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- Subtitles by explosiveskull
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- 00:00:11,074 --> 00:00:13,009
- (ENGINE WHIRRING)
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- 00:00:46,109 --> 00:00:48,545
- (ENGINE WHIRRING)
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- 00:00:53,750 --> 00:00:55,050
- (LOUD WHOOSHING)
- 5
- 00:00:55,052 --> 00:00:56,718
- (GRUNTS)
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- 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,389
- (PANTING)
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- 00:01:02,660 --> 00:01:04,125
- (SWITCH CLICKS)
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- 00:01:04,127 --> 00:01:06,895
- (RUMBLING)
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- 00:01:06,897 --> 00:01:08,833
- (PANTING CONTINUES)
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- 00:01:14,904 --> 00:01:17,507
- (RUMBLING, CREAKING)
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- 00:01:19,476 --> 00:01:21,578
- BUTCH BUTCHART (OVER RADIO):
- 20 seconds to drop.
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- 00:01:22,980 --> 00:01:25,348
- JOE WALKER (OVER RADIO):
- Arm switch light, check.
- 13
- 00:01:26,417 --> 00:01:28,416
- Brakes out, check.
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- 00:01:28,418 --> 00:01:30,485
- (RUMBLING, STEAM HISSING)
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- 00:01:30,487 --> 00:01:31,787
- (COUGHS)
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- 00:01:31,789 --> 00:01:32,954
- JOE:
- What's your mixing chambers?
- 17
- 00:01:32,956 --> 00:01:34,488
- BUTCH:
- Real rough up here,
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- 00:01:34,490 --> 00:01:36,625
- fluctuating a half degree
- on each side.
- 19
- 00:01:36,627 --> 00:01:39,027
- JOE:
- I see that.
- 20
- 00:01:39,029 --> 00:01:40,561
- - (RATTLING)
- - (PANTING CONTINUES)
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- 00:01:40,563 --> 00:01:42,164
- BUTCH:
- Ten seconds.
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- 00:01:42,166 --> 00:01:44,668
- (PANTING CONTINUES)
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- 00:01:47,471 --> 00:01:49,640
- (CLUNK, WHOOSH)
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- 00:01:53,010 --> 00:01:54,877
- JOE:
- Good on track, 15...
- 25
- 00:01:54,879 --> 00:01:56,545
- (LOUD WHOOSHING)
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- 00:01:56,547 --> 00:01:57,513
- (GASPING)
- 27
- 00:02:02,654 --> 00:02:04,822
- (WHOOSHING)
- 28
- 00:02:17,235 --> 00:02:19,104
- (WHOOSHING)
- 29
- 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:24,976
- (RATTLING)
- 30
- 00:02:32,983 --> 00:02:36,755
- (METALLIC RATTLING
- AND CREAKING)
- 31
- 00:02:43,128 --> 00:02:45,163
- (WHOOSHING)
- 32
- 00:02:49,901 --> 00:02:53,204
- - (ENGINE CUTS OUT)
- - (COUGHS, GASPS)
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- 00:02:55,874 --> 00:02:57,842
- (QUIET PANTING)
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- 00:03:13,725 --> 00:03:15,660
- ♪
- 35
- 00:03:26,838 --> 00:03:29,241
- JOE: ...a visual estimate
- of your location?
- 36
- 00:03:31,110 --> 00:03:32,676
- Okay. 140,000 feet.
- 37
- 00:03:32,678 --> 00:03:34,612
- On your way down.
- 38
- 00:03:36,749 --> 00:03:39,985
- (RUMBLING)
- 39
- 00:03:42,888 --> 00:03:44,954
- JOE:
- Approaching 115,000 feet.
- 40
- 00:03:44,956 --> 00:03:47,658
- Should be regaining
- aerodynamic controls.
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- 00:03:47,660 --> 00:03:49,093
- (RUMBLING, RATTLING)
- 42
- 00:03:49,095 --> 00:03:50,960
- Right turn.
- 43
- 00:03:50,962 --> 00:03:54,233
- (RATTLING, CREAKING)
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- 00:03:57,870 --> 00:03:59,739
- JOE: We show you ballooning,
- not turning.
- 45
- 00:04:08,348 --> 00:04:09,813
- JOE:
- Altitude rising.
- 46
- 00:04:09,815 --> 00:04:11,784
- A lot more right.
- 47
- 00:04:14,121 --> 00:04:16,086
- Neil, you're bouncing
- off the atmosphere.
- 48
- 00:04:16,088 --> 00:04:17,056
- (GRUNTING)
- 49
- 00:04:20,327 --> 00:04:21,458
- (STATIC CRACKLING)
- 50
- 00:04:21,460 --> 00:04:24,996
- (THROUGH STATIC): The
- altitude's still rising, Neil.
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- 00:04:24,998 --> 00:04:27,700
- (GASPING)
- 52
- 00:04:35,108 --> 00:04:36,374
- (RAPID PANTING)
- 53
- 00:04:36,376 --> 00:04:37,576
- (INHALES SHARPLY)
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- 00:04:39,346 --> 00:04:41,678
- (WHOOSHING)
- 55
- 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:42,781
- (GRUNTS)
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- 00:04:42,783 --> 00:04:43,950
- (METALLIC CREAKING)
- 57
- 00:04:44,984 --> 00:04:47,018
- (GRUNTING)
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- 00:04:47,020 --> 00:04:49,256
- (WHOOSHING)
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- 00:05:02,902 --> 00:05:05,072
- (RATTLING)
- 60
- 00:05:14,713 --> 00:05:15,982
- (PANTING)
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- 00:05:25,193 --> 00:05:26,791
- JOE (THROUGH STATIC):
- You're gonna have to
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- stretch out your glide.
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- 00:05:32,066 --> 00:05:33,667
- JOE:
- You seem to be a tad short.
- 64
- 00:05:36,002 --> 00:05:38,672
- (WHOOSHING)
- 65
- 00:05:41,741 --> 00:05:43,678
- Stow your flaps down, Neil.
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- 00:05:48,850 --> 00:05:50,817
- (GRUNTING, PANTING)
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- 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,028
- (STRAINED GRUNTING)
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- 00:06:08,403 --> 00:06:10,171
- I'm down.
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- 00:06:12,940 --> 00:06:14,409
- JOE:
- Roger.
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- 00:06:17,812 --> 00:06:19,814
- (HELICOPTER MOTOR WHIRRING)
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- 00:06:34,862 --> 00:06:37,065
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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- 00:06:39,901 --> 00:06:41,368
- All right, let's get him out.
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- 00:06:41,370 --> 00:06:44,171
- - (CREAKING)
- - (NEIL SIGHS)
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- I'll step up in there.
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- 00:06:45,173 --> 00:06:46,174
- You okay?
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- 00:06:49,478 --> 00:06:51,844
- Yeah.
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- Okay, Neil.
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- 00:06:56,519 --> 00:06:58,984
- Kid's a good engineer.
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- But he's distracted.
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- 00:07:01,356 --> 00:07:04,023
- JOE: He got home, Chuck.
- He bounced off the atmosphere
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- 00:07:04,025 --> 00:07:05,525
- and still figured out
- how to get home.
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- 00:07:05,527 --> 00:07:07,528
- CHUCK:
- Third mishap this month.
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- 00:07:07,530 --> 00:07:10,299
- Bikle should ground him
- before he hurts himself.
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- 00:07:21,510 --> 00:07:24,146
- (MACHINE WHIRRING)
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- 00:07:28,217 --> 00:07:29,983
- (WHIRRING CONTINUES)
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- 00:07:29,985 --> 00:07:31,887
- (MACHINE POWERS DOWN,
- WHIRRING STOPS)
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- 00:07:39,194 --> 00:07:41,063
- (CLUNK, BUZZING)
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- 00:07:43,366 --> 00:07:44,833
- (BUZZING STOPS)
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- 00:07:45,901 --> 00:07:48,969
- (CLUNK, BUZZING)
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- 00:07:48,971 --> 00:07:51,340
- (CHILD CRYING)
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- 00:07:52,975 --> 00:07:54,375
- There you go.
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- 00:07:54,377 --> 00:07:55,910
- (COUGHS)
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- 00:07:55,912 --> 00:07:57,545
- It's okay.
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- It's okay, sweetheart.
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- - (CRYING)
- - It's okay. Come here, come here.
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- 00:08:02,884 --> 00:08:04,017
- Okay.
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- 00:08:04,019 --> 00:08:05,955
- (CHILD FUSSING)
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- 00:08:13,997 --> 00:08:15,929
- (NEIL GASPS)
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- 00:08:15,931 --> 00:08:17,867
- What's that?
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- 00:08:21,237 --> 00:08:23,039
- Look. Who's that?
- 101
- 00:08:29,979 --> 00:08:31,781
- Is that a kite?
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- 00:08:33,316 --> 00:08:35,316
- Does that fly in the sky?
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- 00:08:35,318 --> 00:08:37,184
- Yeah.
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- 00:08:37,186 --> 00:08:39,188
- How?
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- 00:08:41,891 --> 00:08:43,460
- ♪ I see the Moon
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- ♪ The Moon sees me
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- 00:08:48,465 --> 00:08:50,965
- ♪ Down through the leaves
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- 00:08:50,967 --> 00:08:54,305
- ♪ Of the old oak tree
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- 00:08:55,939 --> 00:08:58,272
- ♪ Please let the light
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- 00:08:58,274 --> 00:09:01,912
- ♪ That shines on me
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- 00:09:03,614 --> 00:09:08,252
- ♪ Shine on the one I love.
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- 00:09:09,620 --> 00:09:11,118
- NEIL:
- Maybe I should talk
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- 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:12,621
- to Dr. Johns about it.
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- 00:09:12,623 --> 00:09:14,323
- MAN (OVER PHONE):
- Who?
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- 00:09:14,325 --> 00:09:16,957
- NEIL:
- Dr. Harold Johns.
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- 00:09:16,959 --> 00:09:19,361
- He developed a procedure
- in Saskatchewan.
- 117
- 00:09:19,363 --> 00:09:21,530
- (OVER PHONE):
- So you'd go to Canada?
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- 00:09:21,532 --> 00:09:24,166
- NEIL: I guess I would
- take some time off.
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- 00:09:24,168 --> 00:09:26,168
- (OVER PHONE): Why don't you
- talk to the hospital?
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- 00:09:26,170 --> 00:09:29,204
- - See if the tumor might be...
- - I spoke to them already.
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- 00:09:29,206 --> 00:09:30,640
- (OVER PHONE):
- I'm sorry, Neil.
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- 00:09:30,642 --> 00:09:32,674
- I wish I had more to offer.
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- 00:09:32,676 --> 00:09:34,142
- NEIL:
- That's okay, Jack.
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- 00:09:34,144 --> 00:09:35,577
- Uh, appreciate it.
- 125
- 00:09:35,579 --> 00:09:37,913
- - Of course.
- - Give my love to June.
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- 00:09:37,915 --> 00:09:39,314
- - You got it.
- - Okay.
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- 00:09:39,316 --> 00:09:40,515
- - Bye, now.
- - Bye.
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- 00:09:40,517 --> 00:09:43,020
- (HANGS UP PHONE)
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- 00:09:59,303 --> 00:10:02,004
- NEIL: Now, who made that?
- You or Grace?
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- 00:10:02,006 --> 00:10:03,105
- JOE:
- Grace did.
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- 00:10:03,107 --> 00:10:04,674
- I'll take it, then.
- 132
- 00:10:04,676 --> 00:10:07,008
- - Thank you.
- - Thank you.
- 133
- 00:10:07,010 --> 00:10:08,710
- JOE:
- Dick Day called from Houston.
- 134
- 00:10:08,712 --> 00:10:10,446
- He was asking after you.
- 135
- 00:10:10,448 --> 00:10:12,348
- That about Gemini?
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- 00:10:12,350 --> 00:10:14,117
- They're looking for pilots
- 137
- 00:10:14,119 --> 00:10:16,218
- with a solid background
- in engineering.
- 138
- 00:10:16,220 --> 00:10:17,687
- (TAKES DEEP BREATH)
- 139
- 00:10:17,689 --> 00:10:21,390
- Well, maybe once Karen
- starts feeling better.
- 140
- 00:10:21,392 --> 00:10:24,529
- Just, you know, I wouldn't want
- to move her until then.
- 141
- 00:10:26,698 --> 00:10:29,332
- Well, it would be nice
- to keep you around.
- 142
- 00:10:29,334 --> 00:10:31,735
- - JOE: Enjoy the casserole.
- - NEIL: Thank you.
- 143
- 00:10:31,737 --> 00:10:33,371
- JOE:
- You're welcome.
- 144
- 00:10:34,472 --> 00:10:35,738
- Joe.
- 145
- 00:10:35,740 --> 00:10:37,073
- Hey, Jan.
- 146
- 00:10:37,075 --> 00:10:38,708
- You, uh, hanging in?
- 147
- 00:10:38,710 --> 00:10:41,179
- Oh, you know.
- 148
- 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:44,647
- It's nice of you to come by.
- 149
- 00:10:44,649 --> 00:10:46,418
- Of course.
- 150
- 00:10:49,287 --> 00:10:50,954
- Night, now.
- 151
- 00:10:53,591 --> 00:10:56,759
- (TRUCK DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
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- 00:10:56,761 --> 00:11:00,129
- (ENGINE STARTS)
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- 00:11:00,131 --> 00:11:02,066
- ♪
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- 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:18,016
- ♪
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- 00:11:34,533 --> 00:11:36,735
- (SQUEAKING, RATTLING)
- 156
- 00:11:54,487 --> 00:11:56,653
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- 157
- 00:11:56,655 --> 00:11:58,789
- - Thank you so much.
- - Absolutely.
- 158
- 00:11:58,791 --> 00:12:01,124
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES)
- 159
- 00:12:01,126 --> 00:12:02,695
- (MARBLE CLACKS, ROLLS)
- 160
- 00:12:06,365 --> 00:12:08,734
- (MARBLE CLACKS, ROLLS)
- 161
- 00:12:11,170 --> 00:12:12,772
- Dad, want to come play?
- 162
- 00:12:16,743 --> 00:12:18,778
- I should, um...
- 163
- 00:12:20,113 --> 00:12:22,181
- I have to help your mother.
- 164
- 00:12:43,838 --> 00:12:45,170
- (SNIFFS)
- 165
- 00:12:55,850 --> 00:12:58,518
- (SHUDDERING BREATHS)
- 166
- 00:13:05,793 --> 00:13:08,128
- (SOBBING)
- 167
- 00:13:28,649 --> 00:13:30,518
- (SNIFFS)
- 168
- 00:13:35,489 --> 00:13:37,189
- ♪
- 169
- 00:13:37,191 --> 00:13:39,125
- (BIRDS CHIRPING)
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- 00:13:50,437 --> 00:13:53,106
- I thought I might go to work.
- 171
- 00:13:57,912 --> 00:14:00,381
- Okay.
- 172
- 00:14:09,457 --> 00:14:11,392
- ♪
- 173
- 00:14:17,531 --> 00:14:18,665
- JOE: They're gonna use
- VTOL technology.
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- 00:14:18,667 --> 00:14:19,866
- BUTCH: They won't even
- have figured out
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- 00:14:19,868 --> 00:14:22,336
- how to get there yet. I'm not
- gonna waste my time on...
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- 00:14:24,205 --> 00:14:25,507
- Morning.
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- 00:14:27,608 --> 00:14:29,676
- Neil.
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- 00:14:29,678 --> 00:14:33,212
- You can take a few days off,
- you know.
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- 00:14:33,214 --> 00:14:34,948
- I know.
- 180
- 00:14:34,950 --> 00:14:39,921
- I'm just getting up to speed on
- the new delta wing in the UK.
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- 00:14:41,690 --> 00:14:43,592
- Bikle canceled the trip.
- 182
- 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:46,960
- He wants you focused
- on writing up
- 183
- 00:14:46,962 --> 00:14:49,398
- the pilot report
- from your last flight.
- 184
- 00:14:56,437 --> 00:14:57,806
- Am I grounded, Joe?
- 185
- 00:15:00,776 --> 00:15:03,210
- Write up the report
- on the bounce, okay?
- 186
- 00:15:06,715 --> 00:15:09,518
- - (DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
- - (INDISTINCT CHATTER IN OFFICE)
- 187
- 00:15:17,592 --> 00:15:19,827
- (SIGHS)
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- 00:15:19,829 --> 00:15:21,530
- MAN (IN OTHER ROOM):
- Thank you, sir.
- 189
- 00:15:41,651 --> 00:15:43,586
- ♪
- 190
- 00:15:51,060 --> 00:15:52,995
- (QUIET, INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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- 00:16:02,004 --> 00:16:04,672
- Civilian?
- 192
- 00:16:04,674 --> 00:16:07,608
- - Yeah.
- - Yeah. Me, too.
- 193
- 00:16:07,610 --> 00:16:09,476
- Elliot.
- 194
- 00:16:09,478 --> 00:16:10,446
- Neil.
- 195
- 00:16:12,548 --> 00:16:14,314
- Tough morning, huh?
- 196
- 00:16:14,316 --> 00:16:17,518
- I barely lasted two minutes
- in that ice bath.
- 197
- 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:19,755
- Course, I suppose
- NASA's more interested
- 198
- 00:16:19,757 --> 00:16:21,457
- in the psychological reaction.
- 199
- 00:16:22,558 --> 00:16:24,558
- Well...
- 200
- 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:28,364
- I think I made it pretty clear
- that I thought it was cold.
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- 00:16:29,832 --> 00:16:31,700
- - (ELLIOT LAUGHS)
- - (DOOR OPENS)
- 202
- 00:16:31,702 --> 00:16:32,702
- Armstrong.
- 203
- 00:16:34,837 --> 00:16:37,340
- - Good luck.
- - You, too.
- 204
- 00:16:41,577 --> 00:16:43,377
- Another egghead.
- 205
- 00:16:43,379 --> 00:16:44,745
- BOB GILRUTH:
- Neil, we've been chatting
- 206
- 00:16:44,747 --> 00:16:46,413
- with candidates
- about the program.
- 207
- 00:16:46,415 --> 00:16:50,050
- As you know, our decision
- to forgo direct ascent
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- 00:16:50,052 --> 00:16:51,752
- in favor of a lunar orbit
- rendezvous approach
- 209
- 00:16:51,754 --> 00:16:53,021
- to the eventual Moon mission
- 210
- 00:16:53,023 --> 00:16:55,357
- has had a major impact
- on Gemini.
- 211
- 00:16:55,359 --> 00:16:57,859
- Do you have any thoughts
- on that decision?
- 212
- 00:16:57,861 --> 00:17:01,029
- Well, even considering
- von Braun's initial criticism,
- 213
- 00:17:01,031 --> 00:17:03,098
- it seems that the payload saved
- 214
- 00:17:03,100 --> 00:17:05,700
- by parking the primary vehicle
- in orbit
- 215
- 00:17:05,702 --> 00:17:08,769
- and sending a smaller ship down
- to the lunar surface
- 216
- 00:17:08,771 --> 00:17:11,006
- is well worth
- the resulting challenges.
- 217
- 00:17:11,008 --> 00:17:12,474
- What do you see
- as the challenges?
- 218
- 00:17:12,476 --> 00:17:14,408
- NEIL:
- Cislunar navigation, for one.
- 219
- 00:17:14,410 --> 00:17:16,077
- And rendezvous and docking.
- 220
- 00:17:16,079 --> 00:17:17,881
- Why do you think
- space flight's important?
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- 00:17:20,416 --> 00:17:23,518
- I had a few, uh,
- opportunities in the X-15
- 222
- 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:26,721
- to observe the atmosphere.
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- 00:17:26,723 --> 00:17:30,927
- It was so thin,
- such a small part of the Earth,
- 224
- 00:17:30,929 --> 00:17:32,828
- you could barely see it at all.
- 225
- 00:17:32,830 --> 00:17:34,529
- And when you're down here
- in the crowd
- 226
- 00:17:34,531 --> 00:17:36,698
- and you look up, it...
- it looks pretty big,
- 227
- 00:17:36,700 --> 00:17:38,533
- and you don't think
- about it too much.
- 228
- 00:17:38,535 --> 00:17:41,703
- But when you get
- a different vantage point,
- 229
- 00:17:41,705 --> 00:17:44,741
- it changes your perspective.
- 230
- 00:17:46,510 --> 00:17:50,846
- I don't know what
- space exploration will uncover,
- 231
- 00:17:50,848 --> 00:17:53,082
- but I don't think
- it'll be exploration
- 232
- 00:17:53,084 --> 00:17:55,984
- just for the sake
- of exploration.
- 233
- 00:17:55,986 --> 00:18:01,657
- I think it'll be more the fact
- that it allows us to see things
- 234
- 00:18:01,659 --> 00:18:05,527
- that maybe we should have seen
- a long time ago
- 235
- 00:18:05,529 --> 00:18:09,600
- but just haven't been able to
- until now.
- 236
- 00:18:13,071 --> 00:18:15,604
- - Does anyone have anything else?
- - MAN: Yeah.
- 237
- 00:18:15,606 --> 00:18:17,809
- Neil, I was sorry to hear
- about your daughter.
- 238
- 00:18:20,644 --> 00:18:23,646
- I'm sorry, is there a question?
- 239
- 00:18:23,648 --> 00:18:27,717
- Um, what I...
- what I mean is, uh,
- 240
- 00:18:27,719 --> 00:18:29,621
- do you think
- it will have an effect?
- 241
- 00:18:33,558 --> 00:18:36,927
- I think it would be
- unreasonable to assume
- 242
- 00:18:36,929 --> 00:18:39,597
- that it wouldn't have
- some effect.
- 243
- 00:18:40,965 --> 00:18:42,598
- BOB:
- All right, Neil.
- 244
- 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,500
- Thank you. That's fine.
- 245
- 00:18:44,502 --> 00:18:46,135
- Thank you.
- 246
- 00:18:46,137 --> 00:18:48,573
- Thank you for your time.
- 247
- 00:18:50,508 --> 00:18:53,112
- (PHONE RINGS)
- 248
- 00:18:55,781 --> 00:18:57,448
- Hello?
- 249
- 00:18:58,683 --> 00:18:59,785
- Yeah, sure. Neil.
- 250
- 00:19:00,886 --> 00:19:01,884
- Hello?
- 251
- 00:19:01,886 --> 00:19:02,985
- Can I go play outside?
- 252
- 00:19:02,987 --> 00:19:04,890
- Yeah. (MUTTERS)
- 253
- 00:19:06,125 --> 00:19:07,825
- Yes, sir.
- 254
- 00:19:10,495 --> 00:19:11,931
- Thank you, sir.
- 255
- 00:19:14,532 --> 00:19:16,166
- (JANET HANGS UP PHONE)
- 256
- 00:19:16,168 --> 00:19:18,103
- I got it.
- 257
- 00:19:24,610 --> 00:19:26,544
- It's a fresh start.
- 258
- 00:19:27,813 --> 00:19:29,648
- Are you sure?
- 259
- 00:19:31,117 --> 00:19:32,684
- Yeah.
- 260
- 00:19:37,822 --> 00:19:39,457
- - (WHISPERS): Hey.
- - (KISSES)
- 261
- 00:19:40,559 --> 00:19:42,528
- It'll be an adventure.
- 262
- 00:19:48,234 --> 00:19:50,169
- ♪
- 263
- 00:19:59,678 --> 00:20:02,079
- MALE NARRATOR:
- Since the time of Jules Verne,
- 264
- 00:20:02,081 --> 00:20:04,983
- man has imagined
- traveling to the Moon.
- 265
- 00:20:04,985 --> 00:20:07,685
- The old idea of how to get
- to the Moon
- 266
- 00:20:07,687 --> 00:20:10,922
- was to send one spacecraft
- all the way there and back.
- 267
- 00:20:10,924 --> 00:20:14,591
- However, NASA engineers have
- developed a modern approach
- 268
- 00:20:14,593 --> 00:20:17,095
- where one rocket
- contains several ships
- 269
- 00:20:17,097 --> 00:20:19,697
- that will make the journey
- together.
- 270
- 00:20:19,699 --> 00:20:21,631
- Just as Columbus took a rowboat
- 271
- 00:20:21,633 --> 00:20:24,669
- from the Santa María
- to the shore of the New World,
- 272
- 00:20:24,671 --> 00:20:27,071
- the astronauts will take
- a smaller spacecraft
- 273
- 00:20:27,073 --> 00:20:30,074
- from the mother ship
- down to the lunar surface.
- 274
- 00:20:30,076 --> 00:20:32,076
- When it's time to return,
- 275
- 00:20:32,078 --> 00:20:34,779
- the smaller craft will lift off
- from the surface
- 276
- 00:20:34,781 --> 00:20:36,647
- and dock with the mother ship,
- 277
- 00:20:36,649 --> 00:20:39,083
- which will then power the crew
- back to Earth.
- 278
- 00:20:39,085 --> 00:20:41,886
- Thus, thanks to
- the brilliant minds of NASA,
- 279
- 00:20:41,888 --> 00:20:44,621
- the age-old dream of going
- to the Moon
- 280
- 00:20:44,623 --> 00:20:46,960
- will soon be achieved.
- 281
- 00:20:48,195 --> 00:20:50,797
- ♪
- 282
- 00:20:55,202 --> 00:20:57,635
- DEKE SLAYTON:
- Sputnik, Sputnik 2,
- 283
- 00:20:57,637 --> 00:21:00,339
- Vostok, Gagarin.
- 284
- 00:21:00,341 --> 00:21:02,073
- The Soviets have beaten us
- 285
- 00:21:02,075 --> 00:21:04,642
- at every single major
- space accomplishment.
- 286
- 00:21:04,644 --> 00:21:06,378
- Our program couldn't compete.
- 287
- 00:21:06,380 --> 00:21:09,614
- So we've chosen to focus
- on a job so difficult,
- 288
- 00:21:09,616 --> 00:21:12,317
- requiring so many
- technological developments,
- 289
- 00:21:12,319 --> 00:21:15,753
- that the Russians are gonna
- have to start from scratch.
- 290
- 00:21:15,755 --> 00:21:17,258
- As will we.
- 291
- 00:21:19,326 --> 00:21:21,092
- (KNOCKING AT DOOR)
- 292
- 00:21:21,094 --> 00:21:22,327
- Hi.
- 293
- 00:21:22,329 --> 00:21:23,628
- - Hi.
- - I'm Pat.
- 294
- 00:21:23,630 --> 00:21:24,963
- Got here about a week
- before you,
- 295
- 00:21:24,965 --> 00:21:26,331
- so welcome to the neighborhood.
- 296
- 00:21:26,333 --> 00:21:28,834
- Oh, that's so nice of you.
- 297
- 00:21:28,836 --> 00:21:30,135
- - (SIGHS) Well, it's...
- - I'm Janet.
- 298
- 00:21:30,137 --> 00:21:32,237
- - Nice to meet you.
- - Nice to meet you.
- 299
- 00:21:32,239 --> 00:21:34,975
- DEKE:
- So, instead of here, we go...
- 300
- 00:21:41,382 --> 00:21:42,983
- (WHISPERS):
- Hey.
- 301
- 00:21:56,130 --> 00:21:57,329
- Here.
- 302
- 00:21:57,331 --> 00:21:59,965
- That's to scale. Check it.
- 303
- 00:21:59,967 --> 00:22:02,067
- PAT: That's my husband, Ed,
- and that's Eddie Junior.
- 304
- 00:22:02,069 --> 00:22:04,069
- - I don't know where Bonnie is.
- - (ED GRUNTS PLAYFULLY)
- 305
- 00:22:04,071 --> 00:22:06,072
- - You've got two?
- - I do.
- 306
- 00:22:06,074 --> 00:22:08,340
- I see...
- Is this your first one?
- 307
- 00:22:08,342 --> 00:22:09,808
- Oh, no, no.
- 308
- 00:22:09,810 --> 00:22:11,377
- We've got a boy, Rick.
- 309
- 00:22:11,379 --> 00:22:12,979
- PAT:
- How old is he?
- 310
- 00:22:12,981 --> 00:22:14,713
- He's five and a half.
- 311
- 00:22:14,715 --> 00:22:15,981
- Oh, well, we should get them
- together.
- 312
- 00:22:15,983 --> 00:22:17,883
- DEKE:
- If we want to get this done,
- 313
- 00:22:17,885 --> 00:22:19,452
- we need to prove that two ships
- 314
- 00:22:19,454 --> 00:22:22,855
- can find each other in orbit
- and dock without crashing.
- 315
- 00:22:22,857 --> 00:22:25,091
- That's the primary mission
- of Project Gemini.
- 316
- 00:22:25,093 --> 00:22:26,925
- When we think you're ready,
- 317
- 00:22:26,927 --> 00:22:30,096
- each of you will be assigned
- a flight with a specific task.
- 318
- 00:22:30,098 --> 00:22:31,797
- Only after we master
- all these tasks
- 319
- 00:22:31,799 --> 00:22:33,466
- do we move on to Apollo,
- 320
- 00:22:33,468 --> 00:22:35,802
- consider trying to land
- on the Moon.
- 321
- 00:22:35,804 --> 00:22:37,303
- - It's nice to meet you.
- - And you, Pat.
- 322
- 00:22:37,305 --> 00:22:39,738
- - Bye.
- - Bye.
- 323
- 00:22:39,740 --> 00:22:41,774
- - PAT: Eddie, you put that down.
- - DEKE: Gus.
- 324
- 00:22:41,776 --> 00:22:43,243
- PAT:
- Eddie Junior, don't you dare...
- 325
- 00:22:43,245 --> 00:22:44,312
- You got anything to add?
- 326
- 00:22:45,447 --> 00:22:47,313
- Just do your job.
- 327
- 00:22:47,315 --> 00:22:48,850
- MAN:
- Yes, sir.
- 328
- 00:22:50,185 --> 00:22:52,018
- Almost to scale.
- 329
- 00:22:52,020 --> 00:22:53,920
- GUS:
- The Multi-Axis Trainer
- 330
- 00:22:53,922 --> 00:22:57,790
- was designed to replicate
- roll coupling on three axes,
- 331
- 00:22:57,792 --> 00:23:01,195
- the kind you might
- encounter in space.
- 332
- 00:23:01,197 --> 00:23:03,863
- The challenge
- is to stabilize the machine
- 333
- 00:23:03,865 --> 00:23:06,065
- before you pass out.
- 334
- 00:23:06,067 --> 00:23:08,904
- First victim, Armstrong.
- 335
- 00:23:32,260 --> 00:23:34,263
- ♪
- 336
- 00:23:37,066 --> 00:23:39,402
- (CLANKING)
- 337
- 00:23:47,143 --> 00:23:50,045
- (CLUNKING, WHIRRING)
- 338
- 00:23:54,350 --> 00:23:57,153
- (WHIRRING,
- DEEP METALLIC CREAKING)
- 339
- 00:23:58,454 --> 00:24:01,391
- (MOTORS WHIRRING)
- 340
- 00:24:09,332 --> 00:24:12,302
- (CREAKING AND WHIRRING
- CONTINUE)
- 341
- 00:24:31,455 --> 00:24:32,788
- (EXHALES)
- 342
- 00:24:52,309 --> 00:24:54,175
- (LOUD CLUNK)
- 343
- 00:24:54,177 --> 00:24:55,343
- (PANTING QUIETLY)
- 344
- 00:24:55,345 --> 00:24:57,145
- White, you're up.
- 345
- 00:24:57,147 --> 00:24:59,014
- Yeah, I got it.
- 346
- 00:24:59,016 --> 00:25:00,183
- I'm okay.
- 347
- 00:25:03,253 --> 00:25:04,821
- Let's go again.
- 348
- 00:25:06,356 --> 00:25:08,458
- (CLANKING AND WHIRRING)
- 349
- 00:25:14,298 --> 00:25:16,164
- (RETCHING)
- 350
- 00:25:16,166 --> 00:25:19,134
- (PANTS, RETCHES)
- 351
- 00:25:19,136 --> 00:25:20,537
- (TOILET FLUSHES)
- 352
- 00:25:27,577 --> 00:25:29,179
- (GRUNTS)
- 353
- 00:25:30,281 --> 00:25:31,613
- Oh, fuck.
- 354
- 00:25:31,615 --> 00:25:35,152
- (RETCHING)
- 355
- 00:25:40,057 --> 00:25:41,459
- (DOOR CLOSES)
- 356
- 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,096
- (WRITING ON CHALKBOARD)
- 357
- 00:25:47,598 --> 00:25:50,298
- Gentlemen, welcome
- to Basic Rocket Physics.
- 358
- 00:25:50,300 --> 00:25:53,669
- We'll just be covering
- the first chapter tonight.
- 359
- 00:25:53,671 --> 00:25:56,472
- When using a multi-stage
- launch vehicle,
- 360
- 00:25:56,474 --> 00:25:58,240
- it's necessary to determine
- 361
- 00:25:58,242 --> 00:26:00,976
- what the right sizing is
- of those stages.
- 362
- 00:26:00,978 --> 00:26:02,913
- ♪
- 363
- 00:26:22,133 --> 00:26:24,068
- ♪
- 364
- 00:26:39,350 --> 00:26:41,986
- - Hi.
- - Hi.
- 365
- 00:26:44,956 --> 00:26:46,188
- You okay?
- 366
- 00:26:46,190 --> 00:26:47,691
- Yeah.
- 367
- 00:26:47,693 --> 00:26:50,359
- (CLEARS THROAT) Just thinking
- about this lecture.
- 368
- 00:26:50,361 --> 00:26:52,498
- It's kind of neat.
- 369
- 00:26:54,733 --> 00:26:56,934
- What's neat about it?
- 370
- 00:26:59,104 --> 00:27:03,373
- Well, it was about how
- to rendezvous with the Agena.
- 371
- 00:27:03,375 --> 00:27:05,976
- If you thrust,
- it-it actually slows you down,
- 372
- 00:27:05,978 --> 00:27:07,577
- because it puts you
- into a higher orbit,
- 373
- 00:27:07,579 --> 00:27:09,279
- so you have to reduce thrust
- 374
- 00:27:09,281 --> 00:27:11,515
- and drop into a lower orbit
- in order to catch up.
- 375
- 00:27:11,517 --> 00:27:14,484
- It's-it's backwards from what
- they teach you as a pilot,
- 376
- 00:27:14,486 --> 00:27:19,258
- but if you work the math,
- it-it-it follows.
- 377
- 00:27:20,626 --> 00:27:22,161
- It's kind of neat.
- 378
- 00:27:24,029 --> 00:27:26,128
- Yeah.
- 379
- 00:27:26,130 --> 00:27:27,431
- What's funny?
- 380
- 00:27:27,433 --> 00:27:29,935
- No, it's not funny.
- It's just...
- 381
- 00:27:31,437 --> 00:27:33,672
- It's kind of neat.
- 382
- 00:27:35,007 --> 00:27:37,109
- (BOTH LAUGHING)
- 383
- 00:27:43,081 --> 00:27:46,452
- (LES BAXTER'S
- "LUNAR RHAPSODY" PLAYING)
- 384
- 00:27:57,362 --> 00:27:59,198
- Do you remember this?
- 385
- 00:28:00,433 --> 00:28:02,365
- Yeah.
- 386
- 00:28:02,367 --> 00:28:04,704
- I'm surprised
- that you remember it.
- 387
- 00:28:12,278 --> 00:28:14,213
- ♪
- 388
- 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:35,535
- ♪
- 389
- 00:28:48,516 --> 00:28:50,450
- ♪
- 390
- 00:28:55,488 --> 00:28:58,189
- ♪ If you miss
- the train I'm on... ♪
- 391
- 00:28:58,191 --> 00:29:00,826
- ED JUNIOR:
- Let's see. I want to make ten.
- 392
- 00:29:00,828 --> 00:29:03,294
- - (LAUGHTER)
- - ELLIOT: Before you panic...
- 393
- 00:29:03,296 --> 00:29:04,696
- ED:
- There we go.
- 394
- 00:29:04,698 --> 00:29:06,365
- ELLIOT:
- Great. Thank you.
- 395
- 00:29:06,367 --> 00:29:07,498
- JANET:
- Thank you for having us.
- 396
- 00:29:07,500 --> 00:29:09,233
- - PAT: It's a pleasure.
- - (PIANO PLAYS DISCORDANT NOTES)
- 397
- 00:29:09,235 --> 00:29:10,602
- - Carrie.
- - (PLAYING STOPS, GIRL LAUGHS)
- 398
- 00:29:10,604 --> 00:29:12,371
- Here you go.
- Would you like some salad?
- 399
- 00:29:12,373 --> 00:29:14,338
- - Thank you.
- - That's a lovely piano, Pat.
- 400
- 00:29:14,340 --> 00:29:16,842
- - Do you play?
- - Bonnie's taking lessons.
- 401
- 00:29:16,844 --> 00:29:18,845
- - Mm.
- - JANET: Well, perhaps we'll sing
- 402
- 00:29:18,847 --> 00:29:20,380
- for our supper.
- 403
- 00:29:21,815 --> 00:29:23,181
- Neil plays piano?
- 404
- 00:29:23,183 --> 00:29:24,583
- Neil knows all kinds
- of show tunes.
- 405
- 00:29:24,585 --> 00:29:27,151
- - Janet.
- - Oh, come on.
- 406
- 00:29:27,153 --> 00:29:28,420
- He was musical director
- at his fraternity in college.
- 407
- 00:29:28,422 --> 00:29:29,721
- - Honey.
- - Yeah, he wrote the musical
- 408
- 00:29:29,723 --> 00:29:31,590
- for the all-student revue.
- 409
- 00:29:31,592 --> 00:29:33,157
- - I didn't write the music.
- - Yeah, you did.
- 410
- 00:29:33,159 --> 00:29:36,361
- No, I... We used music
- from Gilbert and Sullivan.
- 411
- 00:29:36,363 --> 00:29:38,162
- JANET:
- Well, he wrote all new lyrics.
- 412
- 00:29:38,164 --> 00:29:40,867
- "The Land of Egelloc."
- 413
- 00:29:40,869 --> 00:29:42,702
- It was quite funny.
- 414
- 00:29:42,704 --> 00:29:46,171
- "The Land of Egelloc"?
- 415
- 00:29:46,173 --> 00:29:47,439
- - Egelloc.
- - JANET: Mm-hmm.
- 416
- 00:29:47,441 --> 00:29:48,775
- You've never heard of it?
- 417
- 00:29:48,777 --> 00:29:50,542
- I-I haven't.
- 418
- 00:29:50,544 --> 00:29:53,178
- NEIL: Oh, I'm surprised.
- Uh, uh, it's a distant land,
- 419
- 00:29:53,180 --> 00:29:54,847
- but, uh, it's a magical place.
- 420
- 00:29:54,849 --> 00:29:56,450
- It's "college"
- spelled backwards.
- 421
- 00:29:59,153 --> 00:30:00,285
- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
- 422
- 00:30:00,287 --> 00:30:01,488
- Seriously?
- 423
- 00:30:02,623 --> 00:30:03,890
- Yep.
- 424
- 00:30:03,892 --> 00:30:06,261
- (LAUGHTER)
- 425
- 00:30:08,362 --> 00:30:10,763
- You're, uh,
- backup on Five, huh?
- 426
- 00:30:10,765 --> 00:30:12,332
- - Yeah.
- - Well, don't worry.
- 427
- 00:30:12,334 --> 00:30:13,699
- You'll get
- your own mission soon.
- 428
- 00:30:13,701 --> 00:30:15,334
- How's training going on Four?
- 429
- 00:30:15,336 --> 00:30:16,368
- It's good.
- 430
- 00:30:16,370 --> 00:30:17,737
- I think we're close on E.V.A.
- 431
- 00:30:17,739 --> 00:30:19,939
- First man to walk in space.
- 432
- 00:30:19,941 --> 00:30:22,174
- - That'd be something, huh?
- - Yeah.
- 433
- 00:30:22,176 --> 00:30:24,344
- Well, you know the walking's
- the easy part.
- 434
- 00:30:24,346 --> 00:30:26,679
- - It's getting back inside that's tough.
- - Mm.
- 435
- 00:30:26,681 --> 00:30:28,281
- - (CHILDREN SHOUTING PLAYFULLY)
- - It'd be a hell of a ride
- 436
- 00:30:28,283 --> 00:30:29,716
- to come back
- with my tail hanging out.
- 437
- 00:30:29,718 --> 00:30:30,717
- NEIL:
- Oh, I think McDivitt
- 438
- 00:30:30,719 --> 00:30:32,752
- will cut the cord
- before that ever happens.
- 439
- 00:30:32,754 --> 00:30:34,721
- ED: Whoa, whoa, whoa. You
- throttle back there, Armstrong.
- 440
- 00:30:34,723 --> 00:30:35,822
- - (LAUGHING)
- - PAT: Ed!
- 441
- 00:30:35,824 --> 00:30:37,222
- - Yeah?
- - Phone for you.
- 442
- 00:30:37,224 --> 00:30:38,791
- - Yeah, who is it?
- - It's Deke.
- 443
- 00:30:38,793 --> 00:30:40,326
- Okay, hang on.
- 444
- 00:30:40,328 --> 00:30:41,594
- ELLIOT: I think that's
- Castor and Pollux.
- 445
- 00:30:41,596 --> 00:30:42,863
- (CHUCKLING)
- 446
- 00:30:42,865 --> 00:30:45,365
- I was testing you,
- and you passed.
- 447
- 00:30:45,367 --> 00:30:47,433
- I thought about
- letting it fly, but...
- 448
- 00:30:47,435 --> 00:30:48,636
- Yeah.
- 449
- 00:30:48,638 --> 00:30:50,137
- - (LAUGHTER)
- - Yeah.
- 450
- 00:30:53,441 --> 00:30:55,942
- ED: Uh, no, uh,
- let me turn it on right now.
- 451
- 00:30:55,944 --> 00:30:57,077
- Hey, guys.
- 452
- 00:30:57,079 --> 00:30:59,847
- NEWSCASTER (OVER TV):
- ...with a Soviet pressure suit,
- 453
- 00:30:59,849 --> 00:31:01,714
- we're told, that was designed
- for the lunar surface.
- 454
- 00:31:01,716 --> 00:31:03,816
- - ED: I'll call you back.
- - (OVER TV): This is, of course,
- 455
- 00:31:03,818 --> 00:31:04,852
- mankind's first E.V.A.,
- 456
- 00:31:04,854 --> 00:31:07,387
- - or extravehicular activity.
- - (HANGS UP PHONE)
- 457
- 00:31:07,389 --> 00:31:09,622
- Within the American
- space program,
- 458
- 00:31:09,624 --> 00:31:12,559
- E.V.A. is seen as one
- of the crucial tests
- 459
- 00:31:12,561 --> 00:31:15,561
- the astronauts must master
- if they are to successfully
- 460
- 00:31:15,563 --> 00:31:17,765
- carry out their mission
- to the Moon.
- 461
- 00:31:17,767 --> 00:31:19,967
- Astronaut Ed White
- was scheduled
- 462
- 00:31:19,969 --> 00:31:22,435
- to perform the first E.V.A.
- 463
- 00:31:22,437 --> 00:31:23,904
- - during Gemini 4.
- - (BANGS TABLE)
- 464
- 00:31:23,906 --> 00:31:26,239
- So this is yet another
- major victory
- 465
- 00:31:26,241 --> 00:31:28,776
- for the Soviet Union
- in the Space Race.
- 466
- 00:31:28,778 --> 00:31:31,411
- (REPORTER SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
- 467
- 00:31:31,413 --> 00:31:33,381
- (QUIET, INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- 468
- 00:31:35,284 --> 00:31:36,617
- MAN:
- Check valves are clear.
- 469
- 00:31:36,619 --> 00:31:37,918
- MAN 2:
- Okay. I'll get on the edge.
- 470
- 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:41,321
- - We got it from here.
- - Thanks.
- 471
- 00:31:41,323 --> 00:31:43,324
- Thanks, Elliot.
- 472
- 00:31:51,300 --> 00:31:52,800
- ELLIOT:
- Eight days up there.
- 473
- 00:31:52,802 --> 00:31:54,903
- To be honest, I'm kind of glad
- we didn't get this one.
- 474
- 00:31:54,905 --> 00:31:57,373
- NEIL: Hope they don't
- kill each other.
- 475
- 00:31:59,042 --> 00:32:00,742
- At least it'd be quieter
- around here.
- 476
- 00:32:00,744 --> 00:32:02,376
- (NEIL SNICKERS)
- 477
- 00:32:02,378 --> 00:32:04,580
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- 478
- 00:32:10,653 --> 00:32:12,620
- DEKE:
- Neil.
- 479
- 00:32:12,622 --> 00:32:13,987
- Go ahead.
- 480
- 00:32:13,989 --> 00:32:17,291
- Neil Armstrong,
- our backup commander.
- 481
- 00:32:17,293 --> 00:32:18,426
- Buzz Aldrin.
- 482
- 00:32:18,428 --> 00:32:19,760
- Roger Chaffee.
- 483
- 00:32:19,762 --> 00:32:20,962
- Couple of greenhorns
- from third group.
- 484
- 00:32:20,964 --> 00:32:22,496
- They'll be at blockhouse
- for launch.
- 485
- 00:32:22,498 --> 00:32:24,766
- Listen, can I speak to you
- for a minute?
- 486
- 00:32:24,768 --> 00:32:26,535
- Fellas.
- 487
- 00:32:31,373 --> 00:32:34,042
- DEKE: We're putting you
- in command of Gemini 8.
- 488
- 00:32:34,044 --> 00:32:36,945
- Dave Scott is gonna be
- your pilot.
- 489
- 00:32:36,947 --> 00:32:40,381
- We get the Agena back online,
- 490
- 00:32:40,383 --> 00:32:42,686
- you're probably gonna be
- the first to dock.
- 491
- 00:32:49,425 --> 00:32:50,658
- Don't worry about Elliot.
- 492
- 00:32:50,660 --> 00:32:52,527
- We'll put that brain
- of his to work.
- 493
- 00:32:52,529 --> 00:32:54,629
- We've got a big E.V.A.
- planned for Eight.
- 494
- 00:32:54,631 --> 00:32:56,398
- Dave's a workhorse.
- 495
- 00:32:57,501 --> 00:32:58,867
- Yes, sir.
- 496
- 00:32:58,869 --> 00:33:00,971
- - I'll talk to you later today.
- - Thank you.
- 497
- 00:33:05,042 --> 00:33:07,443
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- 498
- 00:33:10,781 --> 00:33:13,414
- (SPLASHING, LAUGHTER)
- 499
- 00:33:13,416 --> 00:33:14,415
- (RICK YELLING)
- 500
- 00:33:14,417 --> 00:33:15,416
- RICK:
- My eye!
- 501
- 00:33:15,418 --> 00:33:17,385
- Oh, my eye!
- 502
- 00:33:17,387 --> 00:33:18,621
- My eye!
- 503
- 00:33:18,623 --> 00:33:21,056
- ED JUNIOR:
- Mr. Armstrong.
- 504
- 00:33:21,058 --> 00:33:22,423
- PAT:
- When did you start swimming?
- 505
- 00:33:22,425 --> 00:33:23,491
- JANET:
- I don't remember exactly.
- 506
- 00:33:23,493 --> 00:33:25,493
- - I think school.
- - In high school?
- 507
- 00:33:25,495 --> 00:33:27,797
- Yeah, and we had a...
- we, uh...
- 508
- 00:33:27,799 --> 00:33:29,598
- like, a summer house
- in northern Wisconsin,
- 509
- 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:32,067
- and I just used to go
- to the lake and, uh, fish.
- 510
- 00:33:32,069 --> 00:33:34,435
- And I just used to swim
- for miles and miles.
- 511
- 00:33:34,437 --> 00:33:36,073
- - I've-I've always loved it.
- - (CHILDREN SHOUTING PLAYFULLY)
- 512
- 00:33:37,874 --> 00:33:39,842
- - (CHILDREN LAUGHING)
- - PAT: Nothing quite compares
- 513
- 00:33:39,844 --> 00:33:41,110
- to your terrible life.
- 514
- 00:33:41,112 --> 00:33:44,013
- (BOTH LAUGHING)
- 515
- 00:33:44,015 --> 00:33:45,581
- Oh...
- 516
- 00:33:45,583 --> 00:33:46,951
- You got it coming.
- 517
- 00:33:52,657 --> 00:33:55,024
- It's the longest bridge
- in the world, but there's no...
- 518
- 00:33:55,026 --> 00:33:57,425
- NEIL: It's the second-largest
- suspension bridge in the world,
- 519
- 00:33:57,427 --> 00:33:58,896
- - but these cables are the longest...
- - (KNOCKING)
- 520
- 00:34:00,631 --> 00:34:02,565
- - Hey, Ed.
- - Oh, hi.
- 521
- 00:34:02,567 --> 00:34:04,433
- Uh, can I speak with Neil?
- 522
- 00:34:04,435 --> 00:34:06,002
- Yeah, sure.
- Why don't you come on in?
- 523
- 00:34:06,004 --> 00:34:07,569
- You're soaked.
- 524
- 00:34:07,571 --> 00:34:09,839
- No, I'll-I'll...
- I'll wait here.
- 525
- 00:34:09,841 --> 00:34:12,008
- Thanks.
- 526
- 00:34:12,010 --> 00:34:13,576
- NEIL:
- You could fly under there.
- 527
- 00:34:13,578 --> 00:34:15,711
- RICK: That would hurt
- if you jumped under it.
- 528
- 00:34:15,713 --> 00:34:17,546
- - NEIL: What's that?
- - RICK: That would hurt
- 529
- 00:34:17,548 --> 00:34:20,182
- if you jumped over it.
- 530
- 00:34:20,184 --> 00:34:22,052
- (CHUCKLING):
- Yeah.
- 531
- 00:34:22,054 --> 00:34:23,519
- Uh, here are the sky pieces.
- 532
- 00:34:23,521 --> 00:34:24,887
- JANET:
- Neil, Ed's outside.
- 533
- 00:34:24,889 --> 00:34:26,088
- NEIL:
- Okay.
- 534
- 00:34:26,090 --> 00:34:27,525
- Excuse me, son.
- 535
- 00:34:29,460 --> 00:34:30,993
- Hi.
- 536
- 00:34:30,995 --> 00:34:32,695
- You want to come in?
- 537
- 00:34:32,697 --> 00:34:34,465
- Some bad news about Elliot.
- 538
- 00:34:38,803 --> 00:34:41,470
- No, I know. Deke told me
- he bumped him, but with...
- 539
- 00:34:41,472 --> 00:34:42,905
- Neil, Elliot and Charlie
- were flying
- 540
- 00:34:42,907 --> 00:34:44,540
- into St. Louis this morning.
- 541
- 00:34:44,542 --> 00:34:46,778
- Their T-38 crashed on approach.
- 542
- 00:34:52,117 --> 00:34:53,752
- Oh.
- 543
- 00:34:58,090 --> 00:35:00,025
- There was a lot of fog.
- 544
- 00:35:04,129 --> 00:35:06,832
- (RAIN PATTERING ON ROOF)
- 545
- 00:35:14,606 --> 00:35:17,542
- RICK: So, did you really fly
- under that bridge?
- 546
- 00:35:23,682 --> 00:35:26,049
- Was it fun?
- 547
- 00:35:26,051 --> 00:35:28,551
- Were you scared?
- 548
- 00:35:28,553 --> 00:35:31,054
- JANET:
- Ricky. Honey.
- 549
- 00:35:31,056 --> 00:35:33,991
- Why don't you go and get your
- homework so I can check it?
- 550
- 00:35:33,993 --> 00:35:35,527
- RICK:
- Yes, ma'am.
- 551
- 00:35:41,868 --> 00:35:43,769
- Who was it?
- 552
- 00:35:47,607 --> 00:35:49,808
- (QUIET, INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- 553
- 00:35:54,147 --> 00:35:56,914
- GUS: Shit.
- How the hell did this happen?
- 554
- 00:35:56,916 --> 00:35:58,816
- (GRUNTS QUIETLY)
- 555
- 00:35:58,818 --> 00:36:02,086
- Cernan told me cloud cover
- was down to 500 feet.
- 556
- 00:36:02,088 --> 00:36:04,088
- Probably never
- saw the building.
- 557
- 00:36:04,090 --> 00:36:06,090
- Clearly, the error
- was the approach.
- 558
- 00:36:06,092 --> 00:36:08,094
- He was coming in too slow
- to reach the runway.
- 559
- 00:36:13,032 --> 00:36:14,634
- What?
- 560
- 00:36:16,269 --> 00:36:18,236
- You know Deke had
- his doubts about him.
- 561
- 00:36:18,238 --> 00:36:21,572
- That's why he moved Elliot
- off Eight.
- 562
- 00:36:21,574 --> 00:36:24,009
- Deke gave Elliot
- his own command.
- 563
- 00:36:24,011 --> 00:36:25,843
- Elliot wasn't
- aggressive enough.
- 564
- 00:36:25,845 --> 00:36:27,845
- You of all people
- have to know that.
- 565
- 00:36:27,847 --> 00:36:30,015
- No, I don't.
- 566
- 00:36:30,017 --> 00:36:32,850
- I didn't investigate the crash.
- 567
- 00:36:32,852 --> 00:36:34,819
- I didn't study
- the flight trajectory.
- 568
- 00:36:34,821 --> 00:36:37,154
- And I wasn't the one
- flying the plane.
- 569
- 00:36:37,156 --> 00:36:39,959
- So I wouldn't pretend
- to know anything.
- 570
- 00:36:43,997 --> 00:36:46,766
- We'll never be
- a hundred percent sure.
- 571
- 00:36:49,335 --> 00:36:51,939
- (QUIET, INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- 572
- 00:36:55,342 --> 00:36:57,710
- (CHILDREN SQUEALING
- AND SHOUTING PLAYFULLY)
- 573
- 00:37:03,083 --> 00:37:05,152
- (CHATTER CONTINUES)
- 574
- 00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:22,569
- (QUIET CHATTER CONTINUES)
- 575
- 00:37:34,048 --> 00:37:36,149
- Can we go?
- 576
- 00:37:36,151 --> 00:37:38,784
- Uh... uh, not right now.
- 577
- 00:37:38,786 --> 00:37:41,154
- I want to help Marilyn
- clear all this up.
- 578
- 00:37:41,156 --> 00:37:44,024
- I don't want to have her do it
- after we're gone.
- 579
- 00:37:49,129 --> 00:37:50,731
- Neil?
- 580
- 00:37:52,733 --> 00:37:55,100
- (CAR DOOR CLOSES,
- ENGINE STARTS)
- 581
- 00:37:55,102 --> 00:37:56,304
- (TIRES SQUEALING)
- 582
- 00:37:59,007 --> 00:38:00,373
- I'm sorry.
- 583
- 00:38:00,375 --> 00:38:02,275
- I hate to be a bother.
- 584
- 00:38:02,277 --> 00:38:04,343
- - PAT: Oh, Jan, it's no bother.
- - ED: Oh, Jan.
- 585
- 00:38:04,345 --> 00:38:06,312
- ED:
- Yeah, no.
- 586
- 00:38:06,314 --> 00:38:08,283
- JANET:
- Neil's, uh...
- 587
- 00:38:12,986 --> 00:38:16,222
- There was a year
- when we were at Edwards...
- 588
- 00:38:16,224 --> 00:38:17,859
- Four pilots died.
- 589
- 00:38:21,830 --> 00:38:23,763
- We got good at funerals
- that year.
- 590
- 00:38:23,765 --> 00:38:25,764
- (SIGHS)
- 591
- 00:38:25,766 --> 00:38:28,336
- We haven't been to one
- in a while.
- 592
- 00:38:31,772 --> 00:38:34,075
- Does he ever talk to you
- about Karen, Ed?
- 593
- 00:38:35,710 --> 00:38:38,046
- Not really. No.
- 594
- 00:38:41,317 --> 00:38:43,384
- Does he talk to you about her?
- 595
- 00:38:44,819 --> 00:38:46,355
- No.
- 596
- 00:38:48,290 --> 00:38:50,089
- Never.
- 597
- 00:38:50,091 --> 00:38:52,026
- ♪
- 598
- 00:38:54,963 --> 00:38:57,098
- (CRICKETS CHIRPING)
- 599
- 00:39:12,181 --> 00:39:14,916
- ♪
- 600
- 00:39:24,726 --> 00:39:26,061
- Hey, buddy.
- 601
- 00:39:28,464 --> 00:39:30,698
- You know,
- you should be with Jan.
- 602
- 00:39:32,368 --> 00:39:34,868
- Neil, you should be playing
- with your kids.
- 603
- 00:39:34,870 --> 00:39:37,971
- You know, putting them
- into bed.
- 604
- 00:39:37,973 --> 00:39:39,840
- - Times like these...
- - Do you think I'm standing
- 605
- 00:39:39,842 --> 00:39:41,509
- out here in the backyard
- 606
- 00:39:41,511 --> 00:39:44,344
- 'cause I want to talk
- to somebody, Ed?
- 607
- 00:39:44,346 --> 00:39:46,916
- I'm sorry?
- 608
- 00:39:48,351 --> 00:39:50,017
- Do you think I left there
- 609
- 00:39:50,019 --> 00:39:52,289
- 'cause I want to talk
- to somebody?
- 610
- 00:40:02,865 --> 00:40:04,867
- ♪
- 611
- 00:40:13,375 --> 00:40:15,075
- ANNOUNCER:
- T-minus one minute
- 612
- 00:40:15,077 --> 00:40:17,280
- and counting
- on the Atlas-Agena launch.
- 613
- 00:40:37,367 --> 00:40:39,502
- (METALLIC CLANKING
- AND SQUEAKING)
- 614
- 00:40:44,107 --> 00:40:46,307
- (RUMBLING AND CLANKING)
- 615
- 00:40:46,309 --> 00:40:47,543
- MAN (OVER RADIO):
- Liftoff.
- 616
- 00:40:47,545 --> 00:40:49,778
- MAN 2 (OVER RADIO):
- Agena is go.
- 617
- 00:40:52,215 --> 00:40:54,082
- Flight dynamics for unmanned
- 618
- 00:40:54,084 --> 00:40:56,851
- Agena target vehicle
- looking good.
- 619
- 00:40:56,853 --> 00:40:59,257
- Stand by for Gemini launch.
- 620
- 00:41:22,913 --> 00:41:23,914
- MAN:
- Yeah.
- 621
- 00:41:33,924 --> 00:41:36,926
- (GRUNTING)
- 622
- 00:41:38,562 --> 00:41:40,596
- NEIL:
- Okay.
- 623
- 00:41:40,598 --> 00:41:42,099
- All right.
- 624
- 00:41:44,635 --> 00:41:47,169
- MAN (OVER RADIO): Guaymas,
- read you loud and clear.
- 625
- 00:41:47,171 --> 00:41:50,439
- We have S band track.
- We have just locked up on TM.
- 626
- 00:41:50,441 --> 00:41:51,507
- DAVE (OVER RADIO):
- All right. Yeah, what's that?
- 627
- 00:41:51,509 --> 00:41:53,142
- - What's-what's happening?
- - MAN: Uh, did you say
- 628
- 00:41:53,144 --> 00:41:54,076
- - all systems go on TM?
- - DAVE: Yeah, yeah.
- 629
- 00:41:54,078 --> 00:41:55,577
- - Let me see. All right.
- - (BELT FASTENING)
- 630
- 00:41:55,579 --> 00:41:57,112
- PETE: All right,
- hold still. Hold still.
- 631
- 00:41:57,114 --> 00:41:58,347
- - DAVE: What is that?
- - Hold on.
- 632
- 00:41:58,349 --> 00:42:00,582
- Scoot...
- Can you scoot down at all?
- 633
- 00:42:00,584 --> 00:42:02,551
- All right.
- 634
- 00:42:02,553 --> 00:42:03,952
- - Hey.
- - What are you doing?
- 635
- 00:42:03,954 --> 00:42:05,455
- Has anybody got
- a Swiss Army knife?
- 636
- 00:42:05,457 --> 00:42:07,956
- - Hold on, hold on a sec.
- - What'd you say?
- 637
- 00:42:07,958 --> 00:42:10,059
- - See if this will do the trick.
- - Yeah. - A Swiss Army knife?
- 638
- 00:42:10,061 --> 00:42:12,062
- PETE:
- Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
- 639
- 00:42:12,064 --> 00:42:13,996
- - It's just a little...
- - Are you kidding me?
- 640
- 00:42:13,998 --> 00:42:15,565
- - There we go.
- - You got it. - A little lower.
- 641
- 00:42:15,567 --> 00:42:18,401
- - Good Lord.
- - MAN (OVER RADIO): Guaymas, Agena is go.
- 642
- 00:42:18,403 --> 00:42:20,171
- MAN 2 (OVER RADIO):
- Roger, Guaymas.
- 643
- 00:42:25,644 --> 00:42:29,181
- (STEADY WHOOSHING)
- 644
- 00:42:33,150 --> 00:42:35,420
- (DEEP CREAKING)
- 645
- 00:42:36,655 --> 00:42:38,954
- (LOUD THUMP)
- 646
- 00:42:38,956 --> 00:42:40,559
- (CLACKING)
- 647
- 00:42:44,463 --> 00:42:47,397
- (DEEP CREAKING)
- 648
- 00:42:47,399 --> 00:42:49,599
- (LOUD THUMP, CLACKING)
- 649
- 00:42:49,601 --> 00:42:52,037
- (AMPLIFIED BREATHING)
- 650
- 00:43:07,719 --> 00:43:11,087
- (MECHANICAL WHIRRING)
- 651
- 00:43:11,089 --> 00:43:14,424
- (RHYTHMIC THUMPING)
- 652
- 00:43:14,426 --> 00:43:16,427
- (RHYTHMIC THUMPING STOPS)
- 653
- 00:43:16,429 --> 00:43:18,595
- (MECHANICAL WHIRRING CONTINUES)
- 654
- 00:43:18,597 --> 00:43:20,332
- (RHYTHMIC THUMPING)
- 655
- 00:43:26,138 --> 00:43:29,005
- (THUMPING, WHIRRING STOP)
- 656
- 00:43:29,007 --> 00:43:31,076
- (SEABIRDS SQUAWKING)
- 657
- 00:43:33,178 --> 00:43:35,045
- (LOW RADIO STATIC)
- 658
- 00:43:35,047 --> 00:43:36,613
- DAVE:
- Switching to HF.
- 659
- 00:43:36,615 --> 00:43:38,181
- One, two, three, four, five.
- 660
- 00:43:38,183 --> 00:43:40,317
- Five, four, three, two, one.
- Check out.
- 661
- 00:43:40,319 --> 00:43:42,419
- MAN (OVER RADIO):
- Copy. T-minus two minutes.
- 662
- 00:43:42,421 --> 00:43:45,423
- - Engines to start.
- - Ground power removal.
- 663
- 00:43:45,425 --> 00:43:46,590
- (OVER RADIO): Stage two
- prevalves coming open.
- 664
- 00:43:46,592 --> 00:43:47,759
- Five seconds.
- 665
- 00:43:47,761 --> 00:43:49,629
- (BEEP)
- 666
- 00:43:57,236 --> 00:43:59,038
- (FLY BUZZING)
- 667
- 00:44:02,107 --> 00:44:04,208
- (BUZZING CONTINUES)
- 668
- 00:44:04,210 --> 00:44:05,211
- (BUZZING STOPS)
- 669
- 00:44:10,617 --> 00:44:12,251
- (BUZZING RESUMES BRIEFLY)
- 670
- 00:44:13,319 --> 00:44:14,587
- (CLAPS HANDS)
- 671
- 00:44:16,623 --> 00:44:18,391
- (CLACKING, CREAKING)
- 672
- 00:44:21,327 --> 00:44:23,430
- (CREAKING CONTINUES)
- 673
- 00:44:28,769 --> 00:44:32,038
- (LOW CREAKING)
- 674
- 00:44:36,642 --> 00:44:37,809
- (CREAKING STOPS)
- 675
- 00:44:37,811 --> 00:44:39,711
- - (BEEP)
- - T-minus 20 seconds. Mark.
- 676
- 00:44:39,713 --> 00:44:41,114
- (BEEP)
- 677
- 00:44:45,819 --> 00:44:49,320
- (WHOOSHING)
- 678
- 00:44:49,322 --> 00:44:53,091
- (OVER RADIO):
- Ten, nine,
- 679
- 00:44:53,093 --> 00:44:57,162
- eight, seven, six,
- 680
- 00:44:57,164 --> 00:44:59,664
- - (LOUD WHOOSHING)
- - five, four,
- 681
- 00:44:59,666 --> 00:45:02,601
- three,
- 682
- 00:45:02,603 --> 00:45:05,270
- - (RUMBLING)
- - two, one.
- 683
- 00:45:05,272 --> 00:45:07,641
- - Ignition.
- - (BOOMING)
- 684
- 00:45:14,448 --> 00:45:16,083
- Liftoff.
- 685
- 00:45:21,355 --> 00:45:24,723
- (RUMBLING, RATTLING)
- 686
- 00:45:24,725 --> 00:45:28,360
- NEIL: Clock is running.
- Got a roll program in.
- 687
- 00:45:28,362 --> 00:45:29,629
- JAMES LOVELL (OVER RADIO):
- Roger. Roll.
- 688
- 00:45:29,631 --> 00:45:31,162
- Good liftoff, Eight.
- 689
- 00:45:31,164 --> 00:45:33,701
- (RUMBLING, RATTLING,
- METALLIC SCREECHING)
- 690
- 00:45:41,174 --> 00:45:42,807
- - Pitch program.
- - JAMES: Roger. Pitch program.
- 691
- 00:45:42,809 --> 00:45:45,446
- (RUMBLING, RATTLING CONTINUE)
- 692
- 00:45:53,221 --> 00:45:55,387
- DCS update received.
- 693
- 00:45:55,389 --> 00:45:56,724
- JAMES (OVER RADIO):
- Roger. DCS.
- 694
- 00:46:05,834 --> 00:46:08,166
- Stage two tanks look good.
- 695
- 00:46:08,168 --> 00:46:10,104
- That's about
- three and a half g's.
- 696
- 00:46:22,584 --> 00:46:26,087
- (REPEATED BOOMING)
- 697
- 00:46:47,241 --> 00:46:49,742
- JAMES:
- Go from the ground for staging.
- 698
- 00:46:49,744 --> 00:46:51,547
- NEIL:
- Roger.
- 699
- 00:47:04,927 --> 00:47:07,594
- Fuel cells are solid.
- 700
- 00:47:07,596 --> 00:47:09,930
- JAMES (THROUGH STATIC):
- Gemini 8. Mark.
- 701
- 00:47:09,932 --> 00:47:13,667
- V over Vr is, uh, .08.
- 702
- 00:47:13,669 --> 00:47:15,771
- NEIL:
- Okay. Mode three.
- 703
- 00:47:19,340 --> 00:47:21,942
- - (RUMBLING)
- - (GRUNTS)
- 704
- 00:47:21,944 --> 00:47:23,780
- - We had SECO.
- - (DAVE GRUNTS)
- 705
- 00:47:32,521 --> 00:47:34,456
- (QUIET RUMBLING)
- 706
- 00:47:59,983 --> 00:48:01,918
- ♪
- 707
- 00:48:10,994 --> 00:48:15,763
- "...fear that someone
- will break in
- 708
- 00:48:15,765 --> 00:48:18,000
- and steal all of my..."
- 709
- 00:48:18,002 --> 00:48:19,867
- MAN (OVER RADIO):
- Okay, we're all set.
- 710
- 00:48:19,869 --> 00:48:21,803
- "...Hank Williams..."
- 711
- 00:48:21,805 --> 00:48:23,839
- MAN (OVER RADIO):
- Transmitting maneuver load.
- 712
- 00:48:23,841 --> 00:48:26,908
- DAVE (OVER RADIO):
- It's a height adjust.
- 713
- 00:48:26,910 --> 00:48:29,978
- NEIL (OVER RADIO):
- Height adjust. Got DCS.
- 714
- 00:48:29,980 --> 00:48:33,381
- MAN: Roger. And are you ready
- to copy the update? Over.
- 715
- 00:48:33,383 --> 00:48:35,383
- NEIL: Okay.
- Go with the update, Hawaii.
- 716
- 00:48:35,385 --> 00:48:40,288
- MAN:
- Roger. G.E.T. B-13437.
- 717
- 00:48:40,290 --> 00:48:42,990
- Delta-V, two-decimal-nine.
- 718
- 00:48:42,992 --> 00:48:45,526
- Burn time,
- zero plus zero-five...
- 719
- 00:48:45,528 --> 00:48:48,396
- - (JANET CLEARS THROAT)
- - (MARK READING INDISTINCTLY)
- 720
- 00:48:48,398 --> 00:48:50,732
- Hey, Mom, can I get you
- anything?
- 721
- 00:48:50,734 --> 00:48:51,869
- LOUISA:
- He's doing good.
- 722
- 00:48:53,637 --> 00:48:55,470
- "Constant."
- 723
- 00:48:55,472 --> 00:48:58,040
- MARK:
- "How can you do push-ups
- 724
- 00:48:58,042 --> 00:49:00,675
- when your nose gets
- in the way?"
- 725
- 00:49:00,677 --> 00:49:02,677
- DAVE (OVER RADIO):
- Roger, Hawaii. Got it.
- 726
- 00:49:02,679 --> 00:49:03,912
- (OVER RADIO):
- This is Paul Haney
- 727
- 00:49:03,914 --> 00:49:05,414
- at Gemini Control Houston.
- 728
- 00:49:05,416 --> 00:49:07,850
- Our display chart
- shows Gemini 8 in orbit.
- 729
- 00:49:07,852 --> 00:49:09,417
- The crew will now attempt
- 730
- 00:49:09,419 --> 00:49:11,353
- to find the unmanned
- Agena spacecraft
- 731
- 00:49:11,355 --> 00:49:13,321
- and dock with it.
- 732
- 00:49:13,323 --> 00:49:15,258
- ♪
- 733
- 00:49:16,393 --> 00:49:18,028
- (RUMBLING, RATTLING)
- 734
- 00:49:21,999 --> 00:49:23,935
- ♪
- 735
- 00:49:31,742 --> 00:49:33,410
- - Burn end.
- - DAVE: Good burn.
- 736
- 00:49:47,458 --> 00:49:49,560
- Shouldn't we have a visual
- on the Agena by now?
- 737
- 00:49:54,131 --> 00:49:56,565
- Houston, I think
- we overdid it a little.
- 738
- 00:49:56,567 --> 00:49:57,633
- We should have stopped early.
- 739
- 00:49:57,635 --> 00:49:58,935
- JAMES:
- Uh, roger.
- 740
- 00:49:58,937 --> 00:50:00,803
- Uh, Eight, stand by
- for a correction.
- 741
- 00:50:00,805 --> 00:50:02,004
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- 742
- 00:50:02,006 --> 00:50:03,405
- So we're getting
- the difference.
- 743
- 00:50:03,407 --> 00:50:04,573
- I'm on that.
- 744
- 00:50:04,575 --> 00:50:05,974
- FIDO, Flight. How we doing?
- 745
- 00:50:05,976 --> 00:50:08,044
- Okay, we got a solid track
- on both vehicles.
- 746
- 00:50:08,046 --> 00:50:09,611
- Calculating for the burn.
- 747
- 00:50:09,613 --> 00:50:12,414
- FIDO, Agena. Do you have
- what you need from us?
- 748
- 00:50:12,416 --> 00:50:14,751
- FIDO, did you copy that?
- 749
- 00:50:14,753 --> 00:50:16,886
- FIDO:
- Roger, Flight. I copy.
- 750
- 00:50:16,888 --> 00:50:18,654
- - You guys getting this?
- - We just have some
- 751
- 00:50:18,656 --> 00:50:20,391
- ratty data
- with the Gemini computer.
- 752
- 00:50:22,527 --> 00:50:24,626
- Need the correction, gentlemen.
- Let's go.
- 753
- 00:50:24,628 --> 00:50:25,895
- - Sending it up now.
- - Okay, CAPCOM,
- 754
- 00:50:25,897 --> 00:50:27,130
- let's get it up to them.
- 755
- 00:50:27,132 --> 00:50:28,698
- This is Houston CAPCOM.
- 756
- 00:50:28,700 --> 00:50:30,834
- Uh, we're gonna need you
- to do another burn here
- 757
- 00:50:30,836 --> 00:50:32,669
- very shortly,
- so stand by to copy.
- 758
- 00:50:32,671 --> 00:50:36,806
- Uh, G.E.T. B-030341.
- 759
- 00:50:36,808 --> 00:50:40,844
- Uh, Delta-V
- is two seconds posigrade.
- 760
- 00:50:40,846 --> 00:50:42,544
- Two feet...
- 761
- 00:50:42,546 --> 00:50:46,049
- Uh, Delta-V
- is two feet posigrade.
- 762
- 00:50:46,051 --> 00:50:48,751
- JAMES (OVER RADIO):
- Uh, Eight, do you copy?
- 763
- 00:50:48,753 --> 00:50:50,186
- (DOOR CLOSES)
- 764
- 00:50:50,188 --> 00:50:52,555
- (RUNNING FOOTSTEPS)
- 765
- 00:50:52,557 --> 00:50:53,891
- - Mark.
- - (MARK LAUGHING)
- 766
- 00:50:53,893 --> 00:50:55,124
- NEIL (OVER RADIO):
- Two feet posigrade...
- 767
- 00:50:55,126 --> 00:50:56,626
- Give that back, Mark.
- Give that back.
- 768
- 00:50:56,628 --> 00:50:58,561
- Put it back on the table.
- Give me it.
- 769
- 00:50:58,563 --> 00:51:00,530
- Honey, give me it.
- 770
- 00:51:00,532 --> 00:51:02,131
- It's really important.
- 771
- 00:51:02,133 --> 00:51:04,168
- Give that back to Mom
- right now.
- 772
- 00:51:04,170 --> 00:51:06,169
- JAMES (OVER RADIO):
- Do you copy?
- 773
- 00:51:06,171 --> 00:51:09,139
- JANET: Mark Armstrong, if you
- don't give me that back...
- 774
- 00:51:09,141 --> 00:51:10,708
- - JAMES: Eight, do you copy?
- - (CAMERA CLICKS)
- 775
- 00:51:10,710 --> 00:51:12,208
- JANET:
- I'm not joking, Mark.
- 776
- 00:51:12,210 --> 00:51:14,777
- DAVE:
- I'm getting a horrendous
- 777
- 00:51:14,779 --> 00:51:17,448
- 20 to 25 feet
- per second down, Neil.
- 778
- 00:51:17,450 --> 00:51:19,782
- I can't see any possible
- reason for that.
- 779
- 00:51:19,784 --> 00:51:21,551
- - Where are we on the plot?
- - We're above it.
- 780
- 00:51:21,553 --> 00:51:22,920
- Right, but what does it
- look like if...
- 781
- 00:51:22,922 --> 00:51:24,921
- I can't. I'm sorry.
- I have to...
- 782
- 00:51:24,923 --> 00:51:26,957
- - I have to look at this.
- - Okay.
- 783
- 00:51:26,959 --> 00:51:29,026
- JAMES (OVER RADIO):
- Eight, can you give us a status?
- 784
- 00:51:29,028 --> 00:51:31,228
- No. I got too much to do.
- 785
- 00:51:31,230 --> 00:51:33,197
- JAMES:
- Copy. Standing by.
- 786
- 00:51:33,199 --> 00:51:35,733
- - (METALLIC CREAKING, RATTLING)
- - (NEIL TAKES DEEP BREATH)
- 787
- 00:51:35,735 --> 00:51:38,168
- Okay, we're gonna go
- with a closed loop.
- 788
- 00:51:38,170 --> 00:51:42,106
- 25 forward,
- eight left, three up,
- 789
- 00:51:42,108 --> 00:51:44,176
- and I'm going to rate command.
- 790
- 00:51:47,713 --> 00:51:50,948
- Three, two, one.
- 791
- 00:51:50,950 --> 00:51:52,116
- Burn.
- 792
- 00:51:52,118 --> 00:51:54,619
- (RUMBLING, WHOOSHING)
- 793
- 00:51:57,023 --> 00:51:59,192
- (RUMBLING AND WHOOSHING STOP)
- 794
- 00:52:04,197 --> 00:52:05,531
- (SWITCH CLICKS)
- 795
- 00:52:24,717 --> 00:52:26,652
- ♪
- 796
- 00:52:33,727 --> 00:52:35,193
- NEIL:
- Could be a planet.
- 797
- 00:52:35,195 --> 00:52:37,563
- DAVE:
- Could be.
- 798
- 00:52:41,901 --> 00:52:43,701
- JAMES (OVER RADIO):
- This is Houston.
- 799
- 00:52:43,703 --> 00:52:46,071
- We have your ground TPI backup
- when you're ready to copy.
- 800
- 00:52:46,073 --> 00:52:47,273
- DAVE:
- Uh, stand by.
- 801
- 00:52:47,275 --> 00:52:49,040
- We have a visual on the Agena.
- 802
- 00:52:49,042 --> 00:52:52,711
- At least something
- we think looks like the Agena.
- 803
- 00:52:52,713 --> 00:52:55,814
- JAMES: Understand.
- Possible visual on the Agena.
- 804
- 00:52:55,816 --> 00:52:58,217
- - We're getting a little out of plane now.
- - Uh, yeah.
- 805
- 00:52:58,219 --> 00:53:00,785
- Uh, we gotta get three aft
- and two and a half up.
- 806
- 00:53:00,787 --> 00:53:01,953
- NEIL:
- I'm going to start braking.
- 807
- 00:53:01,955 --> 00:53:03,755
- Give me a digital range
- and rate.
- 808
- 00:53:03,757 --> 00:53:05,826
- (WHIRRING)
- 809
- 00:53:09,129 --> 00:53:10,628
- I better back off a bit.
- 810
- 00:53:10,630 --> 00:53:12,998
- DAVE: 6,000 feet,
- 31 feet per second.
- 811
- 00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:14,935
- (RUMBLING, WHIRRING)
- 812
- 00:53:16,737 --> 00:53:18,136
- Put in a little to the left.
- 813
- 00:53:18,138 --> 00:53:20,138
- DAVE:
- 1,680 feet.
- 814
- 00:53:20,140 --> 00:53:23,944
- ♪
- 815
- 00:53:26,713 --> 00:53:29,648
- - (DAVE CHUCKLES)
- - That's unbelievable.
- 816
- 00:53:29,650 --> 00:53:32,120
- - Would you look at that?
- - (NEIL CHUCKLES)
- 817
- 00:53:37,057 --> 00:53:38,993
- ♪
- 818
- 00:53:41,262 --> 00:53:43,229
- You tell 'em.
- 819
- 00:53:43,231 --> 00:53:45,266
- (SWITCHES CLICKING)
- 820
- 00:53:47,101 --> 00:53:49,834
- (SIGHS) Houston, we're
- station-keeping on the Agena
- 821
- 00:53:49,836 --> 00:53:52,338
- about 150 feet.
- 822
- 00:53:52,340 --> 00:53:54,706
- - (APPLAUSE, MURMURING)
- - Okay, stay focused, gentlemen.
- 823
- 00:53:54,708 --> 00:53:56,976
- - We're only halfway there.
- - Nice job, guys.
- 824
- 00:53:56,978 --> 00:54:00,379
- - Thanks for the extra hands.
- - Let's do this, huh?
- 825
- 00:54:00,381 --> 00:54:02,583
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- 826
- 00:54:04,253 --> 00:54:05,987
- JOHN:
- Stay focused, gentlemen.
- 827
- 00:54:07,755 --> 00:54:09,690
- ♪
- 828
- 00:54:12,360 --> 00:54:14,262
- (CHUCKLING)
- 829
- 00:54:27,209 --> 00:54:29,209
- NEIL:
- Man, it flies easy.
- 830
- 00:54:29,211 --> 00:54:30,976
- DAVE:
- Does it really?
- 831
- 00:54:30,978 --> 00:54:33,746
- NEIL: The station-keeping,
- it's just...
- 832
- 00:54:33,748 --> 00:54:35,850
- it's like nothing.
- 833
- 00:54:44,792 --> 00:54:47,427
- DAVE:
- Uh, RKV, this is Eight.
- 834
- 00:54:47,429 --> 00:54:49,829
- We're sitting
- about two feet out.
- 835
- 00:54:49,831 --> 00:54:51,131
- MAN (OVER RADIO):
- Uh, roger.
- 836
- 00:54:51,133 --> 00:54:53,200
- Uh, stand by for a couple
- of minutes here.
- 837
- 00:54:53,202 --> 00:54:55,034
- DAVE:
- Roger.
- 838
- 00:54:55,036 --> 00:54:56,770
- MAN (OVER RADIO):
- Okay, Gemini 8,
- 839
- 00:54:56,772 --> 00:54:58,238
- uh, we have TM solid.
- 840
- 00:54:58,240 --> 00:54:59,738
- You're looking good
- on the ground.
- 841
- 00:54:59,740 --> 00:55:01,842
- Go ahead and dock.
- 842
- 00:55:01,844 --> 00:55:03,846
- (SWITCHES CLICKING)
- 843
- 00:55:13,322 --> 00:55:15,456
- (CLUNK)
- 844
- 00:55:15,458 --> 00:55:18,258
- (NEIL SIGHS)
- 845
- 00:55:18,260 --> 00:55:21,763
- Okay. We're gonna cycle
- our Rigid-Stop switch now.
- 846
- 00:55:39,014 --> 00:55:40,817
- (BOTH CHUCKLING)
- 847
- 00:55:46,389 --> 00:55:48,255
- Flight, we are docked.
- 848
- 00:55:48,257 --> 00:55:50,926
- (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
- 849
- 00:55:58,501 --> 00:56:00,767
- Someone call Cronkite!
- 850
- 00:56:00,769 --> 00:56:03,771
- Have him tell the Soviets
- that they can go screw!
- 851
- 00:56:03,773 --> 00:56:06,006
- - (LAUGHTER)
- - Get him on the phone, man.
- 852
- 00:56:06,008 --> 00:56:07,375
- Hey, Pete!
- Hey, call those idiots
- 853
- 00:56:07,377 --> 00:56:08,976
- at Congress while you're at it.
- 854
- 00:56:08,978 --> 00:56:11,978
- - Yeah, I'll start with Rhode Island.
- - Huh?
- 855
- 00:56:11,980 --> 00:56:14,916
- Oh, damn.
- 856
- 00:56:14,918 --> 00:56:16,418
- FIDO: Well done.
- Let's go ahead and get
- 857
- 00:56:16,420 --> 00:56:18,419
- a state vector
- on the combined spacecraft.
- 858
- 00:56:18,421 --> 00:56:20,755
- JAMES: Gemini 8,
- this is Houston CAPCOM.
- 859
- 00:56:20,757 --> 00:56:21,889
- Please stand by to copy.
- 860
- 00:56:21,891 --> 00:56:22,957
- RICK:
- Check out my room like this.
- 861
- 00:56:22,959 --> 00:56:24,926
- - But I don't think...
- - Look at all these papers.
- 862
- 00:56:24,928 --> 00:56:26,127
- I know.
- 863
- 00:56:26,129 --> 00:56:28,397
- I spent days
- trying to work on that,
- 864
- 00:56:28,399 --> 00:56:30,364
- and now it's crumpled up.
- 865
- 00:56:30,366 --> 00:56:32,900
- - Look at my drawer!
- - I know.
- 866
- 00:56:32,902 --> 00:56:34,469
- I had all my crayons in that,
- 867
- 00:56:34,471 --> 00:56:36,504
- and now look
- at all the crayons.
- 868
- 00:56:36,506 --> 00:56:38,306
- But, Ricky, are you telling me
- the full story?
- 869
- 00:56:38,308 --> 00:56:40,142
- 'Cause I'm not sure your
- brother would do that unless...
- 870
- 00:56:40,144 --> 00:56:41,876
- Yes, I am telling you!
- Look at this!
- 871
- 00:56:41,878 --> 00:56:43,545
- Now, don't you get angry
- with me.
- 872
- 00:56:43,547 --> 00:56:45,214
- Don't get upset.
- 873
- 00:56:45,216 --> 00:56:46,882
- JAMES (OVER RADIO):
- Uh, Eight, this is Houston.
- 874
- 00:56:46,884 --> 00:56:48,916
- Uh, I've got a nodal update
- for you. Stand by.
- 875
- 00:56:48,918 --> 00:56:50,785
- JANET: Anybody try calling
- about the appointment?
- 876
- 00:56:50,787 --> 00:56:52,821
- - (JANET GROANS)
- - NEIL: Okay, go ahead.
- 877
- 00:56:52,823 --> 00:56:54,222
- - Rick!
- - JAMES: Roger.
- 878
- 00:56:54,224 --> 00:56:56,358
- Node 070447...
- 879
- 00:56:56,360 --> 00:56:58,460
- JANET:
- Okay. Out here now.
- 880
- 00:56:58,462 --> 00:57:00,027
- Out here now.
- 881
- 00:57:00,029 --> 00:57:01,829
- JAMES:
- Against 51552 right ascension.
- 882
- 00:57:01,831 --> 00:57:04,132
- JIM FUCCI: Gemini 8, we're
- about to have a loss of signal.
- 883
- 00:57:04,134 --> 00:57:05,967
- - JANET: Where have you gone?
- - FUCCI: We'll pick you up
- 884
- 00:57:05,969 --> 00:57:07,902
- over the hill for Dave's E.V.A.
- 885
- 00:57:07,904 --> 00:57:10,007
- (RADIO STATIC CRACKLING)
- 886
- 00:57:14,011 --> 00:57:15,444
- (SLOSHING)
- 887
- 00:57:15,446 --> 00:57:19,248
- NEIL:
- Well, that's peculiar.
- 888
- 00:57:19,250 --> 00:57:21,283
- DAVE:
- Oh, good.
- 889
- 00:57:21,285 --> 00:57:23,985
- I'm hoping
- that's just excess hydrogen.
- 890
- 00:57:23,987 --> 00:57:25,954
- I think I'm gonna
- save mine for later.
- 891
- 00:57:25,956 --> 00:57:27,189
- (NEIL LAUGHS)
- 892
- 00:57:27,191 --> 00:57:28,391
- DAVE:
- Little treat.
- 893
- 00:57:28,393 --> 00:57:30,928
- (CHUCKLING)
- 894
- 00:57:33,397 --> 00:57:35,267
- Uh, Neil, we're in a bank.
- 895
- 00:57:42,906 --> 00:57:45,240
- We're not doing it.
- It's-it's not us. It must be...
- 896
- 00:57:45,242 --> 00:57:47,509
- Shut off the Agena's
- control systems.
- 897
- 00:57:47,511 --> 00:57:51,115
- Code 400,
- Agena control system shutdown.
- 898
- 00:57:52,517 --> 00:57:55,052
- (BRIEF WHIRRING)
- 899
- 00:57:58,390 --> 00:58:00,190
- (QUIET RATTLING)
- 900
- 00:58:06,964 --> 00:58:08,866
- (CREAKING,
- HIGH-PITCHED WHIRRING)
- 901
- 00:58:10,602 --> 00:58:13,971
- - (GRUNTING, GROANING)
- - (CREAKING)
- 902
- 00:58:15,073 --> 00:58:17,040
- NEIL:
- Cycle the Agena.
- 903
- 00:58:17,042 --> 00:58:18,173
- DAVE:
- Turning it on.
- 904
- 00:58:18,175 --> 00:58:20,109
- Turning it off.
- 905
- 00:58:20,111 --> 00:58:21,911
- (WHIRRING, RUMBLING)
- 906
- 00:58:21,913 --> 00:58:23,281
- (DAVE GRUNTS)
- 907
- 00:58:30,422 --> 00:58:32,957
- (METALLIC CREAKING)
- 908
- 00:58:42,233 --> 00:58:43,835
- (GRUNTS)
- 909
- 00:58:44,936 --> 00:58:46,637
- I'm gonna cycle the ACME
- 910
- 00:58:46,639 --> 00:58:49,105
- and the propellant
- motor valves.
- 911
- 00:58:49,107 --> 00:58:51,240
- NEIL:
- Switching ADL to pitch.
- 912
- 00:58:51,242 --> 00:58:53,212
- RL to pitch.
- 913
- 00:58:55,347 --> 00:58:58,081
- (HIGH-PITCHED WHIRRING)
- 914
- 00:58:58,083 --> 00:58:59,582
- (RUMBLING)
- 915
- 00:58:59,584 --> 00:59:01,019
- DAVE:
- Roll meter 200 and rising.
- 916
- 00:59:04,924 --> 00:59:05,988
- NEIL:
- Separate from the Agena.
- 917
- 00:59:05,990 --> 00:59:08,191
- (CREAKING, RATTLING)
- 918
- 00:59:08,193 --> 00:59:11,028
- DAVE: Setting Agena
- to allow remote command.
- 919
- 00:59:11,030 --> 00:59:12,529
- Switching on the DAC.
- 920
- 00:59:12,531 --> 00:59:14,063
- Make sure you give it
- extra thrust
- 921
- 00:59:14,065 --> 00:59:15,399
- so we don't smash
- into the Agena.
- 922
- 00:59:15,401 --> 00:59:16,934
- NEIL:
- On my mark, undock.
- 923
- 00:59:16,936 --> 00:59:19,135
- (LOUD CREAKING AND RUMBLING)
- 924
- 00:59:19,137 --> 00:59:22,039
- NEIL:
- Two. One.
- 925
- 00:59:22,041 --> 00:59:25,476
- (HIGH-PITCHED WHIRRING)
- 926
- 00:59:25,478 --> 00:59:27,446
- (EXPLOSIVE WHOOSHING)
- 927
- 00:59:32,451 --> 00:59:33,386
- (GROANS)
- 928
- 00:59:37,289 --> 00:59:39,724
- DAVE:
- OAMS propellant, 13%.
- 929
- 00:59:39,726 --> 00:59:41,692
- It's not the Agena. It's us.
- 930
- 00:59:41,694 --> 00:59:44,328
- (GRUNTS)
- 931
- 00:59:44,330 --> 00:59:46,997
- (PANTING)
- 932
- 00:59:46,999 --> 00:59:48,934
- (WHIRRING, CREAKING)
- 933
- 00:59:55,074 --> 00:59:56,475
- (SWITCHES CLICKING)
- 934
- 01:00:00,646 --> 01:00:04,148
- (PANTING)
- 935
- 01:00:04,150 --> 01:00:08,686
- Gemini 8, coming back
- into range in three, two, one.
- 936
- 01:00:08,688 --> 01:00:11,022
- This is CSQ,
- checking our comm link.
- 937
- 01:00:11,024 --> 01:00:12,623
- How do you read?
- 938
- 01:00:12,625 --> 01:00:14,124
- (STATIC CRACKLING)
- 939
- 01:00:14,126 --> 01:00:17,028
- Gemini 8, how do you read?
- 940
- 01:00:17,030 --> 01:00:18,996
- NEIL (OVER RADIO):
- We have serious problems.
- 941
- 01:00:18,998 --> 01:00:21,132
- We're tumbling
- end over end up here.
- 942
- 01:00:21,134 --> 01:00:22,734
- We're disengaged
- from the Agena.
- 943
- 01:00:22,736 --> 01:00:25,169
- FUCCI (OVER RADIO):
- Okay, we got your spacecraft
- 944
- 01:00:25,171 --> 01:00:27,305
- free indication here.
- 945
- 01:00:27,307 --> 01:00:29,373
- What seems to be the problem?
- 946
- 01:00:29,375 --> 01:00:32,210
- We're rolling up,
- and we can't turn anything off.
- 947
- 01:00:32,212 --> 01:00:34,012
- We're continuously increasing
- in a left roll.
- 948
- 01:00:34,014 --> 01:00:35,345
- JOHN (OVER RADIO):
- CSQ, Flight.
- 949
- 01:00:35,347 --> 01:00:36,681
- Go ahead, Flight.
- 950
- 01:00:36,683 --> 01:00:39,584
- Did he say he cannot turn
- the Agena off?
- 951
- 01:00:39,586 --> 01:00:42,420
- FUCCI: Uh, no, he says
- he's separated from the Agena
- 952
- 01:00:42,422 --> 01:00:45,523
- and he's in a roll
- and he can't stop it.
- 953
- 01:00:45,525 --> 01:00:48,259
- Flight, their roll meter
- reads 270 and rising.
- 954
- 01:00:48,261 --> 01:00:49,694
- At that rate,
- they'll be passing out
- 955
- 01:00:49,696 --> 01:00:51,531
- in about 40 seconds.
- 956
- 01:00:52,633 --> 01:00:53,700
- DEKE:
- Paul.
- 957
- 01:00:54,801 --> 01:00:56,636
- Paul.
- 958
- 01:00:58,473 --> 01:01:00,638
- NEIL (OVER RADIO):
- Trying to stop the rates.
- 959
- 01:01:00,640 --> 01:01:02,677
- - We certainly have...
- - (RADIO CUTS OUT)
- 960
- 01:01:09,817 --> 01:01:11,751
- (HIGH-PITCHED WHIRRING)
- 961
- 01:01:15,790 --> 01:01:18,289
- (CREAKING, RATTLING)
- 962
- 01:01:18,291 --> 01:01:21,329
- (PANTING)
- 963
- 01:01:27,067 --> 01:01:28,769
- (HIGH-PITCHED WHIRRING)
- 964
- 01:01:34,242 --> 01:01:36,644
- (FUCCI SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
- THROUGH RADIO STATIC)
- 965
- 01:01:46,788 --> 01:01:49,624
- (HIGH-PITCHED WHIRRING)
- 966
- 01:01:52,761 --> 01:01:54,295
- FUCCI:
- We can't...
- 967
- 01:01:56,564 --> 01:01:59,600
- (FUCCI CONTINUES SPEAKING
- INDISTINCTLY OVER RADIO)
- 968
- 01:02:08,242 --> 01:02:10,512
- (GASPS)
- 969
- 01:02:12,380 --> 01:02:14,582
- - (BANGING, RUMBLING)
- - (NEIL GRUNTS)
- 970
- 01:02:16,285 --> 01:02:18,617
- Close the RCS breakers.
- 971
- 01:02:18,619 --> 01:02:21,755
- (CREAKING)
- 972
- 01:02:21,757 --> 01:02:24,623
- - Dave!
- - FUCCI: Gemini 8, did you say
- 973
- 01:02:24,625 --> 01:02:27,661
- you are closing RCS breakers?
- 974
- 01:02:27,663 --> 01:02:31,665
- Are you initiating RCS?
- 975
- 01:02:31,667 --> 01:02:36,770
- Gemini 8, again, did you say
- you are closing RCS breakers?
- 976
- 01:02:36,772 --> 01:02:39,873
- You will not be able
- to control your attitude.
- 977
- 01:02:39,875 --> 01:02:41,843
- (EXPLOSIVE WHOOSH)
- 978
- 01:02:47,716 --> 01:02:49,583
- (WHIRRING, WHOOSHING)
- 979
- 01:02:49,585 --> 01:02:53,622
- (RATTLING, CREAKING)
- 980
- 01:03:02,264 --> 01:03:04,832
- (DEEP METALLIC CREAKING)
- 981
- 01:03:04,834 --> 01:03:06,633
- (EXPLOSIVE WHOOSH)
- 982
- 01:03:06,635 --> 01:03:07,834
- NEIL:
- Okay.
- 983
- 01:03:07,836 --> 01:03:10,270
- We're regaining control
- of the spacecraft.
- 984
- 01:03:10,272 --> 01:03:12,238
- Slowly in RCS direct.
- 985
- 01:03:12,240 --> 01:03:13,941
- - (MURMURING)
- - (SIGHS)
- 986
- 01:03:13,943 --> 01:03:16,209
- FUCCI (OVER RADIO):
- Roger.
- 987
- 01:03:16,211 --> 01:03:17,677
- JOHN:
- Roger. Copy.
- 988
- 01:03:17,679 --> 01:03:19,179
- NEIL (OVER RADIO):
- We're pulsing the RCS slowly.
- 989
- 01:03:19,181 --> 01:03:20,513
- It's all roll right.
- 990
- 01:03:20,515 --> 01:03:23,316
- We're trying to kill
- our roll rate here.
- 991
- 01:03:23,318 --> 01:03:26,355
- (RATTLING, CREAKING)
- 992
- 01:03:31,694 --> 01:03:34,562
- Move us back to one ring.
- 993
- 01:03:34,564 --> 01:03:35,595
- DAVE:
- Copy.
- 994
- 01:03:35,597 --> 01:03:39,502
- (WHOOSHING, WHIRRING)
- 995
- 01:03:45,875 --> 01:03:47,641
- MAN: I want
- emergency landing options.
- 996
- 01:03:47,643 --> 01:03:50,245
- Wait until you find out
- how much fuel they have left.
- 997
- 01:03:51,848 --> 01:03:54,314
- Bob, what do you think?
- 998
- 01:03:54,316 --> 01:03:56,319
- I think they'd better land now.
- 999
- 01:03:57,988 --> 01:04:00,621
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO)
- 1000
- 01:04:00,623 --> 01:04:03,693
- Deke, Jan's outside.
- 1001
- 01:04:14,837 --> 01:04:16,807
- (DOOR OPENS)
- 1002
- 01:04:19,509 --> 01:04:21,677
- Jan, the ship is stable.
- They're gonna be all right.
- 1003
- 01:04:21,679 --> 01:04:23,544
- ED:
- He's okay, Jan.
- 1004
- 01:04:23,546 --> 01:04:24,945
- DEKE:
- I need you to go home.
- 1005
- 01:04:24,947 --> 01:04:26,614
- Fine. Turn the box back on.
- 1006
- 01:04:26,616 --> 01:04:28,016
- - I'll see what I can do...
- - Now.
- 1007
- 01:04:28,018 --> 01:04:31,585
- Turn the box back on now.
- 1008
- 01:04:31,587 --> 01:04:32,921
- Well, there's
- security protocol in place.
- 1009
- 01:04:32,923 --> 01:04:34,489
- Well, I don't give a damn.
- 1010
- 01:04:34,491 --> 01:04:36,390
- I've got a dozen cameras
- on my front lawn, Deke.
- 1011
- 01:04:36,392 --> 01:04:37,926
- Do you want me telling them
- what's going on?
- 1012
- 01:04:37,928 --> 01:04:39,828
- Jan, you have to trust us.
- 1013
- 01:04:39,830 --> 01:04:41,395
- We've got this under control.
- 1014
- 01:04:41,397 --> 01:04:43,297
- - No, you don't.
- - We've...
- 1015
- 01:04:43,299 --> 01:04:44,733
- All these protocols
- and procedures
- 1016
- 01:04:44,735 --> 01:04:47,468
- to make it seem like
- you have it under control.
- 1017
- 01:04:47,470 --> 01:04:49,537
- But you're a bunch of boys
- 1018
- 01:04:49,539 --> 01:04:51,373
- making models
- out of balsa wood.
- 1019
- 01:04:51,375 --> 01:04:53,574
- You don't have anything
- under control.
- 1020
- 01:04:53,576 --> 01:04:56,513
- (FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING)
- 1021
- 01:04:58,449 --> 01:05:00,314
- MAN (OVER RADIO):
- Naha Rescue One will be
- 1022
- 01:05:00,316 --> 01:05:04,453
- on station at splashdown
- with a flotation collar.
- 1023
- 01:05:04,455 --> 01:05:06,822
- NEIL:
- Did you get the call signs?
- 1024
- 01:05:06,824 --> 01:05:08,356
- DAVE:
- Uh, yeah.
- 1025
- 01:05:08,358 --> 01:05:10,694
- It's Naha Rescue One,
- Naha Search One.
- 1026
- 01:05:12,930 --> 01:05:14,830
- Well, I'd like to argue
- with them
- 1027
- 01:05:14,832 --> 01:05:17,632
- about the going home,
- but I'm...
- 1028
- 01:05:17,634 --> 01:05:19,603
- not sure how we can.
- 1029
- 01:05:21,305 --> 01:05:23,437
- Yeah.
- 1030
- 01:05:23,439 --> 01:05:28,580
- I just keep thinking, is there
- anything else that we forgot?
- 1031
- 01:05:29,947 --> 01:05:32,316
- We did everything,
- as far as I know.
- 1032
- 01:05:45,462 --> 01:05:48,330
- BOB: Gemini 8 saw
- two complex vehicles
- 1033
- 01:05:48,332 --> 01:05:50,566
- launched on the same day
- on time.
- 1034
- 01:05:50,568 --> 01:05:51,868
- (CAMERAS CLICKING)
- 1035
- 01:05:51,870 --> 01:05:54,036
- We saw flawless rendezvous
- and docking.
- 1036
- 01:05:54,038 --> 01:05:56,839
- All of which is tended
- to be overshadowed
- 1037
- 01:05:56,841 --> 01:05:59,808
- by the malfunction, but, uh,
- 1038
- 01:05:59,810 --> 01:06:02,044
- I think we should focus
- on the progress
- 1039
- 01:06:02,046 --> 01:06:03,946
- resulting from the mission.
- 1040
- 01:06:03,948 --> 01:06:06,381
- GEORGE MUELLER:
- The board would like to focus
- 1041
- 01:06:06,383 --> 01:06:07,717
- on the malfunction.
- 1042
- 01:06:07,719 --> 01:06:09,786
- Neil, walk us through
- the decision
- 1043
- 01:06:09,788 --> 01:06:12,420
- to separate from the Agena.
- 1044
- 01:06:12,422 --> 01:06:14,423
- (REPORTERS CLAMORING)
- 1045
- 01:06:14,425 --> 01:06:16,559
- MAN: You mentioned
- that the rate of revolution
- 1046
- 01:06:16,561 --> 01:06:18,426
- was more than once a second.
- 1047
- 01:06:18,428 --> 01:06:20,363
- How near were you
- to being unconscious?
- 1048
- 01:06:20,365 --> 01:06:22,065
- GEORGE:
- Did you think to use the Agena
- 1049
- 01:06:22,067 --> 01:06:23,365
- to stabilize
- the combined craft?
- 1050
- 01:06:23,367 --> 01:06:24,734
- We did.
- 1051
- 01:06:24,736 --> 01:06:27,737
- This was, uh, not successful.
- 1052
- 01:06:27,739 --> 01:06:29,972
- As I said, we initially assumed
- 1053
- 01:06:29,974 --> 01:06:32,575
- that the anomaly was with
- the Agena control system.
- 1054
- 01:06:32,577 --> 01:06:34,443
- 'Cause there was no way to know
- that a thruster
- 1055
- 01:06:34,445 --> 01:06:36,078
- was causing the...
- 1056
- 01:06:36,080 --> 01:06:41,050
- If we could have, uh, isolated
- each of Gemini's thrusters,
- 1057
- 01:06:41,052 --> 01:06:43,619
- if we'd had that capability
- in the moment...
- 1058
- 01:06:43,621 --> 01:06:45,454
- (REPORTERS CLAMORING)
- 1059
- 01:06:45,456 --> 01:06:47,857
- Agence France. Did you have
- any feeling of anxiety
- 1060
- 01:06:47,859 --> 01:06:50,426
- after the failure
- of the thrusters?
- 1061
- 01:06:50,428 --> 01:06:52,496
- In the midst of the spinning,
- did you seem to realize
- 1062
- 01:06:52,498 --> 01:06:55,933
- or feel the presence of God
- closer than other times?
- 1063
- 01:06:55,935 --> 01:06:57,968
- With this so hot
- on the heels of the loss
- 1064
- 01:06:57,970 --> 01:06:59,669
- of Charlie Bassett
- and Elliot See,
- 1065
- 01:06:59,671 --> 01:07:01,805
- do you question whether
- the program's worth the cost?
- 1066
- 01:07:01,807 --> 01:07:02,975
- In money and in lives?
- 1067
- 01:07:12,818 --> 01:07:15,552
- (INDISTINCT WHISPERING)
- 1068
- 01:07:15,554 --> 01:07:17,154
- GEORGE:
- All right, thanks, guys.
- 1069
- 01:07:17,156 --> 01:07:18,922
- We've got a lot to discuss,
- and we'll be
- 1070
- 01:07:18,924 --> 01:07:20,090
- back in touch with you soon.
- 1071
- 01:07:20,092 --> 01:07:21,825
- Thank you.
- 1072
- 01:07:21,827 --> 01:07:23,492
- (PIANO PLAYS FOUR NOTES)
- 1073
- 01:07:23,494 --> 01:07:25,128
- JANET:
- Mm-mm.
- 1074
- 01:07:25,130 --> 01:07:27,865
- No, so we're using
- our thumb now, honey.
- 1075
- 01:07:27,867 --> 01:07:28,966
- - Oh.
- - Okay.
- 1076
- 01:07:28,968 --> 01:07:30,500
- (RESUMES PLAYING)
- 1077
- 01:07:30,502 --> 01:07:33,204
- - (DOOR BANGS OPEN)
- - (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- 1078
- 01:07:33,206 --> 01:07:34,972
- "Our Wild Ride in Space"?
- 1079
- 01:07:34,974 --> 01:07:36,840
- MAN (OVER PHONE):
- It's marketing, Mr. Armstrong.
- 1080
- 01:07:36,842 --> 01:07:38,809
- NASA approval numbers
- are dropping.
- 1081
- 01:07:38,811 --> 01:07:40,577
- - We need to...
- - Well, that's not my concern.
- 1082
- 01:07:40,579 --> 01:07:42,512
- JANET: Almost.
- Okay, I'm gonna finish, uh,
- 1083
- 01:07:42,514 --> 01:07:44,115
- wrapping your brother's
- present. I'll be back.
- 1084
- 01:07:44,117 --> 01:07:46,516
- - You practice that one.
- - I'll try.
- 1085
- 01:07:46,518 --> 01:07:47,951
- (RESUMES PLAYING PIANO)
- 1086
- 01:07:47,953 --> 01:07:49,453
- NEIL:
- I'm not interested in how
- 1087
- 01:07:49,455 --> 01:07:51,457
- other magazines
- are framing the story.
- 1088
- 01:07:54,894 --> 01:07:56,763
- - (DOOR SLAMS SHUT)
- - (PIANO PLAYING STOPS)
- 1089
- 01:08:05,070 --> 01:08:07,140
- Okay. Keep going.
- 1090
- 01:08:08,842 --> 01:08:10,708
- PAT:
- If it's any consolation,
- 1091
- 01:08:10,710 --> 01:08:12,944
- Ed was a zombie for weeks
- after Gemini 4.
- 1092
- 01:08:12,946 --> 01:08:14,511
- - Yeah?
- - Mm-hmm.
- 1093
- 01:08:14,513 --> 01:08:15,813
- (CHILDREN SHOUTING
- PLAYFULLY NEARBY)
- 1094
- 01:08:15,815 --> 01:08:17,547
- Yeah.
- 1095
- 01:08:17,549 --> 01:08:21,586
- I guess it must be, uh,
- disorienting for them.
- 1096
- 01:08:21,588 --> 01:08:23,988
- Certainly.
- 1097
- 01:08:23,990 --> 01:08:26,059
- Yeah.
- 1098
- 01:08:27,827 --> 01:08:30,028
- (CHUCKLING):
- God, Pat.
- 1099
- 01:08:30,030 --> 01:08:34,166
- I married Neil
- 'cause I wanted a normal life.
- 1100
- 01:08:34,168 --> 01:08:35,565
- (BOTH LAUGH)
- 1101
- 01:08:35,567 --> 01:08:37,771
- I know. I know.
- 1102
- 01:08:40,107 --> 01:08:42,573
- He was just so different from
- all the other boys on campus.
- 1103
- 01:08:42,575 --> 01:08:43,510
- PAT:
- Mmm.
- 1104
- 01:08:44,844 --> 01:08:47,845
- He'd been through the war.
- You know.
- 1105
- 01:08:47,847 --> 01:08:50,648
- He knew what he wanted to do.
- 1106
- 01:08:50,650 --> 01:08:52,753
- He just seemed so stable.
- 1107
- 01:08:54,955 --> 01:08:57,557
- I guess all I wanted
- was stability.
- 1108
- 01:09:03,563 --> 01:09:06,597
- I've got a sorority sister
- with a normal life.
- 1109
- 01:09:06,599 --> 01:09:09,268
- - Yeah?
- - She married a dentist.
- 1110
- 01:09:09,270 --> 01:09:10,769
- Dentist.
- 1111
- 01:09:10,771 --> 01:09:12,304
- Sounds good.
- 1112
- 01:09:12,306 --> 01:09:15,641
- He's home by 6:00 every night,
- and every few months,
- 1113
- 01:09:15,643 --> 01:09:17,744
- she calls to say
- she wishes he weren't.
- 1114
- 01:09:24,617 --> 01:09:25,818
- (KNOCKING AT DOOR)
- 1115
- 01:09:25,820 --> 01:09:27,655
- - Yeah.
- - (DOOR OPENS)
- 1116
- 01:09:32,593 --> 01:09:34,227
- Still working, I see.
- 1117
- 01:09:34,229 --> 01:09:35,828
- NEIL:
- Yeah.
- 1118
- 01:09:35,830 --> 01:09:38,797
- Well, I was, uh,
- 1119
- 01:09:38,799 --> 01:09:41,235
- gonna go grab a beer at Dave's.
- 1120
- 01:09:47,008 --> 01:09:48,674
- Yeah, all right. Fine.
- 1121
- 01:09:48,676 --> 01:09:50,911
- I could use a beer. (SIGHS)
- 1122
- 01:09:52,947 --> 01:09:54,913
- ("SURE OF LOVE"
- BY THE CHANTELS PLAYING)
- 1123
- 01:09:54,915 --> 01:09:58,584
- ♪ Sure, so sure, so sure...
- 1124
- 01:09:58,586 --> 01:10:01,287
- DAVE:
- You know, I will say one thing.
- 1125
- 01:10:01,289 --> 01:10:05,357
- It's all I can think about,
- is getting back up there.
- 1126
- 01:10:05,359 --> 01:10:07,659
- ED:
- Just caught a rough break.
- 1127
- 01:10:07,661 --> 01:10:09,829
- Well, you boys
- did everything right.
- 1128
- 01:10:09,831 --> 01:10:12,765
- Everything. You know, I was
- talking about it with Gus,
- 1129
- 01:10:12,767 --> 01:10:13,799
- and we both agreed.
- 1130
- 01:10:13,801 --> 01:10:15,001
- DAVE:
- I did hear a little rumor
- 1131
- 01:10:15,003 --> 01:10:17,036
- that you and Gus
- have been hanging out.
- 1132
- 01:10:17,038 --> 01:10:18,070
- You did?
- 1133
- 01:10:18,072 --> 01:10:19,105
- Mm-hmm.
- 1134
- 01:10:19,107 --> 01:10:20,173
- Hey.
- 1135
- 01:10:20,175 --> 01:10:22,609
- Is it true?
- 1136
- 01:10:22,611 --> 01:10:24,645
- Is what true?
- 1137
- 01:10:27,949 --> 01:10:29,615
- Deke pulled me aside
- and told me
- 1138
- 01:10:29,617 --> 01:10:31,319
- that him and Gus want me
- on the crew.
- 1139
- 01:10:33,088 --> 01:10:34,987
- Of the first Apollo?
- 1140
- 01:10:34,989 --> 01:10:36,823
- DAVE:
- Yeah.
- 1141
- 01:10:36,825 --> 01:10:39,025
- Yeah. Holy shit.
- 1142
- 01:10:39,027 --> 01:10:40,160
- That's huge.
- 1143
- 01:10:40,162 --> 01:10:42,628
- Congratulations.
- 1144
- 01:10:42,630 --> 01:10:44,631
- I gotta shake your hand.
- 1145
- 01:10:44,633 --> 01:10:46,300
- - Thanks, man.
- - Wow.
- 1146
- 01:10:46,302 --> 01:10:47,901
- That Saturn's a monster.
- 1147
- 01:10:47,903 --> 01:10:49,669
- You're in for one heck
- of a ride.
- 1148
- 01:10:49,671 --> 01:10:51,905
- - It is.
- - DAVE: Oh, hey, uh, uh,
- 1149
- 01:10:51,907 --> 01:10:53,273
- you know Deke wants Gus to be
- 1150
- 01:10:53,275 --> 01:10:54,974
- the first one
- on the Moon, so...
- 1151
- 01:10:54,976 --> 01:10:58,012
- Hey, that puts you in the LEM
- with him for the landing.
- 1152
- 01:10:58,014 --> 01:10:59,779
- - Oh, no, no, no, let's not...
- - Ed.
- 1153
- 01:10:59,781 --> 01:11:01,281
- - Let's not get carried away.
- - All right.
- 1154
- 01:11:01,283 --> 01:11:03,350
- Get out of my house.
- I gotta go to bed.
- 1155
- 01:11:03,352 --> 01:11:06,986
- - (LAUGHTER)
- - I'm not kidding. Get out of my house.
- 1156
- 01:11:06,988 --> 01:11:08,088
- (DOOR OPENS)
- 1157
- 01:11:08,090 --> 01:11:09,225
- Neil.
- 1158
- 01:11:11,193 --> 01:11:12,725
- Hey, Neil.
- Don't bother sitting.
- 1159
- 01:11:12,727 --> 01:11:14,195
- It's going to be
- a short meeting.
- 1160
- 01:11:14,197 --> 01:11:16,330
- We've talked it through.
- We think it's pretty clear.
- 1161
- 01:11:16,332 --> 01:11:18,765
- If you hadn't kept cool,
- you wouldn't be here,
- 1162
- 01:11:18,767 --> 01:11:20,733
- and we'd still be asking
- what the hell happened.
- 1163
- 01:11:20,735 --> 01:11:22,802
- So would Congress.
- It's a showstopper.
- 1164
- 01:11:22,804 --> 01:11:24,170
- BOB:
- This mission was a success.
- 1165
- 01:11:24,172 --> 01:11:26,040
- We're full steam ahead
- for Apollo.
- 1166
- 01:11:26,042 --> 01:11:27,808
- - You good with that?
- - (CHUCKLES)
- 1167
- 01:11:27,810 --> 01:11:29,909
- - Yes, sir.
- - I trust you won't mind
- 1168
- 01:11:29,911 --> 01:11:31,780
- representing us
- at the White House.
- 1169
- 01:11:34,350 --> 01:11:36,951
- - No, sir.
- - Good.
- 1170
- 01:11:36,953 --> 01:11:39,055
- - Thank you.
- - Thank you.
- 1171
- 01:11:40,256 --> 01:11:42,056
- Thank you.
- 1172
- 01:11:42,058 --> 01:11:44,191
- "Interface problems and develop
- 1173
- 01:11:44,193 --> 01:11:46,826
- operational techniques
- for the most efficient use of,"
- 1174
- 01:11:46,828 --> 01:11:50,097
- - uh, "onboard capabilities."
- - (RICK GIGGLES)
- 1175
- 01:11:50,099 --> 01:11:51,999
- What?
- 1176
- 01:11:52,001 --> 01:11:54,168
- (MARK AND RICK LAUGHING)
- 1177
- 01:11:54,170 --> 01:11:56,237
- RICK:
- No, it's not...
- 1178
- 01:11:56,239 --> 01:11:58,273
- - (KIDS LAUGHING)
- - NEIL: I got one.
- 1179
- 01:11:58,275 --> 01:12:00,174
- - I got one.
- - No! No!
- 1180
- 01:12:00,176 --> 01:12:01,709
- I got one.
- 1181
- 01:12:01,711 --> 01:12:02,611
- JANET: I don't know
- why you're laughing.
- 1182
- 01:12:02,613 --> 01:12:03,677
- He's gonna do that to you
- in a minute.
- 1183
- 01:12:03,679 --> 01:12:06,380
- This time, I'm gonna
- put this one in the freezer.
- 1184
- 01:12:06,382 --> 01:12:08,015
- - JANET: You need a hand?
- - Yeah.
- 1185
- 01:12:08,017 --> 01:12:09,917
- - Okay, in you go.
- - Can you open the freezer?
- 1186
- 01:12:09,919 --> 01:12:11,285
- JANET:
- Let's keep him for longer,
- 1187
- 01:12:11,287 --> 01:12:13,355
- and then he won't let...
- In you go. In you go.
- 1188
- 01:12:13,357 --> 01:12:15,292
- ♪
- 1189
- 01:12:21,231 --> 01:12:24,165
- (KIDS LAUGHING, SQUEALING)
- 1190
- 01:12:24,167 --> 01:12:27,335
- I got one. I got one.
- 1191
- 01:12:27,337 --> 01:12:28,436
- MARK:
- Because I want to.
- 1192
- 01:12:28,438 --> 01:12:29,970
- NEIL:
- Who did... who did what?
- 1193
- 01:12:29,972 --> 01:12:31,906
- - (STAMMERS) Me.
- - JANET: Have you seen his room?
- 1194
- 01:12:31,908 --> 01:12:33,844
- Son, go stand in the corner.
- 1195
- 01:12:38,348 --> 01:12:40,415
- (CHUCKLING):
- It's not funny.
- 1196
- 01:12:40,417 --> 01:12:43,018
- (JANET AND NEIL CHUCKLING)
- 1197
- 01:12:43,020 --> 01:12:44,886
- RICK:
- Thanks a lot, Mark!
- 1198
- 01:12:44,888 --> 01:12:46,987
- - Stop laughing.
- - MARK: You're lying!
- 1199
- 01:12:46,989 --> 01:12:48,256
- Just, you stop it.
- 1200
- 01:12:48,258 --> 01:12:50,158
- You're the reason he's upset.
- 1201
- 01:12:50,160 --> 01:12:51,893
- - NEIL: Your mother's not laughing.
- - I'm not laughing.
- 1202
- 01:12:51,895 --> 01:12:53,027
- - I'm... crying.
- - She's crying.
- 1203
- 01:12:53,029 --> 01:12:54,164
- RICK:
- It's not yours!
- 1204
- 01:12:57,968 --> 01:13:00,135
- ED:
- I gotta tell you,
- 1205
- 01:13:00,137 --> 01:13:02,003
- Eddie's started
- asking questions
- 1206
- 01:13:02,005 --> 01:13:04,440
- - about the new command module.
- - NEIL: Is that right?
- 1207
- 01:13:04,442 --> 01:13:07,008
- ED: Yeah, he wants to...
- wants to know if it's gonna
- 1208
- 01:13:07,010 --> 01:13:08,877
- fly any different to Gemini.
- 1209
- 01:13:08,879 --> 01:13:11,346
- If the little buttons
- are gonna be in the same place.
- 1210
- 01:13:11,348 --> 01:13:12,814
- (ED CHUCKLES)
- 1211
- 01:13:12,816 --> 01:13:14,417
- - Oh, boy.
- - Yeah.
- 1212
- 01:13:14,419 --> 01:13:17,319
- You got yourself
- a little engineer there.
- 1213
- 01:13:17,321 --> 01:13:21,259
- I tell you, though,
- I love that he's interested.
- 1214
- 01:13:23,160 --> 01:13:26,429
- Came in the other morning,
- he did.
- 1215
- 01:13:26,431 --> 01:13:29,464
- Comes running up,
- and he says, "Daddy,
- 1216
- 01:13:29,466 --> 01:13:32,969
- "if you go to the Moon, are you
- gonna be lonely out there?
- 1217
- 01:13:32,971 --> 01:13:35,305
- So far away from the Earth."
- 1218
- 01:13:38,042 --> 01:13:40,011
- "All of us back here at home."
- 1219
- 01:13:42,480 --> 01:13:45,483
- This-this whole thing
- is expanding his horizons.
- 1220
- 01:13:47,352 --> 01:13:49,786
- It, uh, gives me faith.
- 1221
- 01:13:51,189 --> 01:13:53,156
- It make sense?
- 1222
- 01:13:56,894 --> 01:13:59,896
- Walkers got a new swing set.
- 1223
- 01:14:01,432 --> 01:14:03,368
- Yeah, I noticed that.
- 1224
- 01:14:13,177 --> 01:14:17,515
- We had a swing like that
- back up in Juniper Hills.
- 1225
- 01:14:22,053 --> 01:14:24,856
- Karen really loved it.
- 1226
- 01:14:27,459 --> 01:14:29,260
- That's your daughter?
- 1227
- 01:14:38,437 --> 01:14:40,936
- Guess I ought to be
- getting home.
- 1228
- 01:14:40,938 --> 01:14:43,440
- (FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING)
- 1229
- 01:14:43,442 --> 01:14:45,377
- ♪
- 1230
- 01:14:58,190 --> 01:15:00,392
- (DOOR OPENS)
- 1231
- 01:15:02,394 --> 01:15:04,061
- (DOOR CLOSES)
- 1232
- 01:15:04,063 --> 01:15:05,997
- ♪
- 1233
- 01:15:17,476 --> 01:15:20,412
- (RUMBLING, RATTLING)
- 1234
- 01:15:31,524 --> 01:15:33,158
- MAN (OVER RADIO):
- Closing hatches now.
- 1235
- 01:15:40,400 --> 01:15:41,598
- Okay, that's all of 'em.
- 1236
- 01:15:41,600 --> 01:15:42,935
- (OVER RADIO):
- Thanks, Ed.
- 1237
- 01:15:45,205 --> 01:15:47,437
- (OVER RADIO):
- Ablative hatch closed.
- 1238
- 01:15:47,439 --> 01:15:50,343
- Closing the boost
- protective cover.
- 1239
- 01:15:51,444 --> 01:15:52,511
- And plugs out.
- 1240
- 01:15:54,012 --> 01:15:56,014
- - Confirm boost hatch sealed.
- - Okay.
- 1241
- 01:16:03,656 --> 01:16:05,390
- Ready for oxygen purge.
- 1242
- 01:16:05,392 --> 01:16:07,057
- - (AIR HISSING)
- - (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
- 1243
- 01:16:07,059 --> 01:16:08,426
- ROCCO PETRONE (OVER RADIO):
- Okay, we're going to pick up,
- 1244
- 01:16:08,428 --> 01:16:09,994
- but we'll stay
- in this configuration
- 1245
- 01:16:09,996 --> 01:16:12,530
- that we're involved
- for the rest of the run.
- 1246
- 01:16:12,532 --> 01:16:14,298
- MAN (OVER RADIO):
- Roger that.
- 1247
- 01:16:14,300 --> 01:16:16,634
- Okay, tell everybody
- to be aware that, uh...
- 1248
- 01:16:16,636 --> 01:16:18,369
- Uh, you want to hold down
- the chatter?
- 1249
- 01:16:18,371 --> 01:16:20,138
- We're on open mic.
- 1250
- 01:16:20,140 --> 01:16:22,041
- ROCCO (OVER RADIO):
- Uh, let's hold the countdown.
- 1251
- 01:16:26,112 --> 01:16:27,646
- Sorry, guys.
- We'll get this squared.
- 1252
- 01:16:27,648 --> 01:16:30,148
- GUS: Shit, we're gonna
- be here all night.
- 1253
- 01:16:30,150 --> 01:16:31,449
- ROCCO:
- Gus, we didn't get that.
- 1254
- 01:16:31,451 --> 01:16:32,751
- GUS:
- Course you didn't.
- 1255
- 01:16:32,753 --> 01:16:35,119
- (CHUCKLING)
- 1256
- 01:16:35,121 --> 01:16:37,591
- GUS:
- Glad you think this is funny.
- 1257
- 01:16:39,293 --> 01:16:42,061
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- 1258
- 01:16:45,165 --> 01:16:46,664
- JAMES:
- We finished strong with Gemini,
- 1259
- 01:16:46,666 --> 01:16:48,734
- and we're very, very bullish
- on Apollo, Senator.
- 1260
- 01:16:48,736 --> 01:16:51,737
- I should hope so, given the
- time we've spent developing it.
- 1261
- 01:16:51,739 --> 01:16:54,338
- Half the country doesn't think
- it's worth it anymore.
- 1262
- 01:16:54,340 --> 01:16:57,042
- Uh, well...
- 1263
- 01:16:57,044 --> 01:17:00,378
- we... we learned to fly
- only 60 years ago,
- 1264
- 01:17:00,380 --> 01:17:04,316
- so if you consider
- the technological developments
- 1265
- 01:17:04,318 --> 01:17:06,117
- in the context of history,
- it's really not...
- 1266
- 01:17:06,119 --> 01:17:08,487
- I'm considering it in the
- context of taxpayer dollars.
- 1267
- 01:17:08,489 --> 01:17:10,756
- JAMES:
- And so are we, Senator.
- 1268
- 01:17:10,758 --> 01:17:13,024
- Between us,
- we're doing some final tests
- 1269
- 01:17:13,026 --> 01:17:14,693
- on the new
- command module today.
- 1270
- 01:17:14,695 --> 01:17:17,295
- I'm sure Mr. Gilruth will be
- happy to tell you about it.
- 1271
- 01:17:17,297 --> 01:17:19,164
- Let me introduce you to Bob.
- Come on.
- 1272
- 01:17:19,166 --> 01:17:20,434
- Okay.
- 1273
- 01:17:24,505 --> 01:17:26,572
- PHOTOGRAPHER:
- I'd like a photo, sir.
- 1274
- 01:17:26,574 --> 01:17:29,142
- How about you boys?
- 1275
- 01:17:40,454 --> 01:17:42,588
- Well, I haven't talked yet.
- How's this?
- 1276
- 01:17:42,590 --> 01:17:45,157
- One, two, three, four, five,
- 1277
- 01:17:45,159 --> 01:17:47,693
- four, three, two, one?
- 1278
- 01:17:47,695 --> 01:17:49,764
- (STATIC CRACKLING)
- 1279
- 01:17:54,301 --> 01:17:56,068
- ROCCO (OVER RADIO):
- Uh, we need another minute
- 1280
- 01:17:56,070 --> 01:17:57,303
- to get it sorted.
- 1281
- 01:17:57,305 --> 01:17:59,204
- GUS: How are we gonna
- get to the Moon
- 1282
- 01:17:59,206 --> 01:18:01,508
- if we can't talk
- between three buildings?
- 1283
- 01:18:01,510 --> 01:18:03,745
- They can't hear a thing
- you're saying.
- 1284
- 01:18:05,179 --> 01:18:06,546
- GUS:
- Jesus Christ.
- 1285
- 01:18:06,548 --> 01:18:08,146
- ROCCO (OVER RADIO):
- Say again?
- 1286
- 01:18:08,148 --> 01:18:09,716
- I said, how are we gonna
- get to the Moon
- 1287
- 01:18:09,718 --> 01:18:11,450
- if we can't talk between two
- or three buildings?
- 1288
- 01:18:11,452 --> 01:18:13,553
- (CHUCKLING)
- 1289
- 01:18:13,555 --> 01:18:15,555
- You tell 'em, Gus.
- You tell 'em.
- 1290
- 01:18:15,557 --> 01:18:16,756
- GUS:
- Mickey Mouse shit.
- 1291
- 01:18:16,758 --> 01:18:19,392
- MAN (OVER RADIO): I got a surge
- in the AC bus two voltage.
- 1292
- 01:18:19,394 --> 01:18:20,760
- TECH (OVER RADIO):
- Try resetting the meter.
- 1293
- 01:18:20,762 --> 01:18:23,128
- ROCCO (OVER RADIO):
- You getting this, Gus?
- 1294
- 01:18:23,130 --> 01:18:25,097
- Rog.
- 1295
- 01:18:25,099 --> 01:18:27,333
- You picking anything up
- on the dials?
- 1296
- 01:18:27,335 --> 01:18:29,604
- (ELECTRICAL CRACKLING
- AND BUZZING)
- 1297
- 01:18:36,778 --> 01:18:38,812
- Hey, we got a fire
- in the cockpit.
- 1298
- 01:18:38,814 --> 01:18:40,580
- (FIRE RUMBLING)
- 1299
- 01:18:40,582 --> 01:18:42,450
- (PANTING)
- 1300
- 01:18:44,720 --> 01:18:47,255
- - Hey, we got a bad fire!
- - (FLAME WHOOSHING)
- 1301
- 01:18:48,557 --> 01:18:49,556
- (GRUNTS)
- 1302
- 01:18:49,558 --> 01:18:51,224
- (WHOOSHING)
- 1303
- 01:18:51,226 --> 01:18:52,694
- ROGER:
- We're burning up in here!
- 1304
- 01:18:53,662 --> 01:18:55,397
- (MUFFLED BOOM)
- 1305
- 01:19:03,204 --> 01:19:04,871
- Mr. Armstrong?
- 1306
- 01:19:04,873 --> 01:19:06,840
- I have Deke Slayton
- on the phone for you.
- 1307
- 01:19:06,842 --> 01:19:08,409
- Oh.
- 1308
- 01:19:08,411 --> 01:19:09,845
- Right this way.
- 1309
- 01:19:17,687 --> 01:19:19,252
- Thank you.
- 1310
- 01:19:19,254 --> 01:19:21,255
- Well, I'm glad you called.
- 1311
- 01:19:21,257 --> 01:19:23,624
- I'm not sure if I'm helping
- or hurting over here.
- 1312
- 01:19:23,626 --> 01:19:25,926
- DEKE: Neil, we had a problem
- with the plugs-out test.
- 1313
- 01:19:25,928 --> 01:19:28,662
- Well, that's why
- we have tests, right?
- 1314
- 01:19:28,664 --> 01:19:30,531
- We'll figure it out.
- 1315
- 01:19:30,533 --> 01:19:32,368
- There was a fire.
- 1316
- 01:19:33,870 --> 01:19:36,904
- God, there's no easy way
- to say this.
- 1317
- 01:19:36,906 --> 01:19:39,908
- Ed, Gus and Roger...
- 1318
- 01:19:39,910 --> 01:19:41,844
- they're gone.
- 1319
- 01:19:45,916 --> 01:19:47,715
- We think it was a wiring issue.
- 1320
- 01:19:47,717 --> 01:19:49,683
- A spark in all that oxygen.
- 1321
- 01:19:49,685 --> 01:19:51,720
- It happened very quickly.
- 1322
- 01:19:51,722 --> 01:19:54,722
- Now, listen, we need you guys
- to head back to the hotel.
- 1323
- 01:19:54,724 --> 01:19:56,490
- The press is gonna be
- all over this.
- 1324
- 01:19:56,492 --> 01:19:59,526
- Congress is gonna be calling
- for investigations. We...
- 1325
- 01:19:59,528 --> 01:20:04,264
- We just don't want you guys
- in the middle of all that.
- 1326
- 01:20:04,266 --> 01:20:06,135
- Do you understand?
- 1327
- 01:20:07,904 --> 01:20:09,573
- Yeah.
- 1328
- 01:20:11,674 --> 01:20:13,409
- All right, then.
- 1329
- 01:20:15,812 --> 01:20:17,480
- Okay.
- 1330
- 01:20:31,762 --> 01:20:33,664
- (SETS PHONE DOWN)
- 1331
- 01:20:38,502 --> 01:20:39,837
- (GLASS SHATTERS)
- 1332
- 01:20:47,577 --> 01:20:49,411
- (SETS GLASS DOWN)
- 1333
- 01:20:49,413 --> 01:20:50,946
- ED:
- A lot of people forget about
- 1334
- 01:20:50,948 --> 01:20:52,246
- the influence
- that the lunar program has
- 1335
- 01:20:52,248 --> 01:20:54,883
- on the raising of our
- young people in the country.
- 1336
- 01:20:54,885 --> 01:20:57,285
- I think that if a civilization
- doesn't look out,
- 1337
- 01:20:57,287 --> 01:20:59,954
- if it doesn't try
- to expand its horizons,
- 1338
- 01:20:59,956 --> 01:21:04,492
- then we're not going
- to progress as a nation.
- 1339
- 01:21:04,494 --> 01:21:06,929
- MIKE WALLACE (OVER TV):
- At 10:30 tonight Eastern Time,
- 1340
- 01:21:06,931 --> 01:21:09,330
- rescue teams began
- to remove the bodies
- 1341
- 01:21:09,332 --> 01:21:12,600
- of the three astronauts
- from the charred spacecraft.
- 1342
- 01:21:12,602 --> 01:21:14,904
- A NASA spokesman
- said the dead astronauts
- 1343
- 01:21:14,906 --> 01:21:17,405
- were left in the ship
- for four hours
- 1344
- 01:21:17,407 --> 01:21:20,710
- to aid the investigation
- into the tragedy.
- 1345
- 01:21:20,712 --> 01:21:23,745
- And according to the
- latest information from NASA
- 1346
- 01:21:23,747 --> 01:21:25,614
- at the Manned Spacecraft Center
- in Houston,
- 1347
- 01:21:25,616 --> 01:21:27,283
- the first Apollo flight,
- 1348
- 01:21:27,285 --> 01:21:30,953
- which was scheduled for
- February the 21st, is now...
- 1349
- 01:21:30,955 --> 01:21:32,890
- ♪
- 1350
- 01:21:41,364 --> 01:21:43,065
- FRANK BORMAN (OVER RADIO):
- Winds are pretty rough today.
- 1351
- 01:21:43,067 --> 01:21:44,667
- Keep an eye on your yaw.
- 1352
- 01:21:44,669 --> 01:21:46,904
- NEIL:
- Copy. Correcting.
- 1353
- 01:21:53,343 --> 01:21:55,811
- (WHIRRING, WHOOSHING)
- 1354
- 01:21:55,813 --> 01:21:59,751
- 1,000 feet.
- Switching to lunar mode.
- 1355
- 01:22:03,521 --> 01:22:04,655
- Final landing approach.
- 1356
- 01:22:08,359 --> 01:22:09,628
- FRANK:
- You're too low. Climb.
- 1357
- 01:22:11,996 --> 01:22:14,396
- NEIL:
- Control is degrading.
- 1358
- 01:22:14,398 --> 01:22:16,532
- FRANK:
- Slow your rates.
- 1359
- 01:22:16,534 --> 01:22:17,969
- Do you read?
- 1360
- 01:22:18,937 --> 01:22:20,371
- Neil?
- 1361
- 01:22:21,673 --> 01:22:22,840
- (GASPS)
- 1362
- 01:22:40,125 --> 01:22:42,426
- (GASPS, GRUNTS)
- 1363
- 01:22:50,569 --> 01:22:52,603
- (PANTING)
- 1364
- 01:23:01,613 --> 01:23:02,982
- (GRUNTS)
- 1365
- 01:23:13,592 --> 01:23:15,561
- (FIRE RUMBLING)
- 1366
- 01:23:23,869 --> 01:23:26,103
- DEKE:
- The vehicle's not safe.
- 1367
- 01:23:26,105 --> 01:23:27,839
- Well, unfortunately, it's
- the best simulation we have.
- 1368
- 01:23:27,841 --> 01:23:29,573
- And you and the others
- are too valuable.
- 1369
- 01:23:29,575 --> 01:23:31,108
- It's a fly-by-wire system
- that's got no backup.
- 1370
- 01:23:31,110 --> 01:23:32,643
- The ejection seat
- is the backup.
- 1371
- 01:23:32,645 --> 01:23:34,110
- Political fallout
- from another accident
- 1372
- 01:23:34,112 --> 01:23:35,846
- - will compromise our...
- - With all due respect, sir,
- 1373
- 01:23:35,848 --> 01:23:37,815
- it's not my job to worry
- about the political fallout.
- 1374
- 01:23:37,817 --> 01:23:39,150
- The damn thing
- could have killed you.
- 1375
- 01:23:39,152 --> 01:23:40,917
- - Well, it didn't.
- - A split second more,
- 1376
- 01:23:40,919 --> 01:23:42,954
- - and you would not be...
- - Well, we need to fail.
- 1377
- 01:23:42,956 --> 01:23:45,556
- We need to fail down here
- so we don't fail up there.
- 1378
- 01:23:45,558 --> 01:23:47,424
- Okay, Neil, Neil.
- 1379
- 01:23:47,426 --> 01:23:50,027
- At what cost, huh?
- 1380
- 01:23:50,029 --> 01:23:52,196
- "At what cost?"
- 1381
- 01:23:52,198 --> 01:23:55,533
- Well, it's a little bit late
- 1382
- 01:23:55,535 --> 01:23:57,936
- for that question,
- isn't it, sir?
- 1383
- 01:24:00,773 --> 01:24:03,043
- (INDISTINCT CHANTING)
- 1384
- 01:24:05,444 --> 01:24:06,844
- REPORTER: They raise
- their voices, their placards,
- 1385
- 01:24:06,846 --> 01:24:08,613
- and they march
- against the government.
- 1386
- 01:24:08,615 --> 01:24:11,515
- But some go farther,
- burning Selective Service cards
- 1387
- 01:24:11,517 --> 01:24:13,017
- and obstructing the draft.
- 1388
- 01:24:13,019 --> 01:24:14,819
- Most dissenters
- confine themselves
- 1389
- 01:24:14,821 --> 01:24:16,988
- to this kind
- of protest activity.
- 1390
- 01:24:16,990 --> 01:24:18,556
- PROTESTERS:
- Hey, hey! LBJ!
- 1391
- 01:24:18,558 --> 01:24:20,125
- How many kids
- did you kill today?
- 1392
- 01:24:20,127 --> 01:24:22,693
- Hey, hey! LBJ!
- 1393
- 01:24:22,695 --> 01:24:24,864
- How many kids
- did you kill today?
- 1394
- 01:24:28,902 --> 01:24:30,570
- Pat?
- 1395
- 01:24:44,251 --> 01:24:46,085
- Pat.
- 1396
- 01:24:47,654 --> 01:24:49,154
- You okay?
- 1397
- 01:24:49,156 --> 01:24:50,858
- Yes.
- 1398
- 01:25:05,039 --> 01:25:07,574
- (TRUNK CLOSES)
- 1399
- 01:25:08,809 --> 01:25:10,210
- Why don't we go inside?
- 1400
- 01:25:21,022 --> 01:25:22,654
- (DROPS LIGHTER ON TABLE)
- 1401
- 01:25:22,656 --> 01:25:24,158
- (EXHALES)
- 1402
- 01:25:34,969 --> 01:25:37,769
- (DOOR OPENS)
- 1403
- 01:25:37,771 --> 01:25:39,473
- Hi.
- 1404
- 01:25:44,245 --> 01:25:46,111
- Are you okay? Jesus.
- 1405
- 01:25:46,113 --> 01:25:47,779
- Oh, I'm fine.
- 1406
- 01:25:47,781 --> 01:25:49,818
- - Look at your face.
- - Excuse me.
- 1407
- 01:25:54,122 --> 01:25:55,587
- Dad, want to come play?
- 1408
- 01:25:55,589 --> 01:25:57,090
- - JANET: Ricky.
- - NEIL: Uh...
- 1409
- 01:25:57,092 --> 01:25:59,258
- JANET:
- Boys, go on. Go on.
- 1410
- 01:25:59,260 --> 01:26:01,761
- I know, I know, I know.
- Dad's fine.
- 1411
- 01:26:01,763 --> 01:26:03,096
- Go on. Go back out.
- 1412
- 01:26:03,098 --> 01:26:05,098
- Go back, go back.
- 1413
- 01:26:05,100 --> 01:26:08,201
- RICK:
- Mark, not here.
- 1414
- 01:26:08,203 --> 01:26:10,802
- - (NEIL CLEARS THROAT)
- - JANET: What happened?
- 1415
- 01:26:10,804 --> 01:26:12,140
- Um...
- 1416
- 01:26:15,311 --> 01:26:16,843
- - I, uh...
- - Jesus.
- 1417
- 01:26:16,845 --> 01:26:19,812
- I just remembered I left
- something at the office.
- 1418
- 01:26:19,814 --> 01:26:22,148
- (NEIL CLEARS THROAT)
- 1419
- 01:26:22,150 --> 01:26:24,252
- (DOOR CLOSES)
- 1420
- 01:26:33,962 --> 01:26:35,762
- INTERVIEWER:
- You've lately taken
- 1421
- 01:26:35,764 --> 01:26:38,032
- a couple of swipes
- at the space program.
- 1422
- 01:26:38,034 --> 01:26:40,800
- I think it would be interesting
- to, uh, talk more
- 1423
- 01:26:40,802 --> 01:26:42,269
- about whether this
- is the proper thing
- 1424
- 01:26:42,271 --> 01:26:44,004
- to do with public treasury.
- 1425
- 01:26:44,006 --> 01:26:45,805
- Is the sort of dreams
- I would have,
- 1426
- 01:26:45,807 --> 01:26:47,874
- would be a habitable
- New York City, for instance.
- 1427
- 01:26:47,876 --> 01:26:49,776
- It would seem to me
- that that would be
- 1428
- 01:26:49,778 --> 01:26:51,245
- a reasonable thing to do.
- 1429
- 01:26:51,247 --> 01:26:52,712
- INTERVIEWER:
- Wh-What has been the reaction
- 1430
- 01:26:52,714 --> 01:26:54,013
- of your friends in this?
- 1431
- 01:26:54,015 --> 01:26:56,050
- WOMAN: Well, they mostly think
- that it's ridiculous
- 1432
- 01:26:56,052 --> 01:26:57,950
- that we're spending
- so much money
- 1433
- 01:26:57,952 --> 01:27:00,154
- to go somewhere where
- we don't know anything about.
- 1434
- 01:27:00,156 --> 01:27:02,089
- And that the money
- could be used
- 1435
- 01:27:02,091 --> 01:27:03,890
- for a lot more helpful things.
- 1436
- 01:27:03,892 --> 01:27:05,792
- (CROWD CHEERING)
- 1437
- 01:27:05,794 --> 01:27:09,229
- - (INTRO TO "WHITEY ON THE MOON" PLAYING)
- - MAN: Power!
- 1438
- 01:27:09,231 --> 01:27:11,664
- - WOMAN: Yeah!
- - MAN: Power to the people!
- 1439
- 01:27:11,666 --> 01:27:13,700
- ♪ A rat done bit
- my sister Nell ♪
- 1440
- 01:27:13,702 --> 01:27:15,702
- ♪ With Whitey on the Moon
- 1441
- 01:27:15,704 --> 01:27:18,772
- ♪ Her face and arms
- begin to swell ♪
- 1442
- 01:27:18,774 --> 01:27:21,141
- - ♪ And Whitey's on the Moon
- - MAN: All right!
- 1443
- 01:27:21,143 --> 01:27:23,410
- - WOMAN: Whoo!
- - ♪ I can't pay no doctor bills, but ♪
- 1444
- 01:27:23,412 --> 01:27:26,046
- - ♪ Whitey's on the Moon
- - MAN: Speak!
- 1445
- 01:27:26,048 --> 01:27:28,748
- ♪ Ten years from now
- I'll be paying still, while ♪
- 1446
- 01:27:28,750 --> 01:27:30,284
- - ♪ Whitey's on the Moon
- - (INDISTINCT SHOUTS)
- 1447
- 01:27:30,286 --> 01:27:34,021
- ♪ You know, the man
- just upped my rent last night ♪
- 1448
- 01:27:34,023 --> 01:27:35,756
- - ♪ Whitey's on the Moon
- - WOMAN: Right on!
- 1449
- 01:27:35,758 --> 01:27:38,226
- ♪ No hot water,
- no toilets, no lights ♪
- 1450
- 01:27:38,228 --> 01:27:41,361
- - ♪ But Whitey's on the Moon
- - MAN: Uh-huh!
- 1451
- 01:27:41,363 --> 01:27:43,897
- - ♪ I wonder why he's uppin' me ♪
- - WOMAN: Come on, now!
- 1452
- 01:27:43,899 --> 01:27:46,100
- - ♪ 'Cause Whitey's on the Moon? ♪
- - Yeah!
- 1453
- 01:27:46,102 --> 01:27:49,069
- ♪ Well, I was already giving
- him, like, 50 a week and, uh ♪
- 1454
- 01:27:49,071 --> 01:27:51,172
- ♪ Whitey's on the Moon...
- 1455
- 01:27:51,174 --> 01:27:54,108
- - Jesus, that's a big mother.
- - It's a political rush job.
- 1456
- 01:27:54,110 --> 01:27:56,244
- Congress wouldn't fund us
- to come in second.
- 1457
- 01:27:56,246 --> 01:27:59,113
- Why else would NASA
- be sending a rocket
- 1458
- 01:27:59,115 --> 01:28:01,883
- that's had one issue
- after another to the Moon?
- 1459
- 01:28:01,885 --> 01:28:04,084
- Thanks for the insight, Buzz.
- 1460
- 01:28:04,086 --> 01:28:06,387
- (DRUMBEAT FROM
- "WHITEY ON THE MOON" CONTINUES)
- 1461
- 01:28:06,389 --> 01:28:10,023
- Always a pleasure with you.
- 1462
- 01:28:10,025 --> 01:28:12,060
- Oh, it doesn't matter.
- He's not in the lunar lottery.
- 1463
- 01:28:12,062 --> 01:28:14,129
- And you are?
- 1464
- 01:28:14,131 --> 01:28:16,130
- Well, the only guys
- they let on the LLTV
- 1465
- 01:28:16,132 --> 01:28:18,765
- since Neil's accident
- are ones that might land.
- 1466
- 01:28:18,767 --> 01:28:21,136
- So you think you're going
- to the Moon?
- 1467
- 01:28:21,138 --> 01:28:24,873
- Well, it's been up for grabs
- since Gus died.
- 1468
- 01:28:24,875 --> 01:28:28,109
- I'm just saying
- what you're thinking.
- 1469
- 01:28:28,111 --> 01:28:31,148
- (DRUMBEAT AND RHYTHMIC
- CLAPPING CONTINUE)
- 1470
- 01:28:32,249 --> 01:28:34,351
- Well, maybe you shouldn't.
- 1471
- 01:28:39,190 --> 01:28:41,289
- MAN (OVER SPEAKERS):
- Apollo 8 clearing the VAB
- 1472
- 01:28:41,291 --> 01:28:44,092
- - and headed for the launchpad.
- - WOMAN: Yeah!
- 1473
- 01:28:44,094 --> 01:28:45,463
- (SONG ENDS)
- 1474
- 01:28:49,333 --> 01:28:51,833
- Hell of a rocket.
- 1475
- 01:28:51,835 --> 01:28:54,035
- Yeah.
- 1476
- 01:28:54,037 --> 01:28:57,439
- Everything stays on track,
- 11's gonna be the landing.
- 1477
- 01:28:57,441 --> 01:29:00,041
- I talked to Bob.
- Everyone's in agreement.
- 1478
- 01:29:00,043 --> 01:29:02,146
- We'd like you to command.
- 1479
- 01:29:08,853 --> 01:29:10,084
- Okay.
- 1480
- 01:29:10,086 --> 01:29:11,888
- (TURNS OFF FAUCET)
- 1481
- 01:29:15,126 --> 01:29:17,058
- WALTER CRONKITE:
- I can see a helicopter
- 1482
- 01:29:17,060 --> 01:29:18,394
- vectoring that way.
- 1483
- 01:29:18,396 --> 01:29:19,929
- It looks like a red dot
- 1484
- 01:29:19,931 --> 01:29:21,829
- with a long, long tail,
- a long plume.
- 1485
- 01:29:21,831 --> 01:29:23,765
- That's got to be
- the spacecraft.
- 1486
- 01:29:23,767 --> 01:29:26,235
- That has to be
- Apollo 10 reentering.
- 1487
- 01:29:26,237 --> 01:29:29,104
- And so the flight of Apollo 10
- 1488
- 01:29:29,106 --> 01:29:33,209
- has performed the major
- function of its mission.
- 1489
- 01:29:33,211 --> 01:29:36,011
- It has proved, through
- these daring three astronauts,
- 1490
- 01:29:36,013 --> 01:29:38,981
- that, uh, all of the systems
- work properly
- 1491
- 01:29:38,983 --> 01:29:41,984
- and that there should be
- no reason why man cannot,
- 1492
- 01:29:41,986 --> 01:29:44,186
- perhaps as early as July,
- 1493
- 01:29:44,188 --> 01:29:47,556
- land on that picked spot
- on the Moon's equator.
- 1494
- 01:29:47,558 --> 01:29:49,925
- These are sailors of the sky,
- 1495
- 01:29:49,927 --> 01:29:52,027
- and what, uh,
- we've seen and heard today
- 1496
- 01:29:52,029 --> 01:29:55,931
- make the great ocean voyages
- of the earthbound
- 1497
- 01:29:55,933 --> 01:29:59,134
- seem... well,
- earthbound indeed.
- 1498
- 01:29:59,136 --> 01:30:02,037
- For as the poet wrote,
- the crew of Apollo 10
- 1499
- 01:30:02,039 --> 01:30:05,207
- has "slipped
- the surly bonds of Earth"
- 1500
- 01:30:05,209 --> 01:30:07,277
- and carried us over
- into tomorrow.
- 1501
- 01:30:07,279 --> 01:30:09,045
- In the past few hours,
- 1502
- 01:30:09,047 --> 01:30:11,847
- man has come closer to the Moon
- than ever in his history.
- 1503
- 01:30:11,849 --> 01:30:13,849
- There were those
- terrifying moments when...
- 1504
- 01:30:13,851 --> 01:30:15,818
- Mom, what's wrong?
- 1505
- 01:30:15,820 --> 01:30:18,521
- - Hmm?
- - What's wrong?
- 1506
- 01:30:18,523 --> 01:30:20,459
- Nothing, honey.
- 1507
- 01:30:21,892 --> 01:30:23,993
- Your dad's going to the Moon.
- 1508
- 01:30:23,995 --> 01:30:25,364
- Okay.
- 1509
- 01:30:27,099 --> 01:30:29,566
- Can I go outside?
- 1510
- 01:30:29,568 --> 01:30:31,401
- Sure.
- 1511
- 01:30:31,403 --> 01:30:33,205
- (RUNNING STEPS)
- 1512
- 01:30:36,508 --> 01:30:38,375
- (CLEARS THROAT)
- Uh, we're here today
- 1513
- 01:30:38,377 --> 01:30:40,477
- to talk about
- the forthcoming flight.
- 1514
- 01:30:40,479 --> 01:30:44,247
- But we're able to talk
- about it because of, uh...
- 1515
- 01:30:44,249 --> 01:30:46,882
- previous flights.
- 1516
- 01:30:46,884 --> 01:30:49,219
- Every flight
- took on new objectives
- 1517
- 01:30:49,221 --> 01:30:53,556
- and left us with very few
- additions to be completed.
- 1518
- 01:30:53,558 --> 01:30:55,859
- We're very grateful to those
- people who made it possible
- 1519
- 01:30:55,861 --> 01:30:57,129
- for us to be here today.
- 1520
- 01:30:58,563 --> 01:31:00,230
- DEKE: All right,
- we'll take some questions now.
- 1521
- 01:31:00,232 --> 01:31:02,233
- Jim.
- 1522
- 01:31:02,235 --> 01:31:05,035
- Neil, when you learned you were
- going to command this flight,
- 1523
- 01:31:05,037 --> 01:31:07,571
- were you surprised?
- Overjoyed?
- 1524
- 01:31:07,573 --> 01:31:10,340
- - I was pleased.
- - Okay, but how would you compare
- 1525
- 01:31:10,342 --> 01:31:12,042
- this feeling
- to winning an automobile
- 1526
- 01:31:12,044 --> 01:31:13,812
- or being selected
- as an astronaut?
- 1527
- 01:31:16,114 --> 01:31:18,050
- I was pleased.
- 1528
- 01:31:19,352 --> 01:31:23,153
- - Brian.
- - Neil, if it does turn out,
- 1529
- 01:31:23,155 --> 01:31:24,555
- you'll go down in history.
- 1530
- 01:31:24,557 --> 01:31:26,457
- What kind of thoughts
- do you have about that
- 1531
- 01:31:26,459 --> 01:31:28,091
- when the thought hits you, uh,
- 1532
- 01:31:28,093 --> 01:31:29,627
- "Gosh, suppose
- that flight's successful..."
- 1533
- 01:31:29,629 --> 01:31:31,362
- We're planning on that flight
- being successful.
- 1534
- 01:31:31,364 --> 01:31:33,530
- BRIAN:
- Uh, I-I just meant,
- 1535
- 01:31:33,532 --> 01:31:36,402
- how you feel about...
- being a part of history.
- 1536
- 01:31:37,637 --> 01:31:40,270
- I think I can shed
- some light here.
- 1537
- 01:31:40,272 --> 01:31:43,207
- It's a responsibility...
- 1538
- 01:31:43,209 --> 01:31:46,242
- but it's exciting
- to be the first.
- 1539
- 01:31:46,244 --> 01:31:49,180
- Even my wife is excited.
- 1540
- 01:31:49,182 --> 01:31:52,416
- She keeps slipping....
- jewelry into my PPK.
- 1541
- 01:31:52,418 --> 01:31:54,618
- - (LAUGHTER)
- - You're planning on taking some of her jewelry
- 1542
- 01:31:54,620 --> 01:31:56,354
- - to the Moon, Buzz?
- - Sure.
- 1543
- 01:31:56,356 --> 01:31:58,088
- Wh-What fella wouldn't want
- 1544
- 01:31:58,090 --> 01:32:00,091
- to give his wife
- bragging rights?
- 1545
- 01:32:00,093 --> 01:32:04,228
- - (LAUGHTER)
- - Neil, will you take anything?
- 1546
- 01:32:04,230 --> 01:32:07,164
- Uh, if I had a choice,
- I'd take more fuel.
- 1547
- 01:32:07,166 --> 01:32:10,069
- - (SCATTERED LAUGHING)
- - DEKE: All right, next question.
- 1548
- 01:32:21,248 --> 01:32:25,015
- I thought you
- were gonna talk to the boys.
- 1549
- 01:32:25,017 --> 01:32:28,419
- What did you want me to say?
- 1550
- 01:32:28,421 --> 01:32:30,389
- What do you want to say?
- 1551
- 01:32:30,391 --> 01:32:32,391
- You're the one
- that's going away.
- 1552
- 01:32:32,393 --> 01:32:34,628
- Well, it's too late now.
- They're asleep.
- 1553
- 01:32:37,431 --> 01:32:39,432
- No, they're not, Neil.
- 1554
- 01:32:40,534 --> 01:32:42,534
- You know they're not.
- 1555
- 01:32:42,536 --> 01:32:45,737
- - Why can't you talk to them?
- - (CLOSES ZIPPER)
- 1556
- 01:32:45,739 --> 01:32:47,674
- What are you doing?
- 1557
- 01:32:49,476 --> 01:32:52,511
- Uh... I'm packing.
- 1558
- 01:32:52,513 --> 01:32:54,579
- No.
- 1559
- 01:32:54,581 --> 01:32:57,684
- You're just killing time
- until you can get in the car.
- 1560
- 01:33:03,557 --> 01:33:05,659
- - Okay.
- - Okay.
- 1561
- 01:33:09,330 --> 01:33:12,232
- Neil, I need you
- to talk to the boys.
- 1562
- 01:33:13,467 --> 01:33:16,134
- Can you hear me?
- 1563
- 01:33:16,136 --> 01:33:19,337
- I need you to talk to the boys.
- What are you doing?
- 1564
- 01:33:19,339 --> 01:33:20,740
- Stop.
- 1565
- 01:33:20,742 --> 01:33:22,774
- - I'm going to work.
- - Well, just stop it.
- 1566
- 01:33:22,776 --> 01:33:25,680
- Just stop... just stop packing!
- 1567
- 01:33:31,519 --> 01:33:33,154
- (SIGHS)
- 1568
- 01:33:39,326 --> 01:33:42,227
- What are the chances
- you're not coming back?
- 1569
- 01:33:42,229 --> 01:33:43,796
- Hmm? What are the chances
- 1570
- 01:33:43,798 --> 01:33:46,331
- this is the last time
- the boys are gonna see you?
- 1571
- 01:33:46,333 --> 01:33:48,468
- Well, I can't give you
- an exact number.
- 1572
- 01:33:48,470 --> 01:33:50,738
- I don't want
- a fucking number, Neil!
- 1573
- 01:33:53,040 --> 01:33:55,508
- It's not zero, is it?
- 1574
- 01:33:55,510 --> 01:33:57,111
- Is it?
- 1575
- 01:33:58,680 --> 01:33:59,779
- No.
- 1576
- 01:33:59,781 --> 01:34:02,548
- No. It's not.
- 1577
- 01:34:02,550 --> 01:34:05,551
- Pat doesn't have a husband.
- 1578
- 01:34:05,553 --> 01:34:09,190
- Those kids, they don't
- have a father anymore.
- 1579
- 01:34:11,226 --> 01:34:13,428
- Do you understand
- what that means?
- 1580
- 01:34:15,230 --> 01:34:19,499
- What are the chances
- that's gonna be Ricky and Mark?
- 1581
- 01:34:19,501 --> 01:34:22,067
- And I... I can't tell them
- 1582
- 01:34:22,069 --> 01:34:24,504
- that their dad spent
- the last few minutes
- 1583
- 01:34:24,506 --> 01:34:26,442
- packing his briefcase!
- 1584
- 01:34:28,743 --> 01:34:31,277
- You're gonna sit 'em down,
- both of them,
- 1585
- 01:34:31,279 --> 01:34:33,446
- and you're gonna prepare them
- for the fact
- 1586
- 01:34:33,448 --> 01:34:35,716
- that you might not
- ever come home.
- 1587
- 01:34:35,718 --> 01:34:37,417
- You're doing that.
- 1588
- 01:34:37,419 --> 01:34:39,219
- You.
- 1589
- 01:34:39,221 --> 01:34:40,655
- Not me.
- 1590
- 01:34:42,290 --> 01:34:43,759
- I'm done.
- 1591
- 01:34:49,732 --> 01:34:53,334
- So you better start thinking
- about what you're gonna say.
- 1592
- 01:34:56,305 --> 01:34:58,574
- (SIGHS)
- 1593
- 01:35:14,624 --> 01:35:16,890
- Jimmy asked
- what you're gonna say
- 1594
- 01:35:16,892 --> 01:35:19,194
- when you get onto the Moon.
- 1595
- 01:35:24,466 --> 01:35:27,668
- Well, we're not sure
- we're gonna get onto the Moon.
- 1596
- 01:35:27,670 --> 01:35:30,838
- Uh... a lot of things
- have to go right
- 1597
- 01:35:30,840 --> 01:35:33,173
- before that happens.
- 1598
- 01:35:33,175 --> 01:35:36,310
- How long will you be gone?
- 1599
- 01:35:36,312 --> 01:35:38,813
- Um... well,
- we launch in ten days,
- 1600
- 01:35:38,815 --> 01:35:41,783
- we'll be up for eight, and then
- about a month in quarantine.
- 1601
- 01:35:41,785 --> 01:35:43,785
- What's quarantine?
- 1602
- 01:35:43,787 --> 01:35:46,823
- We'll... be in isolation.
- 1603
- 01:35:49,626 --> 01:35:52,760
- Uh, to protect
- in case we, uh...
- 1604
- 01:35:52,762 --> 01:35:55,897
- carry any diseases
- from the lunar surface
- 1605
- 01:35:55,899 --> 01:35:58,465
- or... something of that nature.
- 1606
- 01:35:58,467 --> 01:36:00,804
- It's not likely,
- but it's a precaution.
- 1607
- 01:36:02,472 --> 01:36:05,875
- So you won't be here
- for my swim meet?
- 1608
- 01:36:12,515 --> 01:36:14,250
- (SMACKS LIPS)
- 1609
- 01:36:15,752 --> 01:36:17,320
- No.
- 1610
- 01:36:18,888 --> 01:36:20,691
- Sorry.
- 1611
- 01:36:31,301 --> 01:36:33,770
- Does anyone have
- any other questions?
- 1612
- 01:36:36,539 --> 01:36:38,941
- Do you think
- you're coming back?
- 1613
- 01:36:38,943 --> 01:36:41,944
- We have real confidence
- in the mission.
- 1614
- 01:36:41,946 --> 01:36:44,413
- And, uh, there are some risks,
- 1615
- 01:36:44,415 --> 01:36:47,415
- but we have every intention
- of coming back.
- 1616
- 01:36:47,417 --> 01:36:50,253
- But you might not.
- 1617
- 01:37:02,366 --> 01:37:03,765
- (SMACKS LIPS)
- 1618
- 01:37:03,767 --> 01:37:05,703
- That's right.
- 1619
- 01:37:14,712 --> 01:37:16,179
- Okay.
- 1620
- 01:37:17,615 --> 01:37:19,550
- Okay. Time for bed.
- 1621
- 01:37:22,687 --> 01:37:24,622
- ♪
- 1622
- 01:37:54,686 --> 01:37:56,686
- BOB:
- "Fate has ordained
- 1623
- 01:37:56,688 --> 01:37:59,923
- "that the men who went
- to the Moon to explore in peace
- 1624
- 01:37:59,925 --> 01:38:03,492
- "will stay on the Moon
- to rest in peace.
- 1625
- 01:38:03,494 --> 01:38:07,464
- "These brave men, Neil
- Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin,
- 1626
- 01:38:07,466 --> 01:38:10,532
- "know there is no hope
- for their recovery.
- 1627
- 01:38:10,534 --> 01:38:13,069
- "They will be mourned
- by their families.
- 1628
- 01:38:13,071 --> 01:38:15,771
- "They will be
- mourned by a Mother Earth
- 1629
- 01:38:15,773 --> 01:38:19,342
- that dared send two
- of her sons into the unknown."
- 1630
- 01:38:19,344 --> 01:38:20,844
- ♪
- 1631
- 01:38:20,846 --> 01:38:22,578
- "For every human being
- 1632
- 01:38:22,580 --> 01:38:24,914
- "who looks up at the Moon
- in the nights to come
- 1633
- 01:38:24,916 --> 01:38:26,716
- "will know that
- there is some corner
- 1634
- 01:38:26,718 --> 01:38:28,985
- "of another world
- 1635
- 01:38:28,987 --> 01:38:32,489
- that is forever mankind."
- 1636
- 01:38:32,491 --> 01:38:35,058
- Prior to the statement,
- the president will telephone
- 1637
- 01:38:35,060 --> 01:38:37,327
- each of the widows-to-be.
- 1638
- 01:38:37,329 --> 01:38:39,461
- A clergyman will adopt
- the same procedure
- 1639
- 01:38:39,463 --> 01:38:41,998
- as a burial at sea,
- 1640
- 01:38:42,000 --> 01:38:46,338
- commending their souls
- to the deepest of the deep.
- 1641
- 01:38:47,472 --> 01:38:49,341
- Any thoughts?
- 1642
- 01:38:50,910 --> 01:38:52,511
- (WHISPERS):
- Sounds fine.
- 1643
- 01:39:01,954 --> 01:39:04,022
- ♪
- 1644
- 01:39:27,813 --> 01:39:30,550
- - (QUIET, INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- - (CAMERA CLICKS)
- 1645
- 01:39:43,763 --> 01:39:45,698
- (LOW, INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- 1646
- 01:40:01,114 --> 01:40:03,049
- (STEAM HISSING)
- 1647
- 01:40:21,100 --> 01:40:23,036
- (LOW, INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- 1648
- 01:40:27,874 --> 01:40:29,810
- ♪
- 1649
- 01:40:39,719 --> 01:40:42,089
- ♪
- 1650
- 01:40:59,239 --> 01:41:01,175
- ♪
- 1651
- 01:41:22,095 --> 01:41:23,697
- (CLANKING)
- 1652
- 01:41:30,638 --> 01:41:32,573
- ♪
- 1653
- 01:41:52,860 --> 01:41:54,796
- ♪
- 1654
- 01:42:11,946 --> 01:42:13,849
- (LOW THUMPING)
- 1655
- 01:42:21,155 --> 01:42:23,723
- LAUNCH DIRECTOR: T-minus
- two minutes and counting.
- 1656
- 01:42:23,725 --> 01:42:25,828
- (WHOOSHING)
- 1657
- 01:42:28,330 --> 01:42:30,598
- (CLANK)
- 1658
- 01:42:34,869 --> 01:42:35,869
- (GLOVE CREAKS)
- 1659
- 01:42:35,871 --> 01:42:37,673
- (LOW, METALLIC CREAKING)
- 1660
- 01:42:40,675 --> 01:42:44,177
- LAUNCH DIRECTOR:
- 20 seconds and counting.
- 1661
- 01:42:44,179 --> 01:42:46,179
- T-minus 15 seconds.
- 1662
- 01:42:46,181 --> 01:42:48,181
- Guidance is internal.
- 1663
- 01:42:48,183 --> 01:42:49,883
- 12, 11,
- 1664
- 01:42:49,885 --> 01:42:51,884
- ten, nine...
- 1665
- 01:42:51,886 --> 01:42:53,887
- Ignition sequence start.
- 1666
- 01:42:53,889 --> 01:42:55,057
- (RUMBLING)
- 1667
- 01:43:00,362 --> 01:43:03,765
- ♪
- 1668
- 01:43:06,135 --> 01:43:08,171
- (RATTLING, CREAKING)
- 1669
- 01:43:13,675 --> 01:43:15,844
- ♪
- 1670
- 01:43:35,898 --> 01:43:38,001
- ♪
- 1671
- 01:43:45,774 --> 01:43:47,944
- (RUMBLING, SQUEAKING, CREAKING)
- 1672
- 01:43:59,722 --> 01:44:01,724
- LAUNCH DIRECTOR:
- Tower cleared.
- 1673
- 01:44:04,027 --> 01:44:06,129
- ♪
- 1674
- 01:44:13,237 --> 01:44:16,940
- (RATTLING, THUMPING)
- 1675
- 01:44:36,193 --> 01:44:38,193
- (LOUD WHIRRING)
- 1676
- 01:44:38,195 --> 01:44:40,663
- (RHYTHMIC THUMPING)
- 1677
- 01:44:45,268 --> 01:44:47,070
- (RATTLING, CREAKING)
- 1678
- 01:44:51,741 --> 01:44:53,843
- ♪
- 1679
- 01:45:00,151 --> 01:45:02,783
- CAPCOM 1 (OVER RADIO):
- Mark. Mode One Charlie.
- 1680
- 01:45:02,785 --> 01:45:04,854
- Houston,
- you are a go for staging.
- 1681
- 01:45:06,824 --> 01:45:08,090
- (WHOOSH)
- 1682
- 01:45:08,092 --> 01:45:09,726
- (RUMBLING)
- 1683
- 01:45:20,004 --> 01:45:22,239
- - ♪
- - (RUMBLING STOPS)
- 1684
- 01:45:30,981 --> 01:45:33,148
- CAPCOM 1:
- This is Apollo Control.
- 1685
- 01:45:33,150 --> 01:45:37,786
- We're a minute from ignition on
- translunar injection maneuver.
- 1686
- 01:45:37,788 --> 01:45:40,222
- Okay, we're operate 59:59.
- 1687
- 01:45:40,224 --> 01:45:42,693
- (RUMBLING)
- 1688
- 01:45:44,329 --> 01:45:46,028
- (SCRAPING, SQUEAKING)
- 1689
- 01:45:46,030 --> 01:45:47,530
- (CREAKING)
- 1690
- 01:45:47,532 --> 01:45:50,734
- (RUMBLING, SQUEAKING)
- 1691
- 01:45:55,140 --> 01:45:57,272
- CAPCOM 1:
- Apollo 11, we track your speed
- 1692
- 01:45:57,274 --> 01:46:00,210
- increasing
- to 36,000 feet per second.
- 1693
- 01:46:00,212 --> 01:46:02,844
- You are now leaving
- Earth orbit.
- 1694
- 01:46:02,846 --> 01:46:04,316
- Apollo 11. Roger.
- 1695
- 01:46:05,984 --> 01:46:07,050
- (WHOOSH)
- 1696
- 01:46:07,052 --> 01:46:10,186
- (RUMBLING, RATTLING, CREAKING)
- 1697
- 01:46:10,188 --> 01:46:12,121
- (CLACK)
- 1698
- 01:46:12,123 --> 01:46:13,423
- (RUMBLING STOPS)
- 1699
- 01:46:13,425 --> 01:46:14,890
- We have cutoff.
- 1700
- 01:46:14,892 --> 01:46:16,792
- CAPCOM 2:
- Uh, roger, 11.
- 1701
- 01:46:16,794 --> 01:46:19,128
- Well, it certainly looks like
- you're well on your way now.
- 1702
- 01:46:19,130 --> 01:46:21,130
- Okay, Houston,
- we're about to SEP.
- 1703
- 01:46:21,132 --> 01:46:22,532
- Mike, you got it?
- 1704
- 01:46:22,534 --> 01:46:24,535
- - It's your ship now.
- - (FLIPS SWITCHES)
- 1705
- 01:46:24,537 --> 01:46:25,937
- (WHOOSH)
- 1706
- 01:46:41,587 --> 01:46:44,123
- (LOW WHIRRING)
- 1707
- 01:46:52,531 --> 01:46:53,963
- (MUFFLED THUMP)
- 1708
- 01:46:53,965 --> 01:46:55,434
- (CLACK)
- 1709
- 01:46:59,372 --> 01:47:02,905
- CAPCOM 2: And you can start PTC
- at your convenience.
- 1710
- 01:47:02,907 --> 01:47:05,110
- MIKE:
- All right, thank you, Houston.
- 1711
- 01:47:12,952 --> 01:47:14,452
- That smells funny.
- 1712
- 01:47:14,454 --> 01:47:16,955
- Like, uh, charred
- electrical insulation.
- 1713
- 01:47:18,057 --> 01:47:20,259
- Might just be rocket fumes.
- 1714
- 01:47:22,194 --> 01:47:24,530
- - BUZZ: Did you bring any music?
- - MIKE: No.
- 1715
- 01:47:26,132 --> 01:47:27,500
- Here, Buzz.
- 1716
- 01:47:36,610 --> 01:47:39,977
- (LES BAXTER'S
- "LUNAR RHAPSODY" PLAYING)
- 1717
- 01:47:39,979 --> 01:47:44,581
- (CHOIR, THEREMIN, PIANO AND
- ORCHESTRA HARMONIZE LYRICALLY)
- 1718
- 01:47:44,583 --> 01:47:46,519
- ♪
- 1719
- 01:47:48,254 --> 01:47:50,255
- Hey, Houston,
- are you hearing this?
- 1720
- 01:47:50,257 --> 01:47:51,557
- (BUZZ CHUCKLES)
- 1721
- 01:47:54,428 --> 01:47:56,294
- ♪
- 1722
- 01:47:56,296 --> 01:47:58,565
- (PIANO PLAYING)
- 1723
- 01:48:05,405 --> 01:48:08,442
- (CHOIR JOINS PIANO
- AS MUSIC SWELLS)
- 1724
- 01:48:13,680 --> 01:48:17,384
- (PIANO SOLO PLAYING
- AS MUSIC FADES)
- 1725
- 01:48:25,058 --> 01:48:28,961
- ♪
- 1726
- 01:48:49,617 --> 01:48:52,252
- ♪
- 1727
- 01:49:01,696 --> 01:49:04,329
- CAPCOM 1: Apollo 11,
- now entering lunar orbit.
- 1728
- 01:49:04,331 --> 01:49:06,265
- Your roll should give you
- a good view
- 1729
- 01:49:06,267 --> 01:49:08,566
- in about two minutes. Over.
- 1730
- 01:49:08,568 --> 01:49:11,269
- CAPCOM 2: When you have a
- free minute, could you give us
- 1731
- 01:49:11,271 --> 01:49:14,740
- your onboard readout
- of N2 tank Bravo, please?
- 1732
- 01:49:14,742 --> 01:49:17,510
- BUZZ:
- Nitrogen tank Bravo are showing
- 1733
- 01:49:17,512 --> 01:49:19,712
- 19-60, something like that.
- 1734
- 01:49:19,714 --> 01:49:21,516
- CAPCOM 2:
- Roger.
- 1735
- 01:49:22,983 --> 01:49:25,317
- (SWITCHES CLICKING)
- 1736
- 01:49:25,319 --> 01:49:27,422
- (QUIET, STEADY RUMBLING)
- 1737
- 01:49:53,614 --> 01:49:56,117
- (QUIET RUMBLING CONTINUES)
- 1738
- 01:50:11,165 --> 01:50:13,435
- (WHISPERS):
- Would you look at that.
- 1739
- 01:50:23,579 --> 01:50:25,681
- ♪
- 1740
- 01:50:38,227 --> 01:50:39,593
- MIKE: This is a damn
- three-ring circus.
- 1741
- 01:50:39,595 --> 01:50:41,561
- I got a fuel cell purge
- in progress,
- 1742
- 01:50:41,563 --> 01:50:43,330
- I'm watching
- an auto maneuver and...
- 1743
- 01:50:43,332 --> 01:50:44,831
- - (BEEPING)
- - Jesus Christ.
- 1744
- 01:50:44,833 --> 01:50:47,067
- - (FLIPS SWITCHES, BEEPING STOPS)
- - Normal, normal.
- 1745
- 01:50:47,069 --> 01:50:49,804
- Houston, stand by
- for auto alarm.
- 1746
- 01:50:49,806 --> 01:50:51,838
- Neil, the, uh...
- the voice tape recorder,
- 1747
- 01:50:51,840 --> 01:50:53,273
- - you know where that is?
- - I don't know.
- 1748
- 01:50:53,275 --> 01:50:54,574
- All this food
- and stuff up here,
- 1749
- 01:50:54,576 --> 01:50:56,743
- - you want any of that?
- - No.
- 1750
- 01:50:56,745 --> 01:50:59,379
- MIKE: All right.
- What about this chewing gum?
- 1751
- 01:50:59,381 --> 01:51:01,248
- You want any of that?
- 1752
- 01:51:01,250 --> 01:51:02,718
- (PANTING):
- Mike.
- 1753
- 01:51:06,321 --> 01:51:08,190
- Come back, will you?
- 1754
- 01:51:09,625 --> 01:51:12,460
- CAPCOM 1:
- Apollo 11, Houston.
- 1755
- 01:51:12,462 --> 01:51:14,628
- Let us know when
- you've entered the LEM,
- 1756
- 01:51:14,630 --> 01:51:16,565
- closed up the hatch. Over.
- 1757
- 01:51:26,575 --> 01:51:29,242
- (LOW WHIRRING)
- 1758
- 01:51:29,244 --> 01:51:31,112
- CAPCOM 2:
- Eagle, this is, uh, Houston.
- 1759
- 01:51:31,114 --> 01:51:32,780
- We see the optics
- zero switch on.
- 1760
- 01:51:32,782 --> 01:51:35,516
- Uh, before you take some marks,
- uh, don't forget
- 1761
- 01:51:35,518 --> 01:51:38,287
- to cycle it back off and on,
- and then on. Over.
- 1762
- 01:51:44,661 --> 01:51:46,761
- CAPCOM 2: Eagle, Houston,
- could you give us a hack
- 1763
- 01:51:46,763 --> 01:51:49,397
- on, uh, the time
- that you switched to LEM power
- 1764
- 01:51:49,399 --> 01:51:53,703
- and also verify that
- we're on Glycol Pump One. Over.
- 1765
- 01:51:55,305 --> 01:51:57,738
- This is Eagle.
- We're on Pump One.
- 1766
- 01:51:57,740 --> 01:51:59,774
- - CAPCOM 2: Roger.
- - MIKE: Eagle, Columbia.
- 1767
- 01:51:59,776 --> 01:52:01,877
- All 12 docking latches
- are cocked.
- 1768
- 01:52:01,879 --> 01:52:04,478
- - I'm ready to button up the hatch.
- - BUZZ: Roger.
- 1769
- 01:52:04,480 --> 01:52:06,748
- MIKE:
- I'm gonna start a maneuver now
- 1770
- 01:52:06,750 --> 01:52:08,685
- to our undocking attitude.
- 1771
- 01:52:09,752 --> 01:52:11,387
- BUZZ:
- Okay.
- 1772
- 01:52:15,692 --> 01:52:18,461
- (WHOOSHING, RUMBLING)
- 1773
- 01:52:31,375 --> 01:52:33,541
- (CREAKING, THUMPING)
- 1774
- 01:52:33,543 --> 01:52:35,944
- MIKE: How about using
- as an undocking time
- 1775
- 01:52:35,946 --> 01:52:38,847
- a hundred hours and 12 minutes?
- 1776
- 01:52:38,849 --> 01:52:41,883
- - What have you got for AOS?
- - I have a hundred hours
- 1777
- 01:52:41,885 --> 01:52:44,485
- and 16 minutes.
- 1778
- 01:52:44,487 --> 01:52:45,821
- - (FLIPS SWITCHES)
- - CAPCOM 1: Eagle,
- 1779
- 01:52:45,823 --> 01:52:47,756
- keep an eye on
- your descent engine fuel.
- 1780
- 01:52:47,758 --> 01:52:51,258
- Continuous burn time is limited
- to 910 seconds.
- 1781
- 01:52:51,260 --> 01:52:54,596
- - Over.
- - (FLIPS SWITCHES)
- 1782
- 01:52:54,598 --> 01:52:57,701
- Apollo 11, Houston.
- We are go for undocking. Over.
- 1783
- 01:53:09,947 --> 01:53:12,884
- MIKE:
- 15 seconds.
- 1784
- 01:53:18,690 --> 01:53:21,223
- Okay, there you go.
- 1785
- 01:53:21,225 --> 01:53:23,225
- (CLACK, RUMBLING)
- 1786
- 01:53:23,227 --> 01:53:25,329
- ♪
- 1787
- 01:53:46,584 --> 01:53:49,018
- CAPCOM 2: Eagle, Houston.
- We see you on the steerable.
- 1788
- 01:53:49,020 --> 01:53:51,319
- - Over.
- - The Eagle is undocked.
- 1789
- 01:53:51,321 --> 01:53:53,255
- Roger. How does it look?
- 1790
- 01:53:53,257 --> 01:53:54,924
- The Eagle has wings.
- 1791
- 01:53:54,926 --> 01:53:56,861
- ♪
- 1792
- 01:54:16,481 --> 01:54:18,416
- ♪
- 1793
- 01:54:29,829 --> 01:54:31,764
- It just won't stay.
- 1794
- 01:54:33,798 --> 01:54:35,899
- CAPCOM 1:
- Eagle, report status. Over.
- 1795
- 01:54:35,901 --> 01:54:37,568
- We'll have to tell them
- about that.
- 1796
- 01:54:37,570 --> 01:54:40,470
- Let's prep for descent.
- 1797
- 01:54:40,472 --> 01:54:41,772
- CAPCOM 2:
- Eagle, Houston.
- 1798
- 01:54:41,774 --> 01:54:43,474
- You're a go
- for powered descent.
- 1799
- 01:54:43,476 --> 01:54:45,675
- BUZZ:
- Roger. Read you.
- 1800
- 01:54:45,677 --> 01:54:47,613
- ♪
- 1801
- 01:54:50,082 --> 01:54:52,918
- BUZZ: Altitude light's on.
- We don't have radar data.
- 1802
- 01:54:56,554 --> 01:54:58,555
- (FLIPS SWITCHES)
- 1803
- 01:54:58,557 --> 01:55:00,760
- Let's proceed.
- 1804
- 01:55:02,360 --> 01:55:03,927
- Proceed.
- 1805
- 01:55:03,929 --> 01:55:05,696
- One.
- 1806
- 01:55:05,698 --> 01:55:07,397
- Zero.
- 1807
- 01:55:07,399 --> 01:55:08,631
- Ignition.
- 1808
- 01:55:08,633 --> 01:55:11,403
- ♪
- 1809
- 01:55:13,706 --> 01:55:15,371
- (THUMPING)
- 1810
- 01:55:15,373 --> 01:55:17,941
- (RATTLING)
- 1811
- 01:55:17,943 --> 01:55:20,978
- - (ALARM BLARING)
- - Program alarm.
- 1812
- 01:55:20,980 --> 01:55:24,681
- - What's a 1202 alarm?
- - I don't know.
- 1813
- 01:55:24,683 --> 01:55:28,085
- Houston, give us a reading
- on the 1202 program alarm.
- 1814
- 01:55:28,087 --> 01:55:30,354
- CAPCOM 2: Roger, we got you.
- We're a go on that alarm.
- 1815
- 01:55:30,356 --> 01:55:31,455
- - (CLICK)
- - (ALARM STOPS)
- 1816
- 01:55:31,457 --> 01:55:34,558
- ♪
- 1817
- 01:55:34,560 --> 01:55:36,593
- - (THUMPING)
- - (ALARM BLARING)
- 1818
- 01:55:36,595 --> 01:55:37,962
- - BUZZ: Same alarm.
- - (RATTLING)
- 1819
- 01:55:37,964 --> 01:55:39,963
- CAPCOM 2: Roger.
- We're a go on that alarm.
- 1820
- 01:55:39,965 --> 01:55:40,901
- (ALARM STOPS)
- 1821
- 01:55:47,674 --> 01:55:49,609
- (RUMBLING, RATTLING)
- 1822
- 01:56:05,025 --> 01:56:08,960
- - NEIL: Okay, 3,000 at 70.
- - BUZZ: Roger. Understand.
- 1823
- 01:56:08,962 --> 01:56:11,129
- - (ALARM BLARING)
- - Program alarm. 1201.
- 1824
- 01:56:11,131 --> 01:56:13,600
- CAPCOM 2:
- Roger. 1201 alarm.
- 1825
- 01:56:17,504 --> 01:56:20,372
- CAPCOM 2:
- Same type. We're a go.
- 1826
- 01:56:21,608 --> 01:56:23,643
- ♪
- 1827
- 01:56:52,472 --> 01:56:54,407
- Pretty rocky area.
- 1828
- 01:56:57,711 --> 01:57:00,546
- Those boulders are
- as big as cars.
- 1829
- 01:57:00,548 --> 01:57:01,916
- We can't land there.
- 1830
- 01:57:09,857 --> 01:57:11,792
- Go into manual.
- 1831
- 01:57:15,096 --> 01:57:18,499
- ♪
- 1832
- 01:57:23,004 --> 01:57:25,205
- 540 feet down to 30.
- 1833
- 01:57:25,207 --> 01:57:27,505
- Watch your fuel.
- 1834
- 01:57:27,507 --> 01:57:29,942
- 330.
- 1835
- 01:57:29,944 --> 01:57:31,946
- 300 feet,
- down three and a half.
- 1836
- 01:57:37,185 --> 01:57:38,451
- Fuel's at eight percent.
- 1837
- 01:57:42,523 --> 01:57:45,190
- - (BEEP)
- - Radar's lost track of the surface again.
- 1838
- 01:57:45,192 --> 01:57:48,627
- 160 feet, six and a half down.
- 1839
- 01:57:48,629 --> 01:57:51,432
- Five and a half down,
- nine forward.
- 1840
- 01:57:54,870 --> 01:57:58,570
- CAPCOM 2:
- Low level. Low level.
- 1841
- 01:57:58,572 --> 01:57:59,839
- BUZZ:
- 120 feet.
- 1842
- 01:57:59,841 --> 01:58:02,841
- Five percent fuel remaining.
- 1843
- 01:58:02,843 --> 01:58:05,812
- - (ALARM BLARING)
- - Quantity light.
- 1844
- 01:58:05,814 --> 01:58:07,614
- 94 seconds to bingo.
- 1845
- 01:58:07,616 --> 01:58:09,784
- 114's a mandatory abort.
- 1846
- 01:58:14,655 --> 01:58:17,190
- - (ALARM CONTINUES BLARING)
- - Down a half. Six forward.
- 1847
- 01:58:17,192 --> 01:58:19,059
- CAPCOM 2:
- Stand by for 60. Roger.
- 1848
- 01:58:19,061 --> 01:58:22,028
- CAPCOM 3:
- 60 seconds.
- 1849
- 01:58:22,030 --> 01:58:23,632
- 40 feet, down two and a half.
- 1850
- 01:58:25,634 --> 01:58:27,702
- ♪
- 1851
- 01:58:29,705 --> 01:58:31,071
- CAPCOM 2:
- Stand by for 30.
- 1852
- 01:58:31,073 --> 01:58:32,705
- - CAPCOM 3: 30 seconds.
- - CAPCOM 2: Forward.
- 1853
- 01:58:32,707 --> 01:58:34,176
- (ALARM CONTINUES BLARING)
- 1854
- 01:58:36,212 --> 01:58:38,479
- BUZZ:
- 20 feet, down a half.
- 1855
- 01:58:44,886 --> 01:58:46,252
- BUZZ: Faint shadow.
- Drifting forward,
- 1856
- 01:58:46,254 --> 01:58:48,091
- just a little bit.
- 1857
- 01:59:08,243 --> 01:59:10,179
- ♪
- 1858
- 01:59:19,322 --> 01:59:21,355
- BUZZ:
- Contact light.
- 1859
- 01:59:21,357 --> 01:59:22,957
- (LOW RADIO STATIC)
- 1860
- 01:59:22,959 --> 01:59:24,894
- - Shutdown.
- - (CLICK)
- 1861
- 01:59:35,938 --> 01:59:38,107
- CAPCOM 2:
- We copy you down, Eagle.
- 1862
- 01:59:42,011 --> 01:59:44,145
- NEIL:
- Houston...
- 1863
- 01:59:44,147 --> 01:59:46,082
- Tranquility Base here.
- 1864
- 01:59:48,151 --> 01:59:50,683
- (SIGHS)
- The Eagle has landed.
- 1865
- 01:59:50,685 --> 01:59:52,620
- CAPCOM 2:
- Roger, Tranq... Tranquility.
- 1866
- 01:59:52,622 --> 01:59:53,954
- We copy you on the ground.
- 1867
- 01:59:53,956 --> 01:59:56,190
- You got a bunch of guys
- about to turn blue.
- 1868
- 01:59:56,192 --> 01:59:58,161
- We're breathing again.
- Thanks a lot.
- 1869
- 02:00:00,297 --> 02:00:02,098
- NEIL:
- Thank you.
- 1870
- 02:00:05,235 --> 02:00:07,637
- Very smooth touchdown.
- 1871
- 02:00:26,323 --> 02:00:28,857
- (WHIRRING, CLACKING)
- 1872
- 02:00:28,859 --> 02:00:31,161
- (WHOOSHING, CREAKING)
- 1873
- 02:00:48,078 --> 02:00:51,012
- (LOUD WHOOSHING)
- 1874
- 02:00:51,014 --> 02:00:52,950
- (SILENCE)
- 1875
- 02:01:33,458 --> 02:01:36,394
- (STEADY, AMPLIFIED BREATHING)
- 1876
- 02:01:55,347 --> 02:01:57,079
- CAPCOM 3:
- Okay, Neil,
- 1877
- 02:01:57,081 --> 02:02:00,082
- we can see you
- coming down the ladder now.
- 1878
- 02:02:00,084 --> 02:02:02,187
- (AMPLIFIED BREATHING CONTINUES)
- 1879
- 02:02:10,061 --> 02:02:11,928
- NEIL:
- Okay, I just checked.
- 1880
- 02:02:11,930 --> 02:02:16,201
- Uh, coming back up to that
- first step, Buzz, it's, uh...
- 1881
- 02:02:18,270 --> 02:02:20,336
- The strut
- hasn't collapsed too far,
- 1882
- 02:02:20,338 --> 02:02:22,506
- but, uh, it's adequate
- to get back up.
- 1883
- 02:02:22,508 --> 02:02:24,074
- CAPCOM 3:
- Roger. We copy.
- 1884
- 02:02:24,076 --> 02:02:26,411
- NEIL: Takes a pretty good
- little jump.
- 1885
- 02:02:43,195 --> 02:02:45,495
- CAPCOM 3:
- Uh, Buzz, this is Houston.
- 1886
- 02:02:45,497 --> 02:02:49,366
- F-two, one 160th second
- for shadow photography
- 1887
- 02:02:49,368 --> 02:02:51,370
- on the sequence camera.
- 1888
- 02:02:52,805 --> 02:02:54,240
- BUZZ:
- Okay.
- 1889
- 02:02:57,443 --> 02:03:00,310
- NEIL: I'm, uh,
- at the foot of the ladder.
- 1890
- 02:03:00,312 --> 02:03:03,513
- The LEM footpads
- are only, uh...
- 1891
- 02:03:03,515 --> 02:03:06,451
- uh, depressed in the surface
- 1892
- 02:03:06,453 --> 02:03:09,386
- about, uh, one or two inches.
- 1893
- 02:03:09,388 --> 02:03:14,157
- Although the surface
- appears to be, uh,
- 1894
- 02:03:14,159 --> 02:03:17,027
- very, very fine-grained
- as you get close to it.
- 1895
- 02:03:17,029 --> 02:03:20,497
- It's almost like a powder
- down there.
- 1896
- 02:03:20,499 --> 02:03:22,301
- Uh, very fine.
- 1897
- 02:03:31,344 --> 02:03:34,213
- I'm gonna step off the LEM now.
- 1898
- 02:03:45,124 --> 02:03:47,793
- That's one small step
- for man...
- 1899
- 02:03:50,029 --> 02:03:53,199
- ...one giant leap for mankind.
- 1900
- 02:03:56,101 --> 02:03:59,105
- (RADIO STATIC FADES TO SILENCE)
- 1901
- 02:04:37,445 --> 02:04:39,913
- ♪
- 1902
- 02:05:01,102 --> 02:05:03,036
- ♪
- 1903
- 02:05:23,190 --> 02:05:26,057
- BUZZ: Okay, you ready
- for me to come out?
- 1904
- 02:05:26,059 --> 02:05:28,162
- ♪
- 1905
- 02:05:44,178 --> 02:05:46,280
- ♪
- 1906
- 02:05:59,494 --> 02:06:02,430
- (AMPLIFIED BREATHING)
- 1907
- 02:06:18,547 --> 02:06:20,582
- (AMPLIFIED BREATHING CONTINUES)
- 1908
- 02:06:24,620 --> 02:06:26,555
- ♪
- 1909
- 02:06:31,226 --> 02:06:33,328
- (VOICES MUTED)
- 1910
- 02:06:40,368 --> 02:06:42,472
- ♪
- 1911
- 02:07:00,423 --> 02:07:02,357
- ♪
- 1912
- 02:07:22,077 --> 02:07:24,480
- ♪
- 1913
- 02:07:43,599 --> 02:07:45,701
- ♪
- 1914
- 02:08:00,617 --> 02:08:03,085
- (LOW RADIO STATIC)
- 1915
- 02:08:20,236 --> 02:08:22,171
- ♪
- 1916
- 02:08:39,790 --> 02:08:41,726
- ♪
- 1917
- 02:08:46,496 --> 02:08:49,664
- CAPCOM 3:
- Five, four, three,
- 1918
- 02:08:49,666 --> 02:08:51,566
- two, one.
- 1919
- 02:08:51,568 --> 02:08:52,902
- Ignition.
- 1920
- 02:08:52,904 --> 02:08:55,370
- (EXPLOSIVE WHOOSHING)
- 1921
- 02:08:55,372 --> 02:08:57,307
- ♪
- 1922
- 02:09:01,745 --> 02:09:03,779
- ERIC SEVAREID (FADING IN):
- ...I suppose they can
- 1923
- 02:09:03,781 --> 02:09:05,948
- never really, uh,
- describe to us.
- 1924
- 02:09:05,950 --> 02:09:07,382
- So we'll never know.
- 1925
- 02:09:07,384 --> 02:09:10,553
- CRONKITE: And it may not be
- a beauty that one can pass on
- 1926
- 02:09:10,555 --> 02:09:12,355
- to future beholders, either.
- 1927
- 02:09:12,357 --> 02:09:15,190
- These first men on the Moon
- have seen something
- 1928
- 02:09:15,192 --> 02:09:18,327
- that men who follow
- will have missed.
- 1929
- 02:09:18,329 --> 02:09:20,462
- SEVAREID: They've peered
- into another life
- 1930
- 02:09:20,464 --> 02:09:22,965
- that, uh, we can't follow.
- 1931
- 02:09:22,967 --> 02:09:25,200
- REPORTER:
- Bob Simon at Trafalgar Square,
- 1932
- 02:09:25,202 --> 02:09:26,902
- where he joined the thousands
- 1933
- 02:09:26,904 --> 02:09:29,305
- who watched an immense
- television screen
- 1934
- 02:09:29,307 --> 02:09:31,539
- as the Apollo touched down
- on the Moon.
- 1935
- 02:09:31,541 --> 02:09:33,643
- REPORTER 2: The average
- Romanian thinks of Apollo 11
- 1936
- 02:09:33,645 --> 02:09:35,946
- a little bit
- as his own personal adventure.
- 1937
- 02:09:35,948 --> 02:09:38,380
- REPORTER 3: It's been estimated
- that the audience
- 1938
- 02:09:38,382 --> 02:09:40,316
- was up in the hundreds
- of millions.
- 1939
- 02:09:40,318 --> 02:09:43,786
- Perhaps 400 million persons
- or so watching this broadcast.
- 1940
- 02:09:43,788 --> 02:09:45,521
- REPORTER 4:
- Countless millions more
- 1941
- 02:09:45,523 --> 02:09:47,757
- listened on the radio
- to the voices from the Moon.
- 1942
- 02:09:47,759 --> 02:09:50,326
- Never before had so many people
- 1943
- 02:09:50,328 --> 02:09:52,495
- been attuned to one event
- at one time.
- 1944
- 02:09:52,497 --> 02:09:54,497
- (OVERLAPPING BROADCASTS
- IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES)
- 1945
- 02:09:54,499 --> 02:09:56,899
- REPORTER 5:
- ...is on the Moon. Of course...
- 1946
- 02:09:56,901 --> 02:09:58,668
- MAN (OVER TV):
- ...feats of all time.
- 1947
- 02:09:58,670 --> 02:10:00,671
- REPORTER 6: Does it amaze you
- that it's taken place?
- 1948
- 02:10:00,673 --> 02:10:02,538
- MAN: It not only amazes me,
- but I'm certain
- 1949
- 02:10:02,540 --> 02:10:03,907
- that it amazes everybody
- in this country.
- 1950
- 02:10:03,909 --> 02:10:06,009
- REPORTER 7:
- What do you think of it?
- 1951
- 02:10:06,011 --> 02:10:07,710
- - (DOOR CLOSES)
- - Well, the Moon, I hope...
- 1952
- 02:10:07,712 --> 02:10:09,378
- that sometime everybody
- will go there.
- 1953
- 02:10:09,380 --> 02:10:10,647
- - Want to go yourself?
- - Oh, yeah.
- 1954
- 02:10:10,649 --> 02:10:12,015
- I wish I can go right now.
- 1955
- 02:10:12,017 --> 02:10:14,483
- WOMAN: I think this
- is a very important day.
- 1956
- 02:10:14,485 --> 02:10:17,754
- It's a historical day for...
- and the whole universe
- 1957
- 02:10:17,756 --> 02:10:19,822
- is concerned about this,
- the landing on the Moon.
- 1958
- 02:10:19,824 --> 02:10:21,624
- REPORTER 8:
- And as a French woman,
- 1959
- 02:10:21,626 --> 02:10:23,860
- - how do you think about it?
- - Oh, I think it's wonderful.
- 1960
- 02:10:23,862 --> 02:10:26,429
- I always trusted America,
- and I knew they couldn't fail.
- 1961
- 02:10:26,431 --> 02:10:27,898
- REPORTER 9:
- And in Washington,
- 1962
- 02:10:27,900 --> 02:10:30,033
- an anonymous citizen
- placed a small bouquet
- 1963
- 02:10:30,035 --> 02:10:33,003
- on the grave of John F. Kennedy
- with a note:
- 1964
- 02:10:33,005 --> 02:10:36,006
- "Mr. President,
- the Eagle has landed."
- 1965
- 02:10:36,008 --> 02:10:40,343
- And indeed on this day, as we
- mark the astronauts' return,
- 1966
- 02:10:40,345 --> 02:10:42,679
- it's hard not to think back
- upon that speech
- 1967
- 02:10:42,681 --> 02:10:45,849
- our 35th president gave
- just seven short years ago.
- 1968
- 02:10:45,851 --> 02:10:48,685
- KENNEDY: If this capsule
- history of our progress
- 1969
- 02:10:48,687 --> 02:10:51,755
- teaches us anything,
- it is that man,
- 1970
- 02:10:51,757 --> 02:10:53,657
- in his quest for knowledge
- and progress,
- 1971
- 02:10:53,659 --> 02:10:57,027
- is determined
- and cannot be deterred.
- 1972
- 02:10:57,029 --> 02:10:59,563
- But why, some say, the Moon?
- 1973
- 02:10:59,565 --> 02:11:02,733
- Why choose this as our goal?
- 1974
- 02:11:02,735 --> 02:11:06,904
- And they may well ask,
- why climb the highest mountain?
- 1975
- 02:11:06,906 --> 02:11:10,842
- Why, 35 years ago,
- fly the Atlantic?
- 1976
- 02:11:10,844 --> 02:11:13,376
- Why does Rice play Texas?
- 1977
- 02:11:13,378 --> 02:11:15,679
- We choose to go to the Moon.
- 1978
- 02:11:15,681 --> 02:11:20,350
- - We choose to go to the Moon...
- - (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
- 1979
- 02:11:20,352 --> 02:11:23,020
- We choose to go to the Moon
- in this decade
- 1980
- 02:11:23,022 --> 02:11:24,822
- and do the other things,
- 1981
- 02:11:24,824 --> 02:11:28,760
- not because they are easy,
- but because they are hard.
- 1982
- 02:11:28,762 --> 02:11:32,729
- (CLAMORING)
- 1983
- 02:11:32,731 --> 02:11:34,968
- - REPORTER: How do you feel?
- - (CLAMORING CONTINUES)
- 1984
- 02:11:36,903 --> 02:11:38,337
- REPORTER 2:
- How happy are you?
- 1985
- 02:11:39,706 --> 02:11:41,506
- Have you spoken
- with your husband?
- 1986
- 02:11:41,508 --> 02:11:43,808
- Would your sons like to be
- astronauts like him?
- 1987
- 02:11:43,810 --> 02:11:45,042
- REPORTER 3:
- Mrs. Armstrong.
- 1988
- 02:11:45,044 --> 02:11:46,978
- Ha-Have all your prayers
- been answered?
- 1989
- 02:11:46,980 --> 02:11:48,579
- Yes, yes, they have.
- 1990
- 02:11:48,581 --> 02:11:50,982
- How would you describe
- the flight?
- 1991
- 02:11:50,984 --> 02:11:55,653
- Well, uh, I can only say
- it was, uh, out of this world.
- 1992
- 02:11:55,655 --> 02:11:56,954
- (LAUGHTER)
- 1993
- 02:11:56,956 --> 02:11:58,358
- - Thank you.
- - (CLAMORING RESUMES)
- 1994
- 02:11:59,960 --> 02:12:01,926
- DEKE: They will be quarantined
- the full three weeks,
- 1995
- 02:12:01,928 --> 02:12:03,930
- but there is no sign
- of infection or disease.
- 1996
- 02:12:07,133 --> 02:12:09,068
- Congratulations, Jan.
- 1997
- 02:12:15,074 --> 02:12:17,011
- (DOOR CLOSES)
- 1998
- 02:12:48,676 --> 02:12:51,009
- (INHALES)
- 1999
- 02:12:51,011 --> 02:12:52,613
- (EXHALES)
- 2000
- 02:13:02,756 --> 02:13:04,992
- (CHAIR CREAKS QUIETLY)
- 2001
- 02:13:18,572 --> 02:13:20,107
- (SNIFFS)
- 2002
- 02:13:50,205 --> 02:13:53,108
- ♪
- 2003
- 02:14:03,985 --> 02:14:05,921
- ♪
- 2004
- 02:14:36,018 --> 02:14:37,953
- ♪
- 2005
- 02:15:08,050 --> 02:15:09,986
- ♪
- 2006
- 02:15:40,083 --> 02:15:42,019
- ♪
- 2007
- 02:16:12,115 --> 02:16:14,051
- ♪
- 2008
- 02:16:44,147 --> 02:16:46,083
- ♪
- 2009
- 02:17:16,180 --> 02:17:18,116
- ♪
- 2010
- 02:17:48,213 --> 02:17:50,148
- ♪
- 2011
- 02:18:20,245 --> 02:18:22,181
- ♪
- 2012
- 02:18:52,277 --> 02:18:54,214
- ♪
- 2013
- 02:19:24,310 --> 02:19:26,246
- ♪
- 2014
- 02:19:32,418 --> 02:19:35,955
- - (RADIO CRACKLING FAINTLY)
- - (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
- 2015
- 02:19:45,832 --> 02:19:47,499
- (OVER RADIO):
- Go ahead.
- 2016
- 02:19:47,501 --> 02:19:49,934
- - (BEEP)
- - Roger. Node.
- 2017
- 02:19:49,936 --> 02:19:52,003
- Zero-seven.
- 2018
- 02:19:52,005 --> 02:19:53,871
- Zero-four.
- 2019
- 02:19:53,873 --> 02:19:56,040
- Four-six.
- 2020
- 02:19:56,042 --> 02:19:59,110
- Rogue five.
- 2021
- 02:19:59,112 --> 02:20:02,015
- Six-seven-point-five east.
- 2022
- 02:20:04,050 --> 02:20:05,484
- One-five.
- 2023
- 02:20:05,486 --> 02:20:08,352
- - Five-two right ascension.
- - (BEEP)
- 2024
- 02:20:08,354 --> 02:20:10,291
- (MUSIC ENDS)
- 2025
- 02:20:11,458 --> 02:20:13,257
- Uh, roger. Understand.
- 2026
- 02:20:13,259 --> 02:20:16,361
- Node: 070446...
- 2027
- 02:20:16,363 --> 02:20:19,530
- rogue five, 67.5 east,
- 2028
- 02:20:19,532 --> 02:20:23,468
- one-five plus five-two
- right ascension.
- 2029
- 02:20:23,470 --> 02:20:26,003
- - (BEEP)
- - Roger. That's correct.
- 2030
- 02:20:26,005 --> 02:20:28,974
- And we do verify that
- the L-band radar is off link.
- 2031
- 02:20:28,976 --> 02:20:30,541
- (BEEP)
- 2032
- 02:20:30,543 --> 02:20:33,447
- (RADIO CHATTER
- CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)
- 2033
- 02:20:35,382 --> 02:20:38,049
- - (BEEP)
- - No, that's the spacecraft L-band radar.
- 2034
- 02:20:38,051 --> 02:20:40,421
- - (BEEP)
- - (RADIO CHATTER FADES)
- 2035
- 02:20:40,423 --> 02:20:45,423
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