to The Economist, Apollo succeeded in accomplishing President Kennedy's goal of taking on the Soviet Union in the Space Race by accomplishing a singular and significant achievement, to demonstrate the superiority of the free-market system. The publication noted the irony that in order to achieve the goal, the program required the organization of tremendous public resources within a vast, centralized government bureaucracy. Apollo 11 broadcast data restoration project Prior to Apollo 11's 40th anniversary in 2009, NASA searched for the original videotapes of the mission's live televised moonwalk. After an exhaustive three-year search, it was concluded that the tapes had probably been erased and reused. A new digitally remastered version of the best available broadcast television footage was released instead. Depictions on film Documentaries Numerous documentary films cover the Apollo program and the Space Race, including: Footprints on the Moon (1969) Moonwalk One (1970) For All Mankind (1989) Moon Shot (1994 miniseries) "Moon" from the BBC miniseries The Planets (1999) Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005) The Wonder of It All (2007) In the Shadow of the Moon (2007) When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (2008 miniseries) Moon Machines (2008 miniseries) James May on the Moon (2009) NASA's Story (2009 miniseries) Apollo 11 (2019) Chasing the Moon (2019 miniseries) Docudramas Some missions have been dramatized: Apollo 13 (1995) Apollo 11 (1996) From the Earth to the Moon (1998) The Dish (2000) Space Race (2005) Moonshot (2009) First Man (2018) Fictional The Apollo program has been the focus of several works of fiction, including: Apollo 18 (2011), horror movie which was released to negative reviews. For All Mankind (2019), TV series depicting an alternate history in which the Soviet Union was the first country to successfully land a man on the Moon. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), fifth movie about Indiana Jones, in which Jürgen Voller, a NASA member and ex-Nazi involved with the Apollo program, wishes to make the world into a better place as he sees fit. See also Apollo 11 in popular culture Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package Exploration of the Moon Leslie Cantwell collection List of artificial objects on the Moon List of crewed spacecraft Moon landing conspiracy theories Soviet crewed lunar programs Stolen and missing Moon rocks Artemis Program References Citations Sources Chaikin interviewed all the surviving astronauts and others who worked with the program. Further reading NASA Report JSC-09423,