The film portrays Jack Swigert as a little wet behind the ears, and potentially incapable of docking the command module with the LEM. However, Jim Lovell has said in an interview that the real Swigert actually wrote the Malfunction Procedures for NASA command modules, and therefore knew the machine incredibly well and was more than capable of piloting the mission. Additionally, Lovell said that, had Swigert not been able to dock the ship, it wouldn't have meant doom for the mission, as there were two other accomplished pilots in the CM who could make another attempt at docking.

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