An 11 year old boy, who has always been fascinated by space and astronauts, wishes he could go into space also. So of course it should be easy to get into Cape Kennedy, up the launch tower, and into the capsule. Naturally when something goes wrong on the journey, he will save the day.

I wasn’t sure if I had actually seen this movie or if I had dreamt this bizarre movie where for some reason a space ship has a Hoover vacuum cleaner to suck up the vomit from astronauts by a child maid. Let me ask Google; “Hey Google, what’s the name of the movie where a kid stows away on a spaceship and vacuums vomit and does chores?”

Google: According to Wikipedia Stowaway to the Moon is a 1975 television film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring Lloyd Bridges among others. Eli ("E.J.") Mackernutt Jr. is an 11-year-old boy who helps clean the cabin and perform other chores.

Ok, so I wasn’t dreaming this movie. So I check out YouTube and find the full movie is available and find the puke scene is at the one-hour mark.

If your kid has dreams of stowing away on the SpaceX Dragon, just show them this movie to show them the less glamorous side of space travel full of cleaning, vacuuming puke, and cold cold nights.

Reason 1. It has Morgan Paull who was also in Mitchell

Reason 2. It’s billed as a dramatic special but I think they mean special in another way.

Reason 3. Everyone will be on their seats wondering if Lloyd Bridges will be sniffing glue