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So, as the article says, the majority of the facts about the story are true, and the things that make it memorable -- the 'embellishments' -- have dubious sourc
by fao_ 8y ago
So, as the article says, the majority of the facts about the story are true, and the things that make it memorable -- the 'embellishments' -- have dubious sources and rely on eyewitness accounts only. Pretty much like most other stories like this (Check out the inaccuracies in the Apollo 13 movie, for example).
How exactly does that debunk the entire thing?
- js2 8y agoHmm, I've read A Man on the Moon and Failure is not an Option and I don't recall any inaccuracies in the Apollo 13 movie. According to the wikipedia there were a few but it mostly seems like simplifications, not embellishments: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13_(film)#Technical_and_historical_accuracy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13_(film)#Technical_a...
- fao_ 8y agoAt the time the astronauts were fixing the problem, neither they nor Huston knew they were venting oxygen, just fuel. That's kind of a major plot point, a driver of much of the tension of the movie, and goes a little bit beyond an "embellishment" or "simplification". There are also some other, similar flaws.
- mannykannot 8y agoHaving read a far amount about the mission prior to seeing the movie, I recall thinking at the time that the movie presented the various hacks that saved the mission as being inventions of the astronauts.
- d4mi3n 8y agoWatch again. The whole scene about building the air filter was portrayed as a hack developed by the ground teams while they instructed the astronauts over radio: https://youtu.be/1cYzkyXp0jg https://youtu.be/1cYzkyXp0jg