"I'll Do It Myself": The Greatest Feat of Piloting in Space

YouTube ^ | March 16, 2021 | Simon Whistler -- Highlight History

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No tag backsies...

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Me, too. I’ve watched it only one time.

[ex91B10]

Didn’t John Glenn say something like “How would you feel sitting in a tin can built by the lowest bidder?”

[M Kehoe]

Great!

5.56mm

[SunkenCiv]

For a movie, it does a nice job integrating a usable story line with real events, despite the fact that Hollywood doesn’t make documentaries.

[Night Hides Not]

The book is even better.

[Night Hides Not]

I used the “Shepard’s Prayer” on many occasions...lol.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“The Right Stuff” and “Apollo 13” were both excellent. An ex-astronaut reviewed space movies not long ago and had high praise for Apollo 13 (he laughed at stupid movies like “Gravity” and “Interstellar”).

“First Man” was a real stinker, I thought.

[colorado tanker]

I must have been in my shell because I never heard of the turtle question. Thanks for a good laugh today!

[cyclotic]

Buzz Lightyear and October Sky triggered my son’s abiding interest n being a NASA engineer at age five.

When he got a little older, The Right Stuff finalized it.

Guess where he works now?

[SunkenCiv]

Nice! Growing up in the 1960s, I wanted to A) become an astronaut, and B) in a band.

[SunkenCiv]

LOL