The 50th anniversary of Tom Hanks' NASA engineers' greatest triumph is right around the corner. This is an extremely cool website:
https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/
Apollo 13 50th anniversary
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Re: Apollo 13 50th anniversary
Woah, that's nice.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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Re: Apollo 13 50th anniversary
We watched the movie last night to mark the anniversary. My 10-year-old really loved it, which made me very happy. And it's just a great movie regardless. Kathleen Quinlan has the toughest role as Marilyn Lovell and she knocks it out of the park.
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I never really thought about it that way, but you’re right. She has to sell that helplessness and anger over probably becoming a widow and she aced it. In a movie of strong performances, she should have gotten more recognition.
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Apollo 13 exploded on my 13th birthday. I followed that mission obsessively and never doubted that NASA would bring them home. 'Course, they weren't exactly feeding us all the details at the time.
I can't resist telling this story again: The high point of my science museum career was hosting Jim Lovell for a few hours. He was promoting his book prior to the movie coming out, and I'd arranged an afternoon book signing and evening lecture. After the exhibit halls closed, he and I walked to the museum's old Apollo exhibit, which had a mockup of the LEM. He climbed in and showed me the key points of interest.
I was 39 at the time...or 3*13.
Oh...and after spending several hours with my teenage hero? He's the real deal.
I can't resist telling this story again: The high point of my science museum career was hosting Jim Lovell for a few hours. He was promoting his book prior to the movie coming out, and I'd arranged an afternoon book signing and evening lecture. After the exhibit halls closed, he and I walked to the museum's old Apollo exhibit, which had a mockup of the LEM. He climbed in and showed me the key points of interest.
I was 39 at the time...or 3*13.
Oh...and after spending several hours with my teenage hero? He's the real deal.
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Of all the things that's one of the few experiences I'm really jealous of. That's super awesome!Kraken wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 11:41 pm Apollo 13 exploded on my 13th birthday. I followed that mission obsessively and never doubted that NASA would bring them home. 'Course, they weren't exactly feeding us all the details at the time.
I can't resist telling this story again: The high point of my science museum career was hosting Jim Lovell for a few hours. He was promoting his book prior to the movie coming out, and I'd arranged an afternoon book signing and evening lecture. After the exhibit halls closed, he and I walked to the museum's old Apollo exhibit, which had a mockup of the LEM. He climbed in and showed me the key points of interest.
I was 39 at the time...or 3*13.
Oh...and after spending several hours with my teenage hero? He's the real deal.
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Agreed, that is truly awesome!gbasden wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 5:44 amOf all the things that's one of the few experiences I'm really jealous of. That's super awesome!Kraken wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 11:41 pm Apollo 13 exploded on my 13th birthday. I followed that mission obsessively and never doubted that NASA would bring them home. 'Course, they weren't exactly feeding us all the details at the time.
I can't resist telling this story again: The high point of my science museum career was hosting Jim Lovell for a few hours. He was promoting his book prior to the movie coming out, and I'd arranged an afternoon book signing and evening lecture. After the exhibit halls closed, he and I walked to the museum's old Apollo exhibit, which had a mockup of the LEM. He climbed in and showed me the key points of interest.
I was 39 at the time...or 3*13.
Oh...and after spending several hours with my teenage hero? He's the real deal.