‘For All Mankind’ review: Maintaining a steady orbit<article>
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<p>It’s too early to tell, but the best message from
For All Mankind may be that man’s greatest losses occasionally propel us to our greatest victories—though this beautiful space drama certainly doesn’t start out on a high note. It’s June 26, 1969, only about a month before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were scheduled to kick around a few rocks on the moon, and instead the world is watching grainy footage of a Soviet cosmonaut hopping out of a lunar module. He utters no all-inclusive, “One giant leap for mankind”—instead, he says his achievement is for, “My country, my people, and the Marxist-Leninist way of life.” All across the U.S., American faces go glum.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3451504/for-all-mankind-review.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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‘For All Mankind’ review: Maintaining a steady orbit
