Aerospace propositions reflected by personal stories

Casey 2022-10-01 08:54:53

Many of the films about space and cosmic exploration that I watch are fictional stories: alien creatures, clones, extraterrestrial exploration missions, etc., and there are many sci-fi elements. And "Frist Man" is a biographical film (of the space field), which determines that he is authentic and historical in nature. This includes clips of historical footage from various stages, as well as the Armstrongs' relationships and dealings with children and colleagues, as well as provided by Armstrong's sons and included in the film he communicated with them before leaving home for the moon landing. fragments of memory. In many places, the intricate relationship between personal destiny and country, personal destiny and society, and personal destiny and human history can be felt. Armstrong reflects so many aspects.

This is my impression after watching it yesterday. When it was released in 2018, I watched it in the cinema of Les Halles in Paris. I just flew back from China. I was so sleepy that I fell asleep and woke up occasionally. I only remember a few fragments, such as the beginning. , Armstrong was driving the space shuttle X-15 in the 1960s, and the buttons that were about to fall out of the operating panel that followed the violent shaking of the plane were too impressive; and when Jan was in the kitchen, his son was holding A cloth strip ran over to her and waved it desperately. She took a deep breath and turned back to find the scene of her son's settlement.

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  • Janet Armstrong: Pat doesn't have a husband. Those kids, they don't have a father anymore. Do you understand what that means? What are the chances that's going to be Ricky and Mark? And I can't tell them that their dad spent the last few minutes packing his briefcase! You're gonna sit them down. Both of them. And you're going to prepare them for the fact that you might not ever come home. You're doing that. You. Not me. I'm done.

  • Deke Slayton: Jan, you have to trust us. We've got this under control.

    Janet Armstrong: No, you don't. All these protocols and procedures to make it seem like you have it under control. But you're a bunch of boys making models out of balsa wood! You don't have anything under control!