The true beauty of Planetes lies in its realistic future vision and attention to detail. Its story assumes that, while there have been substantial gains in space travel, mankind is still traveling within its solar system without the benefit of hyperspace or warp gates or anything of that nature. Yes, you can take a vacation trip to the moon in the year 2075, but it's still a four-day trip. Artificial gravity is only achieved by spinning in space, so ships or areas of space stations which don't spin are strictly zero-G. Space stations and ships take common-sense adaptations to this reality, such as having bars on floors, walls, and ceiling for people to pull themselves along or hook their feet under when they want to stand in place. The rookie member of Half Section isn't able to just automatically jet around wherever she wants to right away, either; she actually has to (gasp!) practice at it. When the Debris Section crew is out in space doing their job the laws of physics are actually applied, and in a distinct rarity for sci-fi series, no sound is heard in space save that which comes over the suit intercoms. When in zero-G parts of space stations or spaceships, characters are shown as being at least slightly in motion if they had any initial momentum, a detail often ignored in other sci-fi series involving zero-G environments. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency is listed in the credits under the heading “Research Assistance,” and it shows. It's no wonder that NASA itself took an interest in this series.
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A list of locations where fans can donate money towards relief efforts in Japan following the March 11 earthquake
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html
https://american.redcross.org/site/Donation2?idb=0&5052.donation=form1&df_id=5052
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