Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp 1.2 08/01/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!hao!hplabs!hp-pcd!john From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: 2010 letdown (semi-SPOILER) Message-ID: <6500032@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Sun, 9-Dec-84 12:59:00 EST Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.6500032 Posted: Sun Dec 9 12:59:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Dec-84 02:19:00 EST References: <4213@tekecs.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR Lines: 25 Nf-ID: #R:tekecs:-421300:hp-pcd:6500032:000:998 Nf-From: hp-pcd!john Dec 12 09:59:00 1984 <<<< Ok so sound doesn't travel in space and you can't hear a space ship as it goes by. One thing that the movie didn't show was the KGB follower ship that was sent to make sure that the Russians did not defect and take the Leonov with them. The camera was mounted on this ship. Whats wrong with Air Braking!!! The "marshmellow" was the metalized balloon that was deployed before the maneuver and ejected after they had slowed down. The effect looked exactly as I would have expected it to look. A few scenes showing Zero-G inside the ships would have helped but they did always show the Leonov with its rotating section. I assumed that all the control areas were in that section. Still a trick or two with coriolis forces would have been a nice touch. As the Leonov approched Discovery it looked like they were rotating in phase. Did the Leonov sync up with the rotation of discovery or was that just the easiest way to shoot the special effect. John Eaton !hplabs!hp-pcd!john