The space station is not only a brilliant achievement of human's science and technology, but also a source of inspiration for sci-fi films. The imagination of sci-fi films about its construction involves the transcendence, simulation and utilization of gravity in the natural sense, races' competition, collaboration and communication in the social sense, and group's isolation, crowding and loneliness in the psychological sense. The space station is also an intermediary for human exploration of cosmos. The imagination about its situation in sci-fi films describes technical failures from the perspective of risk and response, ecological disasters from the perspective of relationship between aliens and mankind, and mental disorders from the perspective of madness and delusion. Space stations are also unprecedented bases for human beings. The imagination of sci-fi films about their functions shows the possibility of their development from nodes to cities in the economic field of view, conceives the diversity of their purpose and strength in the political field of vision, and examines their effectiveness from live broadcasts to settlements and immigrants in the cultural field of view.

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