Question

A science fiction film depicts inhabitants of one spaceship (in outer space) hear the sound of a nearby spaceship as it zooms past at high speeds. critique the physics of this film?

Answer 1

Answer:

if there is some sought of  energy like light or sound or heat, it requires a media to travel. when the aircraft passes with a high speed , it generates heat, light, sound energy.

Answer 2

The film does not based on laws of physics if the inhabitants of the spaceship in outer space hear the sound of a nearby spaceship as it zooms past at high speeds.

• Outer space is a mere vacuum without any medium .
• Sound can not travel in vacuum . It needs a medium to propagate .

• Thus , the inhabitants actually can't hear the sound .