THE RIGHT STUFF

THE RIGHT STUFF. Philip Kaufman, dir. USA: Ladd Co. (Warner Communications), 1983. Based on the book by Tom Wolfe.

Mainstream (or "mundane") film. See for rebellion of Mercury astronauts against the high-ranking technicians building the space capsule: the men with "the right stuff" want to be astronaut-pilots of a spacecraft and not mere occupants of a capsule; they desire some degree of control. Briefly discussed by Graham Ian, "THE RIGHT STUFF," Space Voyager #9 (1984): 30-32.

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