Per Dinerman è significativo che i produttori abbiano creduto e investivo in una storia sullo spazio nonostante la concorrenza della fantasia che cattura l'immaginazione del pubblico del cinema:
Someone in the film industry thought that the story of first Moon mission was attractive enough to children and their parents to invest real money into making this thing. At a time when fantasy, such as the Narnia movies, are capturing the public imagination and their dollars, the fact that a film about the very unfanciful Apollo program can be made at all is important.