Recently, in order to attract the audience's attention, the famous Hollywood movie star Tom Cruise is expected to fly to space next year to shoot a new movie. This is the first time they have flown into space. Who knows what tricks they will play in the future?

The posture molecular poem said: "Why don't you take advantage of the wind and soar up to ninety thousand miles. It costs a lot of money, and you can't make money even if you lose money."

With the development of the film industry, the audience has seen more and more exciting movie scenes. As the audience sees more and more big scenes, the requirements for movies have also skyrocketed, and the difficulty of movie shooting has also increased. Movies of average difficulty can only get the audience's unremitting expression in the end.

In order to make a good movie that satisfies the audience, the producers also take great pains. Recently, in order to attract the audience's attention, famous Hollywood movie star Tom Cruise is expected to fly into space next year to shoot a new movie . As the saying goes, "You are so awesome, why don't you go to heaven?" Tom Cruise said: "Go to heaven!"

Why don't you ride on the wind

As we all know, the two most desperate people in action movies, one is Jackie Chan and the other That's Tom Cruise.

Tom Cruise, who was born in in 1962, has personally appeared in many of his movies, risking his life to create wonderful scenes to satisfy the visual needs of the audience. Even though he has won numerous awards in his career, Tom, who is nearly sixty years old, still has higher pursuits. Even though movie special effects have become extremely realistic today, new movies still require shooting in space. He debuted in 1981, which will be 40 years next year. It is definitely very meaningful to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his debut by going to space to make a movie.

As soon as the news came out that Tom Cruise would go to space to make a movie, it immediately set off the Internet. Immediately, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine himself confirmed on Twitter .

When talking about Tom Cruise’s movies, many people will first think of the “Mission Impossible ” series in recent years. However, according to the famous magazine Deadline, the movie that Cruise filmed in space was not for this series of movies. According to reports, this will be a brand new work and the first movie shot in space in history.

Okay, after all, we are a popular science column, not an entertainment channel, so let’s talk about something related to space.

Skyrocket to Ninety Thousand Miles

First of all, many people will be curious: In what form will Tom Cruise come to space for movie shooting?

Obviously, according to the current status of human spaceflight, there is only one place suitable for the filming of Tom Cruise's movie, and that is the International Space Station (ISS). The International Space Station officially started construction in 1998. Its member countries include the United States, Russia, 11 member countries of the European Space Agency, Japan, Canada and Brazil. A total of 1,416 countries participated. It was put into use in 2010 and is currently the largest International space cooperation projects.

According to reports, Tom Cruise is in discussions with Elon Musk's SpaceX company, which means that he is probably not boarding the International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft like the current astronauts. Instead, it was launched into space by SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft. According to SpaceX's plan, their manned Dragon spacecraft will carry out its first manned mission on May 27, less than three weeks later. It is likely to break the Soyuz's monopoly on transportation to the International Space Station in the future.

(Picture description: SpaceX’s Manned Dragon spacecraft)

In fact, the docking of the spacecraft and the space station seems very fast, but the work behind it is extremely complicated. The International Space Station operates at an altitude of 14,408 kilometers (253 miles) above the earth's surface, reaching a speed of 1,427,600 kilometers (17,100 miles) per hour. It can orbit the earth every 141.5 hours.

If you still remember the circular motion from high school physics, you will know that if the altitude of the spacecraft matches the International Space Station, then the speed will be synchronized, and it will not be able to catch up with the space station or dock. You may ask: Can't we apply thrust from the side to maintain a high speed but same orbit? Yes, but it's easier said than done.This will lead to a substantial increase in fuel, which will not only lead to a linear increase in costs, but will also lead to a serious reduction in the rocket's load-carrying capacity. Therefore, currently, human spacecraft are docked with the space station in a curved form.

(Picture description: Imaginary diagram of the docking of the Crew Dragon spacecraft with the International Space Station)

In the earliest days, such a docking process would take several days. With the development of aerospace technology, the time for astronauts to arrive at the International Space Station is also continuously shortened, from the original 50 hours to the current 6 hours (the fastest).

Many people will ask: How long will Cruise stay on the International Space Station?

(Picture description: International Space Station)

It is speculated that if there are no special changes and the spacecraft completes the docking as quickly as possible, Cruise (and possibly related teams) will stay on the International Space Station for 12-13 days . This period of time is how long it takes for a new batch of astronauts to be sent to the International Space Station to perform tasks and hand over work with the previous batch of astronauts. However, it is currently difficult to say whether Cruise will return to the ground with the older batch of astronauts, or whether he will need to stay on the International Space Station for a longer period of time for filming.

One thing must be considered: every day spent on the International Space Station is a waste of money - there is no tourist attraction in the world more expensive than the International Space Station!

(Picture description: In "Mission: Impossible 5", Tom Cruise picks up an airplane with his bare hands. Will he "fly higher" in 2021?)

It costs a lot of money

This time Cruise came to space to make a movie , how high is the cost? Can the box office be earned back? Let’s analyze it from the four aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation:

• clothes

The clothes we are talking about, of course, do not refer to the clothes for filming movies. Those things can be sent into space with the spacecraft. More importantly, it is space suit . It’s still unclear how many sets of NASA’s old spacesuits are left and how much they will charge for them, but it will definitely be a hefty fee.

Not to mention eating. As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for the people, not to mention eating "heaven" in the sky.

(picture description: "delicious" space food)

According to NASA's budget last year, food plus medical supplies and air, etc., charges US$22,500 per day - yes, this is probably the first time in human history that money has been paid Breathe, after all, the oxygen on the International Space Station is not free, it is all made with money.

• Live

As long as it does not disturb the work of astronauts and does not bring safety risks, Tom Cruise and others can move relatively freely. As for the cost, according to NASA news last year, it was about US$35,000 per night for and .

In fact, transportation is the most expensive item of Tom Cruise’s space trip.

(Picture description: SpaceX's Falcon 9 Heavy Rocket)

From the perspective of rocket launch, we have introduced: If it is Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, the current price quoted for one launch is 80 million . However, Musk's SpaceX company is much cheaper, only costing about $555 million.

Oh, by the way, this is the cost for a single person. Tom Cruise can't perform and film by himself, right? Although the International Space Station can carry 9 people in a short period of time, it can only accommodate 6 people at ordinary times. Counting the 2 astronauts on mission, there is only room for 4 people. Perhaps the director, cameraman and another staff member will also go to the space station with the ship to participate in the filming (of course, this depends on whether the staff member can fly the spacecraft, otherwise professional astronauts will be sent to drive it. So, even if it is aboard Dragon The cost of the spacecraft will also reach 220 million US dollars, but it is 100 million cheaper than the Soyuz.

(Picture description: Elon Musk)

It seems that the Dragon spacecraft is more cost-effective, but everything depends on May 27. Japan's first test flight and subsequent space missions ensure that it can complete this work.At present, Musk and his SpaceX company have not responded directly to the cooperation. He only responded to Bridenstine on Twitter and said: "This should be interesting."

• Other fees

In addition, International Other resources on the space station are also extremely expensive.

1. Internet access: About $50 per GB
2. Electricity bill: $42 per kilowatt hour of electricity
3. Life support system and space toilet: $11,250 per day

(Picture description: The toilet of the International Space Station, although small, is The price is high, with the cost reaching 19 million U.S. dollars. Wouldn’t it be a pity not to charge Tom? )

Based on the stay of more than ten days, after arriving at the International Space Station, Cruise will spend a total of about 800,000 here. Dollar, and that’s just one person. If it were four people, it would cost at least $3 million.

In addition, going to the International Space Station is not accomplished by touching the upper lip to the lower lip. Everyone knows how dangerous the universe is; how difficult the space mission is, and the space accidents in history are also vividly remembered. Therefore, before flies to space, all members must also receive NASA's system training . I'm afraid the producers will have to pay this fee themselves.

(Picture description: Many people’s nightmare - the big pendulum. In order to be able to perform tasks safely, astronauts must use it to train. I don’t know if Tom Cruise needs to go through this test)

However, the rocket launch Compared with the cost, this is small money. The cost of the rocket alone has exceeded the production costs of many movies. So here comes the question: Can I get my money back?

Losing money but not making money

Speaking of which, Tom Cruise’s recent movie "Mission: Impossible 6: Fallout" had a total box office of .791 billion . In this way, it may be a bit difficult for new movies to recoup their costs. Who knows, maybe this is a promotional opportunity for the producers, NASA and SpaceX.

(Picture description: The International Space Station above the Earth)

For SpaceX, this opportunity to capture the world’s attention and prove its aerospace capabilities is naturally not to be missed; and for NASA, the high maintenance cost of the International Space Station is also frustrating It’s a headache, and there have been rumors about the International Space Station preparing to launch a paid tourism project. Even so, Trump announced last year that he would stop direct funding for the International Space Station by 2025. It is precisely because NASA had to announce last year that it would allow the International Space Station to be used for commercial purposes that Tom Cruise is expected to have the opportunity to make a movie in space next year.

Perhaps, for the sake of further commercial goals, SpaceX and NASA will make some concessions to the producers.

It has to be said that in order to meet the audience's increasing viewing requirements, film workers can be said to have worked hard. This is the first time they have flown into space. Who knows what tricks they will play in the future?

(Picture description: Tom Cruise worked hard to make the movie, no need for a stand-in, he acted in person)

In any case, movie fans are still looking forward to the fact that Tom Cruise will actually fly into space to film. If it can really be realized, I believe that countless movie fans will flock to the cinema to see with their own eyes what real space is like, so the box office will not be too bad and their hard work will not be in vain. At least you won't be like me, who lost countless hairs, stayed up countless nights, worked hard to write an article, and in the end it would be a bit embarrassing if you didn't even get a like...