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** A big deal is made about the fact that President Kennedy is not a big fan of NASA and might cancel the space program altogether. Obviously, this does not happen and Kennedy is the one to order NASA to work on the moon missions.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes:
** Wernher von Braun is crucial to the US space program but he quickly rubs most people at NASA the wrong way. It does not help that many at NASA know about his Nazi past.
** John Glenn develops into this in his pursuit to be the first man in space. Everyone respects him as a professional but he rarely socializes with the other astronauts outside of work. Everything he does seems to have a self-serving undertone and even his wife call him out for going too far.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes:
** Wernher von Braun is crucial to the US space program but he quickly rubs most people at NASA the wrong way. It does not help that many at NASA know about his Nazi past.
** John Glenn develops into this in his pursuit to be the first man in space. Everyone respects him as a professional but he rarely socializes with the other astronauts outside of work. Everything he does seems to have a self-serving undertone and even his wife call him out for going too far.
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* OneJudgeToRuleThemAll: NASA goes through a long process of determining which of the astronauts will be the first to go into space. However, it becomes clear that President Kennedy will have the final say on whether NASA's decision will stand or if someone else will be chosen.
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** Subverted with Deke Slayton who lost a ring finger in a farm accident as a child. That finger is deemed non-essential for a pilot and he was accepted for pilot training.
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** Subverted with Deke Slayton who lost a ring finger in a farm accident as a child. That finger is deemed non-essential for a pilot and he was accepted for pilot training. He was later diagnosed with heart arrhythmia but it was not deemed serious to ground him. It was then double-subverted when NASA changes its mind and grounds him due to the arrhythmia after all. [[note]]Slayton was the only one of the Mercury Seven who did not go into space on a Gemini mission. He was medically cleared in 1972 and finally went into space in 1975 as part of the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project. [[/note]]
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Glenn tries to get Sheppard disqualified from the space program for selfish reasons. Sheppard should have been disqualified because his medical condition made it dangerous for him to fly.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Glenn is on the receiving end of a number of these as he starts going further and further in trying to secure the "first man in space" role for himself. He gets an undeserved one from Sheppard for informing NASA of a scandal involving Sheppard which triggers him to actively start campaigning against Sheppard. His wife gives him a short speech when she discovers the letters he is planning to send out and gives him the cold shoulder when he disregards her advice. Gilruth then comes in furious that Glenn's actions are jeopardizing the space program itself and tells him exactly what he thinks of him.
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*** This actually causes some trouble in Episode 5, when [[spoiler: some reporters catch him with one of his flings and John has to fix the damage.]]
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* InsufferableGenius: Wernher von Braun is the best rocket engineer the Americans have and clearly thinks that he should be in charge of NASA.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Wernher von Braun is pretty vocal in his dislike of the way NASA does things and rubs a lot of people the wrong way but he is not always wrong. NASA still has not figured a lot of things out and they are amateurs learning on the job.
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** Subverted with Deke Slayton who lost an index finger in a farm accident as a child. That finger is deemed non-essential for a pilot and he was accepted for pilot training.
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* KickedUpstairs: Alan Shepard was deemed to be too reckless so he was promoted to a supervisory position where he gets little flying time. He is very good at the job and is likely to get promoted even higher no matter how much he complains about it.
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* KickedUpstairs: Alan Shepard was deemed to be too reckless so he was promoted to a supervisory position where he gets little flying time. He is very good at the job and is likely to get promoted even higher no matter how much he complains about it. The astronaut program is his last chance not to become a DeskJockey
* NotAGame: While preparing for a launch, Chris Kraft starts butting heads with a subordinate at mission control. Then, during a game of volleyball, the same man spikes the ball and hits Kraft in the face and breaks his glasses. Right before the launch Kraft fires ... the guy who has been trying to defuse the situation by suggesting that it was just a game and they should take it easy. Kraft can tolerate someone who pisses him off because he takes things too seriously. He cannot tolerate someone who does not treat their job seriously and considers the training they are doing as just a bunch of games.
* NotAGame: While preparing for a launch, Chris Kraft starts butting heads with a subordinate at mission control. Then, during a game of volleyball, the same man spikes the ball and hits Kraft in the face and breaks his glasses. Right before the launch Kraft fires ... the guy who has been trying to defuse the situation by suggesting that it was just a game and they should take it easy. Kraft can tolerate someone who pisses him off because he takes things too seriously. He cannot tolerate someone who does not treat their job seriously and considers the training they are doing as just a bunch of games.
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* CareerEndingInjury: Shepard has an un-diagnosed inner ear condition that causes him to temporary lose balance and hearing. It should disqualify him from the astronaut program and probably from flying at all. However, it is intermittent and Shepard is able to work his way through the attacks without NASA realizing that something is wrong. [[note]] Shepard had Ménière's disease which was finally diagnosed in 1963 and grounded him till it could be surgically corrected in 1969 [[/note]]
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** Shepard has an un-diagnosed inner ear condition that causes him to temporary lose balance and hearing. It should disqualify him from the astronaut program and probably from flying at all. However, it is intermittent and Shepard is able to work his way through the attacks without NASA realizing that something is wrong. [[note]] Shepard had Ménière's disease which was finally diagnosed in 1963 and grounded him till it could be surgically corrected in 1969[[/note]][[/note]]
** Chris Kraft badly burned his hand as a child. When he applied for flight training, the damage was deemed to extensive and he was rejected.
** Subverted with Deke Slayton who lost an index finger in a farm accident as a child. That finger is deemed non-essential for a pilot and he was accepted for pilot training.
** Shepard has an un-diagnosed inner ear condition that causes him to temporary lose balance and hearing. It should disqualify him from the astronaut program and probably from flying at all. However, it is intermittent and Shepard is able to work his way through the attacks without NASA realizing that something is wrong. [[note]] Shepard had Ménière's disease which was finally diagnosed in 1963 and grounded him till it could be surgically corrected in 1969
** Chris Kraft badly burned his hand as a child. When he applied for flight training, the damage was deemed to extensive and he was rejected.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Alan Shepard is married but cheats on his wife constantly. Although he's cavalier about it public, he's very touchy when it gets brought up in private.
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** Alan Shepard is married but cheats on his wife constantly. Although he's cavalier about it public, he's very touchy when it gets brought up inprivate.private.
** Gordon Cooper had an affair with a fellow pilot's wife. It wrecked both marriages and even after reconciling with Gordon, Trudy Cooper has a hard time trusting him.
** Alan Shepard is married but cheats on his wife constantly. Although he's cavalier about it public, he's very touchy when it gets brought up in
** Gordon Cooper had an affair with a fellow pilot's wife. It wrecked both marriages and even after reconciling with Gordon, Trudy Cooper has a hard time trusting him.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gus Grissom is not a fan of Gordon Cooper. When Gus gets tired of Gordon's stories, he tell his own Gordon Cooper story. They flew a test flight together and Cooper told Grissom that he completed pre-flight check of the plane. The flight crashed on takeoff and it was a miracle that both men almost burned to death. Turns out Cooper was CuttingCorners and never did the pre-flight check.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gus Grissom is not a fan of Gordon Cooper. When Gus gets tired of Gordon's stories, he tell his own Gordon Cooper story. They flew a test flight together and Cooper told Grissom that he completed the pre-flight check of the plane. The flight crashed on takeoff and it was a miracle that both men almost burned did no burn to death. death. Turns out Cooper was CuttingCorners and never did the pre-flight check. check. Cooper laughed the incident off while Grissom never forgave him for nearly getting him killed.
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-->'''Grissom:''' You're not the best Gordo. Not even close.
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'''The Right Stuff''' is an upcoming eight-part limited series produced by Creator/NationalGeographicChannel and airing on Creator/DisneyPlus. It is the second adaptation of Tom Wolfe's book of the same name, after [[Film/TheRightStuff the 1983 film]]. As with both the book and the movie, it follows the Mercury Seven astronauts as they and their families become instant celebrities during UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace.
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'''The Right Stuff''' is an upcoming eight-part limited series produced by Creator/NationalGeographicChannel and airing on Creator/DisneyPlus. It is the second adaptation of Tom Wolfe's book of the same name, after [[Film/TheRightStuff the 1983 film]]. As with both the book and the movie, it follows the Mercury Seven astronauts as they and their families become instant celebrities during UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace.
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* CareerEndingInjury: Shepard has an un-diagnosed inner ear condition that causes him to temporary lose balance and hearing. It should disqualify him from the astronaut program and probably from flying at all. However, it is intermittent and Shepard is able to work his way through the attacks without NASA realizing that something is wrong. [[note]] Shepard had Ménière's disease which was finally diagnosed in 1963 and grounded him till it could be surgically corrected in 1969 [[/note]]
* CuttingCorners: Gordon Cooper has a history of skipping important pre-flight checks and flying while injured.
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** Glenn and Shepard are this to each other. Glenn is a dedicated family man while Shepard is TheCasanova who cheats on his wife. Glenn is image conscious and very confident at all times. Shepard lacks discretion and has a lot of self doubt when it comes to matters not involving flying or picking up women. Glenn comes of as a politician while Shepard comes of flawed buthonest.honest.
** Cooper is presented as a contrast to both Glenn and Shepard. The straight-edge Glenn and philandering Shepard seem to have happy marriages while Cooper's marriage is a wreck. Glenn is a dreamer who goes to great lengths to make his dreams come true while Cooper talks big but does not follow through. Shepard is reckless with his own life while Cooper's recklessness puts others in danger.
** Glenn and Shepard are this to each other. Glenn is a dedicated family man while Shepard is TheCasanova who cheats on his wife. Glenn is image conscious and very confident at all times. Shepard lacks discretion and has a lot of self doubt when it comes to matters not involving flying or picking up women. Glenn comes of as a politician while Shepard comes of flawed but
** Cooper is presented as a contrast to both Glenn and Shepard. The straight-edge Glenn and philandering Shepard seem to have happy marriages while Cooper's marriage is a wreck. Glenn is a dreamer who goes to great lengths to make his dreams come true while Cooper talks big but does not follow through. Shepard is reckless with his own life while Cooper's recklessness puts others in danger.
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* HappyMarriageCharade: L. Gordan Cooper begs his wife to come back to him because he knows only men with stable home lives will be considered for the astronaut program. She agrees, but is clearly uncomfortable with the arrangement.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gus Grissom is not a fan of Gordon Cooper. When Gus gets tired of Gordon's stories, he tell his own Gordon Cooper story. They flew a test flight together and Cooper told Grissom that he completed pre-flight check of the plane. The flight crashed on takeoff and it was a miracle that both men almost burned to death. Turns out Cooper was CuttingCorners and never did the pre-flight check.
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* GutteralGrowler: Gus Grissom has a very low, gravely voice that really helps him stand out despite not getting much focus.
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* GutteralGrowler: Gus Grissom has a very low, gravely voice that really helps him stand out despite not getting much focus.
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* AdaptedOut: The original book and its film adaptation devoted significant attention to Chuck Yeager, who wasn't selected to become an astronaut but still managed to prove he had his own "right stuff." He's absent in the series, specifically to let it stand out from the prior versions.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** John Glenn is first shown in his Marine uniform addressing a newstand attendant by name and having his picture displayed on the cover of a magazine. He declines the offer of a free magazine copy and instead pays extra so the attendant can have his own copy. We then cut to a colleague reading from the magazine and Glenn getting angry because the writer described him as being too old. Glenn then gives a speech about he wants to be the first man in space because it would secure his place in history. Glenn is NiceToTheWaiter but also a Gloryhound.
** Alan Shepard is first shown naked in bed with a beautiful woman, charming her with his poetic description of flying a plane. She says that she does not mind that he is married but he still refuses to tell her his name. We then see him in the officer's club trying to talk his commanding officer more flying time and being told that he should accept that his promotion out of a flying job is a good thing. Shepard is TheCasanova who cheats on his wife and resents being KickedUpstairs.
** Gordo Cooper is shown in a bar with his fellow pilots talking how he plans to invest in oil and make a fortune. We then cut to the next morning where he wakes up lying face down on his living room floor and his hand is bleeding from a shattered glass. Cooper is a dreamer whose personal life is a mess.
** John Glenn is first shown in his Marine uniform addressing a newstand attendant by name and having his picture displayed on the cover of a magazine. He declines the offer of a free magazine copy and instead pays extra so the attendant can have his own copy. We then cut to a colleague reading from the magazine and Glenn getting angry because the writer described him as being too old. Glenn then gives a speech about he wants to be the first man in space because it would secure his place in history. Glenn is NiceToTheWaiter but also a Gloryhound.
** Alan Shepard is first shown naked in bed with a beautiful woman, charming her with his poetic description of flying a plane. She says that she does not mind that he is married but he still refuses to tell her his name. We then see him in the officer's club trying to talk his commanding officer more flying time and being told that he should accept that his promotion out of a flying job is a good thing. Shepard is TheCasanova who cheats on his wife and resents being KickedUpstairs.
** Gordo Cooper is shown in a bar with his fellow pilots talking how he plans to invest in oil and make a fortune. We then cut to the next morning where he wakes up lying face down on his living room floor and his hand is bleeding from a shattered glass. Cooper is a dreamer whose personal life is a mess.
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* {{Foil}}: Glenn and Shepard are this to each other. Glenn is a dedicated family man while Shepard is TheCasanova who cheats on his wife. Glenn is image conscious and very confident at all times. Shepard lacks discretion and has a lot of self doubt when it comes to matters not involving flying or picking up women. Glann Glenn comes of as a politician while Shepard comes of flawed but honest.
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* InterserviceRivalry: Alan Shepard, a proud Navy man, shares a rivalry with John Glenn, a proud Marine.
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* HighTurnoverRate: Kraft and Gilruth lampshade the fact that military test pilots do not tend to have long careers. When they are given a list of the top test pilots in the US Armed Forces, they point out that the list is out of date. Test pilots have a professional "quirk" of getting killed and they can spot how old the list is by how many people on it are now deceased. Glenn, Shepard and Cooper were about to fall off the list for various no-fatal reasons. Glenn was about to age out, Shepard was KickedUpstairs and Cooper wanted to quit after he witnessed the death of a fellow pilot.
* InterserviceRivalry: Alan Shepard, a proud Navy man, shares a rivalry with John Glenn, a proud Marine. John Glenn was not even on the first list of top pilots in the US Armed Forces because the list was compiled by a Navy officer.
* InterserviceRivalry: Alan Shepard, a proud Navy man, shares a rivalry with John Glenn, a proud Marine. John Glenn was not even on the first list of top pilots in the US Armed Forces because the list was compiled by a Navy officer.
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* KickedUpstairs: Alan Shepard was deemed to be too reckless so he was promoted to supervisory position where he gets little flying time. He is very good at the job and is likely to get promoted even higher no matter how much he complains about it.
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* KickedUpstairs: Alan Shepard was deemed to be too reckless so he was promoted to a supervisory position where he gets little flying time. He is very good at the job and is likely to get promoted even higher no matter how much he complains about it.
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* {{Foil}}: Glenn and Shepard are this to each other. Glenn is a dedicated family man while Shepard is TheCasanova who cheats on his wife. Glenn is image conscious and very confident at all times. Shepard lacks discretion and has a lot of self doubt.doubt when it comes to matters not involving flying or picking up women. Glann comes of as a politician while Shepard comes of flawed but honest.
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* DeskJockey: John Glenn and Alan Shepard are facing the prospect of becoming one of these as the series starts. They are two of the best pilots in the US Armed Forces but are being shifted to supervisory roles where their flying experience and technical knowledge can be utilized to design the next generation of aircraft. Being accepted into the Space Program saves them from that fate.
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* DeskJockey: As the series begins both John Glenn and Alan Shepard are facing the prospect of becoming one of these as the series starts. They are two of the best pilots in the US Armed Forces but are being shifted relegated to desk jobs. Glenn is 34 years old and deemed to be getting too old for a test pilot. Shepard was deemed too reckless and KickedUpstairs to a supervisory roles position where their he was promoted but gets little flying experience and technical knowledge can be utilized to design the next generation of aircraft. Being accepted into the Space Program saves them from time. It is lampshaded that fate.both men would excel at any non-flying job they are given but they would not be personally satisfied with it.
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* GloryHound: John Glenn is accused of this but he sees it more as accomplishing something so remarkable and worthwhile that it will secure his place in history.
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* SurvivorGuilt: Cooper's wingman died during a test flight pushing his experimental aircraft too far. Cooper was piloting a similar aircraft next to it but his hand injury prevented him from performing the same maneuver. This probably saved Cooper's life but he still feels guilty about surviving while his friend died.
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* HappyMarriageCharade: L. Gordan Cooper begs his wife to come back to him because he knows only men with stable home lives will be considered for the astronaut program.
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* TheCasanova: Alan Shepard is picking up beautiful woman wherever he goes and is not deterred by the fact that he is married already.
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* TheCasanova: Alan Shepard is picking up beautiful woman wherever he goes and is not deterred by the fact that he is married already.already married.
* DeskJockey: John Glenn and Alan Shepard are facing the prospect of becoming one of these as the series starts. They are two of the best pilots in the US Armed Forces but are being shifted to supervisory roles where their flying experience and technical knowledge can be utilized to design the next generation of aircraft. Being accepted into the Space Program saves them from that fate.
* DeskJockey: John Glenn and Alan Shepard are facing the prospect of becoming one of these as the series starts. They are two of the best pilots in the US Armed Forces but are being shifted to supervisory roles where their flying experience and technical knowledge can be utilized to design the next generation of aircraft. Being accepted into the Space Program saves them from that fate.
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* AssShove: The many screening tests the astronaut candidates go through include a very large probe being inserted up the rectum.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Alan Shepard is married but cheats on his wife constantly.
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* ForegoneConclusion:
** The first episode's cold open tries to build tension around who will fly the first American mission into space, with the astronaut being shot from the back and news commentators remarking that no one will know until the last possible moment. Of course, history tells us that Alan Shepard became the first American in space[[note]]plus, the suit can't completely hide Jake [=McDorman=]'s physique[[/note]].
** Chris Kraft and Robert Gilruth talk about how vital it is for an American to reach space before a Russian. Despite NASA's efforts, Yuri Gargarin would become the first man in space.
** The first episode's cold open tries to build tension around who will fly the first American mission into space, with the astronaut being shot from the back and news commentators remarking that no one will know until the last possible moment. Of course, history tells us that Alan Shepard became the first American in space[[note]]plus, the suit can't completely hide Jake [=McDorman=]'s physique[[/note]].
** Chris Kraft and Robert Gilruth talk about how vital it is for an American to reach space before a Russian. Despite NASA's efforts, Yuri Gargarin would become the first man in space.
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* HappilyMarried: John and Annie Glenn are shown to be utterly devoted to one another.
* HappyMarriageCharade: L. Gordan Cooper begs his wife to come back to him because he knows only men with stable home lives will be considered for the astronaut program.
* InterserviceRivalry: Alan Shepard, a proud Navy man, shares a rivalry with John Glenn, a proud Marine.
* HappyMarriageCharade: L. Gordan Cooper begs his wife to come back to him because he knows only men with stable home lives will be considered for the astronaut program.
* InterserviceRivalry: Alan Shepard, a proud Navy man, shares a rivalry with John Glenn, a proud Marine.
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!!This series features examples of:
* TheAce: All the Mercury Seven astronauts are amazing pilots but John Glen and Alan Shepard are in a league of their own.
* TheCasanova: Alan Shepard is picking up beautiful woman wherever he goes and is not deterred by the fact that he is married already.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Of the 100+ pilots invited to the NASA presentations only two declined to apply for the program.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Alan Shepard almost misses the big NASA meeting because a colleague accepted the invitation letter on Alan's behalf and forgot to tell him about it until it is almost too late.
* SlaveToPR: NASA is beholden to the US Congress for its funding and requires massive amounts of money. The politicians will not commit so much money unless they are convinced that's what they voters want. As such NASA has to keep itself and its astronauts constantly in the public eye and keep feeding the public's fascination with space exploration. This means that the astronauts have to maintain a squeaky clean image and their dirty laundry has to be kept secret at all cost. While this is tough on the men, it is really bad for their wives who have their lives directed by Public Relations officials and any deviation from the script could have really bad repercussions.
* YourCheatingHeart: Alan Shepard is married but cheats on his wife constantly.
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[[caption-width-right:350:What does it take to be first?]]
'''The Right Stuff''' is an upcoming eight-part limited series produced by Creator/NationalGeographicChannel and airing on Creator/DisneyPlus. It is the second adaptation of Tom Wolfe's book of the same name, after [[Film/TheRightStuff the 1983 film]]. As with both the book and the movie, it follows the Mercury Seven astronauts as they and their families become instant celebrities during UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace.
Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio serves as an executive producer through Appian Way.
It's set to air Disney+ on October 9, 2020.
[[caption-width-right:350:What does it take to be first?]]
'''The Right Stuff''' is an upcoming eight-part limited series produced by Creator/NationalGeographicChannel and airing on Creator/DisneyPlus. It is the second adaptation of Tom Wolfe's book of the same name, after [[Film/TheRightStuff the 1983 film]]. As with both the book and the movie, it follows the Mercury Seven astronauts as they and their families become instant celebrities during UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace.
Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio serves as an executive producer through Appian Way.
It's set to air Disney+ on October 9, 2020.
