Black Sky: The Race for Space (2005)
- Original title
- Black Sky
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- United States
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows a small team that builds a rocketplane to win a prize for reaching space. It shows how they built the craft and the problems they solved during test flights.
informativeupbeatinspiringmatter-of-factfast-pacedhopefuleducationaldetermined
What happens
Black Sky: The Race For Space is a 2004 Discovery Channel documentary about Space Ship One, and how a small team backed by Paul Allen achieved human suborbital spaceflight and won the Ansari X Prize. It contains insights about how the rocketplane was built, the challenges they faced when they flew it, the vision of Burt Rutan about the future of this technology (tier two and three), and his thoughts about NASA and government. It won a Peabody Award in 2004. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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