From: utzoo!decvax!watmath!pcmcgeer Newsgroups: net.space Title: fund raising idea Article-I.D.: watmath.2352 Posted: Mon May 10 10:16:59 1982 Received: Tue May 11 02:50:38 1982 This may be a little silly, but... It occurs to me that NASA owns several thousand (perhaps several million) feet of some of the best special-effects stuff ever done in the history of either TV or motion pictures. Moreover, these pictures form a backdrop for what is surely one of the most exciting dramas in the history of man - the first brave leap of humanity into space. Surely, given the amount of interest in Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek and so forth, there must be a market for a feature-length motion picture or two based on the space program. Such a film would be cheap to make (most of the footage, as mentioned, already exists), and might gross a great deal - perhaps enough to pay for the Halley's Comet probe. Has NASA considered making and releasing such a film? Are there any legal or political factors that make an endeavour such as this impossible or inadvisable? Would former astronauts donate their time to such a project for the good of the program? Is this whole idea completely crazy? Cheers, Rick ps - even if NASA couldn't make and release the film, could the L-5 society? NASA would certainly donate footage and technical help to the project if it was to be the principal beneficiary.