Movie Analysis Of The Movie Apollo 13

Movie Analysis

Apollo 13

Yara Shikh

In the movie Apollo 13, a lot of problems and challenges faced the four astronauts, Jem, Ken, Jack and Fred. The first event was done when they were sitting all together, and saw the fire that happened in Apollo 1, the accident occurred during the Plugs Out Integrated Test. The purpose of this test was to demonstrate all space vehicle systems and operational procedures in as near a flight configuration as practical and to verify systems capability in a simulated launch. After the test, a fire blast went on because all the we need to turn the fire “fire triangle” where there, the high-pressure pure oxygen environment fanned the flames and the crew struggled to get out of the capsule. The best solution

The second thing they faced was that one of the astronauts could not go on the Apollo 13, due to a virus he had, which is Measles. Ken who really wanted to go on the trip, figured out that he can not just a few days before the trip, after the blood test they did for the astronauts who were going on the trip. The solution was they made another astronaut called Jack to go on the trip instead of Ken, and do what Ken was supposed to do. Jack was trained to this, so he was familiar with it. Third: When they enter the orbit, one engine stopped working, so the problem is, if the engine fails, the launch could fail too. What they did, was burning the other engines a bit longer, so it was not a really big issue. Then, After the explosion, they realized that one of the oxygen tanks was leaking which causes a danger for the astronaut's life for two reasons, first: losing oxygen and not be able to survive. Two: completing the fire triangle which might cause an explosion, and they will all die. It also caused loss of two of three fuel cells. What they did is closing the hatch between the CM and the LM, but the stubborn lid wouldn't stay shut. After the plan did not work and the crew and ground controllers knew they would lose all oxygen, which meant that the last fuel cell also would

And one of the most stressful thing they faced, was when their fuel and oxygen were about to end, so there was a risk on their lives. The scientists on the ground debated on whether to go around the moon or come straight back. Around the moon, was gonna use less energy “fuel” but it was going to take longer and maybe they were going to lose oxygen. The straight back path, was going to take less time, but it was going to use more energy, since it was faster. The path they chose, was around the moon one, and they chose it because it use less energy, and people on earth, were trying to figure out a way so the oxygen will last longer. People on earth, were really concerned with the amount of power the spacecraft had, because they were afraid that the fuel won’t be enough for the astronauts to go back home “Earth”. To make the power last longer, they chose to make the spaceship go around the moon so less energy will be used, they also asked the astronauts to shut down the computer or anything they are not using and might use energy, to save it for them to go back to earth. The quality of air in the spacecraft was a concern, afraid that the astronauts won’t have enough oxygen, so they will not survive, especially after they lost a huge amount of