re: How much can bad science in Sci-Fi break immersion?

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For science fiction, I don't like the inconsistencies about how long it takes to get places/travel distances

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That's one of the things I liked about Passengers. Granted, that was the whole plot of the movie. But the ship design, including the debris shielding, and how long it would take to get to the planet were close to what I imagine we will finally come up with when we start interstellar travel.