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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Margo and Sergei have drinks at a club, where the talk turns to the *ahem* docking procedures of American and Soviet spacecraft. Later, the two drunkenly stumble into a NASA lab to put their talk of docking procedures into practice. The only thing missing is a hard cut to a train going into a tunnel.
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* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The Russians are speaking fluent, if accented English. Any issues they end up having with miscommunication are more about different culture code and reference base than actual lack of vocabulary - and are capable of explaining themselves each time.
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* MirroringFactions: Both space programs are hamstrung by {{Obstructive Bureaucrat}}s and politicians. The mission itself is openly torpedoes by administration on both sides, trying to put pressure on the other superpower to just backdown and end up being the guilty party of the mission failing. This in turn is ''reverse'' of what real Apollo-Soyuz was.
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* MirroringFactions: Both space programs are hamstrung by {{Obstructive Bureaucrat}}s and politicians. The mission itself is openly torpedoes torpedoed by administration on both sides, trying to put pressure on the other superpower to just backdown and end up being the guilty party of the mission failing. This in turn is ''reverse'' of what real Apollo-Soyuz was.
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Ambiguity Index wick cleaning.
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* NotSoDifferent: Both space programs are hamstrung by {{Obstructive Bureaucrat}}s and politicians. The mission itself is openly torpedoes by administration on both sides, trying to put pressure on the other superpower to just backdown and end up being the guilty party of the mission failing. This in turn is ''reverse'' of what real Apollo-Soyuz was.
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* NotSoDifferent: MirroringFactions: Both space programs are hamstrung by {{Obstructive Bureaucrat}}s and politicians. The mission itself is openly torpedoes by administration on both sides, trying to put pressure on the other superpower to just backdown and end up being the guilty party of the mission failing. This in turn is ''reverse'' of what real Apollo-Soyuz was.
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* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The Russians are speaking fluent, if accented English. Any issues they end up having with miscommunication are more about different culture code and reference base than actual lack of vocabulary - and are capable of explain themselves each time.
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* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The Russians are speaking fluent, if accented English. Any issues they end up having with miscommunication are more about different culture code and reference base than actual lack of vocabulary - and are capable of explain explaining themselves each time.
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* CommonKnowledge: Happens in-universe. Since the action is taking place in 1983, the actual fate of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika Laika] is still being classified, thus everyone is still convinced the dog survived for a week and died peacefully.
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* CommonKnowledge: Happens in-universe. Since the action is taking place in 1983, the actual fate of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika Laika] Laika]] is still being classified, thus everyone is still convinced the dog survived for a week and died peacefully.
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* InsistentTerminology: The Soviets want to call the mission Soyuz-Apollo, not Apollo-Soyuz. They also take issue with NASA designating their crew "astronauts 3 and 4", preferring "cosmonauts 1 and 2".
* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: Danielle and cosmonaut Orlov discuss [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika Laika]], the dog who went to space (and died) in Sputnik 2. Danielle treats it as a noble sacrifice that aided human knowledge; Orlov regards it as the needless murder of an innocent animal who had no idea what was being done to her.
* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: Danielle and cosmonaut Orlov discuss [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika Laika]], the dog who went to space (and died) in Sputnik 2. Danielle treats it as a noble sacrifice that aided human knowledge; Orlov regards it as the needless murder of an innocent animal who had no idea what was being done to her.
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* CommonKnowledge: Happens in-universe. Since the action is taking place in 1983, the actual fate of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika Laika] is still being classified, thus everyone is still convinced the dog survived for a week and died peacefully.
* InSpiteOfANail: For all the progress in technology and far, far more advanced space programs on both sides of the Iron Curtain, Apollo-Soyuz mission happens whole 8 years later than it did in real-life. Not due to lack of tech, but due to lack of goodwill and interest on both sides to even bother.
* InsistentTerminology: The Soviets want to call the mission Soyuz-Apollo, not Apollo-Soyuz. They also take issue with NASA designating their crew "astronauts 3 and 4", preferring "cosmonauts 1 and2".
2". [[TruthInTelevision The issue of the name of the mission is how it went in real-life]], with both sides using "their" order ever since.
* LampshadeHanging: When the Soviets bring a basket present to their American counterparts, there is a signed photo of Alexei Leonov on top of it. In-universe, he's the first man on the moon. In real life, Leonov was the commander of Soyuz 19, which took part in Apollo-Soyuz mission.
* NotSoDifferent: Both space programs are hamstrung by {{Obstructive Bureaucrat}}s and politicians. The mission itself is openly torpedoes by administration on both sides, trying to put pressure on the other superpower to just backdown and end up being the guilty party of the mission failing. This in turn is ''reverse'' of what real Apollo-Soyuz was.
* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: Danielle and cosmonaut Orlov discuss[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika Laika]], Laika, the dog who went to space (and died) in Sputnik 2. Danielle treats it as a noble sacrifice that aided human knowledge; Orlov regards it as the needless murder of an innocent animal who had no idea what was being done to her.her.
* TheStoic: The duo of Soviet cosmonauts is completely unphased with anything, aren't particularly talkative and are just doing their job, not showing much interest beyond bare minimum with the symbolic nature of their mission.
** NotSoStoic: They do, however, have their curiosities about American lifestyle and products (particularly [[VodkaDrunkenski Jack Daniel's]]), and open up a bit when drinking together.
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The Russians are speaking fluent, if accented English. Any issues they end up having with miscommunication are more about different culture code and reference base than actual lack of vocabulary - and are capable of explain themselves each time.
* VodkaDrunkenski: When Danielle and Radislav are drinking together, she's taking small sips from the same glass, while he keeps downing his whole drink each time. Meanwhile, when pulling an all-nighter in a design office, Sergei points out he's "not drunk... not much".
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* InSpiteOfANail: For all the progress in technology and far, far more advanced space programs on both sides of the Iron Curtain, Apollo-Soyuz mission happens whole 8 years later than it did in real-life. Not due to lack of tech, but due to lack of goodwill and interest on both sides to even bother.
* InsistentTerminology: The Soviets want to call the mission Soyuz-Apollo, not Apollo-Soyuz. They also take issue with NASA designating their crew "astronauts 3 and 4", preferring "cosmonauts 1 and
* LampshadeHanging: When the Soviets bring a basket present to their American counterparts, there is a signed photo of Alexei Leonov on top of it. In-universe, he's the first man on the moon. In real life, Leonov was the commander of Soyuz 19, which took part in Apollo-Soyuz mission.
* NotSoDifferent: Both space programs are hamstrung by {{Obstructive Bureaucrat}}s and politicians. The mission itself is openly torpedoes by administration on both sides, trying to put pressure on the other superpower to just backdown and end up being the guilty party of the mission failing. This in turn is ''reverse'' of what real Apollo-Soyuz was.
* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: Danielle and cosmonaut Orlov discuss
* TheStoic: The duo of Soviet cosmonauts is completely unphased with anything, aren't particularly talkative and are just doing their job, not showing much interest beyond bare minimum with the symbolic nature of their mission.
** NotSoStoic: They do, however, have their curiosities about American lifestyle and products (particularly [[VodkaDrunkenski Jack Daniel's]]), and open up a bit when drinking together.
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The Russians are speaking fluent, if accented English. Any issues they end up having with miscommunication are more about different culture code and reference base than actual lack of vocabulary - and are capable of explain themselves each time.
* VodkaDrunkenski: When Danielle and Radislav are drinking together, she's taking small sips from the same glass, while he keeps downing his whole drink each time. Meanwhile, when pulling an all-nighter in a design office, Sergei points out he's "not drunk... not much".
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* DisconnectedByDeath: Thomas is on the phone with Margo when the Soviets shoot down his plane.
* KilledOffForReal: Tom.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: It's clear the loss of Tom (not to mention how she could have been on the same flight if not for a family emergency) is shaking Ellen to the point she's willing to let NASA be militarized rather than lose anyone else.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Despite orders not to, Margo, while not openly saying it, is able to warn Sergei of the flaws in the Soviet's shuttle to prevent a disaster that would kill hundreds.
* WhatTheHellHero: The NASA team isn't happy when Ellen tells them the shuttle will now be armed and wants the moon team to take back the base fast. They're less happy when Ellen tells them this is her recommendation, and not coming from the President or Pentagon.
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* WhatTheHellHero: The NASA team isn't happy when Ellen tells them the shuttle will now be armed and wants the moon team to take back the base fast. They're less happy when Ellen tells them this is her recommendation, not the President or Pentagon.
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* WhatTheHellHero: The NASA team isn't happy when Ellen tells them the shuttle will now be armed and wants the moon team to take back the base fast. They're less happy when Ellen tells them this is her recommendation, and not coming from the President or Pentagon.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: It's clear the loss of Tom (not to mention how she could have been on the same flight if not for a family emergency) is shaking Ellen to the point she's willing to let NASA be militarized rather than lose anyone else.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Despite orders not to, Margo, while not openly saying it, is able to warn Sergei of the flaws in the Soviet's shuttle to prevent a disaster that would kill hundreds.
* WhatTheHellHero: The NASA team isn't happy when Ellen tells them the shuttle will now be armed and wants the moon team to take back the base fast. They're less happy when Ellen tells them this is her recommendation, not the President or Pentagon.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: It's clear the loss of Tom (not to mention how she could have been on the same flight if not for a family emergency) is shaking Ellen to the point she's willing to let NASA be militarized rather than lose anyone else.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Despite orders not to, Margo, while not openly saying it, is able to warn Sergei of the flaws in the Soviet's shuttle to prevent a disaster that would kill hundreds.
* WhatTheHellHero: The NASA team isn't happy when Ellen tells them the shuttle will now be armed and wants the moon team to take back the base fast. They're less happy when Ellen tells them this is her recommendation, not the President or Pentagon.
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The shocking loss of a key NASA official may ruin the planned U.S.-Soviet mission.
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* DisconnectedByDeath: Thomas is on the phone with Margo when the Soviets shoot down his plane.
* KilledOffForReal: Tom.
!!Tropes
* DisconnectedByDeath: Thomas is on the phone with Margo when the Soviets shoot down his plane.
* KilledOffForReal: Tom.
