The Ark

Two by Two - S1-E6

Factual error: They are headed to Proxima, the closest star to Earth, but somehow use another system, a binary star, to use solar sail propulsion to get to a planet to get uranium-238. There is no closer star.

Two by Two - S1-E6

Factual error: The ship is using solar sails to accelerate. The sails are far too small to make a significant change to the speed of the ark. Also, when they approach breakaway, the ship rumbles. There is no mechanism for a transient stress. It is not like breaking the sound barrier.

Two by Two - S1-E6

Factual error: They are headed to Proxima, the closest star to Earth, but somehow use another system, a binary star, to use solar sail propulsion to get to a planet to get uranium-238. There is no closer star.

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