My Main Character(s?)

A curious teen sneaks into the shuttle and goes to the satellite, his presence unknown to the captain and crew. He eventually gets caught, and he has a bumpy start concerning his relationship with the shuttle crew, but eventually over time, he matures and learns about what's going on around him during the course of the film. The crew also learns a few things from him as well, and a lasting friendship is established.

For the romantic part, I also think we should put in a stowaway as well. It could be someone who starts off hating our hero, but eventually comes to understand and love him. So it could be that when the character sneaks into the shuttle, the girl will follow and try to stop him, but eventually gets trapped with him for most of the film.

The protagonist conjuncture

because of the voyeuristic nature of the theme, I think that a female protagonist would be the best choice because it would be a subtle homage to the nuances of gender roles, especially with the update of technology in the present time. people are used to watching the lives of others unravel all over the social networks. and nobody is more watched than women. to get followers and friend requests with the least amount of effort, you don't need to be interesting, witty or cool all you need is to be a hot girl with a display picture.

but heres my opinion. I feel like maybe the main character should be almost unrelated to the actual event and just affected by it, just a bystander/ collateral damage to make it relateable and more realistic. kinda like how in cloverfield the main character is just some random guy with a camera he might not be in the middle of the action but he's always involved or affected.

This, or even a portmanteau style. multiple characters and how they are affected on earth. people whos lives can be changed by being able to see the truth of history for good or bad and people whos lives are affected by the reactions of the protestors or whatever.

I know I wasn't particularly specific. but I thought I would just spit ball a few ideas to keep it real and not be so unrealistically science fiction-y. to keep the humanity and not focus on the technology. kinda. hope this helps. n__n

Time capsule and a plan to start a new civilisation

(A response to Sami Laulajainen's shot (and kind of off-topic, but...))

If the human in the cryo-tube of the satellite was there for preservation (time capsule) purposes (such as the Voyager Golden Record), why only one? Why not two: a man and a woman.

The satellite is programmed to record Earth and in case the human civilisation isn't around any more (aka. no human sightings in a while), it will send the deep-frozen humans to Earth and wake them up to start a new civilisation. If Earth is not safe any more, the satellite will "take off" and start looking for a new Earth-like planet.

The source code for the program is also there. Everything is figured out from it.

The main character

Thanks for your ideas.
Just a little update:
The story will not spend much time with the mission, that gets the satellite down to earth. I will focus on the problems before and after this. But the mission will still be happening in the first half of the story, so I think, it's a cool idea to find somebody in a crypto tube onboard of the satellite. But I have to be careful, as I don't want the elements in this story to be too much unrealistic (except the back-in-time-fact). But crypt-sleep in the 2150s - why not.
It also should be something supportive for continuing the story. I have somethings in mind. The satellite is indeed not the only thing that was send back. But I'm still thinking of telling this part in another story. Not sure yet. Suggestions? If I would tell the other things in this story too, than it will take a completely different way, than you maybe think of. But I like surprises :) We'll see. Waiting for further opinions

The main character

I don't usually start my writing this way. I start writing and later discover the main character from my text and then edit my writings if needed. but here goes. The main character could be.

- Anna-Belle Charman: the first lieutenant (not the captain) of the shuttle. Captain suffers an accident and suddenly she's in the lead of the mission.

- The main computer of the satellite: in 2400 years of watching earth, the satellite has came to a conclusion: Human race is not worth saving. The other characters must convince him otherwise.

- A human found in cryo-tube onboard he satellite. Who is he? What can he do for earth? What does he know and why has he came.

- A rival expedition leader / group. The official attempt to retrieve the satellite is compromised by rival terrorists trying to sell the information.

It would be nice to know more about your taughts. You can drop me a mail, if you are not ready to throw it open publicly

sami