Sci-Fi Short Film: "Infinity 7" | DUST

An astronaut travels through space alone and may be stranded in orbit forever due to his spacecraft malfunctioning.
"Infinity 7" by Brett Williams
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Our Astronaut pilots his spacecraft, Infinity 7, into a beautiful orbit, high above the earth. However the spacecraft suffers a power shortage, trapping him in orbit. After all the systems fail and he has resigned himself to his fate, the heavens intervene. Infinity 7 powers itself back up, its passenger now unconscious. It follows its programming and returns to Earth.
"Infinity 7" Credits:
Writer & Director - Brett Williams
Producer - Kurtis von Krueger
Executive Producer - Brett Williams
Director of Photography - Daniel Wolff
Music by - Brett Bousley
Associate Producer - Kat Holm
Production Assistant - George Williams
Astronaut - Kurtis von Krueger
Astronaut’s Wife - Lendsey Kersey
Baby - Lydia von Krueger
Voice of Capcom - Dave Lamont
Voice of Capcom - Kirk von Krueger
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[@Rouge_7]

For a professional astronaut in the early stages of space flight, he gave up without even trying ANYTHING. Very disappointing...And he SLEPT through the entire retro firing, re-entry, free falling with three HUGE parachutes causing an extreme slow down AND a splash-down? Yeah, not believable guys. However, the special effects were well done. Thank you MotionArts Films. The "behind the scenes" video was fun to watch. Great work by your engineers in computer graphics, 3D modeling, and physical designs to the interior compartment of the command module.

[@WWeronko]

That guy is one sound sleeper.

[@MorangRus]

You pay peanuts, you hire monkeys.

[@Wild-Eye]

Here's to all the Brave Souls who strapped themselves to a controlled explosion taking Humanity's first steps into the Cosmos.

[@Vector_Ze]

On ICBMs not designed for human cargo.

[@flipflopping]

I call that 'marriage'.

[@Wild-Eye]

@@flipflopping lol XD nice

[@charlesangell_bulmtl]

@@flipflopping 😉😉😉

[@johnthefinn]

Jeez, I wish I could sleep like that. One little sound and I'm awake.

[@gort5583]

I can see most commentators have already stated my only issues with the film, but other than the fact that anyone could have slept through a re-entry, I liked it! Visually it was beautiful.

[@wobblysauce]

The 'slept' part... power is out, no air circulation, or heat.

[@tjblues01]

He died up there. The title of this short should give you a hint: "Infinity 7"....

[@truthhurts63]

He could"sleep" through it quite easily seeing as he was dead 😂

[@lostn65]

@@truthhurts63 did you not see the final shot? He woke up at the end.

[@MikeWhiskyTango]

@@lostn65 Came back to life I think, rather than woke up. He died.

[@igorperuzzetto9799]

yes! He woke up at the last frame!

[@batencheetos]

They had us in the first half, not gonna lie!

[@mickmccrory8534]

Can you save him, Bones.? He's dead, Jim.

[@kfitz4ever]

🤣🤣🤣

[@momoney00can]

“Let try this one thing here, oh it didn’t work I guess I will just wait to die”

[@mahatmarandy5977]

Agreed. He gave up pretty easily for a Mercury 7 astronaut.

[@prahas777]

Several issues with the film, as noted in the comments. But I liked the pacing - the filmmakers have a sense of beauty and value stillness - rare qualities these days. Keep working at your crafts; bring in more experts on the science and astronaut stuff; don't give up. :-)

[@nickdsylva932]

I think this was an outstanding film, which shows that when astronauts went up in their capsules or shuttle, it was not routine and their lives were in a precarious position from the time they left the launch pad to the time they set back down on earth. There were millions of parts, and millions of lines of computer code that the failure of one and its backups could endanger the astronaut and crews. The Soviets lost a lot of men in the space race..many,many, many and we just are now learning about it.

[@allanfifield8256]

Two shuttle crews RIP. We caught up with the Soviets.

[@grammybear4226]

🐼 Big Bear Hugs from a 68 yr old grandma in Kirby, Texas, USA 🐼 ❤️ 🎀 ❤️ 🎀

[@maxcherry6626]

Stuff the haters. This is a cool FREE mini movie. Thank you

[@germansnowman]

Great atmosphere. One thing that bothered me: It does not make sense to switch to fly-by-wire if your electrics are gone. Fly-by-wire requires power!

[@imadrifter]

No no no, they have a very small wire that trails behind the capsule and runs all the way down to the North Pole, and in case of full electrical failure the fly by wire is engaged and Santa Claus takes control of the orbiter. Thats why they never launch any space missions during Christmas, cuz hes way too busy to fly both a Space Capsule and his sled simultaneously.

[@AlmightyDxR]

It’s a short film my guy,they can do what they want

[@germansnowman]

@@AlmightyDxR It’s called suspension of disbelief. Inconsistencies like this take you out of the story.

[@ernestgalvan9037]

Well, to be correct… he DID say “switching to fly-by-wire FOR BETTER CONTROL”, apparently after auto-pilot failed. But before electrical supply went hay-wire….. Yeah, responding to slightly older post…. But wanted to comment for the ‘Future Generations’ 😎

[@jimpatterson5524]

@@imadrifter Wow! Thanks for the explanation, It all makes sense now.

[@Tigs2]

Watched this at 4 am because I couldnt sleep !! Find a man that can sleep through re-entry. Lucky bastard!

[@areclipse8665]

In a nutshell: Doesn’t matter what happens…sleep is must thing we should have ☺️

[@MonkeyNeuronActivation]

A real astronaut will not give up so easily and just take the helmet off. Nevertheless, I like the visual and the music. Good job.

[@ZeoCyberG]

Well, not when there was nothing he could do and knew it... Those early missions took a lot of risks and didn't have all the fail safes they do now. Just firing the rockets with the wrong timing could have killed him and without power or ground control he was pretty much guaranteed that result... Add, without power means he was without life support that in such a small module meant he didn't have long before losing consciousness either...

[@JeffMcDuffie72MeridianGate]

A real astronaut would of taken the suicide pill.

[@ZeoCyberG]

@@JeffMcDuffie72MeridianGate No, only ones that do that are cosmonauts or taikonauts...

[@norbertfleck812]

@@JeffMcDuffie72MeridianGate The NASA never issued suicide pills.

[@JeffMcDuffie72MeridianGate]

@@norbertfleck812 yes they did.

[@PabloVestory]

Great short, engaging! And I love when movies don't add stupid sounds tho fly-bys and everything in the vacuum of space. Silent ships are so beautiful

[@hotbit7327]

The sea, his wife, his (?) child, US rocket.... how many times I've seen this before? One of the most cliche scenes.

[@erichayes2890]

Kind of similar to the Dust film, F T L- (faster than light), but w/ a different twist-(ending).

[@mr.eco-nut860]

Nice work and I want a movie on Nikola Tesla

[@franklinave2062]

The window was 1.5 inches too big. Just kidding, trying to fit in with the idiocy in the rest of this comment section. Fantastic job in the detail, lighting, acting, music, calling the capsule "7" and the BRILLIANTLY subtle eyebrow movement in the last eighth of a second. I see this film is 2 years old now. I hope it opened doors for all of you.

[@occamsrayzor]

Visually, absolutely outstanding! The final frames where we see him stir into consciousness was pleasing, but it's unlikely that retrofire, never mind reentry, main chute deployment, and splashdown wouldn't have woken him earlier.

[@KevinStokes]

This is a film, not a documentary. As I see it the point of the film is that his love for his wife and child somehow made a difference and in an unexplainable way lead to his successful return to Earth. I can think of two really weird events that happened in my life where my life was saved and I have no explanation. One was a sharp curve at night where I had this funny feeling to stop. I brought my car to a stop before the curve and another car came careening out of control from the opposite direction and flew into the underbrush. I would have been killed. Wife was there and can verify. The other event was more recent and I won't describe it. What if there is such a thing as a guardian angel?

[@MaturePatriot]

@@KevinStokes Their are guardian angels, the Bible speaks to this. I had a similar situation. My friend, who I carpooled with call one morning and said he had slid off in the ditch because of the snow, and that I should go to work without him. I decided to go help him before going to work. I had traveled about two miles without even spinning a tire, when all of a sudden my truck stopped moving as if someone had grabbed the rear bumper. I coaxed the truck to a level spot a few feet from turning down the road where my friend was stuck, and parked. I started walking, and as I turned the curve a few feet ahead of my truck there was my friend and his brother-in-law standing in the road. If I had made that turn, I would have run them over. I have had other similar incidents. I firmly believe there are Angels that are allowed to help us in certain situations.

[@AllanGoodall]

I agree. They might have been able to do something with CO2 levels making him pass out, and the power coming back on (batteries warming in the sun was my guess), but it's not like you can sleep through re-entry.

[@tjblues01]

Georgi Dobrovolski, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev - Russian cosmonauts died in 1971 during return to Earth. Their capsule developed an air leak and all of them perished of the oxygen starvation...

[@occamsrayzor]

@@tjblues01 I remember it well - it was tragic and horrible, and not too long after Apollo 13.

[@Comicsluvr]

The level of detail here is wonderful. When he started to lose comms, then switched to another transmitter and they came back. Just like a real capsule orbiting out of range of one station and into another.

[@nolumanyanogodola1873]

Thoroughly heartbreaking the scene where he watches the sun go down and also brilliant music score.

[@kepler186f4]

Spam-in-a-can as the original seven once referred to themselves as... gutsy pioneers.

[@ddayton]

Wish I could sleep that soundly.

[@kingsleykronkk3925]

Falling asleep at a critical time, good thing he is not a commercial pilot

[@lilolebob]

I was just listening to David Bowie this morning. So I just imagined his name was Major Tom.

[@jahempress26]

It started a bit clichéd have been done before,BUT adding him giving in to his situation knowing he could never see his family again the memory's at the sea ,then in the same moment admire the creation ,falling asleep as the earth truns dreams maybe last memory at the sea with family its like that energy from the dream from the sun powered back the ship to the sea in the dream 🖤🖤🖤that did it for me 10/10 powerful when looking deeply, 5✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[@prgaray1]

Amazing! One of the best! Thank you

[@michellesimpsons356]

I am so tired of becoming invested and then it just ends. I know it’s called shorts. I’ve been watching them for many years on Dust. I just can’t do it anymore. (probably will anyways) The anxiety!

[@jimpatterson5524]

I know where you are coming from. I keep asking myself why do I put myself through this -- hoping that there will be an actual conclusive end to one. (there was, the orwell-type one but how many to get to that one? )

[@mikerequadt9661]

Sorry don't get it. Ending doesn't explain much.

[@jasony25]

This story is out of this world.

[@andybrown1439]

All of a sudden his capsule starts to come back to life as he is dreaming of his family. It's supposed to be a message if hope and chance. The ending is supposed to make you think and wonder what happens next...Will he make it now? What will happen next? etc.... A lot of these shorts have this kind of fall of a cliff short endings. I care for some of them, but others are just plan annoying to me LOL!

[@erichayes2890]

Me too! I know!!! Sometimes the ending to some of these Dust episodes, do tend to leave one hanging off a cliff, so to speak!!!

[@rishmastering]

He fixed the retro after he died.... 😂

[@MCloud-vf6xl]

He died because he gave up! He found a placw of peace and went there mentally and physically.

[@sugadaddy7050]

"Capcom !" "I'm having total power failure, you guys had better send up ALL the street fighters at once !" "I repeat, I need Ryu, Ken, Dhalsim, the whole gang!"....

[@jamesjefferies3762]

Wow, can't believe I can watch this quality for free. Absolutely sublime 👌

[@chipsahoyboy5407]

I’m just going to say that overall, this needed a bit more planning through, but being a person who loves the rich, fine details, I can’t tell you enough how crisp and perfect the colors, sounds, ideas, and especially the personality of everything are. Not just the actor, but the film as a whole. I’m glad to see this, so thank you.

[@flipflopping]

Wow...you guys really know how to crank up the tension in these films, don't you? Keep it up!

[@gglenn7920]

I'm glad I'm not the engineer who has to figure out what happened on that flight. You know NASA would want detailed answers.

[@spiritof6986]

Outstanding.

[@nicktarboxphotography1045]

Was expecting that once communication was lost and then when reconnected that he would have landed in the year 2021, that would have been a good twist.

[@timonsolus]

There would have been no ship to pick him up. Given the size of the Pacific, having his capsule just happen to land near any ship is almost unbelievable.

[@paolomartini150]

Yes. But instead he gave up and then we don't know if he is dead or just sleeping really hard. Must have ran out of O2 or maybe in his dream he made it back as he in reality died. We will never know though will we?

[@emperorofpluto]

Bravo! Really enjoyed that. Visually stunning - spectacular, a vivid reminder of the precarious nature of space flight.

[@volt.x842]

How he didn't wake up, I'll never know

[@alanbryant8457]

I truly enjoyed this. Great work to all. Some comments picking apart the ending. The day these people re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. Knows how the main parachute feels when opened. Held on to their butt until splashdown. If none of these people has ever experienced this. They don't know what their saying in the comments. All they know is what they seen in Hollywood movies. He said almost at 8G's. That's 8 x your bodyweight going against him.

[@saneyuri5455]

Space is scary.

[@steventaylor2017]

Reminds me of the "Alien: Isolation ending when Amanda was drifting in space in just a space suit. When an approaching spaceship's light shined on her face, you could see for a split-second Amanda's eyelids begin to move. Great short.

[@davidgapp1457]

I would love to write short stories for DUST because in general it's the story that is lacking.

[@xw591]

What kind of stories would you like to see?

[@Epoch11]

The visuals in the acting are often stellar, but even in 10 minutes you should be able to tell an entire story and even throw in a twist at the end because that at least for me signifies good Sci-Fi. Science fiction should challenge what we believe the future is going to be especially in the times we are living now with global warming pandemics a possible war in Ukraine. Trying to date myself with that last one.

[@davidgapp1457]

@@xw591 Compelling stories with a satisfying ending that would prompt me to recommend the video to my friends and colleagues. In this way a video becomes viral and gets noticed. Yes, I know that sounds rather trite, but the best raconteurs deliver a memorable story which is accessible to a wide audience. A good example of a clever, well told story is episode 1, season 1 of Love, Death + Robots (entitled 'Three Robots'). I appreciate that artists desire to project their clever, esoteric musing but this does not have to be at the expense of a captivating and complete story. If the purpose of DUST is to sell the collective talents of the production team, what better way than to craft a video that self-promotes by appealing to the general population? That gets noticed? There is so much talent evident in DUST videos, but would I promote any of them via social media?

[@xodiaq]

Oh, no. We’re going to need more of that story. Imma need a series, please and thank you!

[@xodiaq]

@@Webfra14 was he dead though? What happens next? I could see whatever happened up there being part of however many launches after. What is this alternate Earth’s Infinity space program, and what else is different from our Earth? I dug the feel and aesthetic, so maybe more short stories from this universe.

[@jeffbawden7901]

So beautiful any more

[@Exilir8]

The cliffhanger.. made this so much better.

[@mahatmarandy5977]

I think i disagree

[@Observador.2023]

I often fall asleep on re-entry, I don't see inconsistency.

[@Williamb612]

I often fall asleep on entry

[@gerstmanndavid]

Decent short, but no one would sleep through reentry.

[@giuseppedemarchi5852]

Bestiale. Bisogna rivedere l'ultimissimo fermo immagine per capire che lui apre gli occhi, e che è sopravvissuto...

[@georgemiller151]

I like to imagine that he’s dead when the capsule returns.

[@ArtII2Long]

Pardon my morbid sense of humor but, for a moment I thought the capsule was going to land on his wife and child.

[@thomasklugh4345]

I watched it six months ago, at which time I said I liked it, which I did, and now, six months later, I'm watching it again, and I still like it. But this time around I got to thinking how silent it would actually be in space with a complete power failure, and so I think you should have left the music out to reflect that. Just his voice, his thoughts out loud, his expressed anguish. Still... one really cool movie.

[@AndrewLoukidis-jr2bp]

Hey, I fell asleep in an MRI with the magnets thumping away. When you're tired, you can sleep through anything

[@aerospacematt9147]

Reminds me of that movie with Billy Bob Thornton “The Astronaut Farmer” It’s a great watch.

[@humancattoy7767]

It's plausible. My sister slept through an earthquake and a tornado.

[@nicholassudov2299]

Oh, how much I love twists.

[@mickMelo]

Amazing

[@genevasimmonds8208]

thats so good

[@mrknowitalllearned]

Is he alive or dead? I don't think there was enough story for this ending. Good production values thou.

[@peterhofer8998]

In the very last fraction of a second before the last black screen at 10:51, he starts to move his face. The movie is playing with its audience very good and subtle.

[@gotsteem]

I think he took the pill..

[@erichayes2890]

Looks to me like he died on his capsule, at the end.

[@prpplague]

some vulcans decided to lend him a hand...

[@quando2425]

10:45 i think he did not he moved his head and eyes a bit right at the end before the screen went out, probbly having a coma and the warm and coms wake him up

[@mikepotter4109]

I'm betting re-entry and splashdowns are just a little more involved, lol

[@johnnyj540]

Reminded me of the movie "Astronaut Farmer".

[@woodstoney]

It was very nicely done with the exception of his somewhat delayed awakening despite the electrical/electronic panels and relays switching back on, not to mention the reentry noise and heat. Finally the chute deployment and splashdown would have more than stirred a normal astronaut who has been conditioned to react to the slightest disturbances within and around the capsule. Otherwise, the film adeptly portrayed the potential loneliness and horror of being alone in space and never returning home! Well done!!

[@375GTB]

He was DEAD! Wishful thinking for a poorly thought out plot...

[@lostn65]

@@375GTB no he wasn't

[@menteanimal5390]

Very good.....................................................................................................92%

[@jccheloven]

Nice music!

[@ADMNtek]

this is Dust there are no happy ends. he may have made it back but he did die up there.

[@Victoria-fr4pb]

Ya hay muchos que ni aún con estos videos te creemos, eres nasalie

[@nixxinn]

pretty good, good modeling of the mercury capsule, inside and out :), only thing I would have liked to see as extra, that without power it would have been REALLY REALLY cold at the end of his stay on the dark side of earth, should have been freezing stuff in his hair from moisture in breath, and breath should have been visible :) with all the other details good, this was a shame

[@chitownhustler3372]

It wasn't a shame probably just not in the budget plus that's a very anal take on something that most people wouldn't notice nor think about. Peace

[@mellender0]

Bettter if his son would have opened the door

[@JW-jw6rx]

Hey Nixxinn…did you forget that one orbit around the Earth is approximately 90 minutes? Which means you’re only on the “dark side” for 45 minutes? Furthermore with the better part of a vacuum outside the capsule, there’s no fast medium (such as a thick atmosphere) to extract all the ambient heat from inside the capsule quickly into “cold” space. Finally, the capsule is a one man capsule and the dude is definitely generating body heat from the highly stressful situation he finds himself in. But yeah, nice failed attempt to point out a “flaw” dude.

[@tablescissors]

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL

[@Sonofspam64]

I wish I could sleep that soundly.

[@HO-bndk]

You will one day. Everybody does eventually.

[@wrlord]

VERY well done - but I do not believe any astronaut would be so panicky and weepy.

[@tablescissors]

"human" was all I found him

[@rudevalve]

Certified Gold!!!!!!

[@durasaxon5131]

Well and classically done. I felt like I just stepped right into the 1960s. Now back to reality. Selfishness and the Total Control Grid. HOPE

[@amandamorgan2802]

Interesting.I love the music/end scenery too.Indefinite ending.

[@braylonsmith2153]

Plot twist: mission to test if A.I could stage a rescue successfully 😅

[@osobaciemaki8730]

can't imagine this silence...

[@impossiblevisits]

Great, except I wish you'd shown the baby/Mama picture more often.

[@Wutzmename]

Ded!!!

[@tanrose8645]

Awww sorry, this started out well, but highly unsatisfying; left with more questions and disappointment at lack character's of perseverance...😔 PLEASE Stay 'safe', everyone❣️ Blessed be🌛🌹🌜

[@sg1dude]

90 % of the "Dust " video endings leave you hanging.

[@badone1756]

Do you like my glove, fits like a shoe!😂

[@AeroGraphica]

For all of you asking if he´s dead, in the 3 last frames he is opening his eyes.

[@dajw72]

Thanks for that - missed that on the first watching. Takes away the cliffhanger though...

[@weissrw1]

Yeah, but all he's going to see is St. Peter!!!! Thanks for catching that detail!

[@johnmatrix7003]

Intrigued much at the beginning. Bought and brought into it the first image with the earth. Thought this could be interesting. Maybe a switch--off for a while. Notice its about 11 minutes long. Good news sometimes. As I'm watching I'm glued to the visuals portrayed and the music. Your story told as [a] the narrative, as text script, was a magnificent work of art. The writers really hooked into my emotions and tapped into the objective thought of the mission. Sort of like a twin whammy. Great story. Great acting. Visuals? First class. At the end I was GOB SMACKED. Thank you. Definitely apt in 2021 for perspective. [edit out].

[@thomasklugh4345]

I liked it.

[@rreatery1960]

Dude gave up 5 minutes in the flight than fell asleep 😂.

[@dhirendrapsingh6758]

Informative. Useful. Calming. Inspiring. Life-changing. Enjoyable. Heart-warming. Other.

[@martinruddell2682]

He's a heavy sleeper!

[@e.pierce8058]

As proof-of-concept for the visual techniques, this video is very sucessful. The different sources are well editted together and the result is cohesive. As beuatiful and evocative and this clip is visually, it failed to impart much of story to this viewer. Telling a conventional story may not have been the intent of this video, and there is nothing wrong with that. It seems like many of the DUST shorts are not primarily vehicles for story-telling but proofs-of-concept for feature films or video games, while others are probably intended simply as visual experiences. However, I feel that placing those videos under the same channel with the many other videos that do engage with character and story does a disservice to the viewers and to the videos. I have limited time to spend watching KZbin, so when I turn on DUST looking for the fantastic sci-fi stories and characters found in so many DUST offerings, I often end up feeling disappointed.

[@abbersj2935]

Maybe I missed something, but was he sleeping? Seemed to me that he had died. Don't people open their eyes as almost the first act of waking or stirring ?

[@MMAGamblingTips]

I’m not 100% sure, but I think that something went wrong the first time that he lost contact with ground control and died. If you notice, there is a shot of a smoke/vapor trail heading to earth as the rocket burns its way back to earth. I believe what we are seeing from him is his imagination on seeing the moon in orbit and then his lifeless body plummeting back to earth. 2:58 system fails, 3:35 / he loses consciousness / 7:05 crashes to earth / 7:15 can see the fireball Just a theory. A *short* film theory!

[@lostn65]

It was a fake out. He was sleeping but not moving or breathing. They wanted you to think he was dead. He experienced a lot of jolting, noise and light which would have woken anyone up but he remained unresponsive. It's a cheap trick.

[@GW28533]

Are you KIDDING me ? THAT's IT ? You could of done so much with it and this is the best you could do? Sad.

[@tbseverythingadobe4999]

I would love to film I have a question how did you do the camera shake when the ship was taken off did you do it through software or did you do it through a handheld camera please let me know because I'm making a sci-fi film myself and I want to know how to do that if you can offer me some guidance on how to do that that would be great

[@AeroGraphica]

I like the pov´s and lighting. Wish he landed on the same beach, and his now grew up son would open the hatch and rescue him: Only way to explain all this would be time travel :)

[@howler6490]

Other way? DEATH.

[@maxedoutrucker6735]

Just want to make the record clear I love your films, but you have this twice as uploaded in your channel. Why?

[@i-primeproductions1517]

Heaviest sleeper I've ever seen Lol

[@z.l9si]

🔥

[@ryanblystone5153]

I love this channel

[@sharkodatroller4279]

subscribed

[@heedmywarning2792]

This reminds me of a scene in the Astronaut Farmer when he lost power.

[@thaska6106]

The images of the skyline are simply marvellous. THANK YOU 🖤UST.

[@jkyoft78]

This was ok for me. The audio was very well done, and the visuals were very good. Temperature of the module would have gotten extremely cold without power (no backup power, I guess) Looked like he dreamt of his re-entry....his last thoughts. Not much of a story line, but it was simple and stuck to the one idea. So it didn't try to do too much. This genre or idea has been done many times...man lost in space, dies in space, drifts in space for an eternity, etc. I always have a problem when the protagonist is someone like this, a trained astronaut, possibly from the Air Force, possibly ex-combat pilot, who is going into space where great harm may come to him - yet he has a bit of a freakout when things go wrong. I expect such people to handle the situation rather well. I am sure they realize the risk, have made peace with all possible outcomes, are willing to gives their lives if the mission fails, etc. Having him freak out doesn't fit for me. I was emotionally pulled in a little bit, but the relationship between him and his wife and child was not presented much beyond the idea that he had a wife and child. I think it would have been more interesting if at the end she was looking up to the dark night sky with his (possibly grown) son...then the viewer would have the take away that he is still up there circling the earth and his wife and son know it - connected yet separated, helpless to have saved him, him watching over them, so close they can see the tiny capsule in orbit...but yet so far...for eternity.

[@dataexpunged6969]

I agree completely. While it's not bad by any means, the storyline is average (ofc visuals and music are stunning). Astronaut goes to space, ship malfunctions, and voila he's saved. And your interpretation is that he died but I think he actually did live because it hadn't even been a few hours since the sun set and rose again, he had just passed out due to etc reasons. That put the stakes even lower. Also, they didn't explain why the ship malfunctioned and why it came back on, but I'll go with your explanation. I loved your idea that his wife and grown child look up at the sky while his dead father is still orbiting the earth, it's a very eerie and thought provoking concept.

[@wavyleaf1800]

Hard to imagine an astronaut sleeping through 5 g's.

[@fivish]

So the power just went off and then came back on. Was that it?

[@markandrews7701]

Everything fails then a miracle happens. Sorry, but this is an old, tired, story not done particularly well.

[@rgravi]

yes nothing thought provoking about this as touted

[@MMAGamblingTips]

I was talking to someone in the sidechat and my thoughts were a bit deeper than that. I’m not 100% sure, but I think that something went wrong the first time that he lost contact with ground control and died. If you notice, there is a shot of a smoke/vapor trail heading to earth as the rocket burns its way back to earth. I believe what we are seeing from him is his imagination on seeing the moon in orbit and then his lifeless body plummeting back to earth. 2:58 system fails, 3:35 / he loses consciousness / 7:05 crashes to earth / 7:15 can see the fireball / 9:25he enters heaven and/or wherever our soul goes when we die. Just a theory. A *short* film theory!