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Date: 2008-06-24 04:06 pm (UTC)an APOLLO 13 situation, where the voters are apparently too
ignorant to tell a historical account from SF."
I will argue that, although APOLLO 13 was based on an actual historical event, it was still SF. I have no idea if that was what motivated the voters.
"Brave astro-pilots on a Moon survey suffer a rupture on their oxygen tanks, and must use all their wits and American know-how in order to engineer a safe return to Earth." You could have sold that story to John Campbell in 1950, especially if you threw in a telepath or two.