In the movie, Jim Lovell is shown driving a red Chevrolet Corvette. This is a nod to an actual program conceived by Jim Rathmann, a Florida Chevrolet dealer, and Ed Cole, who was President of GM at the time. The program offered astronauts a choice of two new cars every year, of which one choice was almost always a Corvette. Mr. Lovell did indeed own a 1968 Corvette, however, his Corvette was silver in color, not the red depicted in the movie. It recently sold through Mecum Auto Auctions. The Apollo 12 crew, Conrad, Gordon and Bean, had identical Corvettes.

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