When 'Good Night Oppy', which follows NASA rovers Opportunity and Spirit before and after they land on Mars, launched at a film festival in September, the documentary had an unexpected effect on audiences: they cried.
An engineer looks at Mars rover Opportunity at NASA JPL in Pasadena, California, U.S. in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on November 21, 2022. Amazon Studios/ Handout via REUTERS
"It is kind of the shocking resounding response to this film seems to be people coming up to me sheepishly with their hand over their mouths saying 'I cried about a robot'." White wanted to make the film after Opportunity's last message "My battery is low and it's getting dark" went viral.White had assumed scientists and engineers would be very academic and unemotional, posing a filmmaking challenge. "I was totally wrong," said White.
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