When the U.S.S. Enterprise or Millennium Falcon glides by the camera, we take an odd comfort in the signature "whoosh" sound that follows.
Our friend, the stickler for scientific fact, usually points out that sound can never be possible in space. But don't let the same be said for warp drive and tricorders, or even Starfleet Academy and the "Force." Science and science fiction follow an intricate dance that toes the line between fantasy and fact. It is, in fact, a love story -- a partnership full of symbiosis and reciprocity.
MORE: http://geekout.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/15/where-data-meet-diction-science-and-sci-fis-dialogue/?hpt=hp_bn8
