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Themes labels used: satellite dependence, space security, geopolitics, government corruption, distrust, loyalty, scientific idealism, war and technology, surveillance, national security, truth vs secrecy, bureaucratic inertia, great power rivalry, prescience
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A NASA flight controller is drawn into a Cold War defection plot when a Soviet MiG and its pilot land in 1973 Israel.
Why this is here
Themes labels: loyalty · deception · political intrigue · superpower competition · technology race · truth and lies · national security · secrecy · trust · war and peace · science and politics
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1474
In a near-future NASA crisis, a PR man and a billionaire chase clues to a 50-year-old Moon landing secret.
Why this is here
Themes labels: truth vs secrecy · history revision · space exploration · public perception · political cover-up · authority and trust · ambition · hubris · funding and bureaucracy · Cold War rivalry · public enthusiasm
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1477
A NASA discovery in the Arctic ignites a presidential-election conspiracy, forcing one analyst to uncover the truth.
Why this is here
Themes labels: truth vs deception · science and politics · public trust · government secrecy · corruption · privatization · national security · funding and power · ambition · morality · credibility · media manipulation · institutional cover-up · human frailty · technology and ethics
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1533
A final showdown pits enhanced teens against an imprisoned scientist and a hidden alien agenda threatening Earth.
Why this is here
Themes labels: government corruption · secrecy · power and responsibility · science and ethics · patriotism · conspiracy · survival · loyalty · humanity at risk · moral ambiguity
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1599
A skeptical archaeologist digs a Roswell crash site and uncovers bodies, secrets, and a danger no one can explain.
Why this is here
Themes labels: secrecy · truth versus belief · government cover-up · science versus speculation · conspiracy · trust · obsession · greed · power · professional integrity · dangerous knowledge · forensics
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1631
A private crew races to Titan on a flawed mission and uncovers a cover-up, a mystery, and something already there.
Why this is here
Themes labels: space exploration · first contact · human ambition · corporate greed · cover-up · conspiracy · truth and secrecy · technology risk · scientific plausibility · human resilience · wonder and discovery · future of space travel · private enterprise · government vs private sector · trust and deception · suspense
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1645
Five people carry a nation’s secrets in their brains as hackers close in and a hidden enemy starts hunting them.
Why this is here
Themes labels: information control · privacy · surveillance · trust in technology · cybersecurity · state secrecy · truth and lies · conspiracy theories · identity · memory · free will · morality · government power · cover-ups · authenticity · second chances
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1671
A Clone Wars-era scientist and his family are pulled into the secret origins of the Death Star by an ambitious Imperial officer.
Why this is here
Themes labels: scientific ethics · weaponization · good and evil · pacifism · state power · propaganda · government overreach · moral compromise · surveillance · militarization · resource exploitation · trust and deception · family sacrifice · career ambition · personal loyalty
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1675
A disgraced scientist and rival power blocs collide when a future-sent formula makes FTL travel real.
Why this is here
Themes labels: technology and power · political realignment · knowledge suppression · scientific discovery · geopolitical rivalry · colonial expansion · national identity · independence · future uncertainty · cold war · societal transformation · transhuman governance · humanity and the alien · secrecy
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1676
A near-future crew heads to the solar system’s edge to solve a probe mystery—and finds a truth that could change humanity.
Why this is here
Themes labels: space exploration · humanity · self-destruction · ethics · science and technology · politics · surveillance · war · colonization · truth · mortality · limits of progress · national borders · cooperation · fear of the unknown
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1688
Five hackers are coerced into a secret government project and uncover a dangerous conspiracy buried inside the system.
Why this is here
Themes labels: surveillance · privacy · government power · conspiracy · technology and power · control vs freedom · man and machine · identity · morality · trust · loyalty · rebellion · social engineering · hacking culture · blackmail · state secrecy
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1715
A secret Apollo 18 moon mission turns into a Cold War spy thriller when hidden agendas surface in deep space.
Why this is here
Themes labels: Cold War tension · espionage · suspicion · national security · exploration · science vs secrecy · loyalty · trust · politics · sacrifice · competence · human vulnerability · law beyond Earth · historical authenticity
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1736
