Considering that the movie attempts to re-create faithfully the inside of an early space capsule, the list of factual errors about early space flight is astonishing.
and the clearly false end of the movie assertion that the movie is based on true facts, to me, was beyond forgiveness. It could be forgiven if voiced by an actor, but not using the convention which is by tradition honest.
as pointed out, there would be no "dinging" another space object as if it were an on the ground low speed bump and dent - even tiny space objects, the size of a spec of sand, could puncture a space craft, but a collision between any object even close in size to a space capsule, would lead to a catastrophic explosion, and the chance of a random collision, would be beyond infinitely small. And that a craft's trajectory could be modified to collide with another object in space, would be nearly impossible, at that time especially. Trajectories can even today be only modestly tweaked. That you could use a craft to collide with your nemesis, is absurd. Such a feat would have to be calculated from launch. The use of radio is absurd, the communication occupied one channel like a walkie talkie, and the astronaut would have been able to know roughly where he was, as the capsule I believe orbited every 90 minutes or so, and would have known where he was landing, roughly. The conversations made no sense, military style communication was the norm, with "roger" etc. etc. etc. it goes on and on.
and the clearly false end of the movie assertion that the movie is based on true facts, to me, was beyond forgiveness. It could be forgiven if voiced by an actor, but not using the convention which is by tradition honest.
as pointed out, there would be no "dinging" another space object as if it were an on the ground low speed bump and dent - even tiny space objects, the size of a spec of sand, could puncture a space craft, but a collision between any object even close in size to a space capsule, would lead to a catastrophic explosion, and the chance of a random collision, would be beyond infinitely small. And that a craft's trajectory could be modified to collide with another object in space, would be nearly impossible, at that time especially. Trajectories can even today be only modestly tweaked. That you could use a craft to collide with your nemesis, is absurd. Such a feat would have to be calculated from launch. The use of radio is absurd, the communication occupied one channel like a walkie talkie, and the astronaut would have been able to know roughly where he was, as the capsule I believe orbited every 90 minutes or so, and would have known where he was landing, roughly. The conversations made no sense, military style communication was the norm, with "roger" etc. etc. etc. it goes on and on.