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