PIONEER ONE: Episode 1

S01E01 "Earthfall" (Pilot)

An object falls from the sky, spreading radiation over North America. Fearing terrorism, Homeland Security Agents are dispatched to investigate and contain the damage. What they find will have implications for the entire world.

"Best Drama Pilot" winner at the 2010 New York Television Festival.

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[H1N1Conspiracynews]

I'm not big into independent stuff like this, but I must say I am impressed with this. Really great show here. Hope you guys continue it.

[joshbernhard]

From Wikipedia: Robert Zubrin (born April 19, 1952) is an American aerospace engineer and author, best known for his advocacy of the manned exploration of Mars. He was the driving force behind Mars Direct—a proposal intended to produce significant reductions in the cost and complexity of such a mission. The key idea was to use the Martian atmosphere to produce oxygen, water, and rocket propellant for the surface stay and return journey.

[Turkolmpiatmuhabbeti]

@joshbernhard whos Zubrin?

[pioneeronetv]

@alr0lbxrl A good account of the incident is in the prologue for a book called 'The Dead' Hand by David E. Hoffman. Starts on page 6. YouTube won't let me post the link but it's excerpted on the NYTimes website dated September 22, 2009.

[alr0lbxrl]

@pioneeronetv In 80-s there was a story spread as a rumour: at an early warning station they ( no names ) got a signal from a satellite which meant it sees five red points which may be or not five missiles launched. They called up by phone to radar station and asked if they see the missiles, they replied "nothing". Then they reported to superiors. Later journalists made THEMANWHOSAVEDTHEWORLD sensation out of it. So now I know their commanding officer's name.

[pioneeronetv]

@alr0lbxrl One would *hope* anyone would do the same, but the point is he exercised his own judgement instead of following procedure. And even if he didn't have the literal red button at his finger tips, a report from him that missiles are incoming would all but assure a retaliatory strike. By the time there was ground radar confirmation it would be too late. It defeats the point of early warning.

[alr0lbxrl]

@pioneeronetv I've just read about Petrov's case. Hmm, very interesting but I think anyone would do the same in such situation. And he couldn't press The Red Button on his own but just report about alert from a satellite and a ground radar that doesn't confirm it.

[pioneeronetv]

@alr0lbxrl I disagree (obviously ;). It has nothing to do with sci-fi. he Norton character is trying to illustrate how a single person can make a positive difference by not doing what he's supposed to. The 1983 Petrov incident evokes that, whereas the Cuban Missile Crisis does not. And since the Petrov incident is less well-known, it makes it a better story to boot! Your mileage may vary, obviously.

[alr0lbxrl]

@pioneeronetv I see, The Caribbean Crisis story would be more appropriate, but it wouldn't be a SciFi then.

[pioneeronetv]

@alr0lbxrl Thanks for your comment, but some corrections are in order. First, it is absolutely important to keep in mind the point of view of the character telling the story. The vodka line was sarcasm. But it was indeed Petrov's call that would have initiated a retaliatory strike. Interception was never possible. Also, the system was most certainly fooled by the angle of sunlight reflecting off clouds, as the sats worked by detecting the flares of missile contrails.