A Space Program

A Space Program

2015 · 72 min · ★ 6.2 · Drama, Documentary, Adventure

The artist Tom Sachs and his team of bricoleurs build a handmade space program and send two female astronauts to Mars

Directed by Van Neistat · Written by Hailey Benton Gates

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