{"id":19340,"date":"2019-07-29T12:54:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T16:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19340"},"modified":"2019-07-29T12:54:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T16:54:46","slug":"50-50-lunar-legends-film-documents-the-stories-of-us-space-pioneers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19340","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;50\/50 Lunar Legends&#8221; film documents the stories of US space pioneers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07VGP9X7P\"><em>50\/50 Lunar Legend<\/em>s<\/a> film:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;50\/50 Lunar Legends&#8221; a new documentary about the 50th anniversary of the moon landing and hidden figures of US space program &#8211; from Apollo to these days. We interviewed 50 people at the Florida Space Coast. Those who have contributed or who are actively contributing to space exploration.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Neil Armstrong believed their chances were only 50\/50 that the moon landing would be a success. Hence the name of the documentary. It focuses on the actual people who worked behind the scenes at NASA and its contractors to pioneer the science and technology of space exploration and how private companies, such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, and alike now continue to push us further into the future.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trenchmedia.co\/projects\/50-lunar-legends\/lunar-legends-coming-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19341\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=19341\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lunar-legends-768x5121.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"768,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lunar Legends\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lunar-legends-768x5121.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19341\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lunar-legends-768x5121.jpg\" alt=\"Lunar Legends\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lunar-legends-768x5121.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lunar-legends-768x5121-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The project was non-commercial\u00a0 and accomplished on a shoestring budget.<\/p>\n<p>A brief preview:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nzd6Vf0J5ls?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A longer trailer can be seen at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=1652441011525616\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">50\/50 Lunar Legends &#8211; Trench Media on FaceBook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The full documentary is currently available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/50-Lunar-Legends\/dp\/B07VDH33T2\">50 \/ 50 Lunar Legends | Amazon Prime Video<\/a> in three parts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>A Call to Action<\/strong>: <em><em>The space race created excitement across the nation and within the young engineers and others who got jobs at NASA and moved to the Space Coast of Florida.<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>50\/50 Chance<\/strong>s: <em><em>There is a huge sense of the &#8220;unknown&#8221; and &#8220;doubt&#8221; associated with space exploration. This inherently risky business pays off with great rewards for humanity that may also be followed by great tragedy.<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>A New Incentive<\/strong>: <em>A deep sense of inspiration and dissatisfaction remained as the future of space exploration sat stagnant. Now, new players emerge in the Space business and the power shifts from public to private. The time has come for strategic collaboration as the new golden age for Space arrives.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>More at<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/trenchmedia.co\/projects\/50-lunar-legends\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trench Media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gettrenched?lang=en\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trench Media (@gettrenched) \/ Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1454931973\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1454931973&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=5df859cef2e449dbce652757402bd800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>First on the Moon: The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Experience<\/strong><\/em><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1454931973\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1454931973&amp;asins=1454931973&amp;linkId=55a95bd891d93c78bf42ebfc9fd77ddb&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the 50\/50 Lunar Legends film: &#8220;50\/50 Lunar Legends&#8221; a new documentary about the 50th anniversary of the moon landing and hidden figures of US space program &#8211; from Apollo to these days. We interviewed 50 people at the Florida Space Coast. Those who have contributed or who are actively contributing to space exploration. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19340\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;50\/50 Lunar Legends&#8221; film documents the stories of US space pioneers<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-history","category-space-films-and-videos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-51W","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19308,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19308","url_meta":{"origin":19340,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; July.23.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government\u00a0(US and international) related space news and resource items that I found of interest: Shedule: What\u2019s Happening in Space Policy July 21-27, 2019 \u2013 SpacePolicyOnline.com NASA lunar program: Pence Sticks With the Plan \u2014 Moon in 2024, Then Mars \u2013\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Activism&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/bigelow-xbase-_20160808-001-300x232.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19291,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19291","url_meta":{"origin":19340,"position":1},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; July.19.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 19, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government\u00a0(US and international) related space news and resource items that I found of interest: Apollo 11 and the future of spaceflight: NASA\u2019s Next 50 Years - The New Atlantis How landing on the moon hurt America's space program - mashable.com\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Activism&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/bigelow-xbase-_20160808-001-300x232.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19330,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19330","url_meta":{"origin":19340,"position":2},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; July.27.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 27, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government\u00a0(US and international) related space news and resource items that I found of interest: Lunar Gateway: NASA to sole source Gateway habitation module to Northrop Grumman - SpaceNews.com NASA taps Northrop Grumman in sole-source agreement to build Gateway habitat \u2013\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Space Policy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Space Policy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/bigelow-xbase-_20160808-001-300x232.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3525,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3525","url_meta":{"origin":19340,"position":3},"title":"Celebrate the Apollo 11 landing today","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 20, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is the 44th anniversary of the first time a human walked on another world. 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