Comments on: Russia hands over last rocket engines to ULA

By: Dick Eagleson

Dick Eagleson — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 01:58:00 +0000

Haven't seen the movie yet, but will do so soon. I have seen the trailer and I would say it looks even more like a Russian version of The Right Stuff than it does Apollo 13, though there is certainly some of that in there too.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 15:54:19 +0000

Thanks Mark for the movie. I watched it and loved it.

By: Mark McSherry

Mark McSherry — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 01:59:11 +0000

Thanks Mike! The blu-ray arrives Tuesday and, going by your comments, I’m now sure the $16 is well-spent.

By: Jeff Wright

Jeff Wright — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 01:17:26 +0000

Thanks for the heads up. I wish they had went with an American build RD-170 with four chambers instead of just the two.

By: Mike Borgelt

Mike Borgelt — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 00:35:53 +0000

Mark McSherry, my wife and I watched Spacewalker a month or so ago. Excellent movie. It is on Youtube.

By: Richard M

Richard M — Sat, 17 Apr 2021 19:16:17 +0000

This could force ULA to human rate Vulcan (in order to launch Starliners) more quickly than they had planned.

Last I read, ULA had planned to keep Atlas V around just for Starliner launches, at least well into the 2020’s.

By: Mark McSherry

Mark McSherry — Sat, 17 Apr 2021 18:30:49 +0000

I hope you will not take this as a completely inappropriate take-over of your posted subject. But a review of a Russian movie called Spacewalker (2017) was posted today- the movie was released on blu-ray on January 2021 and is available at Amazon for $16.

Here’s the opening paragraph from Glenn Erickson’s review–

CineSavant
Spacewalker
by Glenn Erickson APR 17, 2021

Dmitriy Kiselev’s overlooked Russian thriller is an exciting and inspirational true account of the first walk in space by a Soviet cosmonaut — a mission that nearly became a tragedy. It’s almost as emotional an experience as Apollo 13 — the worthy cosmonauts demonstrate ‘the right stuff’ under much more trying conditions. The beautifully produced and splendidly acted show makes it seem a crime that foreign movies this good are routinely denied theatrical exhibition here. The Blu-ray comes with an excellent pair of featurettes, with the participation of the original spacewalker Alexey Leonov.

https://trailersfromhell.com/spacewalker/

Has anyone seen this movie? I ‘ve read Erickson’s reviews for many years and will purchase this on Glenn’s word.