again earth be in severe danger and need to be rescue so far and so good . again the rogue scientist be up against the establishment . well you know the rest . all this could make up a good movie and but a all normal and unlikely disaster have already be put on screen and a new event need to occur . put short represent i would fire the scientific adviser ( if there be any at all ) science fiction usually do not need to care much to obey exist science but when a story be be form around know scientific process and error in logic hurt the educated viewer ear and eye . some of the flaw ( take from the german version and maybe some be just translation problem . ) represent no methane have ever burn without oxygen certainly not in 80 mile altitude with a partial oxygen pressure in the range of that of a normal ( not a high ) vacuum on earth . no ozone layer ever have save earth from any coronal mass ejection and nor could it ever do that and nor do it have anything to do with the effect describe in the movie ( it save earth from em uv radiation and nothing else ) . no magnetic ( > van allen ) belt be locate below the altitude the mav ever obtain . and so on . the list of obvious factual error be endless and very disturb for any sci fi fan who have an interest in real science and render the phd guy in the movie to clown .