When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (Limited Edition)
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Actor: When We Left EarthDirector: na
Brand: Image Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 258 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-09-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: DIS4482DVD
Studio: Discovery Channel
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- Since the dawn of mankind, we have stared up at the lights in the sky and wondered. Now join the heroic men and women who have dared the impossible on some of the greatest adventures ever undertaken - the quest to reach out beyond Earth and into the great unknown of space! To celebrate 50 years of incredible achievements, the Discovery Channel has partnered with NASA to reveal the epic struggles,
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DVD Review: Confessions Of A NASA Junkie
Summary: 4 Stars
Believe it or not I probably know as much if not more then anyone in the general public about the space program then many.I kept up with it continually even during the many "slack periods" NASA experienced between the Hubble telescope fiasco (covered here in great detail) all the way up to the initial construction of ISS in the late 90's. Basically this documentary is provides us with some of the most incredible NASA footage ever esembled. Much of it,especially from the Project Mercury-through-moon landing era is quite aged and required special remastering and an incredible job.Also the addition of unseen footage is wonderful and NOT just still photo's as is sometimes the case in the "brand new footage" issue.Particularly for me as a huge junkie of the glory days of the space program the extended footage of the Gemini rendevous and and showroom new views of the astronauts riding the lunar rover-made me want to jump into the scene and ride along with them,truly!There were some bits of information from the years I stopped paying rapt attention to NASA's missions,especially the very depressing Columbia disaster.But not to close things over,no matter how many times I see it it's those first space walks,the lunar moduale on landing and taking off from the moon and the astronauts training for those historic mission that truly give me goosebumps. As for my personal review of this DVD that is the positive side of it and it's a lot. The negatives here are actually not as big as I am about to make them sound:keep in mind I am also adding history from my perspective.The Discovery Channel and narrator Gary Sinise seem to be intent on making sure there that everything is presented in the most positive light,especially discussing the early years of the space program.Fact is that even during the moon missions (as discussed on Deke Slayton's brilliant but OOP Moon Shot: The Inside Story of the Apollo Project (1994)) the US space program was always putting the cart before the horse in order to meet JFK's innovative (but somewhat short sighted) deadline for the moon landing. That is skimmed over,as is the resulting Apollo 1 disaster.Also much of the 70's in NASA is similarly skimmed over;it tends to make everything look as if between skylab and the first space shuttle test flights in the late 70's nothing happened. For more info on the consequences of Nixon's budget cuts and public backlash at the space program after the Apollo project,look for the probably impossible to find 1988 Lyn Shurr ABC News Closeup "Beyond The Shuttle" as well Nova's 1989 "Space Race";both don't dwell on the negative as much as one thinks and were made to try to bring a renewed sense of hope,seeing as both were made shortly after the Challenger disaster. That brings to mind the next gap-this time the omission of one of NASA's big triumphs;the 1988 shuttle Discovery mission that put the shuttle program back on track after the Rodgers Commision NASA investigation following Challanger. On VHS I still have incredible,detailed footage of that Discovery flight;it was an amazing launch and mission that deserved inclusion.Also the historical mission of Astronaut Mae Jamison is never mentioned,to say nothing of the controversial but historically important Mercury 13,the often neglected first all female astronaut core who,before the feminist era never made a flight into space. Oh and no Sally Ride? I realize this documentary didn't have the time to cover every detail but at I must point out my reason for deducting a star;the historic Apollo-Soyuz mission that represented an important warm hearted gesture during the cold war,not to mention the ground Deke Slayton's very first (and last) mission into space. I can deal with the space race aspect of NASA's missions barely being covered but to me Apollo-Soyuz was the ideal example of world peace in space in the 70's and a definate show of faith to the naysayers of the time who asked why space travel was so much more important then Earthly social problems-the ANSWER was in Apollo-Soyuz!!!!!Sorry but that is a key emission.But hey;the makers of persian rugs always leave one stitch unsewn so their inventions will not be perfect. Maybe that was why there were so many omissions here,in addition to time constraints.But what is presented here is brilliantly essembled and remastered presentation that should be expanded on to include more on these omissions in the future.That would be something I'd LOVE to see!
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