The film also doesn't gloss over key aspects of the landing itself reminding the viewer that the actual moon landing almost didn't happen. While the mission was a huge success it was not glitch-free, as we are reminded several times.
There is also terrific use of both NASA archive footage as well as CBS News footage of the mission both of which have been enhanced to high definition. Through several montages we are reminded that the moon landing was not only a great day for the United States but for all mankind. It was the rarest of events that truly brought all nations together.
Moonshot does a good job of reminding us why the moon landing remains such a special event to so many people. It is fitting that we should be marking the 40th anniversary of the moon landing with a tremendous reminder of why this event was so special. Once we had the courage as a nation to dream big dreams and take bold steps to make them happen. Maybe we will be inspired to do it again. One hopes that we will because we know we can.
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1 - GreenHornet270
I was in Vietnam July 29th, 1969; we listened to the landing on AFVN. I was in a USAF Helicopter squadron; and my Boss said "Isnt it amazing we can land a man on the moon but yet we are mired in an unwinnable war here?" 40 years Later; now we have Iraq and afghanistan; some things never change.