Apollo 13 in 5 Seconds

[AncientAstronaut]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNVeIEHUNz8

This is pretty Kerbal...

[TheCanadianVendingMachine]

My only question here is: Why didn't the Apollo 13 movie portray actual events? I mean, it can be a good movie but from what I heard it isn't that real.

[AncientAstronaut]

My only question here is: Why didn't the Apollo 13 movie portray actual events? I mean, it can be a good movie but from what I heard it isn't that real.

It portrayed it extremely accurately... It left some of the details out such as the star confidence check, sun alignment or LM battery explosion but that was because they had a time restraint for the movie.

[The Destroyer]

I loved this movie

Also, they didn't die.

[Kerbface]

It's not quite accurate, but it reminds me of this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWf3iJjqYCM#t=1m10s

In case the time link doesn't work, it's 1m 10s.

[M.Wolfy]

did he just they they flew up into god?

[MinerEdgar]

It portrayed it extremely accurately... It left some of the details out such as the star confidence check, sun alignment or LM battery explosion but that was because they had a time restraint for the movie.

What!? the LMs battery exploded!?

[Astrobug]

I loved this movie

Also, they didn't die.

While this is true, to say that they blew up and lived just didn't have quite the dramatic impact.

[The Jedi Master]

Yup. That's what you'll be dealing with in KSP.

My only question here is: Why didn't the Apollo 13 movie portray actual events? I mean, it can be a good movie but from what I heard it isn't that real.

I heard that it was so real that the astronauts actually asked the studio where they got the dialog, because it was almost word-for-word...

[bigdad84]

I've never heard of the LM's batteries exploding?

[Nikolai]

It left some of the details out such as [...] LM battery explosion but that was because they had a time restraint for the movie.

Actually, they left that in. Listen for a reference to a "burst helium disc".

ADDING IN EDIT: From the script:

JACK SWIGERT

- How's it going, Fred.

FRED HAISE

- I'm okay.

[EXPLOSION]

JACK SWIGERT

- What the hell was that?

JIM LOVELL

- Let's hope it was just the (helium) burst disk.

JIM LOVELL

- Houston, can you confirm a burst helium disk?

ANDY (CAPCOM - WHITE)

- We confirm that, Jim.

JIM LOVELL

- Houston, is that gonna affect our entry angle at all?

ANDY (CAPCOM - WHITE)

- Negative. Your entry angle is holding at 6.24, Aquarius.

JIM LOVELL

- Houston, uh... we sure could use the re-entry procedure up

here. When can we expect that?

Edited August 19, 2013 by Nikolai