FILM · 2013 · USA

Europa Report

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1. #001

   Hydrazine has been used for decades as a propellant in spacecraft and as fuel in auxiliary power units. It is corrosive and extremely toxic.

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2. #002

   An alien squid similar to the one in Monsters (2010) finally appears. The opening credits of Monsters (2010) mention a probe that fell from Europa.

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3. #003

   Arthur C. Clarke's book "2010: Odyssey Two" includes the landing of a Chinese spacecraft on Europa with results similar to those of this film. The film adaptation of the book, 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984), does not cover this.

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4. #004

   The spacecraft was designed using computer graphics, with high detail given to the camera angles to be used in the film. Weightlessness was simulated with balance balls, and wire suspension was used in the interior shots. The flooding ship was filmed with a one-third-scale model.

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5. #005

   Filming took place in Brooklyn, New York.

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6. #006

   Europa was discovered on January 8, 1610 by Galileo Galilei (February 15, 1564 - January 8, 1642) and Simon Mayr [Marius] (January 10, 1573 - January 5, 1625).

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7. #007

   The creature's design included bioluminescence (the production and emission of light by living organisms) from the earliest concepts. The visual effects supervisor stated that the creature was based on a mix of an octopus and a squid, while the first drafts resembled a jellyfish and a manta ray.

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8. #008

   There are callbacks to the Apollo program during the landing. On Apollo 11, the crew also overshot the targeted landing site and had only a few seconds of fuel left.

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9. #009

   Europa takes its name from a woman abducted by the god Zeus in Greek mythology; Jupiter in Roman mythology.

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10. #010

    Europa is one of Jupiter's four Galilean moons; the group was named after one of its discoverers, Galileo Galilei (see above), although Galilei himself used a different name for both the group and the moons.

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11. #011

    Sharlto Copley starred in Neill Blomkamp's District 9 (2009), which was likewise shot in a documentary style.

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12. #012

    FOREWORD: "The Europa One mission was the first attempt to send men and women into deep space. For more than six months the world watched every moment. With thousands of hours of recently declassified footage, Europa Ventures can now complete their story."

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