Big Hero 6

I laughed, I cried and I was wowed by Big Hero 6. Such a fun movie and I liked the cool & colorful designs.

Big Hero 6 is one of the best pro-science movies of 2014. And gazing through San Fransokyo is a delight.

Also digged the music by Henry Jackman and the song Immortals.

I now want figures of all the characters and I have to buy the art book.

Interstellar

Interstellar exceeded my expectations on many levels despite my minor issues with certain plot points. The movie is obviously awe-inspiring with its visuals and I was very happy with the direction of the story and the surprises it offered, along with some emotional moments that had me choked up (no surprise there either). I might watch it again in the theatre next week.

I don't know if Interstellar will become the movie I want it to be, which will inspire the masses about space exploration; maybe no movie can do that for the majority of the population.

But if Interstellar even manages to breathe new life into the conversation about space exploration, if it makes some people ponder about space like they never imagined before, if it makes a new generation of people including the youth look up in the sky and wonder what if...?

Then I am thankful to Christopher Nolan for making Interstellar, as it would have served its purpose beyond just great entertainment.

Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Flight Crash

On October 31, 2014 VSS Enterprise Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo spaceflight test vehicle crashed at the Mojave Desert, California in United States. Read the full story here.

It's tragic that one pilot died while the other is seriously injured. And it's quite bad timing for that Interstellar spacetravel sweepstakes.

These are the perils of the space industry. There will be setbacks, lives will be lost, lessons will be learned, improvement will happen. It's all part of the challenge for growth and advancement in the pursuit of exploration and science.

We currently embrace and enjoy many aspects of technology including commercial air flight, but that wouldn't have been possible without the countless people (both known and unknown) who gave their time, skills and lives during the early crucial stages of those projects.

Space tourism is currently in its infancy, but thanks to the dedication and efforts of these pilots and many others like them we get to move upward and beyond, paving space travel for future generations.

May peace be with them and their families.