I wanted to see this movie, “IMAX Space Station,” when it was out at the Edwards/Regal IMAX at the Spectrum in Irvine a couple of years ago, but one thing came to another and I didn’t go. IMAX charges about $14 bucks now, but it’s worth it to see something spectacular on their big screen.
So I had to settle for the DVD on my 20-year-old, 19-inch TV screen. Not the same effect, but the movie still was worthwhile. The best shot showed a spectacular Space Shuttle launching from Florida, filmed at long distance. I’ve seen Shuttle launches before, but this one was worth the price of admission.
The film also showed how, at Russia’s space facilities in Kazakhstan, family and friends can come right up to the rocket just before it is launched to see off the cosmonauts. You can’t get anywhere near that close at Cape Kennedy. Heck, you can’t even get anywhere near that close at a U.S. airport, thanks to the police state Bush imposed following 9/11.
I was a big space exploration fan growing up back in the brief “Space Age” of the 1960s and 1970s. Funny how the “Space Age” ended about the time that alien creature burst from the guy’s chest in “Alien” in 1979.
But of course the Space Station and Space Shuttle are tremendous boondoggles that should be sold. Government should stop wasting our tax money on space and let the burgeoning private space industry take over.
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