re: Watched Apollo 13 tonight on AMC instead of the debate

I met Gene Kranz, flight director of Apollo 13, about a year and a half ago:



Played by Ed Harris:




He said the movie was very accurate. The only big difference was the concentration on the power supply in the movie. As he put it, "We knew what power we had. It was simple math."

He said the biggest issue facing them was the specific burns that were required to get the precise angle of entry into the atmosphere.