SpaceMika

Check out the clip titled “Earth Not Good for Life”. You can see why we had enough to chat about on set when filming “Brain Storm”.

Stargate: Atlantis, “Brain Storm,” is the last episode of the series for which I was a physics consultant for Props. That means anywhere you see science-scribbles is my handwriting, not that I vetted the script for science.

I need to watch the aired episode to find out which whiteboards ended up in the final cut before I can start posting photos & explanations, but my favourite two boards are the one in the control room (a long complicated process going from string theory to atmospheric science over 24 feet) and the atmospheric science problem-solving board in the herd of physicists (where the lady and the albert-einsteinian scientists are drawing on a diagram).

update: teehee, at least one person noticed! Maxwell graces the Hero-board (they’re pretty! and leave a hint to look closer), but a physics textbook wouldn’t even touch on most of this stuff. When playing with scifi, a gal needs to go farther afield.

update2: have gotten my grubby little paws on the episode, but with only a few days before departure I haven’t gotten to watch it yet. I have confirmed that my whiteboards of glory are present. Discovery likes the squabbling-scientists, but I stand by my prior claim that physics has ego, yes, but it also has a strong ethos of mentorship.