Wait, is my memory that faulty? Superman won the fight against the Dark Knight.

It somehow pains me that that was the most successful star trek movie.

"He did a stint in prison, missing the shank of his son's childhood, which has left irrevocable scars."

It's not so much that eyes are wasted resources. It's that eyes are a very vulnerable part of the body. In a lighted environment, their advantages are huge, and well worth the risk. But in darkness, they are just injuries waiting to happen.

Yes. Ceres is often cited as further "evidence" of Bode's law. If I recall correctly, this was mentioned in one of Heinlein's books. _Time for the Stars_, I think. In his imaginings, *all* the star systems they travelled to obeyed Bode's law, and the astronomers in that fictional universe had no better explanation…

Why are we handed at all in the first place?

It doesn't seem that B5 was so long ago, and yet, so many of its actors have passed. Richard Biggs, Jeff Conaway, and...

It doesn't seem that B5 was so long ago, and yet, so many of its actors have passed.

yes to "grouse"

Ah. Very interesting, thank you. Of course, I only need to refuel on Titan if I'm coming back. 8-)

The first "science fiction" movie shot in space? Isn't it the first work of fiction at all to be shot in space? Was there some previous drama I'm unaware of?

That is six flavors of awesome! I didn't know that.

But, with a nuclear rocket, wouldn't you still have to carry all your reaction mass? (Perhaps I do not understand that term.)

"the economics and politics of AGW (anthropic global warming) is relevant

Did ya get that thing I sent ya?

Good catch. I'm speculating that the word "Guild" there refers to assassin's guild, not the Guild of Calamitous intent. And Hunter was arguably not OSI while under deep cover as Black Heart.

Would a being that can fly, however smart, feel pleasure from sledding? We do, but... we can't fly.

You lied!

'For the next time somebody tells me "Only religion can inspire great art. Science does not bring out creativity in people." '

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