it be wonderful to see again this 1983 gem . just a i remember plus those unexpected surprise that time put in evidence . kim stanley for instance . a few minute on the screen and a peripheral character but i take her with me and here i be and think about her . the starry role jet pilot play and that new breed represent tha astronauts get the all american treatment and become overnight celebrity . ed harris be extraordinary a john glenn . he become a sort of leader with some tv experience and we never ask why . ed harris performance explain it all without ever actually say it . dennis quaid be irresistible a gordo cooper . you believe every one of his thought and specially the one he never reveal . in spite of the film length and i wish the film would not end . i haven not have that wish very often . the right stuff be the real thing .