I liked this program better than the movie because it's told not just as a story, but as an experience. Jim Lovell, Fred Hayes, their family, Chris Craft, and other mission specialists all tell the tale of their experience. There's no other program like this concerning the true story of Apollo 13 and is an important document to the history of space exploration.
What would happen if a space craft designed to withstand triple failure goes into a quadruple failure ? This was the enigma that hit the ground crew and the pilots when the oxygen tank exploded on the space craft. A scenario that is not possible the way the space craft was designed, and yet it happened at the worst point of the mission when it was not on free return trajectory. Fortunately, they had the ultimate backup - an another spacecraft - the LEM. How to use this resource to bring the pilots back to earth is at the core of this story. It also amazes one to see the professionalism seen on both the ground crew and the pilots to resolve this crisis. A testament to their preparation, and training and their natural skills as engineers and pilots.
This is one of a kind story in history, and the drama may even surpass the moon landing itself (nobody made a movie out of Apollo 11), and the story is told superbly by the people who were there when it happened.
What would happen if a space craft designed to withstand triple failure goes into a quadruple failure ? This was the enigma that hit the ground crew and the pilots when the oxygen tank exploded on the space craft. A scenario that is not possible the way the space craft was designed, and yet it happened at the worst point of the mission when it was not on free return trajectory. Fortunately, they had the ultimate backup - an another spacecraft - the LEM. How to use this resource to bring the pilots back to earth is at the core of this story. It also amazes one to see the professionalism seen on both the ground crew and the pilots to resolve this crisis. A testament to their preparation, and training and their natural skills as engineers and pilots.
This is one of a kind story in history, and the drama may even surpass the moon landing itself (nobody made a movie out of Apollo 11), and the story is told superbly by the people who were there when it happened.