AWAY Season One
UK/US Netflix, streaming now
Creator Andrew Hinderaker
Cast Hilary Swank, Josh Charles, Talitha Eliana Bateman, Vivian Wu, Ato Essandoh, Mark Ivanir
Chris Hadfield singing Bowie songs in space, NASA boasting 60 million followers on Instagram and Tim Peake seemingly never off our screens, a layman’s knowledge of what it really means to be an astronaut is probably, it’s hard not to notice all the glaring mistakes. Shocking, really, when you consider the entire series was prompted by a thoughtful, science-filled article in in 2014 about how tough mankind’s journey to Mars will be, once we finally get around to it.
