tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post2049493687211188000..comments2023-08-18T04:37:47.001-04:00Comments on Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Things that make my eyes glaze over, part 857Kelly Sedingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-36608529722853104972007-08-17T14:51:00.000-04:002007-08-17T14:51:00.000-04:00Actually, if one is in a spacecraft with an atmosp...Actually, if one is in a spacecraft with an atmosphere, one <I>would</I> in fact be able to hear sounds. Presumably, the rocket thrusters of one's vessel would be heard and felt in the ship's atmosphere, as well as the firing of any of that ship's weapons, any collisions with micrometeorites, and so on.<BR/><BR/>Space isn't a perfect vacuum, either. Though sparse, it does contain enough gas & dust particles to serve as a very poor medium for sound. If one's artificial atmosphere was within 100 feet of what would normally be a deafening explosion, then perhaps some small amount of sound could be realized in the artificial atmosphere.<BR/><BR/>It's like Sting wrote years ago:<BR/><I>My feet don't hardly make no sound...</I><BR/><BR/>Never mind the double negatives, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-63819881618633587712007-08-17T01:23:00.000-04:002007-08-17T01:23:00.000-04:00The people who gripe about that one strike me as t...The people who gripe about that one strike me as the same sort of killjoys who would point out that Chaplin's Little Tramp couldn't <I>really</I> eat shoelaces like they were made of licorice, or who obsessively count the number of shots John Wayne fires to see if he's reloading as often as he'd need to in real life.<BR/><BR/>The sound effects in space movies are there for the sake of <I>drama</I> people! It's entertainment, not hard science. <I>Duh!</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com