What are the best science fiction films according to NASA?

Science fiction is a genre as well appreciated in literature as it is on the small screen, the big screen as well as in video games. Being able to free oneself from physical and temporal limits is a dream for more than one person. Science fiction encourages us to question the present and explores the major societal questions of our time and it can even anticipate the future in a utopian or dystopian way.

The principle of science fiction is to allow us to escape from our daily lives. There is an immense quantity of science fiction works so that everyone can find something to suit them. In cinemas, science fiction has a preponderant place in the hearts of spectators. Among the long list of films in the genre, some are more realistic than others. This is how NASA revealed its list of the best and worst science fiction films.

Here are the science fiction films approved by NASA

In 2011, NASA hosted a meeting at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for an all-important debate: what are the best and worst science fiction films? NASA experts were interested in the plausibility of these. So, Welcome to Gattica is the most realistic science fiction film, and therefore the best in NASA’s eyes. Starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Jude Law, this feature film released in 1997 put scientists in its pocket.

We are in a “perfect” futuristic world in which everyone has the opportunity to choose the genotype of their children. By being able to master genetics in this way, individuals see their destiny predetermined before they are even born. Gattaca is a center for space studies and research aimed at young people with impeccable genetic heritage. While Jérôme, an ideal candidate, sees his life destroyed by a terrible accident, Vincent, an illegitimate child, dreams of flying into space. The two protagonists will therefore have to help each other and thwart the laws of Gattaca to hope to obtain what they want most.

According to NASA, the scenario of Welcome to Gattaca is far from far-fetched. Quite the contrary. In addition to the ethical questions that the subject raises, eugenics is at the heart of many news stories. In 2018, twin girls were born in China. A rather unusual birth since their genome has been altered to give them resistance to HIV infection. He Jankui, a Chinese biologist, was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison. A little more recently, the startup Heliospect Genomics offers wealthy couples the chance to select their embryos according to IQ, while Orchi Health promises “perfect” babies and a solution to the “genetic lottery”.

But other films have found favor in the eyes of NASA experts for their realism and plausibility. So, Contact with Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey, Metropolis released in 1927, The day the Earth stood still from 1951, The Woman on the Moon (1929), The Thing from Another World also released in 1951 in cinemas and Jurassic Park are the films to watch if you are looking for a work of realistic science fiction.

On the other hand, NASA was harsh with 2012 who predicted the end of the world according to the “forecasts” of the Mayans. According to Donald Yeoman, the idea that neutrinos from a solar flare could heat the Earth’s core, and cause the end of the world, is absurd. For its part, the film Fusion with Hilary Swank and Aaron Eckhart is equally implausible since it ignores the basic principles of geology.

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