Re: "and what would happen if they could see further back in time than the universe is old?:)"
The question doesn't make sense because time is a part of the Universe. Time started at the Big Bang. Before the Big Bang (or as Calvin called it, the "Gigantic Space Kablooie,") there was no time so you couldn't go beyond it.:)
If you read the book by Arthur C. Clarke, that's actually an orbiting nuclear weapon. Which I guess is a satellite, but the transition in the film was supposed to be more poignant because it was between two weapons (the bone and then the nuke) separated by millions of years.
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Re: "and what would happen if they could see further back in time than the universe is old? :)"
The question doesn't make sense because time is a part of the Universe. Time started at the Big Bang. Before the Big Bang (or as Calvin called it, the "Gigantic Space Kablooie,") there was no time so you couldn't go beyond it. :)
If you read the book by Arthur C. Clarke, that's actually an orbiting nuclear weapon. Which I guess is a satellite, but the transition in the film was supposed to be more poignant because it was between two weapons (the bone and then the nuke) separated by millions of years.
- Jim