in 1929 german director fritz lang portrayed the darker side of a moon mission in this silent film it was considered one of the 1st reasonably accurate science fiction movies. moon films had been popular since the early days of cinema and still are seen. as a new film portrays the triumphs and the tragedies in the life of neil armstrong in 1962 his daughter karen died of a brain tumor when she was just 2 years old. armstrong was devastated by the loss of his daughter. the film includes a scene in which armstrong 7 years later stands in silence on the edge of the moon crater in the film he casts a bracelet with his daughter's name on it into the crater. this was a man who i think was forged through failure and for loss he was not sort of you know this kind of born icon he was not he was not necessarily the sort of all american hero from the outside he was a human being he was vulnerable we made mistakes. later after the astronauts have returned to earth armstrong is shown at the quarantine facility the moon mission seems to have changed him and not for the better he's more serious and