Space Men story
A mission in the 22nd century aboard an orbiting space station. The mission involves a risky effort by its crew to redirect a malfunctioning spaceship that threatens to destroy the Earth.
12 total · 4 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| accidental alien destruction of planetary civilization | major | A series of desperate efforts were made to stop an errant spaceship, called Alpha Two, entered the inner solar system and its photon generators were radiating enough heat to destroy the Earth. |
| belonging | major | Interplanetary Chronicle of New York reporter Ray Peterson was made to feel like an outsider while on a post to report on what it is like in space. |
| close encounter with a stray artificial object | major | A series of desperate efforts were made to stop an errant spaceship, called Alpha Two, entered the inner solar system and its photon generators were radiating enough heat to destroy the Earth. |
| interplanetary space travel | major | The film is set in a 22nd century world where there was an interplanetary space flight infrastructure in the solar system. In particular, there was a flight from a space station to Mars. There was also a base on Venus. |
| love triangle | minor | Lucy had mutually reciprocated feelings for both George the Commander and Peterson. |
| magnetic boots | minor | The Bravo Zulu 88 crew members used magnetic boots to counteract weightlessness. |
| romantic love | minor | Lucy had mutually reciprocated feelings for both George the Commander and Peterson. |
| sacrifice for one's people | minor | Sullivan and space station pilot Al sacrificed themselves in separate but futile attempts to destroy the dangerous spaceship with missiles. |
| space station | minor | A space station in orbit about the Earth featured prominently in the film. |
| speculative spacesuit | minor | Astronauts floated around in space and walked on the surface of Mars in conspicuous corrugated, silver spacesuits. |