Nasa's Struggle In The Film 'The Spider'

The film the spider was the captivating story of what is now known as the “lunar race” in which the US was competing against The Soviet Union to put a man on the moon. The film specifically depicts what the struggle and hard work of the engineers whom were chosen by NASA to undertake that task. The first of all the problem shown in the film was figuring out how to bring a man to moon and back. NASA initial idea was Earth Orbit Rendezvous which would require the vessels to have enormous mass and weight. But, Thanks to the cunning of a American engineer the idea of Lunar Orbit Rendezvous which cut the required weight and mass of the vessel extremely. But NASA did not accept Lunar Orbit Rendezvous right way, it took much determination and perseverance in part from the engineers whom supported it to finally be selected as the way to get a man to the moon. …show more content…
Alas the company chosen to build the vehicle was Grumman. Grumman was given seven years to build the vehicle and they used every bit of that time and even a bit more. First, came the design stage the vehicle, later called the Lunar module, was designed as a semi-detachable pod with two main compartments. There were many challenges such as how many legs the pod would stand on at firsts it was five but later since it was considered unnecessary it was changed to only four. Also, there were many changes with the cockpit of the vehicle like whether the astronauts piloting it would need such big windows, or even seats. Nonetheless that was only the design stage now they would have to begin the true struggle fabricating something completely