Product Details

• Actors: VARIOUS
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: SHAMI
• DVD Release Date: January 9, 2007
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BNX4JK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #136,705 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Since time immemorial human beings have looked toward the sky with awe and wonder. But it wasn't until the 20th century that humans were finally able to act on that curiosity and explore the vast reaches of outer space particularly through the pioneering work of the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This unauthorized documentary recounts NASA's history of space exploration through telescopic photography and interviews with scientists covering such topics as the possible existence of life on other planets the Apollo moon missions the Cold War space race the Challenger and Columbia shuttle disasters the Mars rovers future projects and much more.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MISCELLANEOUS Rating: NR Age: 090204612277 UPC: 090204612277 Manufacturer No: SPI004

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Awful Documentary, July 25, 2006

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Eric Hofmann "Sonthert" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: NASA UNAUTHORIZED (DVD)

The documentary was dry and boring. They use the same footage of the ill-fated Columbia mission in two different places. Seeing them once wasn't too bad, but seeing the one astronaut and her wedding ring floating in zero-Gs from a chain around her neck as she was working was grim, knowing she was going to die and reshowing it was tasteless, in my opinion.

"If you missed that accident, here it is one more time!"

The soundtrack was enjoyable, but some of the dubbed video sequences were hard to follow and had somewhat poor sound quality. The DVD regrettably has no subtitles. The case and promotionals on the DVD ask questions that are barely addressed in the movie, like "Was NASA's trip to the moon a hoax?" in the movie "NASA quickly dismisses any mention of the Apollo Mission being a hoax." Thats about all the discussion on the point. Crummy. The DVD basically took a jerky, cursory look at the US space program and hovered in certain areas, notably the footage of the Columbia crew (twice!)that had arguably little relevance to the scope of the documentary. Check out "To the Moon". Much better fix for Lunar junkies.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Dreadful, March 5, 2008

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one world not three (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: NASA UNAUTHORIZED (DVD)

This is possibly THE worst DVD ever on the this most amazing topic. I am not sure just how these producers managed to make it so tedious, and showed pictures of the Challenger tragedy while talking about Columbia TWICE. It really is very poor through and through. DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT BUYING THIS ABSOLUTELY DREADFUL DVD.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT buy this film!, February 13, 2008

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B. Chu "BC" (Sydney) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: NASA UNAUTHORIZED (DVD)

This video may possibly the worst documentary of it's kind ever made! The narrator of this video speaks with soft and lifeless tone. Boring through and through!

I had to struggle to sit and watch this film after 10 minutes and in the end I given up. Put the DVD back into the case and never touch it again EVER!

Whatever you do, DO NOT but this film. There are many other documentary videos that WAY more interesting than this one!