Destination Moon (George Pal Productions, 1950). Original Lobby Card.
“Destination Moon” is an Academy Award winning film produced by George Pal in 1950 and one of the first science fiction films to attempt a high level of accurate technical detail in telling the story of the first trip to the Moon. Science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein contributed to the screenplay and served as the technical adviser. It is the story of a privately-funded lunar expedition in a nuclear powered spaceship. The crew faces tough challenges on the way. The first occurs before launch with a ginned-up public uproar over radiation safety. On the trip to the moon, a faulty radar antenna requires a crew member to take an unscheduled spacewalk. On the moon, enough fuel remains for only three of the four crew members to return to earth. How they handle the challenges makes for an interesting movie, even if it is now somewhat dated. Here's a link to the movie trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBEfpVkwWS4
Destination Moon (George Pal Productions, 1950). Original Lobby Card.
“Destination Moon” is an Academy Award winning film produced by George Pal in 1950 and one of the first science fiction films to attempt a high level of accurate technical detail in telling the story of the first trip to the Moon. Science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein contributed to the screenplay and served as the technical adviser. It is the story of a privately-funded lunar expedition in a nuclear powered spaceship. The crew faces tough challenges on the way. The first occurs before launch with a ginned-up public uproar over radiation safety. On the trip to the moon, a faulty radar antenna requires a crew member to take an unscheduled spacewalk. On the moon, enough fuel remains for only three of the four crew members to return to earth. How they handle the challenges makes for an interesting movie, even if it is now somewhat dated. Here's a link to the movie trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBEfpVkwWS4