
The film ‘Passengers’ highlights the crazy distances and times of space flight
The new film “Passengers” finds a mechanic named Jim Preston, played by Chris Pratt, all alone on a sleek, spinning starship, thanks to a malfunctioning hibernation pod. The automated vessel is spacious, cruise-ship like, and even has space-age Roomba-like bots to keep it tidy. The ship is on a 120-year voyage to a new planet, …