TallCast #4: Interstellar TallCast

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


How DLP Projectors Work


Google in 2011


Google in 1998


Video From Episode 2


Adobe Premiere


Sony Vegas


Adobe Audition


Audacity


Jonathan Nolan


Nolan's Deathbed Scenes: 1 2 3 4 5


Dark Knight Rises Preview Bane Voice Comparison


First Shot


List of Books in the Bookcase (no Grapes of Wrath)


Interstellar Teaser


Inception Teaser


The Science of Interstellar


'One Big Lie' Science Fiction Concept


The Dodge Truck


The Carhartt Jacket


Matt Damon Makes His Entrance


Tusk


Kevin Smith


Kevin James


Yoga Hosers


Harley Quinn Smith


Moose Jaws


Spider Robot


Spider Robot Toy


Will Smith Turned Down Neo for Wild Wild West


Wired Article about Jaimie Mantzel


Burning his Degree


Traversable Wormholes


Exotic Matter


Supermassive Black Hole


Supermassive Black Hole (song)


The Water Planet


Grey-haired David Gyasi


Gravitational Time Dilation


Inverse Square Law in Gravitation


LEO


Microgravity


Technically, we are Orbiting a Supermassive Black Hole


Multilateration (not Triangulation)


Zach's GPS Example


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)


Gravity Assist Maneuver


Wait But Why


xkcd


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


Extinction Events


Distance to Mars


All Planets Fit Between the Earth and the Moon


Venera Soviet Missions


Pictures from the Surface of Venus


NASA did go to Venus Once


Balloon Colony on Venus


Columbia (from Bioshock Infinite)


Moon Colonization


Planetary Resources (Asteroid Mining)


NASA Budget over Time


Us Military: "Let's Blow Up the Moon"


xkcd: Fundamental Forces


Black Mass


Spectre


The Martian


The Revenant