Orphans of Apollo
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| Directed by | Becky Neiman & Michael Potter |
| Produced by | Michael Potter |
| Starring | Rick Tumlinson |
| Edited by | Todd Jones |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Orphans of Apollo is a 2008
Synopsis
Orphans of Apollo is a documentary film, covering the period in
However, the plan requires extensive cooperation. The Russian government must agree to sell the station to once-enemy foreigners. American government agencies must agree to license and perform a space mission that boosts the station to safety — thereby creating a non-governmental competitor to their services. With limited money, the entrepreneurs cannot coordinate all the players before time runs out and the space station deorbits.
Production
The film combines archival Russian film footage, archival NASA film footage, IMAX footage, and original interviews with major players in the project. It was produced by Michael Potter, co-directed by Potter and Becky Neiman, and edited by Todd Jones.
Reception
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Smithsonian Institution's space collections, an exclusive screening of Orphans of Apollo was shown in the National Air and Space Museum’s Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater.
The film also won the Space Frontier Foundation’s Vision of the Future award in 2008.
See also
- Black Sky: The Race For Space, 2005 documentary about the Ansari X Prize
References
- Foust, Jeff (July 28, 2008). "Preview: Orphans of Apollo". The Space Review.
- "Orphans of Anderson: Film Examines the Fall of Mir and a Tech Mogul". parabolic arc. March 16, 2009.
- "Past and future of 'New Space'". cosmiclog on msnbc. 22 May 2009. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011.
External links
- Orphans of Apollo at IMDb
- Video trailer on YouTube
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Notes: † Never inhabited due to launch or on-orbit failure, ‡ Part of the Almaz military program, ° Never inhabited, lacks docking mechanism. | |||||||||