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“Congressman: Now Jim, people in my state keep asking why we're continuing to fund this program now that we've beaten the Russians to the moon. Jim Lovell: Imagine if Christopher Columbus had come back from the New World and no one returned in his footsteps.”
— William Broyles Jr., Al Reinert, Jim Lovell, Tom Hanks, imdb.com
“It was not a space ship from another planet, just another time — a long since abandoned Soviet satellite. One of its booster rockets didn't fire and it couldn't escape Earth's orbit. A sad reminder of the time when two powerful nations challenged each other and then boldly raced into outer space. Wh…”
— Aaron Sorkin, President Josiah Bartlet, Martin Sheen, imdb.com