Just like most major government agencies, NASA has been involved in the entertainment industry for decades. For 2001: A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick hired several technical advisors including Frederick Ordway III, NASA astronaut Donald Slayton and the senior administrator of the Apollo project George Mueller. However, NASA did not found a formal Entertainment Liaison Office until 1997. It was run by actress Bobbie Faye Ferguson, best known for being in Dallas and for appearing in Space Cowboys, made with NASA assistance during her time there. Nice work if you can get it.(Read more...)
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