Scientific inaccuracies in Alien

[Stitch]

Indicating that he felt it was nonsense.

Indicating he thought it was small. He doesn't question it. Anything beyond that is projection. If they wanted to show he thought it was ludicrous there are much clearer ways.

I'm inclined to agree. Like I think Kane was doing. 1200km is tiny.

[Xenomrph]

Strange that what they land on doesn't seem tiny.

[426Buddy]

We've certainly given it more thought that any of the creators that's for sure lol.

[Xenomrph]

We've certainly given it more thought that any of the creators that's for sure lol.

Well that's what fandoms are best at

[Kradan]

Nitpicking and proud

[Local Trouble]

Indicating that he felt it was nonsense.

Indicating he thought it was small. He doesn't question it. Anything beyond that is projection. If they wanted to show he thought it was ludicrous there are much clearer ways.

I'm inclined to agree. Like I think Kane was doing. 1200km is tiny.

Yeah, it's tiny, but not unusually so.  Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn, is only ~500km.

[Xenomrph]

Indicating that he felt it was nonsense.

Indicating he thought it was small. He doesn't question it. Anything beyond that is projection. If they wanted to show he thought it was ludicrous there are much clearer ways.

I'm inclined to agree. Like I think Kane was doing. 1200km is tiny.

Yeah, it's tiny, but not unusually so.  Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn, is only ~500km.

The problem isn't the size, it's its other properties if it's that small.
They land a starship the length of a football field on it, get out and walk around normally, and see that it's got an atmosphere.

[Local Trouble]

The problem isn't the size, it's its other properties if it's that small.
They land a starship the length of a football field on it, get out and walk around normally, and see that it's got an atmosphere.

Atmosphere found on Enceladus

At just 500 kilometres across, the moon's gravity is insufficient to keep hold of the water vapour for long. This means that a strong flow of water must continually replenish the atmosphere, suggesting that Enceladus may be volcanically active or possess steamy geysers.

Sound familiar?

[Xenomrph]

Slight difference between Enceladus' atmosphere and a breathable one. The bit you quoted even points out it can't hold the atmosphere, in opposition to what we see in the movies.

[Local Trouble]

Slight difference between Enceladus' atmosphere and a breathable one. The bit you quoted even points out it can't hold the atmosphere, in opposition to what we see in the movies.

It wasn't breathable until the company set up an atmosphere processor on it though.

[Xenomrph]

Slight difference between Enceladus' atmosphere and a breathable one. The bit you quoted even points out it can't hold the atmosphere, in opposition to what we see in the movies.

It wasn't breathable until the company set up an atmosphere processor on it though.

The point is that it shouldn't be able to hold it, atmosphere processor or not.
And it still had a dense atmosphere as we see in 'Alien', it's just not breathable.

[Local Trouble]

The point is that it shouldn't be able to hold it, atmosphere processor or not.
And it still had a dense atmosphere as we see in 'Alien', it's just not breathable.

How did you determine its atmospheric density?

[Xenomrph]

With my eyes, based on what we see in the movie.

[Local Trouble]

With my eyes, based on what we see in the movie.

So no dialogue or anything, just your subjective analysis of the visuals?

[426Buddy]

I will say that when the Sulaco arrives above the planet, lv-426 appears to be far larger than 1200km, if we're including the sequel in this discussion that is.