I Don't Care About What It Is Designed To Do...

[lostman]

...I care about what it can do! (Talking about the lunar module.)

Apollo 13 is on HDN Movies tonight. Having followed the story with the rest of the country when it happened, this movie never gets old for me. The story and the special effects are just so very good. Not to mention that there are a few hundred great clips to use in my classroom, like when they "make a square peg fit into a round hole" and read the directions to the astronauts over the radio.

 

[HornsOverIthaca]

"Blanche, Blanche, these nice young men are going to watch the television with you. This is Neil Armstrong, and this is Buzz... Aldrin."
"Are you boys in the space program too?"

Great movie. One of my favorites.

 

[chuychanga]

Quite frankly sir, I believe this will be our finest hour.

 

[Doughbroz]

Talk about the right men in the right place at the right time, Gene Kranz and the guy who was scratched from the flight were the ones.

 

[NameAlreadyInUse]

That could be one of my favorite movies of all time.

 

[Creed]

I just finished reading Lost Moon. It's a book about 13 co-authored by Jim Lovell, and it's great. The background on the space program is incredibly interesting, and obviously learning what the guys up there were thinking was fascinating. If you like the movie, you should pick up the book.

Edit: Now I see that the movie was based on the book, which makes sense. Regardless, the book is a must-read for fans of the movie.

 

[Texanne]

You, sir, are a steely-eyed missile man.

My brother lives in El Lago and plays poker with some of the engineers who put the Apollo missions together. Three houses down from his is the home where Neil Armstrong lived when he was in the space program.

Apollo 13 is one of my favorite movies of ever. It's a directorial masterpiece, IMO, and the Motion Picture Academy should be ashamed for not acknowledging what Ron Howard did.

 

[MaduroUTMB]

"Get ready for a little jolt, fellas."

 

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[HornHawk]

It was interesting watching that show tonight and seeing actual footage of the debris flying off the spacecraft after the oxygen tank blew.

 

[53 Veer Pass]

What you saw was actually a water dump, probably from another mission. The 13 crew didn't record the venting they saw.

 

[HenryGandorf]

all the scenes with loren dean and gary sinise are fantastic.

then you gotta lose the parachutes.
well if the chutes don't open then what's the point?

 

[77horn]

The scene with Mrs Lovell listening on the radio transmission as they were performing the manual control burn was amazing. Imagine the swirl of emotions as she listened, not know exactly what they meant, but only words and the tension in their voices.