Apollo 13 disproves this point. I was stuck wishing Gravity was either Apollo 13 or 2001 A Space Odyssey. The sad part is, the technical points could have been

Apollo 13 disproves this point. I was stuck wishing Gravity was either Apollo 13 or 2001 A Space Odyssey. The sad part is, the technical points could have been fixed, they clearly had a lot of technical help. They just decided to ignore orbital mechanics completely and in fact I think that killed some of the tension. If you just have to line up, aim at the space station, and go, it's a lot less tense than if you actually have to figure out how to get there (see the incredible scene in Apollo 13 with the Jim Lovel siting out the window to get a re-entry trajectory).