Apollo 13 Movie Was Engineers' 'Failure is Not an Option' Moment in the Spotlight

摘要

April 11, 2020 is the 50 anniversary of the launch of NASA’s Apollo 13 lunar mission, and this year is also the 25anniversary of the 1995 film version, directed by Ron Howard. It is this theatrical version of events that is the definitive storyof Apollo now for many people, an outcome that was predicted at the time of the movie’s filming by Apollo 15 astronautDave Scott, who served as a consultant on the film.