Destination Moon story
The first major U.S. science fiction film to deal with the dangers inherent in human space travel and the possible difficulties of America's first lunar mission landing on and safely returning from our only natural satellite.
9 total · 2 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| interplanetary space travel | major | The United States Department of Defense and American private industry team up to send an atomic powered rocket to the Moon. |
| nuclear powered spaceship | major | The United States Department of Defense and American private industry team up to send an atomic powered, single-stage-to-orbit rocketship to the Moon. |
| arms race | minor | General Thayer explained to a group of wealthy industrialists how the first country to put missiles on the Moon pointed at Earth would rule the world, and the expedition to the Moon needed to be financed for this reason. |
| nuclear fission power | minor | The rocketship used to fly to the Moon was atomic powered. |
| patriotism | minor | A group of wealthy industrialists are motivated by patriotic reasons to financially support the construction of an atomic powered rocket to send to the Moon. |
| sacrifice for a friend | minor | Jim Barnes, Charles Cargraves, General Thayer, and Joe Sweeney vied to stay behind on the Moon so that the rocket could liftoff and return to Earth. |
| speculative spacesuit | minor | Rocketship crew wore spacesuits for their space walk to fix the rocket. |
| what if I found myself in a low gravity environment | minor | Rocketship crew experienced a low gravity environment on the surface of the Moon. |
| what if I found myself in a zero gravity environment | minor | Rocketship crew experienced weightlessness on voyage to the Moon. |