Seaborn wonders if the "heat shields" were damaged in the explosion. There was only one heat shield.
During the Apollo days, the broadcast networks were still strongly focused on solid journalism, as exemplified by Walter Cronkite at CBS and his peers at NBC and ABC. It might be noted that while sensationalism was an over-the-top theme behind the film Network (1976) and a warning against it was seen in the Edward R. Murrow biopic Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), this kind of journalism was not seen in television news but in second-rate newspapers.
The issue of trashy reporting in network news became a major issue in the 1990s when this series was filmed and the producers decided to use this as a platform for addressing a contemporary issue.
The issue of trashy reporting in network news became a major issue in the 1990s when this series was filmed and the producers decided to use this as a platform for addressing a contemporary issue.
The gold standard in Apollo 11 coverage was that by Walter Cronkite. In comparison, the style of the Emmett Seaborn character is quite pedantic and hackneyed, revealing too much personality. The character of Brett Hutchins, with a sensationalist and insensitive style that does represent a new approach to journalism. Rather than being true to the times, this story line is more of an editorial statement by producers some thirty years later.
As this series was created in the 1990s, when such sensationalist reporters as Geraldo Rivera were generating a lot of attention, the old versus new style in this story is quite anachronistic. Back in the Apollo days and until the early 1980s this type of conflict was not an issue. The serious approach to news continued beyond Cronkite's retirement in 1981 and did not become a serious issue until the 1990s.
An excellent example of the forces working against serious journalism can be found in the film Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), which contains an important speech on the matter by Edward R. Murrow.
As this series was created in the 1990s, when such sensationalist reporters as Geraldo Rivera were generating a lot of attention, the old versus new style in this story is quite anachronistic. Back in the Apollo days and until the early 1980s this type of conflict was not an issue. The serious approach to news continued beyond Cronkite's retirement in 1981 and did not become a serious issue until the 1990s.
An excellent example of the forces working against serious journalism can be found in the film Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), which contains an important speech on the matter by Edward R. Murrow.
In the exterior scenes of the Johnson Space Center Mission Control in Houston (which were filmed at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral) the Texas flag is flying upside down.