A Lesson in Historical Storytelling from ‘Touching the Void’ and ‘The Summit’

Last night, Neil DeGrasse Tyson took to Twitter to complain about Gravity. It turns out that various pieces of satellite debris orbit the earth in the wrong direction, the space stations aren’t in the right places, and Sandra Bullock’s hair isn’t floppy enough. Also, no one who has seen 2001: A Space Odyssey should be impressed by the way Alfonso Cuarón…