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Poking a hole in his glove


Using escaping gas as propulsion worked fine with WALL-E and his fire extinguisher. LOL

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It would work, but how much pressure would he have to lose to get that far?

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No it would not have worked.

He would have some temporary thrust as his suit depressurized. But that thrust axis was not through his center of mass. It would have been rotational, not translational thrust and he would simply pinwheel in place.

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The author actually admitted that among all the scientifically correct things, that part is pure make-believe. For the reason CG23Sailor states.

The fire extinguisher is another story though.

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The author did acknowledge that. That's why they didn't use it in the book.

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That is one the silliest parts of this movie

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