When We Left Earth - The NASA Missions (4-Disc Set) [Blu-ray]

Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 09/30/2008 Run time: 258 minutes Rating: Nr

Having been a space buff for quite some time, I can say that this collection leaves a lot out. There simply is too much for any set to cover, but this does a fantastic job of summarizing the missions getting into some detail with some of the more important parts. It conveys the politics, the public sentiments, the risks, the excitement, the crew point of view, with a great musical score. When I watched it on TV, I loved it, and I love it even more having the HD version with my new TV and Blu Ray player. Sure, plenty of the footage isn't HD, but it's still worth it in my opinion to get the Blu Ray because all the interviews are in HD and the newer footage is spectacular. They also interspersed some small HD clips in the earlier stuff when it was ok to do so and I believe some of the older footage does actually look a bit better but it's hard to say for sure. Perhaps the musical score could have been a little less prevalent, but I liked it.

They didn't get into the most recent missions and projects and I think rightfully so. That would date the collection making those parts less relevant in the future.

This is a must have for the space buff, get it.

I'm a space nut and really enjoyed this show. It looked great on Blu Ray as well.

This is the series that was on the Discovery Channel earlier this year.
It captures the thrills, sorrow and reality of the NASA space program.
The actual film footage is amazing, and it's really cool to have some of the original engineers, etc. tell you their perspective about what really happened. Blu-Ray makes this set one not to miss. I real winner in my book. Highly recommend.

The documentary was put together very well, but most of the video of missions are in standard definition. Wish they would have put the entire thing out in high-def otherwise the dvd version is just as good.

All in all though it is a great buy; very educational and keeps you interested in watching the entire series. Easily one of the better videos to buy; maybe not a must buy blu-ray, i'd recommend just getting the dvd version.

Production quality of this set is top notch. Ok, I was disappointed by the early videos, but I should've expected it. The sound, editing, and footage choices were superb. More than anyhing, this set gives you a strong sense of the significance of the 60's NASA programs. While being fully informative, it also containes some appropriate romanticism and entertainment value. Young people like myself who didn't live through the era will understand WHY the missions were so important in addition to gaining a comprehensive knowledge of them.
The only criticism I have is that I didn't really need the disc on post-Apollo programs. I would've happily taken more 60's stuff on the 3rd disc in place of the other recent stuff that I know about. But beggars can't be choosers. The first two discs were enough to make this set worth keeping forever. They are a testament to one of man's greatest achievements. I only hope that our generation will have a calling to something as significant.