re: #129 SixDegrees

If and when it comes out, I’ll probably go see it, but I will have my defenses up and my expectations down.

I’ll agree with you on the original being flawless. It was in every way. Except for the claim that it takes us until 2100 to get to the Moon, and…

Here’s my astrogeek coming out: Altair is a A7V main sequence star. Very bright, hot, and as a M.S. star 2 spectral types higher than our sun, it is much younger. (The light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long) It wouldn’t be very likely that a species could evolve, rise to an ultimate in technological evolution, and then be extinct for millions of years on a planet around that star.

They should have picked Delta Pavonis. It’s a G-type star like ours that is just beginning to move off of the Main Sequence on its way to turning into a red giant. It’s a couple billion years older than the Sun and a better candidate for the home of an ancient extinct civilization.

I don’t let this fact bother me too much while watching it though.