Apollo 13

             The Film, Apollo 13, presents many different arguments. The movie is set in the 1960's and is about Apollo 13's Mission to land on the moon. The Commander of the mission, Jim Lowell, was selected by fate six months prior to launch because the original Commander had a serious infection in his ear. Fred Haise and Ken Mattingly were the other two selected. They would under go hours and hours of vigorous simulation and training. Only two days prior to launch fate would strike again. Blood test revealed that Mattingly had the missiles and would not be allowed to do the mission. Jack Swirget was then selected to take his place. Their voyage didn't get much media attention, except when things started to go wrong. Something malfunctioned and things started to get out of control. Power and Guidance systems were down and there Oxygen supply was rapidly dwindling. With the odds against them and time running out, the crew aboard and back at Mission Control brainstormed figuring out ways to make the crippled capsule safe and to bring the three astronauts home. After using innovative thinking because their technology failed, the crew was successful on bringing the astronauts home and alive. Through this story, the director brings out different arguments. The Director believes that people are intrigued by tragedy. The Director also believes that when technology fails, we will have to rely on the foundation of technology, which is what we have, human initiative and engineering. Finally the Director brings forth the argument that something might go wrong so another thing can go right.
             The Director believes that people are intrigued by tragedy. During the film, when Apollo 13 is launching no one seems to care. Apollo 13 was not getting any press. When Apollo 13 did its live broadcast from outer space, no television stations bothered to carry it because they said that the astronauts did not make space travel seem i...

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