By: The Blue Max - 2nd May 2005 at 20:10
It also features a rather unconvincing portrayal of a Learjet “belly landing”.
Although it is an interesting film, I really feel it did the US space programme a huge disservice. I’m pretty sure that very few “moon landing hoax” theories would have become so established if “Capricorn 1” had not been made. It also contains loads of technical nonsenses – like the assumption that a Mars mission could be carried out using an Apollo Saturn V launcher and that the Mars landing could be carried out by a version of the Grumman Lunar Module.
The director of the film, Peter Hyams, went on to direct the much better (and more believeable – at least technologically speaking) “2010 – Odyssey Two”.
ITS A FILM !! not a documentry, for entertainment you know. get a life!!
By: Eric Mc - 2nd May 2005 at 12:19
It also features a rather unconvincing portrayal of a Learjet “belly landing”.
Although it is an interesting film, I really feel it did the US space programme a huge disservice. I’m pretty sure that very few “moon landing hoax” theories would have become so established if “Capricorn 1” had not been made. It also contains loads of technical nonsenses – like the assumption that a Mars mission could be carried out using an Apollo Saturn V launcher and that the Mars landing could be carried out by a version of the Grumman Lunar Module.
The director of the film, Peter Hyams, went on to direct the much better (and more believeable – at least technologically speaking) “2010 – Odyssey Two”.
By: JohnH - 2nd May 2005 at 11:43
I saw this in a theater in 78…..that was great stuff when I was a kid…Must try to get it on DVD…maybe saw it once since then but not in a long time.
John
By: aerovin - 2nd May 2005 at 03:19
And that would be, I believe, Frank Tallman doing the honors.
By: The Blue Max - 2nd May 2005 at 00:02
from memory, been a while since i last saw it, the red biplane near the end is a 450PW Boeing Stearman
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