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.