In this space-themed episode, Tom and Zach wrap up season 1 of TallCast with a discussion of Interstellar, time dilation, Elon Musk, and the colonization of Mars. Warning: This episode spoils parts of Interstellar, which we recommend you consider watching beforehand.
A note for sciency people: Zach knows about special relativity, but chose not to get into it in favor of focusing on general relativity, which is relevant to the film.
Links:
The Song from Fantastic Four (2015)
Interstellar IMDB Page (currently #29)
2001: A Space Odyssey IMDB Page (currently #94)
Zach's Image of The Saturn Nebula
Nolan's Deathbed Scenes: 1 2 3 4 5
Dark Knight Rises Preview Bane Voice Comparison
List of Books in the Bookcase (no Grapes of Wrath)
The Science of Interstellar
'One Big Lie' Science Fiction Concept
Matt Damon Makes His Entrance
Will Smith Turned Down Neo for Wild Wild West
Wired Article about Jaimie Mantzel
Supermassive Black Hole (song)
Gravitational Time Dilation
Inverse Square Law in Gravitation
Technically, we are Orbiting a Supermassive Black Hole
Multilateration (not Triangulation)
Airplane Relativity Experiment
Fastest in Space: Helios 2 (43.63 mi/s or 70.22 km/s)
Fastest on Earth: A Manhole Cover (> 41 mi/s or 66 km/s)
Voyager 1 (11 mi/s or 17 km/s)
Wait But Why Elon Musk Part 1, Part 2 (Tesla), Part 3(Mars)
Wait But Why Superintelligent AI Part 1, Part 2
Looks Like the Quote wasn't Einstein's
Energy Densities of Common Energy Storage Materials
Submarine Commander who Prevented Nuclear War
Soviet Missile Commander who Prevented Nuclear War
Norwegian Rocket Which almost Started Nuclear War
Bomb Accidentally Dropped in South Carolina
All Planets Fit Between the Earth and the Moon
Pictures from the Surface of Venus
NASA did go to Venus Once
Columbia (from Bioshock Infinite)
Planetary Resources (Asteroid Mining)
Us Military: "Let's Blow Up the Moon"
