Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
A few crucial errors in the climactic sequence from the 1994 film have been bugging Jeremy Tinker, NYU associate professor of physics, for 30 years. Here, he breaks it down, starting with how the bad guy's rocket travels faster than the speed of light.
A few crucial errors in the climactic sequence from the 1994 film have been bugging Jeremy Tinker, NYU associate professor of physics, for 30 years. Here, he breaks it down, starting with how the bad guy's rocket travels faster than the speed of light.










