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- Besides the backfire, how was she?
- Real sweet, Murph.
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It’s no X-15, but she
handles like a real beaut.
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- Yeah, she’s cherry.
- Hey, Chaddie. You piece of shit.
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They’ll let anyone land a plane
in this godforsaken town.
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Yeah. Navy still handing out
wings like candy, I see.
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- Oh, my bad.
- Pardon me.
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- No, that was my fault.
- Sorry.
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Ah, hey.
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- Weren’t you--
- The Tumbler Inn. Friday night.
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You were with your friend.
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- Likes the two-step? Yeah?
- Yeah, she likes to have fun.
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- Yeah, there’s nothing wrong with that.
- No.
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- So, what are you doing here?
- So, what are you doing here?
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- You first.
- I was just--
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What’s a pretty girl like you
doing all the way out here?
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- Your boyfriend a pilot or something?
- No. No.
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- I came here by myself.
- Uh-huh.
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Always wanted to learn how to fly.
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Come on.
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What? Pretty girls can’t be pilots?
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Well, I suppose they can.
I just, I don’t know any who want to.
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Well, you do now.
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I’ve always wanted to learn how
to fly, ever since I was a kid.
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Say, you wouldn’t happen to know
any instructors, would you?
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Someone that could give a girl
her first lesson?
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Just gonna ease it
into a nice altitude for ya.
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There you go.
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Best seat in the house.
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Never gets old.
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You’re gonna let me fly? Now?
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You gotta start sometime.
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Don’t worry about a thing, okay?
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I’m right here with ya.
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Push in.
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Houses get bigger.
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Pull back.
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Whoo. Houses get smaller.
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Let’s level that off.
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There you go.
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Okay, your turn.
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Okay, here I go.
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Back. Houses are smaller.
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Okay, so you see how you’re
starting to lose speed?
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Okay, push down.
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Push down on the wheel.
We’ll go a little bit faster.
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- Is this what’s called a stall?
- That’s it.
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Down, honey. Down on the...
Push the wheel in.
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Oh! What are you doing? Ohh!
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Well, did I do it right,
Mister Navy Pilot Man?
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Oh, shit.
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Ohh. Do-- Oh!
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Do that again.
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How long you been flying?
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725 hours. If anyone’s counting.
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Wow. You really had me going.
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Why the whole... Why not just...
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Americans across
the political spectrum are asking,
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“Are American women falling behind their
counterparts in the Soviet Union?”
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This in the wake of the moon landing of
female cosmonaut, Anastasia Belikova,
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who has become an overnight
sensation across the globe.
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The photograph taken of her
on the lunar surface, smiling in pure joy,
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has become an iconic image,
splashed across the front pages
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of magazines and newspapers
around the world.
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Belikova has been likened
to Rosie the Riveter,
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up until now, a uniquely American image
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that symbolized female strength
in the 1940s.
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This latest Soviet success
has cast doubt on NASA’s priorities
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as the rest of the world celebrates
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the incredible moment
in the history of womankind.
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We were converting the third stage
of a Saturn V into an orbiting workshop.
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Von Braun called it Skylab.
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Construction is already
underway in Huntsville.
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But it is still early enough to change the
trajectory of the conversion process.
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Current thinking is to take what would
have been Skylab and strip it down.
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Reduce the weight until we have
a launchable habitat module
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for our new permanently-manned
moon base, Moonlab.
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And how many military personnel
can we fit inside that thing?
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Doesn’t look that big.
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It’ll be manned by three astronauts at a
time for the first stages
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until the kinks are ironed out,
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and then there’ll be further expansions
that can include military aspects.
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What exactly are
the Pentagon’s plans in that regard?
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How soon will this Moonlab be ready?
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Two years, give or take.
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Jesus.
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You know, first we have to
find a place to land the damn thing.
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Apollos 13, 14 and 15 are being re-tasked
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to survey for potential sites
for the base.
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And then we have to analyze those results.
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We look at geology, we do trade studies,
resource budgeting, system analysis.
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Change of plans, gentlemen.
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I thought you weren’t back until tomorrow.
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No, I wasn’t,
but the boss threw me a curve,
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and I thought I better get back ASAP.
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Uh, could you give us a minute, General?
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Well, this can’t be good.
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Not if it involves
Shorty Powers, it can’t.
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I am so misunderstood.
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The president feels it’s
of national importance
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that America equals the Soviets
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in its great achievement of
landing a woman on the moon.
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You mean his poll numbers
are down with women.
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To this end, Nixon wants us
to put a woman on the moon.
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- Preferably a blonde.
- You can’t be serious.
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- What about Moonlab?
- What about what?
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Our lunar base.
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That’s a terrible name.
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This is bullshit, Tom.
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We’re on track to actually beat the
Soviets for a change. We can’t keep--
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Establishing a base on the moon
is still our top priority,
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but so is putting
a female astronaut on the moon.
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They’re both top priority.
Co-top priorities.
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Anybody tell the president that
we don’t have any female astronauts?
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Well, I think he’s aware.
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Every newspaper, magazine,
talk show and newscast
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is pointing it out on a daily basis.
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Can’t just put a woman on the moon.
She has to be an astronaut.
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There are procedures, training, tests.
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And I can’t just train one woman.
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I’ll need at least 20 candidates
to find one who can pass muster.
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For God’s sake, Deke.
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This is just something to throw the
women’s libbers and The New York Times.
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You don’t need to go through
the whole rigmarole.
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Just find a nice-enough looking lady
pilot, put her in a space suit,
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teach her to walk down the goddamn ladder,
and take her picture.
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Nobody gets into a spacecraft
in this program that I haven’t certified.
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The second that changes,
my resignation will be on your desk.
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I don’t think any of us, including the
president, would enjoy the bad press
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that would result
from Mr. Slayton’s resignation.
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It’s fine.
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You wanna train 20 women to find one?
Go right ahead.
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The press called them the Mercury 13.
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Each was an experienced pilot
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with hundreds or thousands
of hours of flight time.
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Each passed the entire battery of physical
and psychological tests
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given the original Mercury Seven
male astronauts.
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Program was killed before they
could attend flight training in Pensacola.
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I remember.
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John Glenn really hated that whole thing.
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Well, Glenn’s not flying anymore.
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And he’s a Democrat,
so his opinion doesn’t matter.
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Are any of these ladies still flying? What
was this? Ten years ago?
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It was shut down seven years ago.
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And of the 13 pilots,
exactly two are still flying.
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The rest stopped because of kids,
husbands, that sort of thing.
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Who’s left?
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Molly Cobb.
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Set aviation records
for long-distance solo flight,
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won several racing awards, qualified in
single and multi-engine aircraft,
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and was first in her class in Mercury 13,
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but she’s not really what
the president’s looking for.
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The hell does that mean?
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I mean, she’s a bit
rough around the edges.
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We need Marlo Thomas, not Danny Thomas.
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Jesus Christ, Shorty.
This isn’t a beauty contest.
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I’m telling you, the president is gonna
want a more enticing woman
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to be America’s first Moon Maiden.
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“Moon Maiden”?
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- I’m working on a press release.
- Keep working.
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Well, maybe she’ll get lucky and wash out
in favor of a Playmate of the Month.
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But for now...
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Patty Doyle.
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Only other member of the Mercury 13 still
flying, mainly helicopters.
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She passed the Mercury test
with flying colors.
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Finished second in her class behind Cobb.
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She’ll do.
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Danielle Poole.
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Twenty-five years old,
has a bachelor’s of math and science--
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Perfect. She’s in.
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Hang on. I’m not letting her in
just because she’s black.
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That’s exactly why you’re letting her in.
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I do not need Jesse Jackson up my ass
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or Ralph Abernathy back here with his damn
mules making all that commotion.
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This time we’re getting
ahead of the story.
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She’s got 1,500 hours
in the air, a commercial pilot’s license,
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and she already works here at NASA.
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She’s an engineer over
with the computer ladies.
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You see?
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Fine.
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Okay, that’s our group then.
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Not quite.
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Great. Now what?
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Just got off the phone with Ron Ziegler.
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Who?
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White House press secretary.
This won’t be good either.
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Ziegler remembered this article
from a couple years ago
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and showed it to the president,
who thought it was a great idea.
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Thought what was a great idea?
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Huh! Gordo will lose his mind.
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Be serious, Shorty.
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I am. I mean, let’s face it.
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We do not have one John Glenn
in that group, and it’s not even close.
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I don’t know. A couple of them look like
they’re starting to lose their hair.
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Who in this group
is the all-American girl?
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The one people are gonna love
and take into their hearts
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and feel good about doing it?
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John Glenn wasn’t “John Glenn”
until he became “John Glenn.”
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John Glenn was always “John Glenn.” And
that’s why he was chosen for Mercury.
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If the president wants Tracy Stevens,
then Tracy Stevens he will have.
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America’s space couple.
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That’s Gordo’s wife.
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She’s a mother, for Chrissake.
How’s she gonna manage that?
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Get her a nanny.
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- What if she says no?
- Change her mind.
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- What if she flunks out?
- See that she doesn’t.
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I make the crew selections.
I thought that was clear.
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I didn’t say put her on a crew.
I said don’t flunk her out.
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She can be the goddamn mascot
for all I care. But she’s in.
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You think Gordo’s gonna be all right with
his wife working the same place he does?
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How’d you like to see Barbara
in the hallways, Tom?
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Or Mary?
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Not to mention his... shenanigans.
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Come on. We can’t do this.
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Just give him something he wants.
Make it worth his while.
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I don’t care what you have
to do. Just do it. She’s in.
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I think maybe Tracy and I
need to discuss this in private
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before, you know,
we arrive at anything definite.
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Yes.
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Sorry, hon?
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Yes, I’ll do it.
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- Great news.
- There’s my girl.
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Everyone’s going to be very
happy to hear that, Tracy.
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- Welcome aboard.
- I won’t let you down, Deke.
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No worries there, Tracy.
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See you back at the ranch.
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Holy shit.
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Look at you.
Astronaut candidate Tracy Stevens.
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Ahh. That is crazy. I mean, wow.
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So, you’re just okay with this?
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Sure. Why wouldn’t I be?
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I mean, if you think it’s a good idea,
then I’m all for it.
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- What’s Deke giving you?
- Huh? No, Deke-- I mean, you know Deke.
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He gave you a slot.
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He doesn’t throw out
crew slots willy-nilly.
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I mean,
he’s a son of a bitch on that front.
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Let me tell you.
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He...
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- Fifteen. He gave me slot on Apollo 15.
- There it is. Yeah.
239
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That does not matter right now.
240
00:15:38,940 --> 00:15:41,210
What’s important is you.
241
00:15:41,234 --> 00:15:43,444
You’re gonna be an astronaut candidate.
242
00:15:44,946 --> 00:15:47,986
No. I’m gonna be an astronaut.
243
00:15:50,743 --> 00:15:55,373
One day I’m gonna have one of those pins
on my collar just like you.
244
00:15:56,749 --> 00:15:58,894
Someone’s got a fire up her ass.
245
00:15:58,918 --> 00:16:01,798
I like it. A lot.
246
00:16:03,548 --> 00:16:06,569
We should celebrate.
Steaks at the Lamplighter.
247
00:16:10,388 --> 00:16:12,908
No, let’s try the new Chinese place.
I’ll go get dressed.
248
00:16:12,932 --> 00:16:14,994
Hey, come on, you look great.
249
00:16:15,018 --> 00:16:16,388
I’ll only be a minute.
250
00:16:41,002 --> 00:16:43,272
And although NASA
has not released the names
251
00:16:43,296 --> 00:16:46,400
of the female candidates
accepted to the program,
252
00:16:46,424 --> 00:16:49,278
we’ve learned that one of
the ladies is none other than
253
00:16:49,302 --> 00:16:53,657
the wife of astronaut
Gordon “Gordo” Stevens.
254
00:16:53,681 --> 00:16:58,829
Mrs. Stevens was a pilot herself
when she met her future husband,
255
00:16:58,853 --> 00:17:02,249
a story chronicled in Look magazine
256
00:17:02,273 --> 00:17:06,545
under the heading “Love in the Skies.”
257
00:17:06,569 --> 00:17:09,256
May I please be excused?
258
00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:11,030
- Yes, you may.
- Thank you.
259
00:17:13,952 --> 00:17:15,992
I mean, it’s just embarrassing, Ed.
260
00:17:19,415 --> 00:17:21,375
Orders, you know. Straight from the top.
261
00:17:23,419 --> 00:17:25,759
So, Tracy Stevens is gonna fly in space?
262
00:17:27,757 --> 00:17:29,401
Deke’s call, you know?
263
00:17:29,425 --> 00:17:32,196
I heard he threatened to resign if they
took crew selection away from him.
264
00:17:32,220 --> 00:17:33,860
Well, you don’t seem very bothered by it.
265
00:17:34,764 --> 00:17:35,814
I mean...
266
00:17:38,351 --> 00:17:40,746
Not really my concern,
you know? I’m focused on 15.
267
00:17:40,770 --> 00:17:42,456
But I don’t think it’s a great idea--
268
00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:43,900
Not a great idea?
269
00:17:45,233 --> 00:17:48,212
Ed, they are making
a mockery of what you do.
270
00:17:48,236 --> 00:17:49,296
Well...
271
00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:53,968
I mean, you have trained
and you’ve worked and you’ve suffered.
272
00:17:53,992 --> 00:17:58,222
You’ve taken enormous risks over years to
get where you are. And now what?
273
00:17:58,246 --> 00:18:02,626
Now these women, they’re just gonna waltz
in and get pinned and fly.
274
00:18:03,543 --> 00:18:06,133
And why? Because the Soviets did?
275
00:18:07,463 --> 00:18:10,067
I-- It’s-- It’s--
276
00:18:10,091 --> 00:18:15,197
Look. Ed, she’s not remotely capable
of doing what you do.
277
00:18:15,221 --> 00:18:16,782
None of them are.
278
00:18:16,806 --> 00:18:18,726
Couple of them supposed to be
pretty good pilots.
279
00:18:19,893 --> 00:18:22,580
But you’re probably right.
280
00:18:22,604 --> 00:18:24,984
- Jesus, Ed.
- ’Course you’re right. You’re 100% right.
281
00:18:26,816 --> 00:18:29,503
- Got to be kidding me!
- I’m sorry.
282
00:18:29,527 --> 00:18:30,647
I’m...
283
00:18:31,905 --> 00:18:33,195
I’m sorry.
284
00:19:13,154 --> 00:19:14,914
“Love in the Skies.”
285
00:19:41,516 --> 00:19:43,266
- May I sit here?
- Of course.
286
00:19:47,564 --> 00:19:48,916
Thank you.
287
00:19:48,940 --> 00:19:50,543
I’m Tracy.
288
00:19:50,567 --> 00:19:51,647
Danielle.
289
00:19:59,033 --> 00:20:01,262
Well, look what the cat dragged in.
290
00:20:01,286 --> 00:20:03,366
I had a feeling you’d be here, Molly.
291
00:20:04,497 --> 00:20:05,747
Beats the circus.
292
00:20:07,750 --> 00:20:10,354
Looks like we’re the only two
Mercurys still kicking tires.
293
00:20:10,378 --> 00:20:13,232
Yeah. Well, it’s good to know
you’ll be right behind me.
294
00:20:13,256 --> 00:20:14,666
Just like the old days.
295
00:20:16,467 --> 00:20:19,507
Ladies, take your seats.
We’ll get this show on the road.
296
00:20:21,598 --> 00:20:23,492
My name is Deke Slayton.
297
00:20:23,516 --> 00:20:26,662
I’m head of the astronaut office, and I’m
here to welcome you to NASA.
298
00:20:26,686 --> 00:20:31,667
Congratulations. As of this moment, you
are officially astronaut candidates.
299
00:20:31,691 --> 00:20:35,254
Affectionately referred to
from this point on as ASCANs.
300
00:20:41,743 --> 00:20:44,873
You come from near and far
and all across America.
301
00:20:46,206 --> 00:20:48,684
Those of you who were
part of the Mercury 13,
302
00:20:48,708 --> 00:20:50,811
Patty Doyle, Molly Cobb,
303
00:20:50,835 --> 00:20:53,295
I know you’ve waited
for this day for a long time.
304
00:20:56,716 --> 00:20:58,836
But these aren’t the Mercury tests.
305
00:20:59,677 --> 00:21:01,197
No.
306
00:21:01,221 --> 00:21:05,618
This is a rigorous, 24-hour-a-day,
seven-day-a-week training program
307
00:21:05,642 --> 00:21:07,244
preparing you for space travel.
308
00:21:07,268 --> 00:21:09,330
There are 20 of you here today.
309
00:21:09,354 --> 00:21:11,957
I expect that number to be
far less a year from now.
310
00:21:11,981 --> 00:21:14,335
Honestly,
311
00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:16,609
I don’t know if any of you
will still be here.
312
00:21:17,403 --> 00:21:18,923
Here’s how this works.
313
00:21:18,947 --> 00:21:21,550
I’m going to be grading you
as we go along.
314
00:21:21,574 --> 00:21:24,053
And everything you do will be graded.
315
00:21:24,077 --> 00:21:28,307
Pilot performance, academics,
your character and motivation.
316
00:21:28,331 --> 00:21:30,184
I’ll post results periodically.
317
00:21:30,208 --> 00:21:32,838
If your name’s not on the list,
you’re cut.
318
00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:35,420
Get your stuff and go home.
319
00:21:38,258 --> 00:21:40,468
Kill the lights. Let’s get
to the program overview.
320
00:21:43,137 --> 00:21:48,035
Basic science programs,
jet qualification, celestial navigation,
321
00:21:48,059 --> 00:21:52,559
simulator training, guidance,
navigation and control training.
322
00:22:07,662 --> 00:22:11,433
In Moscow today, Premier Alexei
Kosygin accused the Nixon administration
323
00:22:11,457 --> 00:22:14,979
of planning to put missiles on the
recently proposed American moon base
324
00:22:15,003 --> 00:22:17,982
in violation of the Space Treaty of 1967.
325
00:22:18,006 --> 00:22:20,109
The White House denies the accusation,
326
00:22:20,133 --> 00:22:23,946
saying it will not be the first country to
introduce weapons in space.
327
00:22:23,970 --> 00:22:28,075
Tensions are as high as they’ve ever been
as the “race for a base” continues.
328
00:22:28,099 --> 00:22:31,809
Fifty bucks says this whole thing
doesn’t make it past month two.
329
00:22:33,688 --> 00:22:35,583
I don’t know.
330
00:22:35,607 --> 00:22:37,817
I think we’re going all the way this time,
Molly.
331
00:22:39,527 --> 00:22:43,277
Last time you said that, we ended up
spending the night in a Tulsa drunk tank.
332
00:22:44,657 --> 00:22:45,987
That was a long time ago.
333
00:22:46,701 --> 00:22:48,637
Yeah.
334
00:22:48,661 --> 00:22:52,711
Just don’t go getting your hopes up beyond
anything other than the here and now.
335
00:22:53,958 --> 00:22:55,498
Things ain’t changed that much.
336
00:23:05,637 --> 00:23:07,177
You ever flown a jet before?
337
00:23:08,848 --> 00:23:10,058
Couple times.
338
00:23:11,643 --> 00:23:12,983
I’ve always wanted to.
339
00:23:17,065 --> 00:23:18,709
- You’re not married?
- No.
340
00:23:18,733 --> 00:23:20,113
But you’re so pretty.
341
00:23:22,195 --> 00:23:24,525
- You sound like my mother.
- Yeah, that can’t be good.
342
00:23:25,907 --> 00:23:26,947
It’s not.
343
00:23:29,494 --> 00:23:30,754
Oh, here comes Janice.
344
00:23:32,539 --> 00:23:34,249
She’s carrying too much speed.
345
00:23:40,588 --> 00:23:41,816
Told ya.
346
00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:43,359
She porpoised.
347
00:23:43,383 --> 00:23:45,194
Deke’s not gonna like that.
348
00:23:45,218 --> 00:23:46,638
Stevens, you’re up!
349
00:23:51,224 --> 00:23:52,493
Shit.
350
00:23:52,517 --> 00:23:54,637
So, if you enter these
two parameters, you’ll be fine.
351
00:24:06,114 --> 00:24:07,925
Cabin pressure’s good, Trace.
352
00:24:07,949 --> 00:24:09,927
I mean, Candidate Stevens.
353
00:24:12,370 --> 00:24:13,960
Check your oxygen regulator.
354
00:24:15,707 --> 00:24:18,853
Got a good blinker, Commander Baldwin.
355
00:24:22,338 --> 00:24:24,258
Start with an easy turn to the left.
356
00:24:27,260 --> 00:24:30,948
You push the throttle on a prop plane,
you get an immediate result.
357
00:24:30,972 --> 00:24:33,325
Jets, you gotta think way ahead.
358
00:24:33,349 --> 00:24:36,370
- Copy that.
- Let’s make an easy turn to the right.
359
00:24:36,394 --> 00:24:37,404
Copy.
360
00:24:40,315 --> 00:24:43,544
Airfield in view, ten o’clock, five miles.
361
00:24:43,568 --> 00:24:46,108
You ready to crash,
I mean, land this sucker?
362
00:24:47,071 --> 00:24:49,675
Copy that. Yes, sir.
363
00:24:49,699 --> 00:24:52,595
Remember what we talked about
the other day. T-38 lands fast.
364
00:24:52,619 --> 00:24:56,223
So, you come in slow, you’ll stall.
Come in fast, you’ll land long.
365
00:24:56,247 --> 00:24:57,247
Copy that.
366
00:24:58,625 --> 00:25:00,561
All right, here we go.
367
00:25:00,585 --> 00:25:04,398
Watch your airspeed.
170, you’re fast. Push the throttles back.
368
00:25:04,422 --> 00:25:08,736
All right, still fast, 160.
Keep working the throttles off.
369
00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:10,890
Here we go. Now flare. Nose up. Nose up.
370
00:25:24,317 --> 00:25:27,338
Women applicants will be interviewed today
for the new space program
371
00:25:27,362 --> 00:25:29,798
that will send an American
man and woman team of astronauts
372
00:25:29,822 --> 00:25:31,322
as the first couple on the moon.
373
00:25:34,494 --> 00:25:35,624
Hello?
374
00:25:37,789 --> 00:25:39,350
Danny, look who’s here.
375
00:25:39,374 --> 00:25:40,434
Hi, Mom.
376
00:25:40,458 --> 00:25:42,668
- Hi, baby. How was your day?
- Good.
377
00:25:43,878 --> 00:25:45,314
Missed you.
378
00:25:45,338 --> 00:25:48,067
Thank you so much. I’m sorry I’m late.
379
00:25:48,091 --> 00:25:52,655
- It’s fine. Boys already had their dinner.
- Wow.
380
00:25:52,679 --> 00:25:56,075
Hey, you two, cut it out.
Do not point those at each other.
381
00:25:56,099 --> 00:25:58,369
Yeah, we were doing
emergency egress drills,
382
00:25:58,393 --> 00:26:01,193
and so, there’s no way
to handle a phone in that suit.
383
00:26:04,524 --> 00:26:06,404
It’s no problem, honestly.
384
00:26:08,987 --> 00:26:11,947
Yeah, Ed told me that you
made it through the first cut.
385
00:26:12,949 --> 00:26:14,093
Congratulations.
386
00:26:14,117 --> 00:26:15,594
Thank you.
387
00:26:15,618 --> 00:26:17,158
Yeah, Ed’s, uh...
388
00:26:18,621 --> 00:26:21,016
you know, Ed’s really
been a help with training.
389
00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:24,420
You know, I don’t think
I could’ve gotten this far without him.
390
00:26:26,087 --> 00:26:27,606
I’m glad that he’s been a help.
391
00:26:27,630 --> 00:26:29,984
You know, he puts his all
into everything that he does.
392
00:26:30,008 --> 00:26:31,048
Oh, yeah.
393
00:26:32,135 --> 00:26:34,255
I just hope that
he’s focused enough on 15.
394
00:26:35,138 --> 00:26:36,240
’Course he is.
395
00:26:36,264 --> 00:26:38,367
If anything,
396
00:26:38,391 --> 00:26:41,641
it’s me trying to keep
my head above water.
397
00:26:42,937 --> 00:26:46,067
It’s, uh... it’s not easy.
398
00:26:49,027 --> 00:26:50,947
Well, it’s not supposed to be easy, Tracy.
399
00:26:56,326 --> 00:26:59,536
Hey, Danny, thank Mrs. Baldwin.
400
00:27:00,580 --> 00:27:02,210
Go get your jacket on. Let’s get going.
401
00:27:03,458 --> 00:27:05,352
- Thank you.
- You’re welcome. See you soon, buddy.
402
00:27:05,376 --> 00:27:07,336
- Have a good night, Shane.
- Good night.
403
00:27:08,588 --> 00:27:09,899
- Thanks again, Karen.
- Mm-hmm.
404
00:27:09,923 --> 00:27:11,358
Let’s go get your brother.
405
00:27:11,382 --> 00:27:13,132
Let’s put everything away, all right?
406
00:27:16,095 --> 00:27:18,365
To safely return the crew,
407
00:27:18,389 --> 00:27:21,243
the command module has
to enter Earth’s atmosphere
408
00:27:21,267 --> 00:27:22,995
at exactly the right angle
409
00:27:23,019 --> 00:27:26,859
while coming in at 25,000 miles per hour.
410
00:27:28,733 --> 00:27:31,613
That’s 36,000 feet per second...
411
00:27:32,695 --> 00:27:33,797
like a meteorite.
412
00:27:33,821 --> 00:27:35,911
That’s literally what you are.
413
00:27:37,367 --> 00:27:40,638
And if you plunge through
at a steep angle, you’ll burn up.
414
00:27:40,662 --> 00:27:45,462
But if you hit the atmosphere too shallow,
you’ll just bounce off back into space.
415
00:27:51,673 --> 00:27:54,235
- Cart.
- Huh?
416
00:27:54,259 --> 00:27:55,549
Four-letter word for “wagon.”
417
00:28:01,599 --> 00:28:04,328
I understand the reentry equations.
418
00:28:04,352 --> 00:28:05,732
I hope so.
419
00:28:12,026 --> 00:28:13,316
Let’s find out.
420
00:28:17,949 --> 00:28:20,199
Pop quiz.
421
00:29:09,125 --> 00:29:11,770
Janice?
422
00:29:11,794 --> 00:29:13,384
I guess she didn’t make the cut.
423
00:29:26,017 --> 00:29:28,597
I couldn’t have done it without
you nipping at my heels, Doyle.
424
00:29:33,149 --> 00:29:35,319
Fifth. Dammit.
425
00:29:45,078 --> 00:29:46,158
Oh, God.
426
00:29:59,884 --> 00:30:03,113
Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
427
00:30:03,137 --> 00:30:04,597
Hell’s bells, Cobb.
428
00:30:05,515 --> 00:30:06,867
Double or nothing?
429
00:30:06,891 --> 00:30:08,141
Rack ’em.
430
00:30:19,028 --> 00:30:20,858
- You notice it yet?
- What’s that?
431
00:30:22,448 --> 00:30:24,468
How every guy in this bar
is trying to pretend
432
00:30:24,492 --> 00:30:27,304
he doesn’t hate the fact
that we’re standing here.
433
00:30:27,328 --> 00:30:28,828
’Cause you know what we are?
434
00:30:30,164 --> 00:30:32,935
We’re change in living color.
435
00:30:32,959 --> 00:30:34,311
Us standing here means that
436
00:30:34,335 --> 00:30:37,439
their time on top of the shitpile’s
coming to a close,
437
00:30:37,463 --> 00:30:39,358
and they don’t like it one bit.
438
00:30:39,382 --> 00:30:41,193
Give it up, Doyle.
439
00:30:41,217 --> 00:30:43,937
They’ll get around to screwin’ us over,
just like they did last time.
440
00:30:45,555 --> 00:30:46,885
Not them I’m worried about.
441
00:30:49,767 --> 00:30:51,120
Look at them.
442
00:30:51,144 --> 00:30:52,663
They just waltzed into this program
443
00:30:52,687 --> 00:30:55,017
like we weren’t trying to
get this done ten years ago.
444
00:30:55,899 --> 00:30:57,569
Come on. They’re not so bad.
445
00:31:00,069 --> 00:31:01,922
They got no idea how hard it’s gonna be
446
00:31:01,946 --> 00:31:04,341
when the shit hits the fan
and they shut this thing down.
447
00:31:04,365 --> 00:31:05,985
And you know it’s gonna happen, right?
448
00:31:09,287 --> 00:31:11,891
And they all have to go back
to their miserable little lives
449
00:31:11,915 --> 00:31:13,285
in bumfuck wherever.
450
00:31:14,501 --> 00:31:15,841
I feel sorry for ’em.
451
00:31:16,586 --> 00:31:19,190
Except for the astro wife.
452
00:31:19,214 --> 00:31:23,554
She is gonna be just fine going back to
her cushy little life and her hubby.
453
00:31:25,345 --> 00:31:28,491
The scariest thing I ever flew
was an S-2 Pitts.
454
00:31:28,515 --> 00:31:29,617
Oh, damn.
455
00:31:29,641 --> 00:31:31,494
That aircraft will kill you
in a heartbeat.
456
00:31:31,518 --> 00:31:32,638
- Yeah.
- Mm-hmm.
457
00:31:35,396 --> 00:31:36,686
How about you, Tracy?
458
00:31:40,068 --> 00:31:43,297
Well, you know. Uh...
459
00:31:44,531 --> 00:31:49,553
My brother actually taught me
to fly in a Piper Cub.
460
00:31:49,577 --> 00:31:52,327
It’s not state of the art
or anything, I know, but...
461
00:31:54,832 --> 00:31:56,042
You know, actually...
462
00:32:01,130 --> 00:32:04,860
One time, he had me try the AT-6.
463
00:32:04,884 --> 00:32:05,986
Oh, golly.
464
00:32:06,010 --> 00:32:09,470
And that move from 40 to 600 horsepower...
465
00:32:11,182 --> 00:32:13,410
it was a real eye-opener.
466
00:32:13,434 --> 00:32:14,870
I’ll bet.
467
00:32:14,894 --> 00:32:17,164
No, but, if I’m honest,
468
00:32:17,188 --> 00:32:20,417
I haven’t really flown much
in the last few years, so...
469
00:32:20,441 --> 00:32:22,651
Well, that’s understandable.
You got two kids.
470
00:32:24,237 --> 00:32:25,737
Yeah, I guess.
471
00:32:26,573 --> 00:32:28,843
I mean...
472
00:32:28,867 --> 00:32:32,947
flying just didn’t seem like an option
as a career, you know?
473
00:32:34,205 --> 00:32:35,455
I ended up a nurse.
474
00:32:36,583 --> 00:32:40,213
NICU... for a while anyway.
475
00:32:40,962 --> 00:32:42,382
I was a secretary.
476
00:32:44,591 --> 00:32:46,819
Switchboard operator.
477
00:32:46,843 --> 00:32:47,843
Computer.
478
00:32:48,469 --> 00:32:50,114
What’s that?
479
00:32:50,138 --> 00:32:54,034
We did calculations
and some engineering at NASA.
480
00:32:54,058 --> 00:32:57,580
But that wasn’t nearly
as glamorous as all this.
481
00:32:59,314 --> 00:33:02,459
You know what? Gordo gave me so much shit
for coming here tonight.
482
00:33:02,483 --> 00:33:04,670
- Come on.
- I’m serious.
483
00:33:04,694 --> 00:33:08,549
He said he wouldn’t even have dreamt of
stepping foot in this place,
484
00:33:08,573 --> 00:33:12,344
in the Outpost,
unless he had his astronaut pin.
485
00:33:12,368 --> 00:33:14,972
It’s not a church.
It’s a bar with a roach problem.
486
00:33:16,331 --> 00:33:18,601
Some of these guys act
like it’s a nightly communion.
487
00:33:18,625 --> 00:33:20,585
- Oh, yeah.
- They’re not the only ones.
488
00:33:23,630 --> 00:33:27,630
Well, Patty’s nice.
Molly, she’s, uh...
489
00:33:31,054 --> 00:33:33,616
I don’t know. I just thought
she’d be more encouraging.
490
00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:35,326
You know?
491
00:33:35,350 --> 00:33:38,600
She’s not here to make friends.
And she’s right.
492
00:33:41,606 --> 00:33:46,066
I mean, I like all of you,
but only one of us is gonna be chosen.
493
00:33:48,863 --> 00:33:49,863
Well...
494
00:33:51,574 --> 00:33:55,262
till then, can I buy y’all another round?
495
00:33:55,286 --> 00:33:57,973
Yes.
496
00:33:57,997 --> 00:33:58,997
Yes.
497
00:34:05,588 --> 00:34:07,525
Blackjack, Houston for Danielle.
498
00:34:07,549 --> 00:34:10,861
Please give us a status
on our pH indicator for fuel cell one.
499
00:34:10,885 --> 00:34:14,865
Copy that, Houston. I’ve got
barber poles on fuel cell one.
500
00:34:14,889 --> 00:34:16,559
The other two talk-backs are nominal.
501
00:34:20,270 --> 00:34:21,900
Snap to it.
502
00:34:23,523 --> 00:34:25,125
You okay?
503
00:34:25,149 --> 00:34:26,836
Yeah. Early morning.
504
00:34:26,860 --> 00:34:29,128
Blackjack, Houston for Tracy.
505
00:34:29,152 --> 00:34:31,965
Please open all four Helium-1 iso valves.
506
00:34:31,989 --> 00:34:35,199
Copy that, Houston.
Opening helium system one.
507
00:34:38,371 --> 00:34:39,621
It’s right there.
508
00:34:46,212 --> 00:34:49,672
Nice job, Blackjack.
We see good RCS tank pressurization.
509
00:34:50,507 --> 00:34:51,507
You’re welcome.
510
00:34:54,387 --> 00:34:57,616
Fail the guidance computer.
Have them come in manually.
511
00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:00,911
That’s just mean.
You know they’re not ready for that.
512
00:35:00,935 --> 00:35:03,305
We don’t have time
to wait for them to be ready.
513
00:35:08,318 --> 00:35:12,778
“What we’ve got here
is a failure to communicate.”
514
00:35:14,115 --> 00:35:15,485
Cool Hand Luke.
515
00:35:18,953 --> 00:35:22,308
- I grew up in movie theaters.
- Hmm.
516
00:35:22,332 --> 00:35:25,686
- You see Butch Cassidy?
- Love the movie. Hate the music.
517
00:35:25,710 --> 00:35:27,563
Ah, a traditionalist.
518
00:35:27,587 --> 00:35:29,690
You must love Magnificent Seven.
519
00:35:29,714 --> 00:35:32,276
Well, yeah. It’s the best
Western soundtrack ever recorded.
520
00:35:32,300 --> 00:35:35,738
Better than Red River?
You got a lot to learn, kid.
521
00:35:35,762 --> 00:35:37,406
Work now. Flirt later.
522
00:35:37,430 --> 00:35:40,140
Yes, ma’am. Right away, ma’am.
Working. Aye, aye, ma’am.
523
00:35:47,482 --> 00:35:49,692
Master caution alarm.
524
00:35:52,278 --> 00:35:54,882
Primary guidance has failed.
We need to do this manually.
525
00:35:54,906 --> 00:35:57,885
- What?
- Take manual control.
526
00:35:57,909 --> 00:36:01,555
Okay, we need to maintain constant g’s.
Watch your g-meter and your EMS scroll.
527
00:36:01,579 --> 00:36:04,141
- Yeah, I got it.
- Don’t get over four g’s or we’ll burn up.
528
00:36:04,165 --> 00:36:05,643
I got it.
529
00:36:05,667 --> 00:36:07,667
- Your attitude rates are getting high.
- I see it.
530
00:36:08,795 --> 00:36:10,648
You’re fighting the deadband.
Lower your gains.
531
00:36:10,672 --> 00:36:12,302
Stop being a backseat commander.
532
00:36:17,303 --> 00:36:20,813
Shit! We’re coming in too steep.
Accel’s at seven g’s.
533
00:36:21,891 --> 00:36:23,661
Pulling lift vector up.
534
00:36:23,685 --> 00:36:25,135
Too late. We’re gonna burn up.
535
00:36:29,566 --> 00:36:31,043
Great. We’re dead.
536
00:36:32,777 --> 00:36:35,197
End of sim. Prepare for debrief.
537
00:36:42,078 --> 00:36:43,248
Sorry, y’all.
538
00:36:44,372 --> 00:36:46,172
So, what, you didn’t get much sleep?
539
00:36:47,917 --> 00:36:49,603
Was it Gordo?
540
00:36:49,627 --> 00:36:51,167
Was it the kids?
541
00:36:51,963 --> 00:36:53,383
Was it the dog?
542
00:36:54,716 --> 00:36:56,636
- Look--
- You know, I don’t give a good goddamn.
543
00:36:58,052 --> 00:36:59,613
You’re tired?
544
00:36:59,637 --> 00:37:01,991
Your job is not to be tired.
545
00:37:02,015 --> 00:37:04,743
Yeah, I know, I know. I’m trying to just--
546
00:37:04,767 --> 00:37:08,372
You ain’t flown that much,
you got kids, you’re not an engineer.
547
00:37:08,396 --> 00:37:10,749
A lot of exceptions
have been made for you, Tracy Stevens.
548
00:37:10,773 --> 00:37:14,503
So, I don’t get how you see fit to
complain about any damn thing.
549
00:37:14,527 --> 00:37:15,963
What are you saying, Cobb?
550
00:37:15,987 --> 00:37:18,299
What I’m saying is that other
than being a pretty face
551
00:37:18,323 --> 00:37:20,176
and married to Gordo Stevens,
552
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:22,870
I don’t get what you’ve done
to deserve still being here.
553
00:37:24,370 --> 00:37:26,849
I know why I’m here,
I know why Patty’s here,
554
00:37:26,873 --> 00:37:31,133
and Dani and pretty much everyone
except for you, astro wife.
555
00:37:32,337 --> 00:37:34,047
Why are you still here?
556
00:37:41,429 --> 00:37:44,742
And she’s right. I mean,
why am I still doing this, huh?
557
00:37:44,766 --> 00:37:47,328
Why am I still doing this,
Gordo? It’s a joke.
558
00:37:47,352 --> 00:37:48,829
Hey, don’t talk like that.
559
00:37:48,853 --> 00:37:52,625
Hon, you got a real shot at this.
560
00:37:52,649 --> 00:37:56,170
And Shorty, he said your final jet scores
were amongst the highest in the class.
561
00:37:56,194 --> 00:37:57,463
- You’re a good pilot.
- No.
562
00:37:57,487 --> 00:37:59,048
Trace, you’ve always been a good pilot.
563
00:37:59,072 --> 00:38:00,591
I was a good pilot eight years ago.
564
00:38:00,615 --> 00:38:03,844
Now I’m just a housewife
trying to remember basic radio navigation.
565
00:38:03,868 --> 00:38:06,805
And why are you talking
to Shorty Powers about my test scores?
566
00:38:06,829 --> 00:38:09,767
He mentioned it in passing.
567
00:38:09,791 --> 00:38:12,041
I think you gotta see this out, Trace.
568
00:38:14,212 --> 00:38:16,649
I should’ve been bounced weeks ago.
569
00:38:16,673 --> 00:38:19,610
And everyone knows that
the only reason I’m still here
570
00:38:19,634 --> 00:38:22,029
is because Shorty wants his space couple.
571
00:38:22,053 --> 00:38:23,823
Come on, Tracy.
572
00:38:23,847 --> 00:38:25,427
I’m a laughingstock, Gordo.
573
00:38:26,099 --> 00:38:27,660
I am a laughingstock,
574
00:38:27,684 --> 00:38:31,580
and you are fine with your wife
being humiliated like this
575
00:38:31,604 --> 00:38:33,624
because you don’t wanna lose a seat on 15.
576
00:38:33,648 --> 00:38:35,835
- This isn’t about me.
- It’s always about you!
577
00:38:35,859 --> 00:38:37,795
Every goddamn thing is about you.
578
00:38:37,819 --> 00:38:38,963
Don’t start this shit.
579
00:38:38,987 --> 00:38:41,090
It’s been that way since the day we met.
580
00:38:41,114 --> 00:38:45,052
This entire household
revolves around King Gordo.
581
00:38:45,076 --> 00:38:48,472
Don’t change the subject.
This is about you wanting to punch out
582
00:38:48,496 --> 00:38:50,307
the first time something
gets a little tough.
583
00:38:50,331 --> 00:38:54,228
“A little tough”? Have you listened to one
goddamn word I’ve said?
584
00:38:54,252 --> 00:38:55,855
I’ve listened to everything you’ve said.
585
00:38:55,879 --> 00:38:58,983
“Sim training was hard,
jet qualification was hard, math is hard.
586
00:38:59,007 --> 00:39:01,507
Everything’s so hard.
I may as well just lie down and quit.”
587
00:39:03,344 --> 00:39:07,199
Jesus Christ, Trace.
Show some goddamn... guts!
588
00:39:07,223 --> 00:39:10,353
Don’t let something small as
that run you outta the program.
589
00:39:13,438 --> 00:39:15,108
So, that’s what you think of me, huh?
590
00:39:17,942 --> 00:39:19,612
That I don’t have guts?
591
00:39:20,528 --> 00:39:21,908
That I’m the quitter?
592
00:39:25,325 --> 00:39:27,678
That’s what you’re talking
about doing, isn’t it?
593
00:39:27,702 --> 00:39:31,292
Packing up your toys because some girl
said something mean to me in the sim.
594
00:39:32,624 --> 00:39:34,464
Get out!
595
00:39:36,669 --> 00:39:38,089
I’m going, all right.
596
00:39:44,677 --> 00:39:46,530
I said get the fuck out!
597
00:39:46,554 --> 00:39:48,115
Jesus.
598
00:39:57,398 --> 00:39:58,876
Oh, God.
599
00:41:02,380 --> 00:41:04,817
On the moon? Is that even possible?
600
00:41:04,841 --> 00:41:08,571
Ray, how sure are you that those
bright spots are really ice?
601
00:41:08,595 --> 00:41:10,239
I’m not. I can’t be.
602
00:41:10,263 --> 00:41:13,284
It’s just one of the possibilities
the data suggests.
603
00:41:13,308 --> 00:41:16,745
The instruments on the lunar orbiter
weren’t designed
604
00:41:16,769 --> 00:41:18,289
for that kind of analysis.
605
00:41:18,313 --> 00:41:20,082
We’ll know more after Apollo 15.
606
00:41:20,106 --> 00:41:23,210
Our CM’s going up with an enhanced
infrared photo-spectrometer.
607
00:41:23,234 --> 00:41:25,838
- Get us better data.
- I’ll tell you this.
608
00:41:25,862 --> 00:41:31,177
I mean, if he’s right, if there is water
up there, that changes everything.
609
00:41:31,201 --> 00:41:33,596
- How so?
- Well, sir, we can drink it.
610
00:41:33,620 --> 00:41:35,347
So we don’t have to haul up our own.
611
00:41:35,371 --> 00:41:37,766
And we can use it
to grow plants hydroponically.
612
00:41:37,790 --> 00:41:40,311
But the really exciting thing, sir,
613
00:41:40,335 --> 00:41:44,607
we can electrically separate H2O
into hydrogen and oxygen,
614
00:41:44,631 --> 00:41:46,108
then liquefy them to produce--
615
00:41:46,132 --> 00:41:47,359
English, please.
616
00:41:47,383 --> 00:41:50,154
He’s saying we can use it
to make rocket fuel.
617
00:41:50,178 --> 00:41:53,407
Same kind we use
in the upper stages of the Saturn V.
618
00:41:53,431 --> 00:41:57,811
A refueling station on our way
to the rest of the solar system.
619
00:42:02,690 --> 00:42:04,940
Good work, Ray. Thanks.
620
00:42:11,157 --> 00:42:13,157
Um, hey, guys.
621
00:42:14,619 --> 00:42:17,909
The president wants to know
how we’re doing with his women,
622
00:42:18,665 --> 00:42:20,100
specifically Stevens’ wife.
623
00:42:20,124 --> 00:42:22,853
He really hopes she’s the one.
624
00:42:22,877 --> 00:42:26,297
You can tell him his women
are about to do desert survival training.
625
00:42:27,090 --> 00:42:28,442
You’re really doing that?
626
00:42:28,466 --> 00:42:30,027
It’s part of the program.
627
00:42:30,051 --> 00:42:32,101
Are you trying to wash them out?
628
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:36,951
They can’t haul a 40-pound pack
20 miles in the desert sun.
629
00:42:36,975 --> 00:42:39,745
They have to be able to handle
all aspects of spaceflight,
630
00:42:39,769 --> 00:42:42,309
including survival
after a botched landing.
631
00:42:43,273 --> 00:42:44,750
You’ll lose half of them out there.
632
00:42:44,774 --> 00:42:48,494
If they can’t survive the desert,
they can’t survive the moon.
633
00:43:02,125 --> 00:43:03,745
Ladies, here’s the scenario.
634
00:43:04,544 --> 00:43:06,397
You are flying a solo mission.
635
00:43:06,421 --> 00:43:10,192
Your spacecraft has gone off course, and
you have landed in the desert.
636
00:43:10,216 --> 00:43:13,612
You have your parachute
and the spacecraft survival kit.
637
00:43:13,636 --> 00:43:16,490
Strapped to your back
is 40 pounds of gear.
638
00:43:16,514 --> 00:43:20,703
You have no maps of the area,
and you are out of radio communication.
639
00:43:20,727 --> 00:43:24,540
Your goal is to make it
to a checkpoint due east of your location
640
00:43:24,564 --> 00:43:26,614
in less than 14 hours.
641
00:43:41,873 --> 00:43:46,312
This is not, repeat, not
a teamwork-building assignment.
642
00:43:46,336 --> 00:43:50,858
This test will be timed
and graded on your individual performance.
643
00:43:50,882 --> 00:43:54,820
Each of you will have a walkie-talkie
for use in case of emergency.
644
00:43:54,844 --> 00:43:56,530
But be warned.
645
00:43:56,554 --> 00:44:00,367
Any use of the walkie-talkie
for any reason will abort your test,
646
00:44:00,391 --> 00:44:03,204
and you will receive a failing grade.
647
00:44:03,228 --> 00:44:05,308
And in case I haven’t made this clear...
648
00:44:06,856 --> 00:44:09,436
this is a must-pass test.
649
00:44:10,193 --> 00:44:11,323
Good luck.
650
00:45:15,383 --> 00:45:16,843
Oh, God.
651
00:45:19,679 --> 00:45:22,349
Oh, God.
652
00:45:38,907 --> 00:45:40,067
Got something.
653
00:45:58,009 --> 00:46:01,889
Congratulations, Cobb.
Your time is ten hours, 12 minutes.
654
00:46:02,805 --> 00:46:04,492
10:12?
655
00:46:04,516 --> 00:46:07,596
Oh. I was hoping I’d break ten.
656
00:46:08,645 --> 00:46:11,874
I guess being number one will have to do.
657
00:46:11,898 --> 00:46:13,358
Didn’t say you were number one.
658
00:46:14,275 --> 00:46:15,419
What?
659
00:46:15,443 --> 00:46:17,573
Hey, Cobb. Catch.
660
00:46:19,531 --> 00:46:22,259
Nine hours, 53 minutes.
661
00:46:22,283 --> 00:46:23,493
Read it and weep.
662
00:46:25,787 --> 00:46:28,140
Well, it’s about time, Doyle.
663
00:46:28,164 --> 00:46:31,602
’Cause I was wondering when you’d get
around to beating me at something.
664
00:46:36,506 --> 00:46:37,836
Oh, my God.
665
00:48:03,718 --> 00:48:04,928
Ellen.
666
00:48:10,141 --> 00:48:11,311
I’m not doing it.
667
00:48:13,645 --> 00:48:14,645
What?
668
00:48:16,940 --> 00:48:19,190
I’m not using the walkie-talkie to abort.
669
00:48:22,445 --> 00:48:23,485
Okay.
670
00:48:29,410 --> 00:48:31,080
I think it’s busted.
671
00:48:31,996 --> 00:48:33,974
I’m not aborting. I won’t fail.
672
00:48:33,998 --> 00:48:35,578
All right. Give me that.
673
00:48:36,459 --> 00:48:38,103
All right. You ready? Breathe.
674
00:48:40,088 --> 00:48:42,358
There you go. There you go. All right.
675
00:48:42,382 --> 00:48:44,318
- Can you feel this?
- Mm-hmm.
676
00:48:44,342 --> 00:48:45,986
Yeah?
677
00:48:46,010 --> 00:48:47,140
Can you wiggle your toes?
678
00:48:49,013 --> 00:48:50,699
All right.
679
00:48:50,723 --> 00:48:52,393
It’s probably just a bad sprain.
680
00:48:53,518 --> 00:48:56,247
So we’re gonna get the swelling down.
681
00:48:56,271 --> 00:49:01,043
And then we’re going
to get that boot laced up
682
00:49:01,067 --> 00:49:03,147
as tight as your ankle
can stand it, all right?
683
00:49:04,070 --> 00:49:05,240
Okay.
684
00:49:13,371 --> 00:49:15,421
We’re not gonna get
very far with this sun.
685
00:49:22,088 --> 00:49:23,399
What are you doing?
686
00:49:23,423 --> 00:49:25,593
Something I picked up from Gordo.
687
00:49:30,054 --> 00:49:33,617
All right.
I got you. There you go.
688
00:49:33,641 --> 00:49:35,351
There you go. Get your arm around me.
689
00:49:36,311 --> 00:49:38,122
- All right. I got you.
- Okay.
690
00:49:57,790 --> 00:49:59,750
- You want some?
- Ma’am? You guys all right?
691
00:50:21,272 --> 00:50:24,084
If we’re both gonna die out here,
692
00:50:24,108 --> 00:50:26,068
I’d at least like to know
who I’m dying with.
693
00:50:27,487 --> 00:50:29,882
Trust me, I’m not that interesting.
694
00:50:29,906 --> 00:50:32,593
Come on, you got anything better to do?
695
00:50:32,617 --> 00:50:34,037
What’d you do before this?
696
00:50:37,330 --> 00:50:41,060
After school, I thought about getting a
job at an engineering firm,
697
00:50:41,084 --> 00:50:46,214
but my dad convinced me to come home and
work for the family business.
698
00:50:47,382 --> 00:50:49,735
What’s the family business?
699
00:50:49,759 --> 00:50:51,589
We’re in air transportation.
700
00:50:53,137 --> 00:50:55,699
All right, take a rest.
701
00:50:55,723 --> 00:50:59,245
Air transportation, huh?
What, like United Airlines?
702
00:50:59,269 --> 00:51:01,859
No.
703
00:51:06,317 --> 00:51:07,437
Cavalier.
704
00:51:08,987 --> 00:51:10,147
Cavalier?
705
00:51:11,489 --> 00:51:13,592
Cavalier Airlines?
706
00:51:13,616 --> 00:51:15,696
“The only way to fly is Cavalier”?
707
00:51:17,245 --> 00:51:18,365
That’s us.
708
00:51:24,544 --> 00:51:25,554
So you’re, uh...
709
00:51:26,588 --> 00:51:27,588
Loaded.
710
00:51:28,798 --> 00:51:30,568
Yeah.
711
00:51:30,592 --> 00:51:33,972
Well. There’s worse things you could be.
712
00:51:53,573 --> 00:51:55,203
Time to call it.
713
00:51:57,911 --> 00:51:59,346
This is NASA checkpoint one
714
00:51:59,370 --> 00:52:02,892
to all astronaut candidates
still on the training course.
715
00:52:02,916 --> 00:52:07,313
Your allotted time has elapsed,
and the evaluation is complete.
716
00:52:07,337 --> 00:52:09,273
Radio in with your approximate position
717
00:52:09,297 --> 00:52:11,609
and we’ll get some rescue gear
out to your location.
718
00:52:11,633 --> 00:52:13,553
Over.
719
00:52:26,105 --> 00:52:29,627
This is NASA checkpoint one
to all candidates still on the course.
720
00:52:29,651 --> 00:52:33,672
You are ordered to check in immediately.
Please respond. Over.
721
00:52:33,696 --> 00:52:35,382
Don’t have to shout, Deke.
722
00:52:37,700 --> 00:52:38,700
Medics!
723
00:52:43,915 --> 00:52:45,625
This is so embarrassing.
724
00:52:47,210 --> 00:52:49,688
It would’ve been worse
if they carried you out on a stretcher.
725
00:52:49,712 --> 00:52:51,462
- Right?
- Ma’am, stay there.
726
00:52:57,595 --> 00:52:58,635
Thank you.
727
00:53:13,528 --> 00:53:16,799
Not a teamwork exercise,
Stevens. I told you that.
728
00:53:16,823 --> 00:53:19,333
Waverly should’ve called abort,
and you should’ve come in.
729
00:53:20,326 --> 00:53:22,096
Well,
730
00:53:22,120 --> 00:53:24,960
she wouldn’t call abort,
and I wasn’t gonna leave her behind.
731
00:53:26,082 --> 00:53:27,672
Neither would you, sir.
732
00:53:57,071 --> 00:53:59,633
This is bullshit.
733
00:53:59,657 --> 00:54:02,511
Couldn’t have done it without
you nipping at my heels, Cobb.
734
00:54:02,535 --> 00:54:04,445
Girls, look at this.
735
00:54:05,330 --> 00:54:07,433
There’s some letters here.
736
00:54:07,457 --> 00:54:09,497
One for Molly
from a little girl in Munich.
737
00:54:10,502 --> 00:54:11,882
One for me from Tokyo.
738
00:54:13,129 --> 00:54:14,169
Patty.
739
00:54:16,424 --> 00:54:18,903
Cheyenne, Santiago...
740
00:54:18,927 --> 00:54:20,967
Yeah, I don’t need to listen to fan mail.
741
00:54:22,639 --> 00:54:25,451
“Dear Ms. Doyle, what’s
it like being an astronaut?
742
00:54:25,475 --> 00:54:27,620
When I grow up, I wanna go into space.
743
00:54:27,644 --> 00:54:30,831
We hope to see you up in space real soon.
744
00:54:30,855 --> 00:54:32,500
Keep on dreaming.
745
00:54:32,524 --> 00:54:36,170
Love, Lorraine and Janice.”
746
00:54:36,194 --> 00:54:38,172
- “Dear Ms. Waverly.”
- “Dear Danielle.”
747
00:54:38,196 --> 00:54:40,526
“My favorite subject
in school is science.”
748
00:54:41,741 --> 00:54:43,677
“To Mrs. Tracy Stevens,
749
00:54:43,701 --> 00:54:46,972
you have become a big
inspiration in my life.”
750
00:54:46,996 --> 00:54:51,060
“My parents always told me that I
could be anything I wanted when I grow up.
751
00:54:51,084 --> 00:54:54,688
But I never really
believed them till now.”
752
00:54:54,712 --> 00:54:57,650
“One day, I want to travel to
outer space like you’re going to do.”
753
00:54:57,674 --> 00:55:00,611
“I can’t wait to see what
you’ll accomplish at NASA.
754
00:55:00,635 --> 00:55:03,447
- And I look forward to following your...”
- “All the best.”
755
00:55:03,471 --> 00:55:05,449
- “Sincerely.”
- “Best wishes.”
756
00:55:05,473 --> 00:55:06,742
- “Jennifer.”
- “Caroline.”
757
00:55:06,766 --> 00:55:07,846
- “Alyson.”
- “Alicia.”
758
00:55:13,815 --> 00:55:16,275
- You wanted to see me.
- Have a seat.
759
00:55:24,242 --> 00:55:26,262
Got a lot of respect
for what you did out there.
760
00:55:26,286 --> 00:55:29,746
Risking yourself to help another candidate
showed a lot of heart.
761
00:55:32,834 --> 00:55:35,563
- It was nothing, sir.
- No, you’re wrong.
762
00:55:35,587 --> 00:55:38,627
Remember, I went through
the same training on Mercury.
763
00:55:41,843 --> 00:55:44,446
Pretty sure Shepard slipped
some rocks in my pack.
764
00:55:44,470 --> 00:55:47,680
But this next stuff we’re doing...
765
00:55:49,142 --> 00:55:52,204
it’s dangerous,
especially the LEM simulator.
766
00:55:52,228 --> 00:55:54,478
You make one mistake in that bedstead...
767
00:55:55,982 --> 00:55:58,192
Yeah, I can handle it.
768
00:56:01,154 --> 00:56:04,874
You just don’t have the skill set, Tracy.
769
00:56:05,825 --> 00:56:07,575
This stuff isn’t like riding a bike.
770
00:56:09,787 --> 00:56:12,867
You should be proud
of what you’ve done so far.
771
00:56:13,791 --> 00:56:14,791
But...
772
00:56:16,294 --> 00:56:17,464
You’re gonna cut me.
773
00:56:18,963 --> 00:56:19,963
No.
774
00:56:22,342 --> 00:56:25,182
I think you should withdraw
from the program.
775
00:56:31,893 --> 00:56:33,483
I don’t understand.
776
00:56:35,063 --> 00:56:37,500
- You kept me on the list.
- I did.
777
00:56:37,524 --> 00:56:39,034
You showed guts.
778
00:56:40,360 --> 00:56:42,990
But guts isn’t enough, not anymore.
779
00:56:48,576 --> 00:56:50,446
Well, I’m not gonna drop out, Deke.
780
00:56:54,582 --> 00:56:55,672
I want this.
781
00:56:57,877 --> 00:57:00,147
I didn’t know how much until
it was right in front of me,
782
00:57:00,171 --> 00:57:01,381
but I do now.
783
00:57:06,010 --> 00:57:07,010
So.
784
00:57:08,638 --> 00:57:12,558
If you want me out,
you’re gonna have to cut me yourself, sir.
785
00:57:30,326 --> 00:57:32,638
We call this baby “the flying bedstead.”
786
00:57:32,662 --> 00:57:36,016
Its official name is the lunar
landing training vehicle.
787
00:57:36,040 --> 00:57:37,852
The LLTV is designed to emulate
788
00:57:37,876 --> 00:57:40,896
the flight dynamics
of the lunar module spacecraft.
789
00:57:40,920 --> 00:57:45,442
Flies like a helicopter,
but it is not a helicopter.
790
00:57:45,466 --> 00:57:48,821
There are several important distinctions
that y’all need to be aware of
791
00:57:48,845 --> 00:57:50,656
before you take the controls.
792
00:57:50,680 --> 00:57:53,117
See, this is a finicky beast.
793
00:57:53,141 --> 00:57:56,203
Neil Armstrong almost bought the farm
in it a couple years ago.
794
00:57:56,227 --> 00:57:57,955
If he’d ejected two seconds later,
795
00:57:57,979 --> 00:58:01,149
he would not have made it home,
much less to the moon.
796
00:58:02,817 --> 00:58:06,505
The flight plan for today
is basic takeoff and landing maneuvers.
797
00:58:06,529 --> 00:58:09,675
Each of you will fly the bedstead
up to an altitude of 300 feet,
798
00:58:09,699 --> 00:58:11,510
hover for 30 seconds,
799
00:58:11,534 --> 00:58:14,013
execute a 360-degree clockwise spin,
800
00:58:14,037 --> 00:58:15,681
hover for another 30 seconds,
801
00:58:15,705 --> 00:58:18,184
and then land the vehicle
on the landing target.
802
00:58:18,208 --> 00:58:20,561
No frills, nothing fancy.
803
00:58:20,585 --> 00:58:24,295
Just up, hover, spin, hover and land.
804
00:58:25,089 --> 00:58:26,339
- We clear?
- Clear.
805
00:58:29,594 --> 00:58:30,604
Tracy?
806
00:58:32,263 --> 00:58:33,603
Clear, sir.
807
00:58:36,226 --> 00:58:40,056
Flight order. Tracy, Patty,
Ellen, Dani, Molly.
808
00:59:10,301 --> 00:59:15,011
Stand by for liftoff
in three, two, one.
809
01:00:00,351 --> 01:00:02,101
Go. Let’s go. Move it out!
810
01:00:03,980 --> 01:00:08,502
All emergency personnel
report immediately to Flight Ops tarmac.
811
01:00:08,526 --> 01:00:10,296
Situation red.
812
01:00:10,320 --> 01:00:15,593
Repeat: All emergency personnel
report immediately to Flight Ops tarmac.
813
01:00:15,617 --> 01:00:16,969
Situation red.
814
01:00:26,002 --> 01:00:27,938
- Tracy!
- Gordo, Gordo.
815
01:00:27,962 --> 01:00:30,222
- Tracy! Tracy.
- No, no. It’s okay.
816
01:00:31,341 --> 01:00:32,431
Gordo!
817
01:00:39,307 --> 01:00:41,177
Patty. It was Patty.
818
01:00:55,240 --> 01:00:56,570
Spray it in the middle!
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