Factual error: After Shepard lifts off the pad on his Redstone rocket, most of the stock footage actually shows an Atlas rocket.
The Right Stuff (1983)
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Directed by: Philip Kaufman
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Ed Harris, Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn
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Dwight D. Eisenhower: The first American into space is not going to be a chimpanzee. I want test pilots.
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