sort of a haiku almost, this revue. The real movie takes time to develop the base plot, by indirection and example instead of prose description like this review

sort of a haiku almost, this revue. The real movie takes time to develop the base plot, by indirection and example instead of prose description like this review. The "answers" provided in the review as descriptions are basically accurate, but the viewer has to puzzle it out, and it is never said directly by the movie. This movie has stuck with me for decades. I still refer to it when we get the "Star Trek" irrational exuberance crowd around spending multi-billions on space adventures. Secondly how about those small sats eh? Maybe not every space mission has to be decades long with budgets that match.