Looking Forward To It

Saw it this weekend in Omaha, very good movie!

I saw this on History Channel. It seemed like an indictment of the USA and the former Soviet Union. Instead of detailing the accounts of both countries as they engaged in the so-called space race, it seemed to dismiss the whole effort as simply a result of mutual paranoia. An intriguing notion, but it ultimately (for me) resulted in a documentary that makes a fascinating subject really seem like boring old rubbish. I was expecting to see detailed the efforts of school children back then to track the Sputnik spacecraft as it revolved around the Earth. No real science subjects were covered, but a lot passion was shown on the part of the heroic space dog of Sputnik 2, Laika. Instead, much of this doco concerned itself with civil defence footage and the various ravings of lunatic politicians and members of the general public. This film is a mildly interesting curiosity at best and a protest of the international space programme at worst.