard science, firm skepticism, dark humor, beautiful filmography, and surprising moments of awe at the human spirit. For most of the film, Rudolph focuses on two options for where humans might travel, land, and establish space colonies: Mars or an exoplanet in the Alpha Centauri system.
Along the way, Last Exit: Space follows a pattern. First, it lists a problem that might make a certain space travel proposition impossible. Then it briefly explains the most promising solution to that problem as developed by modern science and engineering. Finally, it brings the interstellar dream crashing back down to Earth with a grim recounting of why the solution won't work... (MORE - missing details)
https://youtu.be/pdo79RD_1fs
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/pdo79RD_1fs
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/20...4b1f158fc3
INTRO: For just the fifth time ever, astronomers discovered a new asteroid right before it slammed into Earth’s atmosphere. Astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky first spotted the asteroid cataloged as 2022 EB5 on March 11 using the Schmidt telescope at Hungary’s Piszkéstető Observatory. The observations indicate the space rock was likely about the size of a refrigerator and that it impacted the atmosphere to the north of Iceland just a few hours later... (MORE - details)
"Last Exit: Space" documentary: Why Werner Herzog thinks human space colonization will fail
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/03/a...ts-poetry/
EXCERPTS: Last Exit: Space is a new documentary on Discovery+ that explores the possibility of humans colonizing planets beyond Earth. Since it is produced and narrated by Werner Herzog (director of Grizzly Man, guest star on The Mandalorian) and written and directed by his son Rudolph, however, it goes in a different direction than your average space documentary. It's weird, beautiful, skeptical, and even a bit funny.
In light of the film's recent streaming launch, father and son Herzog spoke with Ars Technica from their respective homes about the film's otherworldly hopes, pessimistic conclusions, and that one part about space colonists having to drink their own urine.
[...] Werner notes that the script is his son's, who says that "all of my films are comedies, even if they don't look like comedies." Rudolph's inclination for dark humor is seen throughout Last Exit: Space, which is largely anchored by interviews with researchers, engineers, and ex-astronauts, though the director is also eager to feature skeptics, futurologists, and voices that he admits he "politely disagrees with."
[...] In Last Exit: Space, Rudolph puts his own spin on his father's filmmaking pedigree by alternating between hard science, firm skepticism, dark humor, beautiful filmography, and surprising moments of awe at the human spirit. For most of the film, Rudolph focuses on two options for where humans might travel, land, and establish space colonies: Mars or an exoplanet in the Alpha Centauri system.
Along the way, Last Exit: Space follows a pattern. First, it lists a problem that might make a certain space travel proposition impossible. Then it briefly explains the most promising solution to that problem as developed by modern science and engineering. Finally, it brings the interstellar dream crashing back down to Earth with a grim recounting of why the solution won't work... (MORE - missing details)
https://youtu.be/pdo79RD_1fs