Loved hearing from the mercury 13 women themselves on their journey. Documentary focuses on the space race and how a group of 13 women passed the first round of tests to enter the space program but were ultimately rejected by nasa. The first hand accounts and viewpoints were really interesting, and gives you a good perspective of the times. These women were rejected solely based on the fact that they were women, not because they didn't pass the tests... which is aggravating.
But follows through to the first woman to pilot a NASA space shuttle and how she honored the 13, which was really special.
Mercury 13
2018
Action / Documentary
Mercury 13
2018
Action / Documentary
Keywords: 1960sspace race
Plot summary
This documentary profiles women who were tested in 1961 for spaceflight, but had their dreams dashed when only men were chosen to become astronauts.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
Director
Top cast
Tech specs
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB 666.99 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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Great documentary
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Why couldn't women go into space? The reasons were preposterous
5/4/18. Interesting to watch, from a historical perspective. it is sad and a tragedy that these women didn't get a chance to go into space because of the sexual discrimination at the time. Reasons for denying them the chance now seem totally preposterous. However, the interviews of these women probably could have been done better.
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Great source material, not a great documentary.
Listless and artless and toneless. Nice artwork though.