Nope, the extra bomb was an excuse used to justify the decision. The real motivation (and arguement) was to find and hopefully rescue the other crew.

"Hollywood hasn't delivered good space horror since Sunshine"

I hope this migrates to navy pilots soon. We are still forced to use paper pubs...we can't even use the electronic flight bags yet. Crashing shouldn't be too much of a problem. During the critical phases of flight, (take-off and landing) modern aircraft are usually on either gps (which has its own display integral…

How about Nobel prize winning Dr. Barry Marshall? To prove that a certain bacteria caused stomach ulcers, he drank a solution of bacteria, gave himself an ulcer, and then used anti-biotics to cure himself. His work overturned decades of conventional wisdom on the cause and treatment of ulcers.

The U.S. actually has abundant stockpiles of rare earth minerals. It just doesn't have the refining capacity to exploit them. Refining the minerals isn't exactly eco-friendly, so it is not cost effective for companies to build and operate these factories in the U.S. As China cuts exports and the price rises, it…

Not the same problem. Remember, anti-ship missiles and theater ballistic missiles will be launched at tens, maybe hundreds of miles away. They are not going to carry their own payloads of sand. You can use decoys, true, but a laser can quickly kill and switch to another target. Also, every "protection" you put on…

The lasers make a very effective defense against waves of small boat threats as well. And boats can carry a lot more armor than an airborne threat.

Anti-ship missiles have terminal maneuvers that make it almost impossible to intercept with other missiles or bullets. And Anti-ship / Theater Ballistic missiles are too fast. Lasers are the only viable defense against those kinds of threats.

I totally disagree. BSG was great in season 3 because it dealt with the fallout of the purges and revenge tribunals after the occupation of New Caprica. In addition, you had the trial of Baltar. These are the types of things that happen after a rebellion (anyone been paying attention to world events lately?) Episode…

As someone who's both flown and scheduled flyovers, let me tell you how they work. At the beginning of each fiscal quarter, a squadron is given so many hours and money to fly. You have to have a good reason not to spend the money because those hours is what big navy has determined to be necessary for the squadron's…

As someone who's both flown and scheduled flyovers, let me tell you how they work. At the beginning of each fiscal quarter, a squadron is given so many hours and money to fly. You have to have a good reason not to spend the money because those hours is what big navy has determined to be necessary for the squadron's…

As someone who's both flown and scheduled flyovers, let me tell you how they work. At the beginning of each fiscal quarter, a squadron is given so many hours and money to fly. You have to have a good reason not to spend the money because those hours is what big navy has determined to be necessary for the squadron's…

As someone who's both flown and scheduled flyovers, let me tell you how they work. At the beginning of each fiscal quarter, a squadron is given so many hours and money to fly. You have to have a good reason not to spend the money because those hours is what big navy has determined to be necessary for the squadron's…

As someone who's both flown and scheduled flyovers, let me tell you how they work. At the beginning of each fiscal quarter, a squadron is given so many hours and money to fly. You have to have a good reason not to spend the money because those hours is what big navy has determined to be necessary for the squadron's…

As someone who's both flown and scheduled flyovers, let me tell you how they work. At the beginning of each fiscal quarter, a squadron is given so many hours and money to fly. You have to have a good reason not to spend the money because those hours is what big navy has determined to be necessary for the squadron's…

As someone who's both flown and scheduled flyovers, let me tell you how they work. At the beginning of each fiscal quarter, a squadron is given so many hours and money to fly. You have to have a good reason not to spend the money because those hours is what big navy has determined to be necessary for the squadron's…

As someone who's both flown and scheduled flyovers, let me tell you how they work. At the beginning of each fiscal quarter, a squadron is given so many hours and money to fly. You have to have a good reason not to spend the money because those hours is what big navy has determined to be necessary for the squadron's…

As someone who's both flown and scheduled flyovers, let me tell you how they work. At the beginning of each fiscal quarter, a squadron is given so many hours and money to fly. You have to have a good reason not to spend the money because those hours is what big navy has determined to be necessary for the squadron's…