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Wasn't the crew supposed to be dead by 22:31:06?

posted 8 years ago by daveglory
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When preparing the second launch attempt, Gregory Peck says "Then we are GO for launch at 22:31:06 local time."

Then he sits with the flight doctor who tells him "Of course, you know that by 22:31:06 the crew will be dead? There's not enough oxygen for three men to live that long."

My problem is that Peck doesn't contact the crew about the oxygen situation until AFTER the launch at 22:31:06, at which point he discusses with them the need to cut down on their oxygen consumption (meaning one guy has to go).

Does anyone else see this as a mistake?

[–] wowjonesgg 8 years ago

Just finished watching it. The time on the O2 was based on three men, not two. That's why Richard Crenna's character left, to extend O2 for the other 2.

[–] daveglory 8 years ago

But Peck didn't tell the crew that they needed to cut down on their oxygen usage until after the rescue launch, which was at 22:31:06 (after which the crew was supposed to be dead).

[–] silverr8c 8 years ago

I am watching it now, They tell them about oxygen about 44 minutes into the movie, long before the launch. They mention take pills, go to sleep, and low tide mode lower pressure to 3.5, execute a emergency power down.

Since 1950 all but two mass shootings happened in gun free zones, notice a pattern?

[–] daveglory 8 years ago

Keep watching the movie, and pay particular attention to everything that happens after the rescue launch is scrubbed because of the hurricane. Peck goes downstairs, gives a statement to the press, then he is interrupted by the meteorologists telling him about how the eye of the hurricane will pass over the cape. I'm referring to the part where the flight doctor and Gregory Peck are talking privately about the oxygen usage, after they decide to launch through the eye of the hurricane (set to launch at 22:31:06) The doctor says the crew will be dead by the time the rescue craft actually launches. Then, AFTER the launch, Peck privately tells the crew that one guy has to go. My point is, Peck should have told the crew this problem immediately after the doctor told him the time-frame. They were supposed to be dead by the time the rescue craft launched.

Does anyone else notice this?

[–] silverr8c 8 years ago

You are correct, I was only 44 minutes in to the movie when I posted that.

One thing I have a problem with is timing. If a bomb is set to go off in one hour and 33 minutes everyone will die in exactly one hour and 33 minutes (assuming the bomb is powerful enough). But if you say they will run out of air in one hour 33 minutes it is imprecise, There are so many factors to consider that they could all be dead in one hour and 15 minutes or they could live as long as one hour and 45 minutes or longer

Since 1950 all but two mass shootings happened in gun free zones, notice a pattern?

[–] daveglory 8 years ago

However imprecise the timing may be regarding the oxygen supply, it certainly would have increased the chances of a successful rescue if Peck had informed the astronauts about the situation BEFORE the estimated time of the oxygen running out.