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Seven years before Sputnik, and nineteen before the Apollo 11 landing, this production by George Pál was the first major science-fiction film produced in the United States that dealt seriously with the prospect, problems, and technology of space travel.
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Frustrated by his failure (implied to be the result of sabotage) to successfully launch an artificial satellite, a scientist approaches US private industry with a grander project: to build a nuclear-powered rocket to land upon the Moon. Sinister forces try to stop the launch via public protest and legal action, and the rocket has to take off ahead of schedule to avoid a court order. After a spacewalk and the obligatory mid-mission crisis, the rocketship lands on the Moon but uses too much reaction mass doing so. Even after stripping their vessel of every spare component, the only way they can get back to Earth is if someone stays behind...
Not to be confused with the ''[[Tintin]]'' story which also depicts a version of the first moon landing with a [[Dueling Movies|strangely similar]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100620063826/http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/rocket3p.html#tintin prescient scenario].
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* [[Campbellian Hero]]: Good 'ole American industry, determination and ingenuity conquer all obstacles.
* [[Cold Equation]]
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* [[Hard Work Montage]]: Several of these.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|While the three main characters are arguing over who's going to stay behind, Joe Sweeney quietly slips out the airlock and laconically tells the others to return to Earth without him. Of course as the comic relief never gets killed the others figure out a way to save everyone.}}
* [[Hollywood Science]]: Averted as [[George Pal]] went to great lengths to make everything accurate, with advice from [[Robert Heinlein]] and space artist [[Chesley Bonestell]].
* [[Improvised Microgravity Maneuvering]]: An oxygen tank is used to rescue someone adrift in space.
* [[In Space Everyone Can See Your Face]]: Averted with no lights in the helmets, though the faceplates are clear. Instead coloured spacesuits are used to tell everyone apart.
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