History Main / SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay

[[caption-width-right:346: Because, you know... [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall space is grape-flavored]].]]

-->-- '''''TheSimpsons''''' (Bart and Lisa watching ''The Planet from Outer Space'')

Specific kinds of SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay include:

Overlaps ArtisticLicenseAstronomy. Compare SpaceIsMagic, which goes [[RefugeInAudacity above and beyond]] mere technical inaccuracy.

* InSpaceEveryoneCanSeeYourFace[[/index]]
* Spacesuits depicted as coveralls-with-a-helmet, hanging and folding in a way that shows clearly that they are ''not'' pressurized. This error can be seen in the classic British comic ''Dan Dare'' (which was drawn using models who actually ''were'' wearing coveralls), and in StarTrekEnterprise. The LatexSpaceSuit, however, could actually be TruthInTelevision in the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near future]] ([[{{Vaporware}} though they've been saying that since the Sixties]]). Pressure is pressure, and wearing [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_activity_suit a properly-designed suit of tight elastic material]] could provide the necessary pressure without being inflated.
** Of course, you could wear coveralls ''over'' a LatexSpaceSuit, for modesty, the utility of pockets, or some additional degree of protection [[strike:[[SpaceIsCold or insulation]]]].[[index]]

See also: MohsScaleOfSciFiHardness, TheCoconutEffect.

Overlaps AstronomyGoof. Compare SpaceIsMagic, which goes [[RefugeInAudacity above and beyond]] mere technical inaccuracy.

Overlaps YouFailAstronomyForever. Compare SpaceIsMagic, which goes [[RefugeInAudacity above and beyond]] mere technical inaccuracy.

''Right. Goggles on!''\\
-- ''TheSimpsons'' (Bart and Lisa watching an old SciFi movie, The Planet from Outer Space)

->''Helicopters'' in space? ''[[LampshadeHanging That's just ridiculous!]]''\\
-- ''LeagueOfSuperEvil'' (Skullossus finding a helicopter hovering in front of his space station.)

* InSpaceEveryoneCanSeeYourFace

** Of course, you could wear coveralls ''over'' a LatexSpaceSuit, for modesty, the utility of pockets, or some additional degree of protection [[strike:[[SpaceIsCold or insulation]]]].

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<<|YouFailPhysicsForever|>>

** Of course, you could wear coveralls ''over'' a LatexSpaceSuit, for modesty, the utility of pockets, or some additional degree of protection or insulation.

*** Considering that in the vacuuum of space, the main problem with heat is ''getting rid of it'', that last bit is doubtful.

->''Dear God! Space air is leaking in! Goggles on, men!''\\
-- ''TheSimpsons'' (Bart and Lisa watching an old SciFi movie)

Some of this is due to a [[DidNotDoTheResearch lack of research]] or just [[TheyJustDidntCare lack of interest]]. But most of the modern misrepresentations can be put down to the RuleOfCool ([[SpaceIsNoisy things with sound]] are cooler than things without sound ? although [[NothingIsScarier not as scary]], as [[{{Film.Alien}} a famous tagline]] pointed out), [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality artistic license]], or simply the belief [[ViewersAreMorons that audiences]] [[TheCoconutEffect wouldn't accept it any other way]].

** And wouldn't that latex suit have to be heated in order for you to not freeze in the cold depths of space? I'm looking at you, MassEffect.

* NoKindOfAtmosphere

* LylatSystem

->"''That's the end of that one. Atmospheric conditions in outer space often interfere with transmitting.''"\\
-- '''General Roberts''', ''PlanNineFromOuterSpace''

* UniversalUniverseTime

->''That's the end of that one. Atmospheric conditions in outer space often interfere with transmitting.''\\
-- '''General Roberts''', ''PlanNineFromOuterSpace'' (causing [[CriticalResearchFailure uncontrollable sobbing]] in astrophysicists)[[hottip:*:The interplanetary medium can be thought of as ''the Sun's'' atmosphere (it's very, ''very'' thin), and conditions there (sunspots etc.) really do interfere with communications...but that's ''definitely'' not what EdWood was talking about.]]