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The Todd Miller Apollo 13 documentary (which is phenomenal, it's entirely file footage but assembled better than most blockbusters) has these bits during launch

by 542458 1y ago

The Todd Miller Apollo 13 documentary (which is phenomenal, it's entirely file footage but assembled better than most blockbusters) has these bits during launch/landing where they overlay the three astronaut's heart rates with the footage. My big takeaway from that was that they were incredibly unflappable, almost to an absurd degree.

steve1977 1y ago
Not to take away from their achievement, but do we know if there were drugs involved?
- roryirvine 1y ago
  Not for takeoff. Apollo astronauts used barbituates to help sleep, and scopolamine with dextroamphetamine during re-entry. Unsurprisingly the average HR during re-entry was rather higher than at launch! (source: https://space.stackexchange.com/a/31987 https://space.stackexchange.com/a/31987 ) Gemini would likely have been similar, save for using Cyclizine during re-entry rather than scopolamine/dextroamphetamine. Detailed info about the Apollo medkit: http://heroicrelics.org/info/csm/apollo-medical-kit.html http://heroicrelics.org/info/csm/apollo-medical-kit.html Less-detailed history of NASA medkits, mentioning Gemini: https://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/spaceflight/space-medicine/evolution-medical-kits-mercury-iss/ https://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/spaceflight/space-medici...
zettabomb 1y ago
I think you mean Apollo 11, Apollo 13 was the dramatization with Tom Hanks. Both excellent movies in their own ways.
- 542458 1y ago
  Oh drat. Yes, you're 100% correct. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8760684/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8760684/
kouru225 1y ago
Not as good as For All Mankind (the 1989 documentary) IMO! Link: https://youtu.be/JD2W4CZbH9U?si=WvdYuLnoe49_tV0l https://youtu.be/JD2W4CZbH9U?si=WvdYuLnoe49_tV0l
- caycep 1y ago
  it's available on Criterion 4k disc too!