Was Mitch married?

That was Cliff, "The Dish Master" whose wife had died the year
before. The character that I was asking about is Mitch, the
tech who is the mechanical eng. responsible for controlling
the dish motion, etc. The other main character is Glenn, the
younger guy in charge of electronics who has a crush on the
girl that brings their food, and is the sister of their
security guard Rudy. In the beg. of the film, they are
"introduced" via a bit with a reporter who is asking for
their personal info, and when he asks Mitch if he's married
or single, I couldn't make out his response.

d.

Well, it is only a movie, but a good one at that!
And with that being said, like most observatories,
Parkes has it's own "hotel", actually, dorm's that
scientists and tech's can use when they aren't on
duty. I think they have enough rooms there for 14
people, along with kitchens, baths, etc. Now, those
are supposed to be for the use of visiting astronomers,
so in theory Al could have been staying there, but
they are kinda limited compared to a hotel. But during
a big event like that it would be practical that they
would have lived on site during the week as part of
their support contract. And these days even tourists
can stay if they're willing to pay, the "twin" of
the Parkes dish in Algonquin Natl. Park in Ontario
now makes a big deal of trying to bring in tourists
to stay at their lodge to help offset operating costs.

d.

There's a black & white photo of Mitch's wife in a little frame on his desk, which he stares at longingly in one quiet scene. How many people missed this? Gay? Come on. Pay attention!