It bothers me more that we completely ignore gravitational time dilation. When the bugs got back to their home planet it should be much later. They might not recognize each other because generations could have passed. If the viltirumites then found omniman on the planet, Mark would be older by the time he got the rescue mission. That Nolan is able to journey the cosmos, rescue a ship from a black hole, and start a new family all in about 6 months Mark time doesn't make sense under physics.
Also I need to question the circumstances how they got in this situation in the first place. Black holes aren't actually a gravitational hazard at normal distances. You can safely orbit them like a star or planet. A flyby of a blackhole will probably kick you out with greater speed than you approached. To actually get that close you would need to spend an enormous amount of propellant to kill any relative motion. It seems like something that can only happen intentionally.
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u/EarthTrash Jun 06 '26
It bothers me more that we completely ignore gravitational time dilation. When the bugs got back to their home planet it should be much later. They might not recognize each other because generations could have passed. If the viltirumites then found omniman on the planet, Mark would be older by the time he got the rescue mission. That Nolan is able to journey the cosmos, rescue a ship from a black hole, and start a new family all in about 6 months Mark time doesn't make sense under physics.
Also I need to question the circumstances how they got in this situation in the first place. Black holes aren't actually a gravitational hazard at normal distances. You can safely orbit them like a star or planet. A flyby of a blackhole will probably kick you out with greater speed than you approached. To actually get that close you would need to spend an enormous amount of propellant to kill any relative motion. It seems like something that can only happen intentionally.