Exactly. There are some exceptions, but the vast majority of movie and TV sci-fi is driven by the rule of cool rather than consistency or scientific accuracy. Which is fine. E.g., X-Wings doing banked turns in the vacuum of space and ships with antigrav doing meteoric re-entries are both visually very satisfying, no matter how preposterous they are when you think about it.--"Eternity is in love with the productions of time." - William Blake----- The Traveller Mailing List Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com To unsubscribe from this list please go to http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u= z4ykj54zpoNxz3pUaE773cJHeATwsg Su