What's the Difference between The Right Stuff the Book and The Right Stuff the Movie?

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In the Book	In the Movie
Chuck Yeager	Chuck Yeager Portrayed by: Sam Shepard
This Character does not appear.	NASA Recruiters Portrayed by: Goldblum and Shearer
This Character does not appear.	Nurse Murch Portrayed by: Jane Dornacker

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When Yeager injures himself while horse riding, he runs into a closed gate breaking his ribs.	He runs into a large tree branch and falls off his horse.
The NF-104A was equipped with a rocket in the tail for additional altitude. Yeager flew it twice the day he crashed.	Yeager's F-104 was a standard model without the rocket engine. He made one flight the day he crashed.
Yeager was 24 in 1947 when he broke the sound barrier.	Sam Shepard (Yeager) was 40 when he made the film.
Jack Ridley died in 1957.	Jack Ridley is shown with Yeager in 1963 prior to his flight in the NF-104A.
Grissom, Slayton and Cooper were not stationed at Edwards AFB until 1955/56.	The movie depicts Grissom, Slayton and Cooper together at Edwards AFB in 1953 discussing the space program.
There are some details of Pete Conrad's history as a Naval Aviator.	Conrad does not appear in the movie.

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