I see, most of reviews here rated this 10. And indeed, this is far better than average Sci-Fi in last years. But, I would say: case of one eyed man among ...
Longest episode, some 75 minutes, and was not hard to predict climactic finale.
What was actually built up pretty good. But I think that should get some consultant about physics in space, because it was too hmmm.... optimistic.
Man just can not throw so accurately, and main problem is not direction, but speed. Even after 100 attempts it's very unlikely that will pass right when receiver person is on proper position. Just should work more on it, and keep otherwise pretty good physics accuracy level.
Yeah, some said that this is not Sci-Fi, it's alternate history. Don't agree. For instance Moon stations are still pure fiction, 51 years after Apollo 11.
And funny thing is that series start - Soviet win in race for Moon is not biggest fiction. That massive traveling and habitation of Moon is that.
I don't know ... Since this started in year 2019, so 50 years from first human steps on Moon, maybe this is little bitter reaction on fact, that space exploring is just stalled. Especially in last 20 years nothing 'big' happened.
And .. those who lost race to Moon are actually in advantage now. I'm sure that money, interest, lack of real economical benefit from our satellite are important factors. And people is much less idealistic, and let's face the fact: there is less money, resource for such things as travel to Mars, for instance, than we (our ancestors) expected. Even so much travel too Moon, as is displayed in serial would be too big economical load.
So, I would call this beside Sci-Fi, alternate history an economical, financial, sociological fiction. Efs-Fi .
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