Its a movie. I can't believe that no one saw it. It's a classic.
"Tom Wolfe's book on the history of the U.S. Space program reads like a novel, and the film has that same fictional quality. It covers the breaking of the sound barrier by Chuck Yeager to the Mercury 7 astronauts, showing that no one had a clue how to run a space program or how to select people to be in it. Thrilling, funny, charming and electrifying all at once."
or
"America was looking for a hero who had what it takes to become a legend. America found seven of them."
It is a CLASSIC.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086197/trailers
the list of actors reads like no other
Sam Shepard .... Chuck Yeager
Scott Glenn .... Alan Shepard
Ed Harris .... John Glenn
Dennis Quaid .... Gordon Cooper
Fred Ward .... Gus Grissom
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