World - renowned astrophysicist , TV personality , scientific discipline communicator , and all - circle amazing human , Neil DeGrasse Tyson , is known to draw in apart some of the scientific discrepancy ( or , should we say , liberties ) in our favorite movies .
Whether he ’s highlight the impossibility of Sandra Bullock’sspace hairinGravity , debatinglightsaber physicswith Professor Brian Cox , or predict who would win a fight between Superman and Batman ( Superman , of course ) , he brings a little special science to pop culture .
The late fantasy show in his lighting line : Game of Thrones .
If you ’ve been contemplating the scientific plausibility of theGame of Thronesdragons , you ’ll be pleased to know they get Tyson ’s Navy SEAL of approval .
He ’s been discourse the respectable , bad and " intriguing " science of GoT on Twitter . When it comes to Danaerys ' dragons , he allege their wingspread are " fittingly large " , which they need to be to contain the dragon ’s weighting during trajectory .
He compared the wings of Rhaegal and Drogon to those of Renaissance cherub , which are " aerodynamically useless " .
He like the elbow room the dragons forfeit forelimb for wings , likeflying dinosaursand innovative - sidereal day bats and boo .
Tyson also gave an explanation for the zombie dragon ’s blue breath . or else of ice , he reckons Viserion is breathing grim fire . This is three times as hot as regular fire and could facilitate explain how he was able to obliterate the Wall . It ’s an impressive effort considering it had stay standing for eight millennia and seven time of year up to that stage .
There is , however , one skill - defy moment Tyson is not have . And no , it is not the wights or Westeros’unusually farseeing seasons , but the posture of the chains the White Walkers use to pull Viserion from the water supply . He says they should be true , not curved .
And he was a little surprised by the zombie ' swimming power .
Still , all in all , it looks like theGame of Thronesshow creators have done a fairly good Book of Job and get the Neil DeGrasse Tyson thumb up ( which is more than can be say forStar Wars ) .
mayhap next time he can fill us in on the physical science of flying broom handle and time - jaunt DeLoreans .
