I love anything to do with outer space.  And I usually love documentary peeks into eccentric screwballs.  The problem is that Man on a Mission, Richard Garriott's home movies from his $30 million space tourism adventure, is too much of a sales pitch.  Supposedly, the pitch is for investment in the space industry, but it mostly feels like a reel to show off how cool Garriott is.  And I'm not sure he's that cool.

The son of an Astronaut, Garriott longed nothing more than to follow his father's footsteps.  He wasn't good enough for NASA, so after he made a bazillion dollars in the video game industry (yeah, that's right, we're talking about Lord British of Ultima fame) he bought his way in with the Russians.

The training footage and inside look into the Soyuz program is interesting, but nothing you can't see on the Travel Channel.  

I give this movie a C.  Below are my thoughts right after the screening.

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