From where I sit, the spacesuits they use in this series rather strongly resemble the spacesuit pictures we've seen leaked from SpaceX in the past year or so, and which we saw on L2. Which makes me wonder if those designs were more focused on the needs of the miniseries than on needs in real exploration.
If you look at the spacesuits, they're not realistic at all. They're not pressurized, for starters. That's pretty typical of spacesuits in movies and TV (including "The Martian").
for the most part, Apollo 13 was excellent - don't understand the problem there
Yes - I know all those; I noted most of them 21 years ago.
Quote from: MATTBLAK on 11/20/2016 09:37 pmYes - I know all those; I noted most of them 21 years ago.Thanks for reminding us how old we all are.In related news, I finally watched Saving Private Ryan yesterday.
First episode was kind of OK. Is not focusing too much on technical aspects which is understandable but kind of sucks. Why didn't they end with one of the landings instead of CRS-7? That was a bit of a downer.
Yes - I know all those; I noted most of them 21 years ago. But dramatic license is sometimes necessary. 'The Right Stuff' had it - I was annoyed by the Gus Grissom portrayal. We Space Fans or 'Space Cadets' if you like, will probably never get a film that is completely free of technical errors - never. I also remember rolling my eyes at the brief scene in Apollo 13 when the LM and CM finally separate just before re-entry: I'm fairly certain the docking probe mechanism is not supposed to still be attached to the top of the CM docking tunnel. Also, they show the Saturn V rolling out to the Pad seemingly only days before launch. And unless I'm wrong; Ken Mattingly should not have been shown at KSC watching the launch. Also; Ken Mattingly was bald - Gary Sinise had curly hair!
Quote from: cebri on 11/20/2016 08:45 pmFirst episode was kind of OK. Is not focusing too much on technical aspects which is understandable but kind of sucks. Why didn't they end with one of the landings instead of CRS-7? That was a bit of a downer. Er... as a cliffhanger to bring you back next week?More egregious: why did they only mention SpaceX and not, say, an organization that has actually landed on Mars?