>and that means they would bring this pathogen as well It's way more reasonable to assume that they sterilized/controlled a very limited plant material supply that they have on board than then it's possible to sterilize an entire Earth. BTW, thoroughly isolated plantations were shown in the movie (when Cooper walks around the base).
>he was also sending a robot there, clearly expecting it to survive It wasn't his idea. This was proposed by his African-American colleague before his death. They also said more than once that the robot wasn't meant to survive, it was "suicide mission" and there were some lines about robot feelings about the mission.
>he doesn't seem to be psychic He is! :) His daughter despise him and is probably dead, he was betrayed by his old friend and everyone on the Earth will be dead soon and there is no need in him anymore — "population bomb" will work by itself. Robot's mission was "suicide", so I assume Cooper was committing suicide, too, maybe with a glimpse of hope that he will SOMEHOW survive or see something interesting before the death.
>If he makes some calculation and declares that they can do that Why? There is no time for this. I believe it was a desperate attempt (the ship could be crushed by the next wave, and they will surely not go anywhere in a next hour/20 years) that worked.
>I didn't really sympathize the characters Here is the problem, then :)
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Date: 2014-11-17 11:48 am (UTC)It's way more reasonable to assume that they sterilized/controlled a very limited plant material supply that they have on board than then it's possible to sterilize an entire Earth. BTW, thoroughly isolated plantations were shown in the movie (when Cooper walks around the base).
>he was also sending a robot there, clearly expecting it to survive
It wasn't his idea. This was proposed by his African-American colleague before his death. They also said more than once that the robot wasn't meant to survive, it was "suicide mission" and there were some lines about robot feelings about the mission.
>he doesn't seem to be psychic
He is! :) His daughter despise him and is probably dead, he was betrayed by his old friend and everyone on the Earth will be dead soon and there is no need in him anymore — "population bomb" will work by itself. Robot's mission was "suicide", so I assume Cooper was committing suicide, too, maybe with a glimpse of hope that he will SOMEHOW survive or see something interesting before the death.
>If he makes some calculation and declares that they can do that
Why? There is no time for this. I believe it was a desperate attempt (the ship could be crushed by the next wave, and they will surely not go anywhere in a next hour/20 years) that worked.
>I didn't really sympathize the characters
Here is the problem, then :)