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** {{spoiler|How did he survive the impact with the lunar surface at all? The rockets he ignited would have only put him on a lunar intercept trajectory; he'd need more rockets to slow the fall.}} |
** {{spoiler|How did he survive the impact with the lunar surface at all? The rockets he ignited would have only put him on a lunar intercept trajectory; he'd need more rockets to slow the fall.}} |
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** He didn't -- there's little doubt about that even in the movie. {{spoiler|Hawk's suit is not intact and his supplementary oxygen tank was breached. Nor did he have a moon suit. His goal wasn't to land on the moon -- it was to be buried there.}} |
** He didn't -- there's little doubt about that even in the movie. {{spoiler|Hawk's suit is not intact and his supplementary oxygen tank was breached. Nor did he have a moon suit. His goal wasn't to land on the moon -- it was to be buried there.}} |
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** He was probably dead long before anyway. It takes three days for conventional rockets to get to the Moon. The [ |
** He was probably dead long before anyway. It takes three days for conventional rockets to get to the Moon. The [[wikipedia:Extravehicular Mobility Unit|Extravehicular Mobility Unit]] only has 8 1/2 hours of oxygen. |
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*** He does ask for every spare oxygen bottle they have before leaving. And they did have one remaining Payload Assist Module, which an extraordinarily skilled pilot might have been able to use to cushion a crash landing on the moon. |
*** He does ask for every spare oxygen bottle they have before leaving. And they did have one remaining Payload Assist Module, which an extraordinarily skilled pilot might have been able to use to cushion a crash landing on the moon. |
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* [[Husky Russkie]]: Genral Vostov fits this trope pretty damn well. |
* [[Husky Russkie]]: Genral Vostov fits this trope pretty damn well. |
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