Space Cowboys

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 8:09 pm

I'm watching Space Cowboys now. The scenario, of course, is implausible to begin with, but I'd like to point out a few errors:

In the centrifuge, the trainees talk to the flight director guy just after he enters the control room, though they would have no way of knowing that.

In the shuttle landing sims, the pilot is flying, not the commander.

They only have a month to train. In that time, they would train for the mission and just let a trained plt/cdr fly. Also, they wouldn't take time out from training to go to CA to be on Leno.

You ever hear of them re-naming a shuttle based on the first team that flys it?

Before launch, Flight reads off the names of positions and then "go." During a shuttle launch, Flight reads off the names and the controller checks in with a go/no go.

These are just the errors I noticed, there are others you can find on the Internet, in places like MovieMistakes.com.

Post by **Vincent** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 8:19 pm

I would like to point out that this is one horrible film.

stargazer0105 · Post by **stargazer0105** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 8:37 pm

I agree the only reason I watch it is to watch the shuttle launch.

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 8:48 pm

Another error: The flight director talks directly to the crew several times.

monkeynautt · Post by **monkeynautt** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 8:49 pm

You can also find mistakes at imdb.com. It's a bad movie though.