The Right Stuff

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  1. Where do the opening scenes of The Right Stuff take place?
  1. Which aircraft is designed to break the sound barrier?
  1. What was the “mother ship”?
  1. At what speed do we break the sound barrier?
  1. What geological feature made the test base a logical choice for testing experimental aircraft?
  1. Who owned and operated the Happy Bottom Riding Club?
  1. Briefly describe the “missing man formation”.
  1. What date was the sound barrier broken, and who did it?
  1. Explain “Glamorous Glennis”.
  1. How much does Chuck Yeager earn monthly as a USAF Major in 1947?
  1. What is inertial coupling?
  1. How did Chuck Yeager close the hatch/door after he entered the Bell X-1?
  1. Why was the press not notified after Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier?

The Right Stuff : 25:00 – 43:00

Mega Themes: Pyramid, Funerals, Missing Man Formation

  1. What Air Force base is Gordon Cooper Driving to in 1953?
  2. Who does Gordon Cooper meet in Pancho’s Happy Bottom Riding Club?
  3. What does Gordon Cooper say that makes his fellow pilot’s give him an odd look at Pancho’s?
  4. Who has been at the top of the “pyramid” for 5 years?
  5. What does Gordon Cooper’s wife do that is unusual in the 1950’s Air Force?
  6. Who is flying the D-558 II, and what does he hope to accomplish?
  7. What happens to Chuck Yeager in the Bell X-1A?

The Right Stuff:43:00-1:17

  1. What do the Russians accomplish for the first time in 1957?
  2. List two occupations that were originally considered for astronaut training.
  3. Where do the NASA agents go to look for astronauts?
  4. Why does Yeager not fit the “profile” for astronaut training?
  5. What is astronaut literally translated to?
  6. What is Alan Sheperd doing when he is interviewed by the NASA agents?
  7. Where is the Lovelace Clinic located?
  8. Describe one test that was administered to the astronaut trainees.
  9. Who is Jose Jimenez?

The Right Stuff: 1:17 –1:31

  1. Who speaks most elegantly at the interview/unveiling?
  2. What is Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom’s name he demands to be called by?
  3. What is John Glenn’s wife’s impediment?
  4. Where is the Cape?
  5. What is the infamous name of Cape Canaveral during the early 1960’s?

The Right Stuff : 1:31- 1:35:40

The Right Stuff 1:35:40-

With whom were the Mercury Astronauts indirectly in competition with?

List Three Changes the Astronauts required to the original “capsule”:

Complete this statement: “No Bucks, ______.” Explain this statement.

Part 2

0:00-:15

  1. Who is the first American in Space?
  2. Who is the first man in space?
  3. Who is the first American/Freeman into Space?
  4. What problem does he face during while waiting to launch?

18:35 – 30:00

  1. What malfunction occurred in Grissom’s space launch?
  2. What happened to the Liberty 7 capsule?
  3. Pancho’s Burns Down

36:00 – 43:00

  1. What special space flight was John Glenn selected for?

43:00 – 1:02

  1. Why is Gordon Cooper in Australia?
  2. What malfunction does John Glenn experience at the end of his flight?
  3. What’s is up with those firefliesanyway’s? Hint: Eat it Ben.

1:02 – 1:09

  1. What was the name of the last aircraft Chuck Yeager flew in the movie The Right Stuff?
  2. Why did the aircraft fail?

Essay: What is “The Right Stuff”? 2 Paragraphs, 10 sentences each, 1st paragraph – What you think the right stuff is, Paragraph 2 – Do you possess the right stuff, and how will you use it to be successful in life?