“‘Hey, we’ve got a problem here.’ The day was April 13, 1970. The voice was that of astronaut Jack Swigert, speaking from aboard the spacecraft Odyssey. Almost immediately, NASA’s Mission Control queried back: ‘This is Houston. Say again, please’” (Useem 114). The men wanted to get the point across that there was a major life or death problem going on. They spread the awareness in both the story and film of Apollo 13. Various stories with a movie or film made along with it most likely have some similarities and differences upon it. The story “The Race to Save Apollo 13” by Michael Useem and the Apollo 13 film directed by Ron Howard had two comparisons being that both of the NASA’s mission was to land on the moon even though they did not and how in both they landed safely back home, and two differences included the families of the
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One included how in both the story and movie the primary goal originally of the NASA crew was to land on the moon. However, they did not make it there by reason of an explosion in the Odyssey. This comparison between the two is a main part of the plot and helped people grasp the tension happening in the story. Since the explosion in Odyssey was a life or death situation, it was crucial people took it seriously. Another similarity comprised in both designs of Apollo 13, was how even though they did not land on the moon, the crew landed safely in the Pacific Ocean and most importantly back on the Earth. Considering the three men, Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise, the ones that were in space unsuccessfully landed on the moon, the back-up team at home next goal was to get the astronauts home without harm. The back-up team worked extremely hard to finish their job in the perfect way with the help of Eugene Kranz, the leader of the NASA crew. Without the dedication and help of those men, the astronauts: Lovell, Swigert, and Haise may have never saw their home or families
One included how in both the story and movie the primary goal originally of the NASA crew was to land on the moon. However, they did not make it there by reason of an explosion in the Odyssey. This comparison between the two is a main part of the plot and helped people grasp the tension happening in the story. Since the explosion in Odyssey was a life or death situation, it was crucial people took it seriously. Another similarity comprised in both designs of Apollo 13, was how even though they did not land on the moon, the crew landed safely in the Pacific Ocean and most importantly back on the Earth. Considering the three men, Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise, the ones that were in space unsuccessfully landed on the moon, the back-up team at home next goal was to get the astronauts home without harm. The back-up team worked extremely hard to finish their job in the perfect way with the help of Eugene Kranz, the leader of the NASA crew. Without the dedication and help of those men, the astronauts: Lovell, Swigert, and Haise may have never saw their home or families