Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!Pendleton@UTAH-20.ARPA From: Pendleton@UTAH-20.ARPA Newsgroups: net.space Subject: The Right Stuff Message-ID: <13523@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 10-Nov-83 12:18:49 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.13523 Posted: Thu Nov 10 12:18:49 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 13-Nov-83 19:17:30 EST Lines: 28 From: Bob Pendleton Having read the book I had to see the movie. I loved it! It was hilarious! It followed the book quite well but, of course, left out a lot that was in the book. I think of the movie as the comic book version of the book. The heros were heroic, the bad guys ( scientists ) were villainous scum, and the politicians acted like politicians are supposed to act. Someone, the director maybe or the editor, was a little confused. They show a Mercury-Redstone taking off, then cut to a shot of an Atlas staging, then back to the Mercury-Redstone. Later after showing a Mercury-Atlas taking off they cut to a shot back from the nose that clearly shows a fin, Redstones have fins, Atlases don't. When talking about the rocket assisted F-104 they mention that it has the BIG ENGINE, in the book the BIG ENGINE was always the follow on engine for the X-15. It was well worth the $5, After seeing it YOU WILL BELIEVE THAT A MAN CAN FLY Bob Pendleton P.S. Please don't flame at me about an Atlas being a one stage vehicle and therefore not capable of staging. It is referred to as a 1.5 stage vehicle and dropping the two outboard engines is considered staging. -------