Review: In the sluggish space psychodrama ‘Slingshot,’ no one can hear you snooze
In the movie “Slingshot,” directed by Mikael Håfström, the title symbolizes a daring spacecraft movement using orbital mechanics. The astronauts, traveling over a billion and a half miles to Saturn’s moon Titan, require a gravity assist from Jupiter’s speed for their journey, which is the “slingshot.” They are heading to Titan because it’s the second celestial body known to have liquid on its surface. Their aim is to gather methane found there as a potential source of clean energy to combat climate change on Earth.