Comment Re:Why? (Score 1, Informative) 94
> this isn't particularly useful in itself, but the new techniques they had to develop to solve it are important.
Wiles' Fermat proof is a paramount example.
No Dune 2 (first RTW)
Herzog Zwei? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herzog_Zwei
It's even better than a solar eclipse as seen from earth because the earth's atmosphere diffracts light from the sun, causing a ring of light to appear around the planet. Very cool.
Plus, you'd be on the MOON, man, ON THE MOON!
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