Timeline for Why did the Endurance crew bother landing on Miller's planet?
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| Mar 17, 2016 at 6:25 | comment | added | Zommuter | while when considering only spacial distance, the planet may have been "closest", due to the relativist time dilation it wasn't closest in terms of "visiting as many planets as possible in as little time as possible" | |
| Jun 18, 2015 at 2:48 | comment | added | Jim2B | I agree. In-universe they stated that it was the minimum fuel/time place to visit. A look at the orbital dynamics proves that to be false. The visit to Miller's planet was a not subtle lesson in "Nature is filled with unanticipated dangers." The lesson at Mann's planet is "Humanity poses unexpected dangers too." | |
| Apr 19, 2015 at 12:10 | comment | added | Mithoron | For me this whole Millers planet motive looks like giant hole is reasonable reasoning - in reality it would be incredibly difficult to get there, because of huge orbital velocity difference. Out of universe, it was one big show off. | |
| Apr 19, 2015 at 2:17 | history | answered | guest | CC BY-SA 3.0 |