Clint's character was supposed to be repairing the guidance circuits of the satellite. Surely he'd have been studying plans of the satellite before he left Earth.
I can't understand why he was shocked when he saw Ikon. How was he expecting to fix it if he'd not seen diagrams of it.
He was studying the diagrams of the guidance circuits and the hardware they used. What that module was attached to was NOT made known to him.
sharePlus, they never really told the crew just how incredibly HUGE the Ikon was. I noticed people kept on asking "why can't you just bring it down in a shuttle?" so it was clear no one realized it was 10 times as big as a shuttle.
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Well, the reason that he didn't really have to look at the diagrams is that he was the one that designed the guidance system that was being used. And the reason he was shocked was the module containing 6 ICBM's attached to the satellite.
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first of all it's because it doesn't look like any satelite ever put into space EVER... that and it's really large... i mean really really large... clearly not a communications satelite, which would have more recieving & transmitting equipment... even if it is 40+ years old...
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The satelite wasn't 40+ years, they put it up in the 80's. Also, they notice that it started to move when they were using their radar because it was locking on to the shuttle. As Air Force Cols. I'm sure they could tell when someone has a missle lock on them. That's why they shut off the radar.
shareDuring the Russian General's confession,did'nt he say that the sattelite was from the cold war?
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Last time I checked my history book, the cold war was still going on throughout half of the 80's. Honestly though, I can't remember whether they give the age of the sattelite. It's been a couple years since I've seen the movie, and I don't think that I saw the whole thing. I remember liking what I saw, though.
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The Cold War ended after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1992, although there was no actual official declaration...no date assigned to the end...it just fizzled out after the Soviets dismantled their nation.
shareI think that the opening of the Berlin Wall in Nov 1989 to allow un-impeded travel between West and East Germany was a significant moment marking the eventual fall of the USSR.
shareRight you are ibrake. I just finished watching this excellent show. When the 'cowboys' first showed up at NASA, Sara (Marcia Gay Harden) introduced them in the briefing room. She then described the mission to everyone. She said, "In 1986, the Russians launched.........." So is was launched in 1986.
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