SPACE CAMP - GRAVITA' ZERO

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SPACE CAMP - GRAVITA' ZERO Movie

1986

(5,6 out of 10)
Avventura (Familiare|Fantascienza)
1 h 52 min - 112 min
Directed by Harry Winer

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	Kate Capshaw
	Lea Thompson
	Kelly Preston
	Larry B. Scott

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Quattro adolescenti e un ragazzo dodicenne decidono di andare durante l'estate allo Space Camp, un centro di apprendimento per conoscere il programma spaziale della NASA e per formare dei futuri astronauti. Qui incontrano il loro istruttore, Andie Bergstrom, un astronauta della NASA che è frustrata perché non le è ancora stata assegnata una missione Space Shuttle. La sua amarezza è aggravata dal fatto che il marito, il direttore del campo Zach Bergstrom, è un astronauta che è arrivato sulla Luna.<br>Max fa amicizia con un robot di nome Jinx, che è stato ritenuto inadatto per lo spazio di lavoro, perché surriscaldato e perché esegue i comandi in modo eccessivamente letterale. Max e il robot si dichiarano "amici per sempre", Rudy vuole aprire il primo franchising di fast food sulla luna e Tish si rivela essere, nonostante le apparenze di ragazza semplice, un genio con una memoria fotografica. Kevin corteggia Kathryn, lui le dà un appuntamento e lei accetta, i due riescono a saltare il coprifuoco e arrivano vicino alla rampa di lancio; Kevin infatti riesce a farsi dire da Jinx le vie non sorvegliate per andare all'appuntamento, ma lo stesso robot dice involontariamente a Andie e Zach dove sono i due. Andie spiega a Kathryn che lei ha la giusta determinazione per realizzare la sua ambizione: diventare pilota di uno Shuttle, questo è il motivo per cui Andie le riserva sempre un duro trattamento.<br>Kevin sfoga la sua rabbia su Max, quest'ultimo sconvolto afferma "... Vorrei essere nello spazio ...", Jinx che è presente in quel momento lo prende alla lettera ed entra segretamente nella sala computer della NASA, programma così tramite i computer un guasto a copertura termica sull' Atlantis Space Shuttle, su cui la NASA deve procedere a un controllo motori permettendo anche ad alcuni studenti dello Space Camp di poter assistere a questo controllo direttamente sullo Shuttle come veri astronauti. Max, Rudy, Trish, Kevin e Kathryn vengono scelti per assistere alla prova motori, mentre il gruppo si trova a bordo viene attivato il "guasto a copertura termica". Ciò provoca l'accensione di uno dei propulsori durante la prova motori. Il controllo di lancio è così costretto ad accendere il secondo propulsore e lanciare la navetta nello spazio per evitare un incidente.<br>Questo Shuttle non era pronto per un eventuale decollo, esso infatti non è dotato di radio a lungo raggio e possiede una ridotta riserva di ossigeno, non sufficiente per il rientro alla Edwards Air Force Base. Così i sei decidono di recarsi alla Stazione Spaziale Dedalo, una stazione ancora in costruzione ma già funzionante, fornita di contenitori d'ossigeno. Si rendono conto inoltre di non avere la radio a lungo raggio, così Tish inizia ad inviare un segnale, utilizzando un interruttore, in codice Morse alla NASA, che però non viene notato dal controllo a terra.<br>Andie tuttavia si accorge di essere "un po' troppo grande" per raggiungere i contenitori di ossigeno, così i ragazzi spediscono Max per aiutarla, dato che è abbastanza piccolo di corporatura per poter prendere i contenitori. Max però guarda in basso e comincia a farsi prendere dal panico fino a quando Kevin, sapendo che Max è un fan di Guerre stellari, comincia a chiamarlo Luke, e gli dice di usare la Forza. Max allora si calma e insieme a Andie recupera i contenitori.<br>Nella navetta, Rudy cerca di decifrare gli schemi tecnici per capire come alimentare l'ossigeno nei serbatoi. La sua mancanza di precisione frustra Kathryn, che cerca di leggere lo schema e fornisce istruzioni sbagliate ad Andie. Rudy però riesce a far valere la propria parola e fornisce ad Andie le istruzioni corrette. Kathryn comprende così di aver quasi causato un disastro.<br>Il secondo contenitore d'ossigeno agganciato si muove improvvisamente ferendo Andie. Ignari di ciò, dalla Terra iniziano la sequenza di pilota automatico per far atterrare la navetta; Andie tuttavia è fuori dallo Shuttle quando inizia il processo di chiusura delle porte, così Kevin con un gesto determinante disattiva il pilota automatico e fa riaprire le porte. L'equipaggio recupera Andie e decide, non avendo sufficiente ossigeno per la successiva uscita di atterraggio all'Edwards Air Force, di far atterrare lo Shuttle a White Sands in Nuovo Messico, e Tish utilizza il codice Morse per segnalare alla NASA la loro decisione. Da terra Jinx capta il segnale e lo porta all'attenzione di Zach che fino ad allora non era riuscito a vederlo, Zach allora chiama White Sands per lo sbarco. Con Andie ferita, Kathryn svolge il suo ruolo di pilota, ma non riesce a portare la navetta all'angolo di 30° per l'atterraggio; alla Edwards Air Force nel frattempo perdono i contatti con lo Shuttle. Kathryn riesce infine a concentrarsi ed esegue un atterraggio perfetto, la base riprende i contatti con la navetta e Kevin l'avvisa della loro presenza.

When the NASA computers tell Jinx that there is no "Max" in the space program, the display lists real-life astronauts and their status at the time of filming. Mark N. Brown's status is misspelled as "canidate". Seconds later, Virgil "Gus" Grissom's first name is misspelled "Vergil". <br>------------------------<br><br>Andie and Kathryn both should have known that, once free from the booster rockets and external fuel tank, there is a way to abort the space shuttle's entry into orbit and then glide it over the Gulf of Mexico, eventually landing at Ellington Airfield in Houston. <br>------------------------<br><br>While they are in space, weightlessness only seems to affect their bodies, and Tish's jewelry, but not their hair which remains hanging as if gravity is still in effect. <br>------------------------<br><br>The locations of Andy, Max and the connection cable to Andy's EMU suit change repeatedly while Max is attempting to draw Andy back into the cargo bay. In one shot, Max is banging his fist against the cargo bay doors, in a proceeding shot, he's about 10 feet away. In the following shot of Max, he is against the doors again. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Kevin and Katherine go to the beach after curfew, there's a close up of the shuttle on the launch pad as seen from the beach. In all the subsequent shots from far away there is no shuttle on the launch pad. <br>------------------------<br><br>During the re-entry sequence when the space shuttle enters a flat spin the exterior shots of the shuttle correctly show a combination of out-of-control roll and yaw. The internal cockpit shots show the earth rotating in the background through the side-windows which could only occur if the shuttle were pitching end over end. <br>------------------------<br><br>While viewing the shuttle on the pad, the antenna on the jeep is up and loose in the frontal shots but tied down from the rear shot. <br>------------------------<br><br>After Jinx says "Bye Max" after liftoff, one of the control room staff states they're instituting the roll manoeuvre, however Jinx's view of the shuttle before this already showed the shuttle in the post-roll position. <br>------------------------<br><br>Almost immediately after reaching orbit, the Space Shuttle has to open its cargo bay doors in order to vent heat from the craft through radiators built on the inside of the doors. These doors aren't closed again until just before re-entry in order to prevent over-heating. For much of their time in orbit in this movie, the bay doors remain closed. In addition, the doors on Atlantis don't even have the radiators. <br>------------------------<br><br>The Mission Commander is the crew member responsible for flying and landing the Orbiter. The Shuttle pilot actually serves in a role similar to a co-pilot. <br>------------------------<br><br>The shuttle program had several abort options prior to achieving orbit. There was a return to launch site abort, meaning after dropping the solid rocket boosters they would turn about and go right back. There was also a transatlantic abort (land in a friendly foreign country in Europe) or abort once around (one orbit and back in). In all cases, the shuttle could've returned pretty quickly. Of course, then there would've been no movie. However, it should be noted that NASA never actually tested any of these space shuttle launch abort functions which was noted in the Challenger accident report. So there's no way to know if they would have actually worked. <br>------------------------<br><br>During liftoff, Andie tells Kevin "You've gotta drop the solidboosters - they're on your side." She tells him that the controls are on panel C3, which is correct, but panel C3 is directly between the pilot and commander seats, and the SRB separation controls can be easily reached by either crew member. Also, during launch, according to NASA and other shuttle astronauts, the PLT and CDR don't touch anything during launch. The separation of the SRB's is done by onboard computer. The only indication of SRB performance is a light that tells the crew the SRB's are about to separate. No buttons are pushed. <br>------------------------<br><br>After the shuttle clears the launch tower at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL, all radio transmissions are immediately sent and received from the Mission Control room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Kennedy has no more contact with the shuttle after the initial liftoff, so none of the members of Launch Control including Andy's Husband Zack would be able to talk to them. Also, the radio installed for the FRF test would be the same radio used on regular shuttle missions. It sort of comes standard with the electronics and is not interchangeable. <br>------------------------<br><br>After Kevin aborted the automatic re-entry to rescue Andie, they stated that there was not enough oxygen even with the refuel to make the next landing window at Edwards. In reality, the first landing available to an orbiting shuttle would have been back at Kennedy an orbit before an Edwards landing was possible, and even if they missed the first one, there would have been at least one more opportunity on the next orbit for any of the four available landing sites (Kennedy, White Sands, Edwards, and Gregg County Airport in Longview, Texas [is deemed an emergency landing location for the shuttle]), about 90 minutes later, well within the 12 hours' air they had left. <br>------------------------<br><br>With the crew facing low oxygen reserves, recommendations to refrain from speaking are made on more than one occasion. In actual fact, talking uses no more oxygen than breathing normally, only significant aerobic exertion would result in a significantly higher oxygen consumption. <br>------------------------<br><br>The runways at White Sands are dry lake beds. Atlantis is shown landing on a paved runway. <br>------------------------<br><br>The current Space Camp is located in Huntsville, Alabama. There was a Space Camp at Kennedy Space Center in Florida as depicted in the movie, but closed its doors in 2002 due to low attendance leading to financial difficulties. The site now houses the U.S. Space & Rocket Center and Astronaut Hall of Fame. <br>------------------------<br><br>Supposed "thermal curtain failure" does not exist. <br>------------------------<br><br>When at Andy is trying to get more oxygen tanks from the space center, she is unable to reach the tank because her helmet is too big and it keeps hitting the metal bars. But when Max volunteers to go, he is put into an adult size astronaut suit because that is all that is there. If Andy had problems reaching it due to her helmet, then Max wouldn't have been able to reach it either. <br>------------------------<br><br>The only message in Morse code that Atlantis sends prior to contact with Mission Control is "SOS". But when Jinx notices that Atlantis is sending Morse code, he starts speaking the letters out loud, which spell, "Come in Control". Then Mission Control starts translating the code which has now changed to "Request Alternate Landing". Not only is the message no longer "SOS", but there is no way that much information could be conveyed that quickly with Morse code sent at the speed Atlantis is seen using. <br>------------------------<br><br>While Andy and Max are at the space station, there are several angles from which the wires holding the actors and oxygen tank are visible. Additionally, when Andy is chasing after Max when he floats away, the digital erasure of the wires and suspension rigs is painfully visible (HD version). <br>------------------------<br><br>When Max breaks the antenna dish and floats away from Daedalus, he is shown heading toward the moon. In reality, unless there had been some significant force pushing Max in that direction, he would have stayed in orbit around the Earth, at the same basic speed as the space station. Any pulling momentum that the oxygen tank would've had was lost when Max grabbed the dish and stopped himself. <br>------------------------<br><br>