excellent opportunity

Rating: Null/10 (17 January 2004)

I can remember well the time period of the Apollo 13 flight, called by James Lovell a "successful failure", in that the crew did not reach the moon BUT-- despite the serious malfunction, got home safely. It was very dramatic, portrayed history far more accurately than can be gleaned out of a textbook. That is why historical drama IS my #1 favorite type of movie. The comment that the astronaut is the most visible member of the space program, but that the sweeper of floors at the Space Center counts, puts positive note on the space program. Not everybody can be an astronaut; one needs flight training, advanced degree in science, etc., but the remark about others' being important gives encouragement to those aspiring to career in the space program. At all events, it is just the thing for a history buff l