It has a Ray Bradbury feel to it.

It’s a show that is as good as its characters. So far, so good.

I’m a bit apprehensive about the (wife’s) school and the dump of side characters it will introduce into the show.

I was thinking it would be nice to have a TV series based on the deception like plot device found in Fincher’s The Game.

This seems to scratch that itch.

Two of those movies were based on true stories though.

So they should lie?

Hopefully you’ve watched Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

I will sometimes start watching from season two if I’m worried about exposition and character dumps.

I might miss some things but I can reverse engineer enough to see if the writing, acting, and feel is good enough that you can’t get in the first episodes of the first season.

Imagine you’re in a big ocean. You look out to your horizon. You realize that you’re in the center of the circle of that horizon.

Does that imply you are in the precise middle of the ocean? No.

You are always center of the horizon since you yourself made the horizon.

We are at the center of the universe we see.

Or.

The universe we live on is the surface of an inflating balloon. Where is the center of that universe on the surface of that balloon. It’s a meaningless/impossible question to answer other than saying the center is where you are or there is no center.

The definition of gravitas has his picture next to it.

I'm going to agree that the main characters around him were not at the same level as he was.

But really loved the show. Had a Cronenberg vibe to it.

I heard the lead singer was in a band in the 60s. They supposedly had a hit here and there. Nothing much happened to them.

We grew sorghum!

Note you don't use this to leave Earth. This is for travelling in the vacuum of space and I don't even think it can be used to escape orbit either.

Small acceleration over large time scales means fasty-fasty.

Other than evidence for it. But I’m sure you’re right. /s

Bring a flask of hot chocolate, cups, and brownies.

Not saying these are bribes but it’s a good way to get people to stop and let your kid use their telescope while you plough them with sugar.

The same amount as the Army spent on air conditioning in Afghanistan.

The The Challenger Disaster was a great fictionalised TV series including (the then) newly declassified documents about the creation of the Space Shuttle and the Challenger disaster.

William Hurt, as Richard Feynman, is the main character.

The Parker Solar Probe (NASA)? Or the Solar Probe (ESA)?

Either case they are still in the middle/beginning of their mission.

You should probably just Google the above, since it's such an open ended question and nothing to narrow down what you're interested in or where you are coming from.

For instance articles about PSP: https://arxiv.org/search/?query=parker+solar+probe&searchtype=all&abstracts=show&order=-announced_date_first&size=50

DM articles bring out the crazies: the dark intellectual web type people who think being against the "mainstream" is an answer to all questions.

Early Spielberg, starting with Duel, delivered pitch perfect movies. They’re masterclasses in writing, editing, tone, acting, and directing.

I even think he’s movies after ET have lost some of that “perfection “ (for want of a better word).

Edit. Someone else mentioned tight as a way to describe Duel and I think I mean that for his first movies.

But this has nothing to do with the question.

Moons and planets have a far smaller size to distant ratio than galaxies.

A galaxy may be a billion light years away but it’s 100,00 light years across. As something in our solar system my be a billion kms away but only thousands of kilometers across.

So just because it’s closer doesn’t mean it’s more resolvable.

I still remember when they were first designing the telescope and a group of engineers went to Japan to study origami to see if any techniques could be used when folding the telescope to the size they needed.

I liked it.

It's always a good reminder how backbreaking owner a farm can be especially for small farmers.

He was very popular in Australia. Saw him give a few lectures.

Too bad we didn’t listen to him when we had the time.

As a civilization, we need to “grow up”. Now I’m not 100% sure space exploration is the way but it wouldn’t hurt.

I mean if you met someone at a party and they said this is the first time they left their bedroom you wouldn’t expect too much wisdom from them.

Same with humanity.