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tmcd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Tim McDaniel) wrote:
> I dimly recall seeing a movie (probably) on TV. It would have been
> 1967-1979. But I don't remember many details; I haven't even tried to
> Google for it, not knowing enough keywords.
>
> - Some sort of peril is approaching Earth from space. When they're
> finally shown, they're small (2 ft-ish) brightly glowing spheres.
> - Earth or the US sends up classic-looking rockets (as in Hugo Award
> statuettes). There's a small hatch door that opens near the nose.
> They are supposed to scoop the glowy things into the hold via the
> opening. (There may be magnets involved too.) And what a surprise,
> someone manages to miss a glowy thing; it hits their ****p and blows
> it up.
> - On Earth, they have training simulators for the rockets. They
> mention that maneuvering the wrong way will cause the rocket to lose
> control. Someone does it in the simulator on Earth. And what a
> surprise, someone does it in space!
> - One of the pilots is tooling thru space when a skeleton in a
> spacesuit hits his wind****eld -- presumably a result of one of the
> oopsies mentioned above.
>
> I suspect that "B grade" would be unwarranted flattery.
>
> Any ideas of the title or other details?
Is that the one where they find the rocks are covered in
"crystalline Carbon" (note that they did not say diamond)?
I vaguely remember it myself but do not remember the title.
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