I.S.S. (Ariana DeBose, Chris Messina) Jan. 19, 2024

[Aragorn]

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Tensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station as a worldwide conflict breaks out on Earth. Reeling from this, the astronauts receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary. Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite, working with Nick Shafir’s Blacklist script, brings together a stellar cast that includes Academy Award winner Ariana DeBose, Chris Messina, Pilou Asbaek, John Gallagher Jr., Costa Ronin, and Masha Mashkova, in a high-stakes thriller set entirely in the confines of the I.S.S. as astronauts are called to duty in fateful and terrifying ways.

 

[Chaos Descending]

Saw the trailer for this when I saw Godzilla Minus One this weekend.

Looks interesting.

But...

Spoiler

If nuclear war really did break out on Earth, anyone on the ISS is borked no matter which way you slice it, and they'd know it. I still want to see it, but I am afraid I might have to suspend serious disbelief.

 

[FreezeC77]

Saw the trailer for this when I saw Godzilla Minus One this weekend.

Looks interesting.

But...

Spoiler

If nuclear war really did break out on Earth, anyone on the ISS is borked no matter which way you slice it, and they'd know it. I still want to see it, but I am afraid I might have to suspend serious disbelief.

Yea. I mean when the US had stopped running shuttles and it went just to Russia and then Russia had an explosion that halted supplies. I think some hard calculations were around maybe 5 to 6 months from that point without a resupply.

I think even more limiting than food or nitrogen/oxygen is a good bulk of the supplies and resupply necessity is refilling the fuel for the station since it needs to use 'boost burns' to stay in orbit. Without any supplies for that the ISS would orbital decay into a crash... They might be able to burn through all their booster fuel and attempt to max out their orbit, possibly pushing it into another 100k to 200k above the Earth which would buy time for orbital decay... Although at that point it's probably going to be the lack of food or oxygen/nitrogen that gets them.

Bottom line it's not a 'station' that can sustain itself. At the end of the day you're just living a little bit longer until needing to evacuate. Also the Soyuz capsules that are the return vehicles (and carry 3 people) when there are 6 people in the ISS there's two capsules attached. They can only be guaranteed to function for 6 months because of something involving their seals.

So even if the max burn to max altitude worked at some point the station would get into orbital decay and neither of the escape vehicles likely would be effective anymore. (if they even were still attached depending on what those onboard do)

 

[The Nth Doctor]

I was very curious about this film...right until it became a mindless scientists devolving into soldiers trope. There's potential for a serious psychological thriller here where sociological tensions are brought to the front...but instead the trailer makes it clear that film is only interested in people fighting for a pointless cause.

A shame considering the stellar cast of Ariana DeBose, John Gallagher Jr., Chris Messina, and Costa Ronin.