Yeah, I did read the second one. I was doing physics at the time I saw that Independence day, and remember thinking at the time, 'something 1/5 the size of the Earth? Closer than the moon? Not too sure about that!'
I did also like the the end of one of that books chapters too. Explaining why in Star Wars/Trek their ships bank when turning, even though they do not need to - there's no air in space, Aircraft must bank when turning to stay afloat, spaceships do not - and saying the answer is the same as another question he's asked a lot: "Why does the Voyager lift it's warp nacelles up before jumping to warp?"
Simple: It looks good.
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Fate: Protects fools, little children and ships named Enterprise...
Fate: Also beats the merry hell out of the Battlestar Galactica.
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House Quote of the Day!
"I was curious. But since I'm not a cat, that's not dangerous to me." Dr House MD
I don't think that metaphor was actually designed to warn cats.
Dr Wilson MD (Just)
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