r/StarCityTV

The real history of the cosmonaut program, star city, GRU, KGB, and the Soviet Union are absolutely fascinating.

Obviously, it's quite bleak as well.

The story of Oleg Penkovsky, a GRU Colonel that sold secrets to the CIA and was caught is fascinating.

There really are so many real life stories that are incredible.

Has anyone researched this time period of the CCCP? (Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik)

OK... I watched up to season 3 of For all mankind and gave up for several reasons.

1. The ludicrous forbidden love plot... What is this doing in a show about alternate reality NASA ( I mean the later one, not the main one, that's fine and actually realistic, even with modern day politics)
2. Each head of astronauts has absolute power, even to bring back an old buddy who they KNOW has gone crazy in space. They can then call in their own daughter to become an astronaut, no selection process, just how would you like to join me on a trip to Mars.
3. Nuclear propulsion up to orbit???? that is completely sci-Fi unless you want to poison the whole earth.

Most of the rest was quite realistic I thought.. which is why those stood out.

So I had heard that Star City was better.. So I was looking forward to it.

Again most of the technical stuff looked real. 1st couple of episodes were good, not afraid to kill off apparently major characters very brutally.

Then it too started to go sideways. The Secret mission >!to Venus In Soviet Russia? How would you hide such a thing? Also why send people to Venus? They can't land. They could have sent the probe alone, it's nonsense!<. If it's renewed for another season I'll have to decide carefully if I'll watch it. I am invested in some of the characters which is the only reason I'm considering it.

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Does anyone have any news or updates regarding Season 2 of Star City?

Desperately hoping it's renewed. 😭

Which notably features Adam Nagaitis! The scene with Valya on Venus reminded me so much of >!Blanky finding the Northwest Passage, knowing he’s going to die but having that euphoric moment of victory/having completed the mission/getting to see something really unusual.!<

Why launch a mission to Venus when other missions—unmanned ones—had already failed, and when Venus offers nothing of interest or viability to humanity? Mars is a far better and safer option for everyone—especially for Soviet propaganda, given the goal of being the first to actually travel to and return alive from a planet that is at least somewhat hospitable to life.

Random post I know but started watching the series right now and Rhys is a fantastic actor but he sounds the spit of Peter Capaldi like if i close my eyes it sounds like doctor who is speaking to russian cosmonauts.