From my reading the critique seems to be sensible, often correcting simple facts such as the launch date of Gagarin or the fact that the rockets always launched eastward, as westward launches are nonsensical for the location of the space centre.
I don’t know quite how to feel about it, seems that the book did exaggerate a lot of facts in order to tell a story and perhaps should be categorised as a historical fiction, but that does not quite make the book worthless, as even a good story can be a launching point for many talented young women to get into science.
Makes me wonder how many other things I’ve watched and read were edited for the purpose of telling a better story.
I don’t know quite how to feel about it, seems that the book did exaggerate a lot of facts in order to tell a story and perhaps should be categorised as a historical fiction, but that does not quite make the book worthless, as even a good story can be a launching point for many talented young women to get into science.
Makes me wonder how many other things I’ve watched and read were edited for the purpose of telling a better story.
Certainly not a reason to cite 1984 though.