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(and yes, it's valid to note that The Right Stuff also altered things for drama. However, I'd point out that the real-world people who grumbled about The Right Stuff were the people complaining that it didn't paint them personally in the best possible light, which is suspect, particularly when they're astronauts ... that being the point and all. Whereas the stuff that Apollo 13 altered was always to make the astronauts come across better and the engineers come across worse. Not apples & apples.)