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How do you read, Houston?

Loud and clear.

I feel great, Houston.

I'm moving west, quickly, towards Hadley
Crater to gather the last group of

samples for geology.

Telemetry looks good, Paul.

Phil, how you coming?

Leaving the limb now, Paul.

Houston, I have reached the rim of the
crater, and I'm starting my descent.

Ask backwards, if you'll pardon the
expression.

I'm at crater bottom.

Oh, my, my, my.

Finding enough samples around here to
keep geology busy for the next six

Roger, Colonel.

I'll pack up all I can.

Colonel Andrews, do you copy?

Is your pulse rate increasing?

Everything is fine here, Houston.

Captain Clausen, get a radiation readout
of the solar antenna.

We show an increase in radiation.

Christ, it's off the wall.

We got solar radiation heading this way.

Let's not take any chances.

Get back to the LEM. Copy that, Colonel?

Come on, Paul. The readings are
redlined.

What the hell are you doing?

It's going to take me a while to get
back up.

How much time do I have?

We estimate seven minutes before
radiation reaches you.

Phil, listen up.

I'm only going to say this once.

You get back to the lamb now.

I'm not leaving without you.

I'll be right behind you. Now move.

That's an order, Phil.

Move.

Come on, Paul.

Move.

Don't worry about me. Just keep moving.

I have started my ascent.

I copy, Houston.

Oh, Christ, oh, damn.

Houston, I think I clogged my
sublimator.

God damn, it's getting hot in here.

Copy, Paul.

Telemetry shows your suit temperature
rising.

Maximum radiation in 45 seconds.

Can you make it, Paul?

At this point, it is doubtful.

Captain Clawson, lock it up.

Bill!

It's the only thing left to do.

That's an order, Captain.

I'm not going to make it back in time.

Lock it up, boy.

You've got your orders.

Lock it up.

Don't gobble your food.

So, it went well this morning?

Fine.

Um, actually, there were a few
adjustments I have to make.

Uh, you're going to be late.

You're right. I've got to go.

What's that?

Hi, Al. Good morning.

Good morning, hon.

How you doing, son?

Hi, Al.

Good.

You've been out today?

Out? Yeah, you know, out. Like, um, to
the high school?

Yeah, he did one of his rockets this
morning.

Well, thank you, Mr. Rossetti.

Well, he's a good boy, but I have no
choice here.

Thirty days seems like enough time to
think about things.

How long before you have an estimate?

In a few days.

It's mostly water damage.

Hi, Ann. Hi, Ellie.

Mr. Rossetti could have suspended you
for the term with no promotion. Look,

let's just let the fire department cool
down. You know, as they say, out of

sight, out of mind. Out of sight is
exactly what's going to happen.

I can't believe she's sending you away.

Especially to my father. I mean, I'm the
last person he wants to see, you know?

I don't see why you have to go there if
you don't like him.

It's not that I don't like him, it's
just we always fight.

Don't start that astronaut business with
your father. You know how he feels

about it.

Try to avoid arguing with him, okay?

All right, but I'm not going to lie to
him.

That's just what I'm talking about,
Eric.

You know how upset he gets.

Four weeks is a long time.

Please, honey, try to be flexible, okay?

He has a new girlfriend, and I think
he's really serious about this one, so

to get along with him, okay?

It's really important to him.

Just take it easy.

Are you going to marry him?

Maybe. I don't know.

All right.

I'll call you tonight.

All right?

Okay. Love you.

Me too.

Bye, Al. Give my regards to your father.

Okay.

Excuse me. Hmm?

Are you Eric?

Uh, yeah.

Hi, I'm Lori McCall, your dad's friend.
He, uh, he got jammed up at the office.

He got caught in a meeting. He's really
sorry he couldn't be here.

It's okay.

Last time I had to take a cab to the
apartment.

At least this time he thought enough to
send somebody.

Well, I live with your dad and I work at
home, so...

We'll be seeing a lot of each other. I
designed clothes.

Zach, the wonder dog.

Come on, baby.

What's that?

It's a rocket.

Oh.

Hey, you made a wrong turn.

This isn't the way downtown.

You're right.

Your dad and I rented a house in the
Cedar Bay.

It's beautiful.

You'll love it.

Cedar Bay?

What do you think? Beautiful, huh?

It's great.

Cedar Bay.

Sounds awfully familiar.

Maybe you were here with your dad.

No.

Never been here, but somehow I know
about this place.

Cedar Bay.

There you are.

Colonel Paul Andrews.

Thirteenth man on the moon.

Interesting moon samples.

Ever married.

Ah.

Retired 1975.

Currently lives in Cedar Bay, Oregon.

Huh. He's here.

Something goes wrong. One plane, the FAA
wants to ground all of them.

They're just trying to be careful, Rich.

Believe me, that's the best -built plane
in the world.

If the government was as careful as we
are, this country would be in a lot less

trouble.

Anyway, I'm sorry I couldn't meet you.

At least I gave you and Laurie a chance
to get to know each other.

So, do you have a girlfriend?

Um, yeah, sort of.

What's her name?

Uh, Ellie.

Ellie Keller.

Jerry Keller's daughter?

Mm -hmm.

Massive school, both of us. Actually, he
was out of work a lot longer than I

was.

So, are you into sports?

Soccer. Uh -huh. I sure don't know what
you had in mind firing that damn rocket

at the school.

I didn't launch it at the school, Dad.
It was an accident.

Well, you know, there'll be plenty of
room for you to launch it around here.

Eric brought a fantastic rocket with
him. What?

It's a Saturn V. It has a special
booster I designed.

Christ, when are you going to grow up?

Hey.

Hi.

Is this your boat?

Yep. Hey.

Hey. You two?

No. My name's Eric Michaels.

Myers Simon.

Nice to meet you.

Are you visiting somewhere?

I am, my dad.

Michael.

I don't know, Michael. It must be new.

Yep. It was new.

Well, I'm going to go sailing. You want
to come?

Sure.

Grab this.

Just undo that rope. Grab a hold of the
railing and give it a good push.

Good push?

Yep.

You got it?

Yeah.

Oh, Mara, are you in the habit of
inviting strange men, failing?

Well, you don't look like a strange man.

We saw each other last night at the
restaurant, remember?

Are your parents divorced or something?

Divorced. What's that like?

We're still talking, all.

Now I get to see my dad once in a while.
It's the way they arranged it.

Do you ever wish they were together?

No, not anymore.

How about you?

My mom died three years ago.

They were married a long time.

Sorry. It's okay.

Are you ready to go to school?

I graduated last year.

I can't really decide about college yet.

I'd like to study photography, but that
would mean leaving.

My dad owns the restaurant, so I help
him.

And you?

No senior.

No school?

I, uh, I kind of screwed up.

30 days suspension.

You, uh, you know Paul Andrew?

I gotta go.

Tomorrow? What's the matter? What'd I
say?

Nothing. I just have to set up for
lunch.

What's wrong? I mean, I only ask a
simple question. He lives here, doesn't

Yeah, he lives here. He and my dad are
friends.

He doesn't like strangers.

That's fine.

I didn't mean to be so nosy. It's
just... I'm going to be an astronaut

so I thought that if you knew him, I
might get to meet him. That's all.

He's going to be a hero of mine.

Sorry.

You really want to be an astronaut?

Yeah.

Most people laugh when I get home, so I
just keep it to myself.

Not laughing.

No.

My dad is having a party tonight.

He's just having a few people over.

I don't really know anybody here, so...
I have to work.

I've come after.

That would be great. It's great.

It's the White House on the beach near
the point.

Okay. Okay?

Yeah.

Hey, come on in.

Hi.

Eric, you remember my boss, Alex Thomas?

Yes, sir. Hello, Eric. And it's the FAA,
not me, that keeps your dad working

late.

Okay, I'll take this.

Well, hello. Who are you?

Is Eric here?

Eric?

Eric Michael.

Is this his home?

Yes, sure. I'm sorry. Please come in.

Eric?

Someone to see you.

Sorry.

Sorry I'm late. It's okay.

This is my dad, Richard Michaels, and
his friend, Laurie McCall. Hi. Hello.

Well, I'm really surprised Eric never
told me he had friends here.

You know, we met on the dock today.

Great.

Didn't I see you in the restaurant last
night?

Yes, my father -in -law.

I think I've seen you there for dinner a
few times. Right.

Right. Well, come on in. Let me
introduce you.

You met on the dock?

Yeah. I went sailing.

You went sailing?

That boy's got a class.

Like some people.

You know what you asked me today about
Paul?

Well, if you really want to meet him, I
could ask him, but I don't know what

he'll say.

That would mean a lot to me.

He's a little funny sometimes.

He doesn't really talk to many people.

And then he sort of drinks a little.

Great.

He's an alcoholic.

No, he...

He just keeps to himself.

I can't say that I blame him.

It must be tough to be a hero.

He doesn't think he's a hero.

Well, he is to me.

Think about it.

To actually walk on the surface of the
moon.

To be in space.

Maybe find other people out there.

They're out there, you know.

I can feel them.

I'm going out there someday.

I swear.

Silly, huh?

No.

Not silly at all.

You believe?

I believe.

I'm glad you're here.

Up early?

Hi.

Must be the, uh, Salt Air or something.

I have to stay in the city for a few
days until this FAA investigation's

After that, I'm going to take a week off
so we can really spend some time.

Great.

You have to do that?

I like to do it, Dad.

What do you want from me?

The trouble you had in school was
because of those damn rockets.

It was an accident, and I'm being
punished, okay?

Some punishment.

I'm late.

Listen, try to keep out of Laurie's way
this week. She has some designs she has

to finish.

I'll call later.

All right.

Hi.

Oh, hi.

Is Eric home?

Yeah, he's upstairs. Go ahead.

Thanks.

Eric?

Hi. Hi.

Am I disturbing you?

No.

So, um, did you see him?

See who?

Paul Andrews.

Andrews. Yeah.

Yeah, I saw him this morning.

So, uh, what did he say?

He said that we should go over after
lunch about three.

If that's okay with you.

Really?

Yes, really.

Hi,

Paul. Hi, babe.

I'll be with you in a minute.

How are you, sweetie?

Give us a hug.

They're handsome.

All dirty.

Who's your friend?

Eric Michaels.

It's an honor to meet you, Colonel
Andrews. Nice to meet you. You want a

really beautiful out here, sir.

Yeah.

It's quiet.

You can tell your dad I'll be down in a
couple of days to pick up those doors

and windows.

Well, my dad redid the restaurant. He
saved the doors and windows. Paul's

to use them for the greenhouse.

That's a great idea.

Oh, sorry.

You go ahead.

No. You go ahead.

Oh, I was just going to ask about the
moon.

See, I was telling Mara I'm going to be
an astronaut someday, so I thought I

might get a chance to ask you about it.

What about it?

Well, I mean, I can't even begin to
imagine what it could have been like.

No, of course not.

Eric's building this great big new
rocket model.

You should see how detailed it is.
Listen, honey, I don't really give a

what your friend is building. It's
wonderful. I'm sure. I'm just not

And I don't want to talk about those
things anymore.

You know that, Mara.

Excuse me, I've got some work to do
before it gets dark. You can have

beer if you want to. Stick around.

Don't blame him, Eric.

He doesn't mean to be rude.

What the hell did I do to him anyway?

Don't you understand?

It's not you.

It just doesn't like to talk about it. I
don't understand. I really, I don't.

Aaron.

I like you.

A lot.

More than Paul Andrews?

That's supposed to mean... Just what it
means, you know.

No.

No.

Look, I saw how you were with him.

Christ, he's 30 years older than you
are.

Why don't you just say what's really on
your dirty little mind?

All right.

I mean, if I didn't know any better, I'd
say that, uh... that you had made it

with him.

What, you did?

You actually did? I don't have to
explain myself to you, little boy.

My God, you did.

How could you? He's so old.

He's a man!

He's been moping around all week.

Well, maybe he had a fight with his
girlfriend.

I don't think so.

You act like something's hurt him really
deep.

No, he's used to getting what he wants.
He needs to grow up, that's all.

Then talk to him.

Try it.

Nothing I say.

You want my opinion?

I think you talk at him.

Well, it's so hard, you know. I mean,
he's a stranger.

Kids grow up. They change.

You haven't seen him since last summer.
It's been a year.

It makes me ache.

Then tell him.

Tell him what?

Tell him that you love him.

Tell him that you're here for him.

All right. Let's hit beautiful downtown
Cedar Bay.

I'll wait while we balance the tires.

Okay. We'll take a walk.

How long?

What, about half an hour? Yep.

How's your mom?

She's fine.

She seen anybody?

Yeah, nice guy.

Think they'll get married?

Maybe.

I guess so.

What about you and Dad?

Maybe. Would you mind?

Maybe you should talk to him about it.

I'll give it a try. Look, would you
excuse me just for a minute?

How you doing, Al? Pretty good, Paul.
How you doing?

Good.

You got them all set for me, huh? You
bet.

Handle these yourself? Oh, yeah.

Huh?

Oh, no.

I'm Eric Michaels.

I'm Mara's friend.

So what you doing?

I just thought you could use a little
help.

Oh.

Sure, why not?

Yeah, I think it's going to work. I'm
glad you dropped by.

Would you mind if I helped you finish
it?

Don't you go to school?

Not exactly.

What do you mean?

Well, it's kind of a long story.

Yeah, I'm sure it is.

Well, I guess I could use some help if
I'm ever going to finish it, but I can't

afford to pay you anything.

That's no problem.

All right, it's a deal.

Tim. Listen, I'm really sorry about the
other day.

It's just I don't like talking about it,
you know. It's ancient history to me.

That's okay.

Just, um... Just what, son?

Well, I am going to be an astronaut
someday, so... I just wanted to talk to

about it.

I'll probably never get the chance to
talk to a real astronaut again.

what it was like firsthand.

Yeah, well, it was a long time ago in
another world, son.

Literally another world.

Sometimes it's all I can think about.

Being up there, alone, looking down on
the earth.

For me, it was everything I ever did
with my life or ever wanted to do.

But it's not something I can really tell
you about.

It was something I live, and a part of
it stays deep inside.

Getting there always seemed to be the
easiest part. I just always believed it

was my destiny.

My own choice.

Can you understand that?

Yeah. I feel the same way. Like I... I
know that I'm going out there.

Maybe you will.

I don't ever think of it as a maybe.

It's like you say, it's a choice.

The whole world was watching and I could
have cared less.

It's just me up there alone.

It changed me forever.

Finding enough samples around here to
keep geology busy for the next six

Roger, Colonel.

I'll pack up all I can.

Colonel Andrews, do you copy?

Colonel Andrews, telemetry indicates
your pulse rate increasing.

I bet that was a long time ago.

I'm tired.

How about tomorrow?

Huh?

Greenhouse.

No, let's make it Monday around noon,
okay?

I'll see you then.

Thanks, Mara.

Bye, honey.

She hasn't seen him since I left him in
town.

In fact, she hasn't talked to him all
week.

I think they had a fight.

So where the hell is he?

How do I know?

We were talking. He just took off.

We were talking about what?

You and me?

His mother?

He asked me if we were getting married.

So what did you say?

I told him I thought he should ask you.

Thanks a lot.

Jesus Christ, Richard.

Let me deal with my son my own way, all
right?

Hi.

Oh, yeah, I forgot about dinner. Just
give me a minute to get changed. Where

hell have you been?

I was in town.

We just got to talking. You weren't with
Mara. We called her.

I didn't say I was with Mara. I was just
in town with some of these guys I met.

I'm sorry I'm late, okay?

Hurry it up. They don't hold
reservations on Saturday night.

Roger. Copy that.

Spice Man's back.

I think it's time we talked again about
getting you down to Huntsville.

No, not yet.

Sometimes we don't have the luxury of
choosing our time.

Yeah, well, I don't believe that, Neil.
I think we always have a choice.

You just keep me going a little while
longer, and I won't be calling when

a quack, fair enough.

Okay, but if you have another attack, or
even feel a little tired, I want you to

get to me fast.

Okay, I will.

Thanks, Neil.

off the boots.

Jill, see if you can get me Captain
Philip Hawkins at that NASA number in

Huntsville.

I'm going to go out. I'll see you later.

Eric, can I talk to you for a second?

Yeah. Listen, I'm not trying to be nosy,
but I'm kind of responsible for you,

you know?

You take off here every day, and I have
no idea where you're going.

I'm just hanging out with the guys.

Come on, Eric. I've been down to the
marina, and you're not there.

I'm sorry. It's just that it's sort of a
secret.

I can keep a secret.

Okay, but if Dad ever found out, he'd be
real pissed.

I've been over at Paul Andrews helping
him build a greenhouse.

Who's Paul Andrews?

He's an astronaut, you know, like on the
moon.

The thing is that if Dad ever found out
I was hanging around with an astronaut,

he'd lose it.

I understand.

But do you understand why he feels that
way?

I guess so.

They laid him off at NASA after Apollo.

He was out of work for a long time.

No, Mom told me a little bit about it.

Tell you what.

I won't tell your father about Paul
Andrews, but you've got to stop freezing

your dad out.

Okay?

Okay.

You got another minute?

Sure.

Well...

You're much younger than my dad. Doesn't
that ever bother you?

What do you mean, bother me?

You know, the age difference and all
that.

You know, if you love somebody, those
kind of things don't matter.

People are just people.

I guess you're right.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

We've been working together over a week
now. I know when you get something on

your mind, spit it out.

I, uh... I don't really know how to say
this.

Try using your mouth.

Hey, whatever it is, I'm not gonna bite
your head off, okay?

More about the moon?

No, no, it's nothing like that. It's,
uh... It's about Mara.

You really care for her, don't you?

She and I, we kind of had a fight when
we came over here.

She was just protecting you, you know.
She told me that you didn't really like

it when strangers hung around.

She's right.

I can understand that.

It's just we kind of had another fight.

Lots of fights. That's a sure sign of
love.

What is it, son?

I mean, it must get awfully lonely
around here, you know?

Two people, they, um... I don't really
know how to say this.

Are you asking me if I slept with Mara?

I'm sorry, Eric. It's not really funny.
No, for Christ's sake, no. I love Mara.

She's like a daughter to me. Her dad's a
good friend of mine. I wouldn't do

that. For Christ's sake, no.

Who said we did?

I'm not really too sure. Did Mara say
so?

I thought she did, but she was pretty
angry at the time.

What?

It's females. They're complicated.

And wonderful.

You relieved now? Good.

Get your ass back up there and finish
the frame.

I know.

Hey.

Billy, I'm really sorry, but I just
thought someone had to speak to you.

dance? Okay.

Sorry, I'll see you later.

Wait a minute. Hey, hold on a second.

Mara, would you wait, please?

I have nothing to say to you.

All right, so then would you just listen
to me just for a second?

Look, I was wrong. I'm sorry.

Fine, now goodbye.

Come on, I said I'm sorry.

I had it all wrong. And now you have it
all right.

Sort of.

I mean, everything was so good that day
with us, and then it all got so screwed

up. You didn't look screwed up dancing
with Kent West.

Come on, that was nothing.

I mean, I went there looking for you,
and you were with that jerk.

Just look, I've been thinking. I spoke
to Lori, and Paul and I were... Paul and

you?

Yeah, Paul and I. We, uh, we've been
talking about... What the hell do you

you've been talking?

About what?

We've been working... How?

We've been working together.

Working together?

On this greenhouse, yes.

He's a great guy. I met your father,
too.

He never said a word.

Men.

I just, um... I mean, I just want to let
you know I'm sorry. I was wrong, and I

feel lousy.

And I just wanted to say something to
you to, um... say that I'm sorry for

such a jerk, and that, uh... I'd like to
see you.

I was wrong.

Do you want to go sailing?

I haven't been practicing.

I didn't really feel like it. Eric, how
are you going to learn if you don't

practice? You're hopeless.

Hopeless, but cute.

Is that easy?

Yep.

Wait.

Okay, that's got it.

Paul, anyone else? What's that?

Oh, there we go.

That's it.

Yep, right on schedule.

I told him it would be done by four.

You sure your dad won't find out about
this?

No, she's not going to tell him. We made
a deal. I don't want to see you get

into any trouble.

All right.

What's your name?

Laurie McCall.

Paul Andrews. Glad to meet you.

Well, I'm honored.

My pleasure.

I am.

Rogers and Tennant. Oh, a cyclist.

Beautiful. Thank you very much. I get a
good home here.

There's nothing to celebrate with.

Oh, my, my, my.

Well, I'll have to get some glasses.
I'll be right back.

Lovely.

Oh, God, that's your love.

Both of you.

Young is good.

And good is beautiful.

It's all beautiful.

Ah, that's the smell of life.

The earth, our home, our mother. She is
our mother.

And she is home, I know.

I left home once and went far away.

Very far away.

And I looked back and I saw her small
and blue and alive but

fragile.

Oh, so very fragile.

This boy wants to know what it's like
out there.

like you could reach out and touch the
earth and hold it in the palm of your

hand. It makes you ache to want to fix
it, to fill it with love

and make it right.

I should have stayed out there.

I should have stayed.

But I came back.

And the assholes were here, of course,
waiting for me.

Now, why are the assholes always there
waiting, you may ask?

Because they don't understand the simple
truth.

They've always got to turn it around and
twist it all up and turn it into shit.

But from out there, oh, my God, from out
there.

It is pure and clean and untouched and

wondrously beautiful.

The boy wants to know what it's like out
there.

Come here.

If you want to find out, you have to go
out there.

You make the choice, but they got to
send you.

They sent me, and they brought me back.

But see, I left some part of me out
there.

It's not here anymore.

I left it out there.

It's all beautiful.

You're beautiful.

And you're beautiful. And you're
beautiful.

And I'm drunk.

Just a second, I'm coming.

How you doing?

Hey, Paul, I'm getting old down here.

You're getting old.

Hey, buddy.

Sleeping late these days, aren't we?
Yeah.

How the hell are you?

How the hell do I look? Come on in.

Hey, you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

So, to what do I owe the honor of this
visit, Captain Clawson? You've been

fired. Are you just up to see how your
betters live?

Thanks a lot, pal.

Hey, do I need a reason to see an old
moon, buddy?

especially when you show up in the
middle of the night unannounced.

I'd say you're on a mission, and don't
you bullshit me. I've got a head that

won't quit. You want some coffee?

Thanks.

I just can't believe you would lie to
me, that's all.

I didn't lie to you, Richard.

I only promised to keep a secret.

I didn't think it would do any harm.

I assumed he was a normal guy.

Well, he's not. I could have told you
that when he came back from his mission.

After the debriefing?

He was impossible.

Arrogant, strange, nasty.

They finally had to get him out of
Houston.

There was a rumor he even told the
president to stuff it.

I'm not surprised at his drinking, but I
am surprised that you let Eric hang

around with a man like that.

I didn't know, really, until yesterday.

Until I actually saw him.

Eric's been so happy and excited.

He admired the entrance.

He worships them.

Hi, Spaceman.

Hi.

Did you get some time off?

A couple of hours.

Did you see Paul today?

No.

He's sleeping.

He goes over the deep end sometimes,
doesn't he?

We don't have to talk about anything at
all.

You know, it looks like it's socked in
for the day, Phil, and you ought to

your slate.

I flew up myself.

Still waiting on the taxpayer's money?

The way things are going, you better
save it for the program. You guys are

to need every penny.

Try.

Come on up and see a friend that did so
much for the program.

Not to me.

Thanks, pal.

Why not for old times' sake? Come on
down to Huntsville.

Let them take a look.

A bunch of people down there would like
to see you again.

Well, maybe later.

After the summer.

But just make sure they understand I
don't buy fantasy.

I know the fact.

to get back up.

How much time do I have?

We estimate seven minutes before
radiation reaches you.

Phil, listen up.

I'm only going to say this once.

You get back to the LM now.

I'm not leaving without you.

I'll be right behind you. Now move.

That's an order, Phil.

Move.

Don't worry about me. Just keep moving.

Oh, Merlin.

I want you to put that thing away.

Why? Because I said so, God damn it.
That's why. I'm still your father.

For most of the year, that's really hard
to tell.

That's why you feel you have to hurt me.

Hurt you? How do I hurt you? I'll tell
you.

By being so distant all the time.

By doing those damn models when you know
how much I hate them.

Sneaking around, spending so much time
with Paul Andrews.

She told you?

Laurie told me because she's afraid.

He's a drunk and a nut. A failure.

A failure?

A failure? A man who walks on the
surface of the moon is a failure?

I mean, he's a hero.

Hero, my ass. You just can't see the
truth because your head's so filled with

space garbage.

For Christ's sake, grow up.

Face reality.

Listen to me.

For once, just listen to me.

You're becoming a man.

This is for children. It's make
-believe. It's games.

The best for you.

You hear me?

Eric?

Yeah.

I hear you.

You just won't hear me.

There is a program.

The shuttle is a program. It's just
you're not in it anymore because they

you.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean that.

Here you did.

Don't give me that crap about the
shuttle being a space program. It's not

space program. It's nothing but a big
plane to carry military hardware.

It's not space.

It's not the dream we once all had.

Well, it's my dream. I want you to have
a secure future, a real life.

Dad, I got the bug from you.

You are the guy who taught me about
space. I'm a space.

Well, I don't like it much either.

I want us to be able to get along.

Me too.

You design this?

Yeah.

I, uh... I'm gonna mount four extra
engines onto the main booster system.

Well, without, uh... reinforcing the
frame, you'll have to do that with that

much thrust.

Well, uh...

I already did the main cross struts.

Nose gave me a little bit of a problem,
though. Lost a couple rockets.

Yeah, we know where the fire department
found one of those.

I guess that was more like an ICBM than
a space shot.

True to life, huh?

Do you, um... know the lift and thrust
potential of those engines?

Yeah. You give me those...

engine potentials, and I'll see if I can
work it out on a computer in the

office.

That would be great.

When are you going to launch this?

Well, if you can give me those figures,
I guess you can be ready just about when

it's time to go.

Go back to Mom.

Tell you what, we're having a little
barbecue next weekend. I'd like our

to see this.

And, um...

Why don't you invite your friend, Paul
Andrews?

Seriously?

Seriously.

Thank you. You're welcome.

Hi. Eric.

Must be in to wonder what happened to
you. Ah, you're being fashionably late.

How are you, Mark?

Is this your dad?

Oh, yeah.

This is Paul Andrews. This is my father,
Richard Michaels.

Welcome, Colonel. It's an honor to have
you in my house.

Paul,

I left the Colonel in Houston years ago.

Is that the model?

Yeah. Isn't this supposed to be a Saturn
V?

Yeah. I mean, I made a few modifications
on it.

Well, congratulations.

It's fantastic.

But would it fly?

Oh, yeah, it would fly.

And who is this beautiful man?

Colonel Paul Andrews, Cynthia Rogers.

It's Paul. I'm retired.

Why would a handsome, virile man like
you want to retire?

Let me buy you a drink.

How could I refuse?

Go on, what else?

You're a spiritual man.

The only child.

And a loner.

What's that?

That's your lifeline.

And what does that tell you?

It tells me that you need another drink.

I'll be right back. You don't go away
now.

It's

good,

isn't it?

Huh?

Oh. Terrific.

He did a hell of a job.

He's a great kid, really great.

You and Cynthia seem to be getting along
very nicely.

She read my fortune.

Well, she came with my boss, so I hope
you don't have any

issues.

Mr. Michaels, I don't...

Yeah,

I suppose.

You guys never had to steal anything,
did you? Everything was handed to you on

silver platter. All you had to do was
take it.

Oh, thank you, partner. What are you
talking about?

I'm talking about the days of Apollo,
Colonel. You guys were the heroes, and

were the insignificant little shits who
did all the work. That's what I'm

talking about.

Excuse me, Mr. Michaels.

I suggest you back off.

Eric told me about how you were laid off
from the program and about your divorce

and all, but I had nothing to do with
that, and I'm really very sorry.

As far as Cynthia is concerned, I think
she's old enough to make up her own mind

about her man, don't you?

Mr.

Carrigan is all his work.

He still don't understand who you really
are.

Just a minute.

What the hell are you talking about?

Talking?

I'm talking about us working our asses
off night and day to get you guys to the

moon and back so you space cadets could
take all the vows. I'm talking about us

being discarded when it was over. Do you
think that's my fault?

You blaming me, mister? You are nuts.

I'll tell you what happened, sir.

A few of us came forward and put our
lives on the line. You hear me? Our

frigging lives on the line. And don't
give me that teamwork crap, my friend.

We spent years of our lives under a
microscope, having our bodies and minds

probed like amoebas.

And we sat on the top of your goddamn
firecrackers and drew Gs blasting off.

I personally landed that limb myself on
a place 250 ,000 miles from here. And

while I was doing that alone, sir, you
and your buddies were sitting in a

comfortable, air -conditioned, mission
control with your feet up, sipping

and acting like you knew what it was all
about. Well, my friend, you don't know

shit. And that is the bottom freaking
line, like it or not.

The bottom freaking line, as you call
it, is that it took NASA years to decide

to send men instead of monkeys on those
missions. You guys were nothing but sky

jockeys in expensive space suits with
computers to do your thinking.

Computers and programs that we designed.

I watched three of my buddies burn to
death in a frigged up space capsule

designed by you geniuses. Nobody knows
about all of our people who died on

construction accidents. You son of a
bitch!

How many construction accidents blew up
six miles above the... Dad!

Whoa! Stop!

Take it easy, Doc. I'm a big boy.

No more booze, all right?

It's your choice.

I spoke to Phil Claussen after they
brought you in.

He told me you agreed to go down to
Huntsville. I want you to promise me

something. What?

If they want you to have...

And by the way, you have a visitor.

He's been hanging around all morning.

A kid named Eric.

Eric? You want to see him?

Yeah, sure.

Doc, he doesn't know what's really wrong
with me, does he? Of course not.

Thanks a lot.

Ah,

how you doing?

Fine. How are you?

These are for Mara. She says hello.

Oh, they're beautiful.

There's a vase over there on the sink.

So, how's the rocket coming?

Dad's been helping me out a bit.

Listen,

I really feel awful about what happened.
Your dad's a nice guy.

He feels lousy about it, too. Yeah, when
I was unfair and I was drunk, and I'm

so very sorry.

He's sorry, too.

So how long are you going to be in here?

Just a few more days.

Hey, when do you go home?

A week from Sunday.

Great. Do you like sailing?

Yeah. Well, I can get my hands on a
beautiful 30 -footer. Let's go out.

Okay. Hey.

Morning. Morning.

Morning, Colonel.

Yeah, you might need this.

Put that sail on the bow. Good to see
you up and about.

Thank you.

You've got a beautiful day.

I wish I could join you guys.

I wish you could, too.

Listen, I am really very sorry about the
other night. I was drunk and

grandstanding, and I don't blame you for
being pissed.

A lot of you people did get screwed.

Look, I was the heavy there.

It was my fault.

I hope you can accept my apology.

If you can accept mine.

You bet, Paul. Thank you.

Paul, I just want to say thanks for
spending time with Eric,

for being... Hey, look, you have no idea
what it's meant to me. He's a great

kid, and you're a lucky man.

I am.

You know, you've brought us closer
together somehow, closer than we've ever

been.

I don't know how to thank you for that.
You don't have to.

You know, we ought to think about
sitting down sometime and, you know,

discussing what happened with the
program. Maybe come up with some

for the future for kids like Eric.

I'd like that. Good deal.

Well, have a good time.

Thank you.

See you later, son.

See you later, Dad.

Eric, there's someone very special I
want you to meet.

He's one of a kind.

In fact, he's the only person I've ever
known who sees the Earth from down here

the same way I saw it from up there.

But I gotta warn you, he's a little
eccentric.

3 p .m. side 118.

About Alpha 15 just past rescue point.

This is the infamous lunatic, Dr.

Harry Bertram, the man who talks to
whales.

That sounds like an out -of -work
moonwalker.

And I don't talk to them, I listen,
which is more than I can say for some

people. Oh, are you Harry?

Good to see you.

That's my friend Eric Michaels. Harry.

Nice to meet you, Harry. Nice to meet
you, too, sir.

That's, uh, that's great.

You like it?

Yeah. You know what they say?

Know what?

I have no idea. I thought you might.

Your timing is exquisite.

Come over here, Eric.

Yeah.

Site 118, track B.

Pod Alpha 15 just past Berski Point
moving south. This is the sound of Pod

9 east of Perez Channel.

They stopped feeding.

They seem to be crossing the channel to
meet Alpha 15.

They're coming over to say hello.

You do know what they're saying?

No, no, no, no. It's just a guess.

Come here. Come here. Get out of the
way.

Here. Here.

Now, this pod, Beta 9, has been feeding
along this channel.

When the new pod, Alpha 15, came into
the bay, they stopped feeding and turned

to meat.

They do it all the time.

Hey, soon they're coming over to say
hello.

So, uh, all these, uh, whales, you know
by their sound? He does.

By sight, too.

Hey, you want a beer? Thought you'd
never ask.

How about you? You want a soda?

Uh, yeah. How about a Pepsi?

Thanks.

So,

uh, when did you get to know them all?

Oh, well, they live here.

I've been recording them for longer than
you've been alive, about 20 years now.

Harry was disabled by a Japanese whaling
ship while he was trying to stop them

from killing whales.

They just ran his boat under.

Someday, we have to stop killing.

They have a right to live.

Just like us.

Killer whales, huh?

I saw some of them perform at the, uh,
Seaquarium once.

They're smart.

Smart, huh?

They're brilliant, and we call them
orca, not killer.

You hit a sore spot.

There's only one killer on this planet.

I wonder how many humans would go on
living if they were forcibly removed

their families and locked up in a cage.

Those sons of bitches trash whole
families of whales that say they're

research.

Bullshit! The military straps bombs on
them.

And so -called civilized people still
slaughter them on the high seas.

Listen.

Listen to them.

We dump on them and they still sing.

I'm just an old man on his soapbox.

Portable soapbox.

You want to see something wonderful?

George Dorsal is Herbie, the father. If
you look behind, you might be able to

see his new baby, Denise.

Yes. Her mother is Rhonda, the one in
front.

I wonder, if we ever got to another
planet and found life there, and that

was as different from us as whales are,
would we try to destroy it? I wouldn't.

No, I don't suppose you would.

But what happens if it's not you out
there?

I'll just make it my business to be out
there.

Good. That's good.

Maybe by going out there, you can help
stop the madness here.

Good luck with your launch tomorrow.

Final guidance relief.

Ten. Nine, eight, seven.

Ignition sequence started. All engines
are started. We have ignition.

Two, one, zero. We have a liftoff. We
have a liftoff, and it's lighting up the

area. It's just like daylight here at
Kennedy Space Center. It's a Saturn V.

It's moving off the pad.

It has now cleared the power.

I miss you already.

I don't want to go.

I... I really love you.

And this has been the best time of my
life being here with you.

I'm just really going to miss you.

I love you, Erica.

See you guys.

How's practice?

Okay, I guess.

Want to ride home?

Yeah, that'd be nice.

You pick a college yet?

MIT, I hope.

And then off to NASA.

That is if there's still a space
program.

What makes you say that?

Well, there are people who don't really
want to explore space anymore.

They just want to build rockets for war.

And there's no real long -term plan.

I think each step moves us forward.

Ah, the dream is always there.

Hi, spaceman. How you doing?

Paul, what are you doing here?

Good to see you. Good to see you, too.

Mr. Andrews, this is my friend Al
Fletcher. Hi. Al, this is Paul Andrews,

astronaut. It's an honor, Mr. Andrews.
Nice to meet you.

Eric, Mr. Andrews had a surprise for
you. Yeah, well, I was on my way to

Huntsville, Alabama, so I called your
dad and asked if I could stop by and

you with me.

If you want to go... Where, NASA? To the
Space and Rocket Center?

Yeah. And if it's all right with your
mother, of course.

Mom?

Okay. It's okay?

Yeah, it's okay.

All right, it's great.

When do we go? Our flight leaves at
seven. Yeah? Seven. Okay, I'll go pack.

Okay.

This is the big one.

Saturn V.

These engines launched a whole Apollo
program.

Amazing.

How's it going, guys?

Hello, Phil.

I made it. All right, buddy.

Phil, this is my friend, Eric Michaels.

My old moon buddy, Phil Clawson.

It's an honor, sir. My pleasure, Eric.

How about this?

It's unreal.

It's a lot larger than I thought.

We think big around here.

Yeah.

The bio boys would like to say howdy
now.

Why don't I show Eric around and you can
meet us later?

All right.

Building nine.

We'll meet you at building four. Good
deal.

I'll see you later. Okay.

All right.

Let me show you around. Great.

This is a mock -up of the lunar
excursion module, the LIMB, that Paul

landed on the moon.

Uh -huh.

Paul was a pilot, huh? That's right.

Hi, how's it going?

Best.

Hey, Eric, how would you like to take it
through a launch sequence?

That'd be great.

Bob, would you come take this young man
through a retro sequence?

Nice kid, right?

You bet. Means a lot to me.

So what'd they say? Eh, same old
bullshit. Nothing new.

Good to see the old tub again.

It's all up better than we did.

Would you want to go up now?

You're damn right in a minute. How about
you? You bet.

So what did they say? Hey, I told you
I'd come down. I told you I'd talk to

them, and I did.

It's really too bad there wasn't more
care taken when it happened.

You can't go on blaming everyone. I can
blame whoever I damn well please, all

right? Take it easy.

Sure it matters. Will you finally and
once and for all believe me, it doesn't

matter anymore.

There's always hope. There's new
things... Oh, for Christ's sake, Phil,

you hear me?

This isn't God and country and apple pie
anymore. I screwed up up there. I

screwed up, okay?

I made a choice.

I understood the odds. I gambled and
lost. It's as simple as that.

Hey, take it easy, old buddy. I don't
want the kid to know.

You know I'd hope there is no more hope
Phil You know what

maybe it wasn't even the radiation after
all maybe that had nothing to do with

it, you know What are you gonna do now
I'm going home

I'm going home Come on Eric, I

wanna show you something

I'll never forget this.

Thanks.

I'm glad you could join me.

Listen,

Eric.

I want you to have this.

This is your lucky charm.

Yeah, well, it's more than that. See,
this is part of a moon rock that I

back with me as a souvenir.

I guess I'm sort of the thief.

At any rate...

I want you to have it.

Maybe someday you can take it back where
it belongs.

This is too valuable to you. I can't
take this. No, I want you to have it,

Aaron. You're very special to me.

Very special.

And this belongs to you.

Someday you'll understand.

Hello?

Eric? What is it? What's wrong?

It's Paul.

He died tonight.

What happened?

He had leukemia.

Eric, he knew he was dying.

He knew.

God, I wish I could have just seen him
one more time.

I loved him so much.

I loved him, too.

I love you, Maura.

Dearest Eric, my friend, when you read
this, I will have gone from this earth

once again, but this time for good.

Both you and Mara have been very dear to
me in these last days of my life.

I hope you are together when you read
this. You are both so beautiful and good

together. There is a plastic bag buried
under the door sill of our greenhouse.

It's for you.

In it is the mate to the stone I gave
you.

When I found it on the moon, both stones
were together.

And I realized immediately that it was
not just a stone, but something that

someone had made.

Someone not of our Earth.

Perhaps I shouldn't have, but I kept it.

It's been my secret all these years.

You are the only person I've shared it
with.

My only regret is that I was never able
to discover its true meaning.

But I know that someday, Eric, you will.

My dear Eric. There it is.

I can't think of anyone who deserves to
have it more, or anyone I would trust it

to other than you.

Now you know what I knew, that they are
out there, that we are not alone in the

universe. I hope you will find them. I
know you will try.

And if you do, let them know that we
come in peace.

Have a good life.

With love and thanks for being my
friend, Paul.

It's not always fair.

It's not always beautiful.

But love has

And make the weak stronger.

And that's what love can do.

Love is the reason.

The light and the freedom

No end, no beginning