Movie
1983
The Right Stuff is a 1983 American epic historical drama film written and directed by Philip Kaufman and based on the 1979 book of the same name by Tom Wolfe. The film follows the Navy, Marine, and Air Force test pilots who were involved in aeronautical research at Edwards Air Force Base, California, as well as the Mercury Seven, the seven military pilots who were selected to be the astronauts for Project Mercury,…
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Do you have what it takes? I wish I did. I went to Space Camp in 1992 and was sure I'd be an astronaut or at least a fighter pilot when I grew up. I remember seeing *The Right Stuff* on the bookshelf and thought the pictures and captions were really cool when I was a kid. My grandfather was a fighter pilot in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. I grew up on his airport in the 80's and met hundreds of pilots. I tho…More
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