Journey to the Far Side of the Sun story
A joint European-NASA mission to investigates a planet in a position parallel to Earth, behind the Sun, ends in disaster with the death of one of the astronauts. His colleague discovers that the planet is a mirror image of Earth.
7 total · 3 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| Counter-Earth | major | The film concerned an expedition to a newly discoverer planet in the same orbit as Earth, but on the opposite side of the sun. |
| interplanetary space travel | major | Two astronauts went on a mission to visit a newly discovered planet. |
| twin earth | major | The planet on the opposite side of the sun turned out to be a mirror image of Earth. |
| husband and wife | minor | Colonel Glenn Ross and Sharon Ross. |
| speculative spaceship | minor | A team of astronauts flew a rocketship to a newly discovered planet. |
| the dangers of radioactivity | minor | Sharon alleged that her and Glenn couldn't have kids because prolonged exposure to radiation in space had left him sterile. Glenn contended it was the birth control pills Sharon was secretly taking. |
| what if I found myself in a zero gravity environment | minor | Glenn and John were floating around in the rocketship at one point while en route to the newly discovered planet. |