Sunday, August 25, 2019

Space: with dancing

Usually the Space program films, or for sci fi or superhero films are about men and women who are man-clones facing danger etc. Serious, single minded, and without much of a life outside of the mission.

Space.com however, has a review of a recently released Bollywood film about India's rocket to Mars and those who worked to get it done, including the women with families who had to balance their families and their jobs.

yes, it's a fictionalized plot, not a documentary.

 "Mission Mangal" also shows what life is like for the MOM scientists at home, which, while it doesn't accurately reflect the mission's real-life team, adds depth to the characters and shows how life for an Indian woman could conflict with life as a scientist.
and did I mention, like most Bollywood films, it does include a dance sequence.


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Wikipedia on India's Mars orbital mission (2014).

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update: TED talk about the program:


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