APPROACHING THE UNKNOWN - VICINI ALL'IGNOTO

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APPROACHING THE UNKNOWN - VICINI ALL'IGNOTO Movie

2016

(4,8 out of 10)
Drammatico (Thriller|Fantascienza)
1 h 30 min - 90 min
Directed by Mark Elijah Rosenberg

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	Mark Strong
	Luke Wilson
	Sanaa Lathan
	Anders Danielsen Lie

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 capitano William D. Stanaforth, brillante scienziato e astronauta di recente formazione, si imbarca in un epico viaggio di 270 giorni su Marte. Quando però si imbatte nel capitano Emily Maddox, astronauta concorrente che come William viaggia da sola verso il pianeta rossa, le cose non vanno come il previsto e i due sono costretti a prendere in considerazione l'ipotesi di interrompere le loro missioni e tornare indietro sulla Terra. Consumato dall'ambizione, William decide di sganciare la sua navicella e di continuare quella che sulla carta è una missione suicida. In viaggio verso l'ignoto, sarà così costretto a confrontarsi con la grandezza e la complessità dell'essere un eroe, con il dolore che ha causato e con i sacrifici che ha fatto.

In a voice-over in the trailer, Stanaforth reports; "The ship is going 160,000 miles per hour, but I can't tell I'm moving." Yet he is shown in a module which is rotating to produce simulated gravity and looking out of a window at the Earth spinning round. Not only could he see this, but over a few hours at most he'd be able to see the Earth appearing smaller. <br>------------------------<br><br>Throughout the film, when Captain William Stanaforth communicates with Earth by, there is no delay in receiving a reply. The farther from Earth he is the delay would increase to many minutes between sending a signal and receiving a reply. <br>------------------------<br><br>In a voice-over in the trailer, Stanaforth says; "The Sun comes through the window once a week". As the living module rotates about the main axis in around 9 seconds and the modules along the axis don't seem to be rotating at all, where does the idea that the Sun only comes through the window once a week come from? <br>------------------------<br><br>There is a framework arm holding the living module and a corresponding arm in the other direction, which should have a mass counterbalancing the living module as the arms rotate about the central axis. However the other arm is only half the length and the module at the end of it only appears to be about half the size of the living module. Together this would make for an incredibly unbalanced structure as they rotated. <br>------------------------<br><br>The arm connecting the living module and those along the main axis is an open framework, so clearly Stanaforth cannot readily move between the two sections. In which case what are the other modules for, as they obviously don't store food, oxygen or equipment needed in the living module? <br>------------------------<br><br>In a voice-over in the trailer, Stanaforth reports; "The ship is going 160,000 miles per hour". This is 44.4 miles per second. The fastest spacecraft relative to the Earth was New Horizons, which set off to Pluto at 36,373 mph - 10.1 miles per second - considerably slower. The Juno spacecraft sent to Jupiter reached a record 165,000 mph, but this speed was relative to the Sun, not the Earth. The ExoMars craft sent to Mars left Earth at 20,500 mph.In addition, a caption states; "The journey will take 270 days" which is a reasonable time to reach Mars. However if the craft really did travel at 160,000 mph it would only take 81 days, again showing that the value of 160,000 mph is incorrect. <br>------------------------<br><br>Neither the Delta rocket shown nor any other has anywhere near the payload capability to launch a vehicle of the size shown. Even if the craft is assembled using a number of launches, the living module that Stanaforth uses appears to be similar in size to those on the International Space Station, but those along the main axis are much larger and cannot be launched from Earth. <br>------------------------<br><br>Gaseous nebulae abound in this movie. All there is between Earth and Mars is space, with a background of stars and perhaps an occasional intrusive comet or asteroid. <br>------------------------<br><br>