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What did the russian?

posted 18 years ago by nmsa
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So... what was the help from the russian?
He finally gives oxygen to Buzz?
...or the cold-war era hollywood preffered to show him clumsy?

[–] obsen 18 years ago

I am not quite sure about the following point, but i think the plot in the movie is like this. As the russian cosmonaut had to conduct his spacewalk tethered with a line; his ship had to be close to Ironman 1. The cosmonaut did move his ship within range of Ironman 1, but when the hatch on Ironman 1 was blown and not opened slowly this caused Ironman 1 to drift away from the Soviet ship and out of range. That is the reason why he couldn`t spacewalk to Ironman 1 and had to move his ship in order to get in range again so he could move over to help Stoney (which he gave oxygen).

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[–] drukenirishman 17 years ago

Brave clumsy little cosmonaut.

[–] lrcdmnhd72 17 years ago

It seemed like an unacceptable coincedence that the Russian's oxygen equipment hooked up with the American's space suit. No leaks? Kind of a long shot.

[–] vonstadt2000 17 years ago

Actually in te novelization of the movie (which was the orignial work modified by Cadin himself) He notes that the Russian's oxygen hose was not a perfect fit for Stoney's suit and was leaking but had enough of a seal to hold him until Doughtry hooked up a proper line :)