jspotter1950 Review of Riders to the Stars

Riders to the Stars (1954)

My Recollections of Riders to the Stars

[1 February 2007]

Warning: Spoiler Ahead! I remember this movie quite well. My father worked in early aerospace, and we were all rocket nuts. We were not impressed with the technology or the accuracy. We all knew that the V-2 was not powerful enough to leave the atmosphere. We had seen the tail camera picture from the Airobee Hi rocket as the intro for the "Captain Jet" cartoon series. Last, and this is a plot spoiler, one of the brave astronauts comes back with a captured meteorite ("I've brought you back a star", he murmurs to his love interest) and the scientist inspects it. Ha! Now we knew what external coating protected meteorites on their fall to earth..."Pure, crystalized carbon!" Uh, aren't we talking diamonds here? A bit pricey, even for NASA.