When Astronaut Lloyd does his "acrobatics" with the rocket pack, the sunlight
is clearly hitting his right side. However, when he makes a 360 turn, the sunlight
remains on the right side of his suit no matter what position he is in during the turn.
The Saturn V service structure disappears and reappears during the launch countdown.
The Mediterranean coastline as seen from orbit on several occasions barely resembles
the correct geography. Spain is distorted and the Strait of Gibraltar is almost unrecognisable.
The Earth as represented in the on-orbit shots is too small if the spacecraft is supposed
to be in Low Earth Orbit (approx 200 miles) as would be expected for an orbital laboratory
(and Voskhod) mission. The apparent altitude is more like 1000 miles.
The stripe on Dougherty's helmet momentarily disappears while he is flying the XRV-1
A Saturn V rocket would not be necessary for a spacecraft bound for low-Earth
orbit. A more preferable choice would have been a Saturn 1B.
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