New NASA astronaut candidate Ben Bailey thinks that his 2,000 flight hours here on Earth might come in handy during a moon landing.
The 38-year-old U.S. Army helicopter pilot can't remember what first got him interested in flying, but what got him interested in NASA is clear: As a kid, Bailey saw the 1995 moon-mission movie "Apollo 13," which famously uses U.S. Navy helicopters to recreate the real-life splashdown that brought that dramatic, near-catastrophic mission to a safe close.
