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From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john)
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Subject: Re: 2010 letdown (semi-SPOILER)
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Date: Sun, 9-Dec-84 12:59:00 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec  9 12:59:00 1984
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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

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