'Heroes Out of Orbit' is the film that best portrays life in space

That's what you read! A comedy starring Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, and Tim Allen that parodies Star Trek is the film that represents the most faithful space.

Several NASA astronauts attending the National Geographic's One Stranger Rock launch event were questioned by Inverse and agreed!

According to retired astronaut Nicole Stott, who has been in space for 103 days throughout her career, at least on the "social interaction in space" criterion, Heroes Out of Orbit is the most loyal. In terms of "reproducing the mood and coexistence between people on aircraft, " she also quotes Pirado no Espaço, another comedy!

“In these two movies, there are these personal relationships you see between people. I mean, we are humans doing human spaceflight, ”she said.

It is curious that, when reflecting on the representation of life in space, she thinks of human coexistence, isn't it?

But it's not just her, no. "I only care if the astronauts are portrayed as nice people. They show the astronauts all in good shape and smart. That's good. We don't have to go to the gym, " joked Mike Massimino, who was 23 days in space.

For example, the idea of ​​an astronaut as tough as Matt Damon in Lost in Space is a bit much. "I can't handle a paper cut, and they think I can be impaled with an antenna on another planet and find a way to heal myself. So I like it when astronauts are portrayed in a cool way."

George Clooney, for him, was cool in Gravity, but Matthew McConaughey was a little too nervous in Interstellar .

The view from above

When it comes to representing space when viewed from outside the Earth, Gravity is the favorite. Jerry Linenger says the feature film starring Sandra Bullock does a good job of capturing the feeling of "how disorienting the space is." And he must know; after all, he spent 143 days there.

Nicole Stott also agrees: "When I watched that movie and saw the way the light was shining outside the space station, or the way Sandra Bullock was floating through the station, I got goose bumps, " Scott said.

In addition to Gravity, Linenger and Massimino praise Apollo 13, with Tom Hanks, as a movie with a good deal of truth in representing space.

Did they forget any good movies about space travel? Anyone who wants to hear other stories from Stott, Linenger, Massimino and five other astronauts can follow the new National Geographic Channel series, One Strange Rock, which will premiere in the United States on Monday, March 26.

The series has Will Smith as host and executive production of Darren Aronofsky and Jane Root.