1 00:00:07,262 --> 00:00:09,603 With a view like this, I don't know why 2 00:00:09,636 --> 00:00:11,602 the capsule isn't made out of glass. 3 00:00:11,635 --> 00:00:15,202 Enjoy it... last spin on the merry-go-Round. 4 00:00:15,235 --> 00:00:19,167 Reentry insertion window minus 21 minutes, 5 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,232 10 seconds. 6 00:00:21,267 --> 00:00:22,832 I made it, Madeline. 7 00:00:33,795 --> 00:00:36,794 Aspire seven, we're reading a little bit of drift. 8 00:00:36,827 --> 00:00:39,061 1.5 degrees per second. 9 00:00:39,094 --> 00:00:41,859 Should I correct it manually? 10 00:00:41,892 --> 00:00:45,091 Negative, we're going to stay fly-by-Wire. 11 00:00:45,125 --> 00:00:47,624 Initiating one pound yaw left thrust. 12 00:00:47,657 --> 00:00:49,623 Looks good... 13 00:00:49,656 --> 00:00:51,756 it's stabilizing. 14 00:00:59,787 --> 00:01:01,387 Say again, control. 15 00:01:01,420 --> 00:01:05,386 I'm getting break up on Broad band h-F. 16 00:01:05,419 --> 00:01:09,417 Roll horizon Scanner's down. 17 00:01:09,451 --> 00:01:11,050 What the hell? 18 00:01:13,483 --> 00:01:18,081 There's some kind of pyrotechnics out there. 19 00:01:19,281 --> 00:01:21,447 It's not coming from the craft. 20 00:01:21,481 --> 00:01:24,846 It's coming towards it. 21 00:01:26,145 --> 00:01:28,411 My god, there's something out there. 22 00:01:41,107 --> 00:01:42,540 It's getting inside. 23 00:01:59,002 --> 00:02:00,501 I've got to abort. 24 00:02:04,899 --> 00:02:06,232 I'm going to reenter. 25 00:02:06,266 --> 00:02:07,733 Switching to Manual. 26 00:02:07,766 --> 00:02:10,398 Firing retros. 27 00:02:14,664 --> 00:02:17,029 That was the last we heard 28 00:02:17,062 --> 00:02:19,396 from aspire seven, on that mission. 29 00:02:19,429 --> 00:02:22,694 Until we regained control, brought you back, 30 00:02:22,728 --> 00:02:25,193 and the drogue chute opened. 31 00:02:25,226 --> 00:02:28,193 It must be very painful to listen to that, 32 00:02:28,226 --> 00:02:30,991 even if it was, what, 38 years ago? 33 00:02:31,024 --> 00:02:33,324 Well, what's painful, colonel... Wayne, 34 00:02:33,358 --> 00:02:35,791 is that after four decades 35 00:02:35,824 --> 00:02:37,356 I'm still having trouble 36 00:02:37,389 --> 00:02:39,422 convincing people of what happened to me. 37 00:02:39,456 --> 00:02:41,822 You've had enough time to think about 38 00:02:41,855 --> 00:02:45,820 what caused you to send your craft spinning out of control. 39 00:02:45,854 --> 00:02:48,420 Looking back, what do you think it was? 40 00:02:48,453 --> 00:02:50,019 I know what it wasn't. 41 00:02:50,052 --> 00:02:53,484 It wasn't what nasa said it could possibly be. 42 00:02:53,518 --> 00:02:57,450 It was not oxygen deprivation, it was not space dementia, 43 00:02:57,483 --> 00:03:01,849 I didn't black out, it was not an epileptic seizure. 44 00:03:01,882 --> 00:03:04,381 The data didn't corroborate your version. 45 00:03:04,414 --> 00:03:06,347 Clearly you have some theory. 46 00:03:06,380 --> 00:03:09,613 Something was trying to reach out to me that day. 47 00:03:09,646 --> 00:03:13,012 Whether it was a friend or foe or another world I do not know. 48 00:03:13,046 --> 00:03:15,778 And if I had not panicked, I might have found out. 49 00:03:15,811 --> 00:03:18,010 That's why it's important I go back up again. 50 00:03:18,043 --> 00:03:22,675 It's the only way any one of us will ever, ever know. 51 00:03:22,708 --> 00:03:24,541 Colonel Harris, 52 00:03:24,574 --> 00:03:27,540 while we'll be selecting one of the original astronauts 53 00:03:27,573 --> 00:03:28,973 for this shuttle flight, 54 00:03:29,007 --> 00:03:32,040 there have been some reservations expressed 55 00:03:32,073 --> 00:03:34,438 about your suitability for this mission. 56 00:03:34,472 --> 00:03:37,437 I'm no spring chicken... I don't claim to be. 57 00:03:37,470 --> 00:03:39,837 But I am in reasonably good health. 58 00:03:39,870 --> 00:03:43,069 I think she was referring to your mental preparedness. 59 00:03:43,102 --> 00:03:45,701 The record does reflect that 60 00:03:45,735 --> 00:03:49,101 you were institutionalized after your original flight. 61 00:03:49,134 --> 00:03:51,366 If enough people call you crazy 62 00:03:51,399 --> 00:03:53,398 it becomes a self-Fulfilling prophecy. 63 00:03:53,432 --> 00:03:55,398 However, that was past history. 64 00:03:55,431 --> 00:03:56,964 I have submitted here 65 00:03:56,998 --> 00:03:59,164 psychological evaluations. 66 00:03:59,197 --> 00:04:01,163 and then there was 67 00:04:01,196 --> 00:04:04,762 the incident where you hacked into a pentagon computer. 68 00:04:04,795 --> 00:04:07,427 I was only looking at my own files. 69 00:04:07,461 --> 00:04:10,593 In fairness to colonel Harris, those charges were dismissed. 70 00:04:10,626 --> 00:04:12,027 Thank you. 71 00:04:12,060 --> 00:04:15,025 One more thing I am curious about. 72 00:04:15,059 --> 00:04:16,691 You indicated this morning 73 00:04:16,724 --> 00:04:20,190 that it is, in your words, "Now or never." 74 00:04:20,224 --> 00:04:21,556 Yes, ma'am. 75 00:04:21,589 --> 00:04:24,022 The planetary alignments during my flight 76 00:04:24,056 --> 00:04:25,521 were virtually the same 77 00:04:25,556 --> 00:04:28,322 as will be in the next scheduled shuttle launch. 78 00:04:28,355 --> 00:04:30,188 They will not be the same 79 00:04:30,221 --> 00:04:31,687 for another 24 years, 80 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,353 at which time I'll be dead and buried, or should be. 81 00:04:35,386 --> 00:04:37,718 So it is "Now or Never." 82 00:04:41,184 --> 00:04:43,683 Uh, well, that... that should do it. 83 00:04:43,716 --> 00:04:47,082 The committee should be making its decision shortly. 84 00:04:47,115 --> 00:04:49,681 Please, 85 00:04:49,714 --> 00:04:51,314 I need to know. 86 00:04:51,347 --> 00:04:54,846 We all need to know. 87 00:04:56,845 --> 00:05:00,810 Thank you, colonel Harris. 88 00:05:07,543 --> 00:05:08,942 Mr. Powers. 89 00:05:08,975 --> 00:05:11,008 How'd it go? 90 00:05:11,041 --> 00:05:12,807 Did they turn him down? 91 00:05:12,841 --> 00:05:14,739 Let's just say you should make room 92 00:05:14,773 --> 00:05:18,006 in your own space flight for one more passenger. 93 00:05:18,039 --> 00:05:19,528 That's fine. 94 00:05:25,678 --> 00:05:29,582 There is nothing wrong with your television. 95 00:05:29,616 --> 00:05:32,559 Do not attempt to adjust the picture. 96 00:05:32,592 --> 00:05:35,536 We are now controlling the transmission. 97 00:05:35,569 --> 00:05:37,850 We control the horizontal 98 00:05:37,883 --> 00:05:40,298 and the vertical. 99 00:05:40,331 --> 00:05:43,307 We can deluge you with a thousand channels 100 00:05:43,340 --> 00:05:47,772 or expand one single image to crystal clarity 101 00:05:47,805 --> 00:05:49,757 and beyond. 102 00:05:49,789 --> 00:05:52,271 We can shape your vision 103 00:05:52,304 --> 00:05:57,198 to anything our imagination can conceive. 104 00:05:57,232 --> 00:05:59,183 For the next hour, 105 00:05:59,216 --> 00:06:03,185 we will control all that you see and hear. 106 00:06:09,965 --> 00:06:13,868 You are about to experience the awe and mystery 107 00:06:13,901 --> 00:06:16,845 which reaches from the deepest inner mind 108 00:06:16,878 --> 00:06:19,887 to the outer limits. 109 00:06:25,212 --> 00:06:28,156 The burden of solitude is a mighty one, 110 00:06:28,189 --> 00:06:31,496 be it a lone voice echoing in the dark, 111 00:06:31,529 --> 00:06:35,432 or the cry of humanity in a desolate universe. 112 00:06:35,465 --> 00:06:37,879 I did everything I could. 113 00:06:37,912 --> 00:06:40,922 Your application will be considered for future flights. 114 00:06:40,955 --> 00:06:42,913 Talk to them again, will you? 115 00:06:42,946 --> 00:06:44,972 You can make them change their mind. 116 00:06:45,005 --> 00:06:46,333 I'm sorry, Ted. 117 00:06:47,859 --> 00:06:50,780 Yes? 118 00:06:50,813 --> 00:06:52,108 Who is it? 119 00:06:52,141 --> 00:06:54,596 Colonel Harris? 120 00:06:55,658 --> 00:06:57,119 Colonel Harris, I wonder if... 121 00:06:57,152 --> 00:06:58,447 No more interviews. 122 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:00,140 I'm not a reporter. 123 00:07:00,173 --> 00:07:03,260 I represent Carlton powers, powers industries. 124 00:07:03,293 --> 00:07:04,754 Yeah, so? 125 00:07:04,787 --> 00:07:08,736 I understand you want to go back into space. 126 00:07:08,769 --> 00:07:10,231 Come on in. 127 00:07:10,264 --> 00:07:11,724 Our aerospace division 128 00:07:11,757 --> 00:07:14,379 has an orbit capable space plane. 129 00:07:14,411 --> 00:07:16,869 Yeah, xr-141. 130 00:07:16,902 --> 00:07:19,026 No booster, single stage to orbit. 131 00:07:19,059 --> 00:07:21,481 Scheduled to launch in six months. 132 00:07:21,514 --> 00:07:23,473 That's what the press thinks. 133 00:07:23,506 --> 00:07:25,597 We're ready for the inaugural flight now. 134 00:07:25,630 --> 00:07:29,780 And Mr. Powers has extended an invitation for you to be aboard. 135 00:07:29,813 --> 00:07:31,937 You're not jerking my chain? 136 00:07:31,970 --> 00:07:33,496 Excuse me? 137 00:07:33,530 --> 00:07:35,986 You're not jerking me around, are you? 138 00:07:36,019 --> 00:07:39,173 I assure you, this is completely on the up and up. 139 00:07:43,786 --> 00:07:45,578 What do I have to do? 140 00:07:54,009 --> 00:07:55,669 Your tea, Mr. Powers. 141 00:07:55,702 --> 00:07:57,494 Thanks, George, put it there. 142 00:07:57,527 --> 00:08:00,083 I've got to hand it to you, Ted... 143 00:08:00,116 --> 00:08:01,875 Mind if I call you "Ted"? 144 00:08:01,908 --> 00:08:03,204 No. 145 00:08:03,237 --> 00:08:04,431 Guys like you 146 00:08:04,464 --> 00:08:07,417 who squeezed yourself into a tin bucket, 147 00:08:07,451 --> 00:08:09,476 and let them shoot you 148 00:08:09,509 --> 00:08:11,202 into the stratosphere 149 00:08:11,236 --> 00:08:13,260 with computers that could hardly cut it... 150 00:08:13,293 --> 00:08:15,319 That took guts. 151 00:08:15,352 --> 00:08:19,168 Not like these hot shots we have nowadays. 152 00:08:19,201 --> 00:08:21,823 Were you a pilot? 153 00:08:21,857 --> 00:08:23,184 Yes, sir. 154 00:08:23,218 --> 00:08:24,611 Best years of my life. 155 00:08:24,644 --> 00:08:28,296 Matter of fact, some days I'd give up all this 156 00:08:28,329 --> 00:08:32,510 just to hit Mach three in a blackbird. 157 00:08:32,543 --> 00:08:35,564 You know, I'm going to copilot 158 00:08:35,597 --> 00:08:38,353 the maiden flight of the daedalus. 159 00:08:38,386 --> 00:08:39,812 But don't worry. 160 00:08:39,846 --> 00:08:41,804 The damn thing's so automated 161 00:08:41,838 --> 00:08:45,787 that you can't leave the head with your zipper down. 162 00:08:51,264 --> 00:08:53,985 Not to look a gift horse in the mouth, 163 00:08:54,018 --> 00:08:55,811 but why'd you pick me? 164 00:08:55,844 --> 00:09:00,889 You're the real deal, Ted... A mercury astronaut. 165 00:09:00,923 --> 00:09:04,739 I'm billing you as a host lecturer. 166 00:09:04,772 --> 00:09:06,697 I won't lie to you. 167 00:09:06,730 --> 00:09:10,680 This flight is going to make the privatization of space 168 00:09:10,713 --> 00:09:12,174 a reality. 169 00:09:12,207 --> 00:09:15,991 And I learned long ago the value of promotion. 170 00:09:16,024 --> 00:09:18,679 Look at the hoopla surrounding the Glenn flight. 171 00:09:18,712 --> 00:09:22,729 Two of my passengers had their names drawn out of a hat. 172 00:09:22,762 --> 00:09:24,355 Won a contest. 173 00:09:24,389 --> 00:09:28,339 Hell, I'm even taking a reporter along for the ride. 174 00:09:28,372 --> 00:09:30,960 And I'm part of this circus? 175 00:09:30,993 --> 00:09:33,948 You were snubbed by the shuttle committee, 176 00:09:33,981 --> 00:09:36,205 and the controversy surrounding 177 00:09:36,238 --> 00:09:37,698 your original mission... 178 00:09:37,731 --> 00:09:39,955 You can't buy publicity like that. 179 00:09:39,989 --> 00:09:42,378 You know what they say about me? 180 00:09:42,411 --> 00:09:44,734 No worse than they say about me. 181 00:09:44,767 --> 00:09:48,386 Just a lot of damned Fools shooting their mouths off. 182 00:09:48,418 --> 00:09:51,306 I stopped listening to them years ago. 183 00:09:51,340 --> 00:09:54,492 I have a feeling you did the same thing. 184 00:09:54,526 --> 00:09:58,276 And you're willing to launch around my time window? 185 00:09:58,310 --> 00:10:00,799 The bird's ready, you're ready, 186 00:10:00,832 --> 00:10:02,757 I'm ready... Hell, yes. 187 00:10:02,790 --> 00:10:07,139 What do you say we break out something stronger and make it 188 00:10:07,172 --> 00:10:09,495 official? 189 00:10:43,781 --> 00:10:45,342 No, no! 190 00:10:45,376 --> 00:10:46,868 No! 191 00:10:46,902 --> 00:10:48,627 No, no, no! 192 00:10:48,660 --> 00:10:50,320 No, no! 193 00:10:50,353 --> 00:10:53,142 Ahh! 194 00:10:53,175 --> 00:10:54,502 No. 195 00:10:54,535 --> 00:10:56,062 No. 196 00:10:57,656 --> 00:10:59,149 Ahh! 197 00:11:13,222 --> 00:11:15,478 Let's face it, Wayne, 198 00:11:15,512 --> 00:11:18,665 I was the pariah of the mercury program. 199 00:11:18,699 --> 00:11:21,155 The black stain of the project. 200 00:11:21,188 --> 00:11:23,711 Nobody wanted to talk to me after I came back. 201 00:11:23,744 --> 00:11:27,096 Well, I suppose by implication that includes me. 202 00:11:27,129 --> 00:11:29,518 No, you were doing the best thing for the mission. 203 00:11:29,551 --> 00:11:31,776 You were the only one who came to see me 204 00:11:31,809 --> 00:11:34,929 when I was in the rubber room, except for my wife. 205 00:11:34,962 --> 00:11:38,182 You two see each other any more? 206 00:11:38,215 --> 00:11:42,198 Oh, a couple of times since she's gone back to Maryland. 207 00:11:43,095 --> 00:11:44,687 Well. 208 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:46,645 No, go ahead. 209 00:11:50,264 --> 00:11:54,246 Well, I didn't ask you out just to congratulate you, Ted. 210 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:58,694 I have something to get off my chest. 211 00:12:02,013 --> 00:12:08,319 That experience that you went through in '63... 212 00:12:08,353 --> 00:12:10,443 what I mean is, 213 00:12:10,477 --> 00:12:13,928 you weren't the only one to go through something 214 00:12:13,962 --> 00:12:15,655 they couldn't explain. 215 00:12:15,688 --> 00:12:18,078 What are you talking about? 216 00:12:18,111 --> 00:12:22,061 Well, I'm not talking the whole nine yards. 217 00:12:22,094 --> 00:12:25,711 Not everything that you saw, but... 218 00:12:28,333 --> 00:12:30,193 I was on my sixth Orbit 219 00:12:30,226 --> 00:12:32,648 just coming up over the subsahara... 220 00:12:35,371 --> 00:12:37,793 and I saw lights 221 00:12:37,826 --> 00:12:39,784 outside the capsule. 222 00:12:39,817 --> 00:12:43,204 And at first I thought it was the straps 223 00:12:43,237 --> 00:12:45,792 burning off the retro-Pack, 224 00:12:45,825 --> 00:12:47,917 but it wasn't. 225 00:12:47,950 --> 00:12:50,406 You said nothing, and you could have changed everything. 226 00:12:50,438 --> 00:12:52,828 I know, 227 00:12:52,861 --> 00:12:54,887 and god knows 228 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:58,438 it's been weighing on me all these years. 229 00:13:00,961 --> 00:13:02,222 Hey, Buddy. 230 00:13:02,256 --> 00:13:03,848 It's okay, it's okay. 231 00:13:04,877 --> 00:13:06,569 Listen, Ted. 232 00:13:06,602 --> 00:13:08,561 You son of a bitch. 233 00:13:08,594 --> 00:13:11,947 I understand, but the truth is that 234 00:13:11,980 --> 00:13:14,005 I was afraid for my career. 235 00:13:14,038 --> 00:13:17,556 I was afraid that I wouldn't get to suit up again. 236 00:13:17,589 --> 00:13:20,145 Why'd you decide to tell me now? 237 00:13:20,178 --> 00:13:23,530 I think it's important that you know 238 00:13:23,563 --> 00:13:27,182 that somebody else understands 239 00:13:27,215 --> 00:13:31,894 this overpowering urge you have to go back out there. 240 00:13:31,927 --> 00:13:35,347 There's somebody else who needs some answers. 241 00:13:37,272 --> 00:13:39,130 My god, you cut your hand. 242 00:13:39,163 --> 00:13:41,553 Get out of here! 243 00:13:53,430 --> 00:13:57,213 There he is... Mr. Powers, are you trying to show nasa up 244 00:13:57,248 --> 00:14:00,136 by heading into space before the shuttle flight? 245 00:14:00,168 --> 00:14:01,661 Nasa's got the resources 246 00:14:01,694 --> 00:14:03,785 of the entire government behind it. 247 00:14:03,819 --> 00:14:05,313 I'm just a lowly entrepreneur 248 00:14:05,345 --> 00:14:06,872 trying to advance the cause of science. 249 00:14:06,906 --> 00:14:08,598 Some of his colleagues are 250 00:14:08,631 --> 00:14:09,770 claiming that he's delusional. 251 00:14:09,793 --> 00:14:11,287 Does this concern you? 252 00:14:11,319 --> 00:14:15,103 If I had a dollar for every insult hurled at me, 253 00:14:15,137 --> 00:14:16,696 I'd be a richer man. 254 00:14:16,729 --> 00:14:18,488 No, it does not concern me. 255 00:14:18,521 --> 00:14:21,643 Colonel Harris is a man with a mission... So am I. 256 00:14:23,865 --> 00:14:26,787 with all the embracement of cubism, 257 00:14:26,821 --> 00:14:29,310 and his fierce rivalry with picasso, 258 00:14:29,342 --> 00:14:32,995 one would expect even more vigor in his painting. 259 00:14:33,027 --> 00:14:37,142 But the surprise is there is a serenity to this work 260 00:14:37,176 --> 00:14:40,130 that's fairly atypical for this stage 261 00:14:40,164 --> 00:14:42,485 in the artist's life. 262 00:14:44,576 --> 00:14:46,270 Excuse me. 263 00:14:46,303 --> 00:14:50,286 I'll catch up with you in a moment. 264 00:14:52,113 --> 00:14:53,407 Ted. 265 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:54,833 Madeline, I'm sorry to... 266 00:14:54,866 --> 00:14:56,658 What are you doing here? 267 00:14:56,692 --> 00:14:58,187 I'm sorry to disturb you, 268 00:14:58,219 --> 00:15:00,078 but it's kind of important. 269 00:15:01,306 --> 00:15:03,628 Still doing your volunteer work, huh? 270 00:15:03,662 --> 00:15:05,422 One wants to feel useful. 271 00:15:05,456 --> 00:15:09,105 I guess you heard about my flight. 272 00:15:09,139 --> 00:15:12,490 I've already been approached by the reporters. 273 00:15:12,525 --> 00:15:14,715 Can't say it brings back 274 00:15:14,747 --> 00:15:17,337 fond memories. I know what you mean. 275 00:15:17,371 --> 00:15:22,746 I didn't sleep half the night thinking about what we had 276 00:15:22,780 --> 00:15:24,176 and what we lost. 277 00:15:24,208 --> 00:15:25,734 I can't do this. 278 00:15:25,768 --> 00:15:27,162 Don't get me wrong. 279 00:15:27,195 --> 00:15:29,950 I've given up trying to rehash 280 00:15:29,982 --> 00:15:31,609 what we went through, 281 00:15:31,643 --> 00:15:32,838 what I put you through. 282 00:15:32,870 --> 00:15:34,165 No tears for me, Ted. 283 00:15:34,198 --> 00:15:36,223 I was just another bystander. 284 00:15:36,255 --> 00:15:38,116 You were 285 00:15:38,148 --> 00:15:40,039 a one-Man train wreck. 286 00:15:42,994 --> 00:15:44,620 Remember this? 287 00:15:44,653 --> 00:15:47,507 You gave it to me... You had a premonition 288 00:15:47,540 --> 00:15:49,432 things wouldn't go right. 289 00:15:49,466 --> 00:15:52,952 What is it you want, Ted? 290 00:15:52,984 --> 00:15:55,739 To be just not alone. 291 00:15:57,299 --> 00:16:01,480 I've been in that angry room of mine over 30 years. 292 00:16:01,514 --> 00:16:03,706 This is a chance to break out. 293 00:16:03,738 --> 00:16:06,625 This is a chance to find some answers. 294 00:16:06,658 --> 00:16:08,948 You're going to drive yourself crazy. 295 00:16:08,983 --> 00:16:11,140 All that anguish, confusion... 296 00:16:11,174 --> 00:16:13,828 It's all part of the past. 297 00:16:13,862 --> 00:16:15,786 It's over. Like us. 298 00:16:15,820 --> 00:16:17,646 It didn't happen yesterday. 299 00:16:17,678 --> 00:16:19,439 It was more than 30 years ago. 300 00:16:22,059 --> 00:16:23,652 People change. 301 00:16:25,711 --> 00:16:28,300 I've changed. 302 00:16:30,059 --> 00:16:32,946 I've got to go, Ted. 303 00:16:35,103 --> 00:16:37,294 God speed. 304 00:16:47,649 --> 00:16:51,302 As I told you in the first pre-Flight briefing, uh, 305 00:16:51,334 --> 00:16:54,587 your variable tension Magnetic Boots will hold you 306 00:16:54,620 --> 00:16:57,740 on the deck when we're at zero gs. 307 00:16:57,774 --> 00:17:01,590 So you'll have to forgive me for any 308 00:17:01,623 --> 00:17:03,017 discomfort you might feel. 309 00:17:03,052 --> 00:17:05,705 These god awful unisex outfits I find painful. 310 00:17:05,739 --> 00:17:07,531 Considering what I paid for this ticket, 311 00:17:07,563 --> 00:17:09,655 you could have popped for a designer. 312 00:17:09,688 --> 00:17:12,312 Well, you'll have to forego 313 00:17:12,344 --> 00:17:14,236 the high fashion 314 00:17:14,270 --> 00:17:16,395 for a couple of days, lil. 315 00:17:16,427 --> 00:17:17,888 Now, then, 316 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:21,174 you all have your own private sleeping quarters, 317 00:17:21,206 --> 00:17:23,165 but if you're like me, 318 00:17:23,198 --> 00:17:25,686 you won't spend much time in the Sack. 319 00:17:25,719 --> 00:17:28,110 Our newlyweds might have 320 00:17:28,144 --> 00:17:29,769 a different idea. 321 00:17:29,802 --> 00:17:32,092 Once we're in orbit we'll be doing 322 00:17:32,127 --> 00:17:34,516 31 laps around the big marble. 323 00:17:34,549 --> 00:17:37,437 We'll be logging three quarters of a million miles 324 00:17:37,470 --> 00:17:39,494 at an average orbital 325 00:17:39,526 --> 00:17:42,747 altitude of 136 miles. 326 00:17:42,781 --> 00:17:44,672 That's about 30 miles short 327 00:17:44,705 --> 00:17:47,163 of your apogee on the mercury. 328 00:17:47,195 --> 00:17:50,150 Couldn't we go to a slightly higher orbit? 329 00:17:50,182 --> 00:17:52,073 The flight plan is pretty tight. 330 00:17:52,107 --> 00:17:54,630 We haven't zeroed out the risk factors, 331 00:17:54,662 --> 00:17:56,487 so we'll stick with the program. 332 00:17:56,522 --> 00:17:57,981 I'll start the pre-Flight checks. 333 00:17:59,774 --> 00:18:03,293 What's the reason for the high orbit, colonel Harris? 334 00:18:03,326 --> 00:18:05,250 I'd just like to 335 00:18:05,285 --> 00:18:06,579 visit the old neighborhood. 336 00:18:06,611 --> 00:18:08,305 Call me a sentimental fool. 337 00:18:08,338 --> 00:18:11,689 I wouldn't be the first, now, would I? 338 00:18:11,722 --> 00:18:13,749 No offense intended. 339 00:18:13,781 --> 00:18:17,465 Mr. Reece is covering our trip for the national scope. 340 00:18:17,497 --> 00:18:19,623 You're paid to be contentious. 341 00:18:19,655 --> 00:18:23,174 What can I say? Rotting Minds want to know. 342 00:18:23,208 --> 00:18:24,502 Strap in. 343 00:18:24,534 --> 00:18:27,654 Launch window begins at 0900. 344 00:18:27,689 --> 00:18:30,641 Well, see you folks in space. 345 00:18:38,010 --> 00:18:39,405 Lock and load. 346 00:18:39,439 --> 00:18:40,932 What? 347 00:18:40,964 --> 00:18:42,326 Put your belt on. 348 00:18:42,358 --> 00:18:44,914 You're not scared, are you? 349 00:18:44,947 --> 00:18:46,275 Relax. 350 00:18:46,310 --> 00:18:50,258 Do you think Carlton Powers would be going up with us 351 00:18:50,292 --> 00:18:52,881 if there was any real danger? 352 00:18:52,913 --> 00:18:54,972 Yeah, I guess you're right. 353 00:18:57,493 --> 00:18:59,187 Nice, deep breaths. 354 00:18:59,220 --> 00:19:01,178 You'll be fine, I promise. 355 00:19:01,211 --> 00:19:02,604 I just keep thinking 356 00:19:02,638 --> 00:19:04,596 about that teacher on challenger. 357 00:19:04,631 --> 00:19:07,649 We're light years ahead of that technology. 358 00:19:07,683 --> 00:19:10,338 Don't worry. Okay. 359 00:19:10,371 --> 00:19:13,990 Roger, daedalus, we read primary fuel tank at 100%. 360 00:19:14,023 --> 00:19:16,511 You're "go" For weather down range. 361 00:19:16,544 --> 00:19:18,006 Fuel cell check complete. 362 00:19:18,039 --> 00:19:20,826 Thruster gyros are 508. 363 00:19:20,861 --> 00:19:22,255 Engines ready to fire. 364 00:19:22,287 --> 00:19:24,577 This is control... Check list complete. 365 00:19:24,610 --> 00:19:26,568 Daedalus, you're still "go." 366 00:19:26,602 --> 00:19:29,091 T-minus 2 minutes and counting. 367 00:19:30,352 --> 00:19:32,511 Tell me you love me, ty. 368 00:19:32,543 --> 00:19:33,970 Of course I love you. 369 00:19:34,005 --> 00:19:36,460 We've got to be the luckiest couple in the world. 370 00:19:36,494 --> 00:19:37,954 You really mean that? 371 00:19:37,988 --> 00:19:41,007 You know how many people entered that contest. 372 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:43,197 A free trip into space... 373 00:19:43,230 --> 00:19:46,484 What are the odds? 374 00:19:53,685 --> 00:19:55,876 We are moments away 375 00:19:55,910 --> 00:19:59,197 from a whole new era in Private space flight. 376 00:19:59,229 --> 00:20:01,154 t-minus one minute. 377 00:20:01,188 --> 00:20:05,037 There may up to 12 flights over the next three years. 378 00:20:08,124 --> 00:20:09,883 T-minus 30 seconds. 379 00:20:09,917 --> 00:20:13,700 Pulitzer prize minus 6 months and counting. 380 00:20:17,683 --> 00:20:19,641 T-minus ten, 381 00:20:19,674 --> 00:20:21,799 nine, eight, 382 00:20:21,831 --> 00:20:23,956 seven, six, 383 00:20:23,991 --> 00:20:27,441 five, four, 384 00:20:27,476 --> 00:20:31,425 three, two, one, ignition. 385 00:20:37,731 --> 00:20:40,221 Aspire, this is Houston... You're looking good. 386 00:20:46,128 --> 00:20:48,685 Altitude: 36 miles... 387 00:20:48,717 --> 00:20:49,979 daedalus, you are now 388 00:20:50,011 --> 00:20:51,140 at maximum thrust. 389 00:20:51,174 --> 00:20:52,401 You should reach 390 00:20:52,434 --> 00:20:54,559 escape velocity in one minute, 44 seconds. 391 00:20:56,981 --> 00:21:00,101 All systems are performing perfectly. 392 00:21:00,135 --> 00:21:03,820 and we have a successful launch of the maiden flight 393 00:21:03,852 --> 00:21:07,237 of the reusable space plane, the daedalus. 394 00:21:10,457 --> 00:21:12,881 Ladies and gentlemen, 395 00:21:12,913 --> 00:21:14,375 welcome to weightlessness. 396 00:21:14,408 --> 00:21:16,531 You're free to move about the cabin, 397 00:21:16,565 --> 00:21:19,584 as long as you keep your boots on. 398 00:21:19,617 --> 00:21:21,146 I'm back. 399 00:21:22,174 --> 00:21:23,766 Dear god... 400 00:21:25,328 --> 00:21:27,917 I'm back. 401 00:21:35,385 --> 00:21:38,636 It's more beautiful than I ever could have imagined. 402 00:21:38,670 --> 00:21:42,188 Pictures will never do it justice. 403 00:21:45,274 --> 00:21:47,831 Is it just me, or have all 404 00:21:47,864 --> 00:21:49,823 the sci-Fi movies I've seen 405 00:21:49,855 --> 00:21:53,539 made me feel like I've "been there, done that"? 406 00:21:53,572 --> 00:21:55,563 I get the feeling, Martin, 407 00:21:55,598 --> 00:21:58,352 the first words you ever spoke were "ho-hum." 408 00:21:58,386 --> 00:22:01,538 I wouldn't dare share this with my readers, 409 00:22:01,572 --> 00:22:04,957 but entre nous, This isn't outer space... Not really. 410 00:22:04,990 --> 00:22:10,101 It's a high altitude concorde without the flight attendant. 411 00:22:10,136 --> 00:22:13,323 Fortunately, I, uh, brought my own... 412 00:22:13,355 --> 00:22:17,305 Customized for the occasion. 413 00:22:17,337 --> 00:22:23,511 Not that I'd want to dampen anyone's religious experience. 414 00:22:26,499 --> 00:22:29,617 "despair is the scourge of little minds" 415 00:22:29,652 --> 00:22:31,277 Who said that? 416 00:22:31,310 --> 00:22:33,966 I believe I just did. 417 00:22:37,583 --> 00:22:40,506 It beats the hell out of puerto vallarta. 418 00:22:40,537 --> 00:22:44,687 The guys in the office are never going to get over this. 419 00:22:44,719 --> 00:22:47,874 It's, uh, it's humbling. 420 00:22:47,906 --> 00:22:51,060 You can't help but feel so small. 421 00:22:51,092 --> 00:22:54,279 Yeah, I guess. 422 00:23:01,576 --> 00:23:03,137 Congratulations, friends. 423 00:23:03,170 --> 00:23:05,659 We've all just made history. 424 00:23:05,692 --> 00:23:08,878 Space is no longer the province just of big government, 425 00:23:08,912 --> 00:23:11,600 or the chosen elite. 426 00:23:11,634 --> 00:23:13,360 And that's a good thing? 427 00:23:13,393 --> 00:23:14,820 Are you kidding? 428 00:23:14,853 --> 00:23:17,574 Nasa sends a shuttle into space... 429 00:23:17,607 --> 00:23:20,960 Comes back minus $40 million worth of boosters. 430 00:23:20,993 --> 00:23:22,752 Private Enterprise tries 431 00:23:22,785 --> 00:23:24,578 its hand... Comes back with 432 00:23:24,611 --> 00:23:26,404 a fully reusable craft. 433 00:23:26,437 --> 00:23:30,453 Now, you tell me who's got better technology. 434 00:23:30,486 --> 00:23:35,000 I'll reserve judgment till we're back on Terra firma. 435 00:23:35,033 --> 00:23:36,759 It's a matter of priorities. 436 00:23:36,792 --> 00:23:39,482 I've had my differences with nasa, but... 437 00:23:39,515 --> 00:23:41,538 their basic desire is still 438 00:23:41,571 --> 00:23:44,758 to discover, to explore, 439 00:23:44,792 --> 00:23:48,840 and to uncloak the mysteries of space. 440 00:23:48,874 --> 00:23:51,032 Come on, Ted. 441 00:23:51,065 --> 00:23:53,886 They're not about uncovering black holes. 442 00:23:53,919 --> 00:23:56,076 They are the black hole. 443 00:23:56,109 --> 00:24:00,259 I'll put my "R and d" people up against nasa anytime. 444 00:24:00,292 --> 00:24:03,280 You're both making the same assumption. 445 00:24:03,313 --> 00:24:04,706 Uh-huh, what's that? 446 00:24:04,739 --> 00:24:07,428 That science will provide all the answers. 447 00:24:07,461 --> 00:24:09,087 What do you mean? 448 00:24:09,120 --> 00:24:11,013 Take a look out there. 449 00:24:11,046 --> 00:24:12,904 It's a big universe. 450 00:24:12,938 --> 00:24:15,261 It's beyond arrogance to believe 451 00:24:15,294 --> 00:24:18,282 all of this is quantifiable. 452 00:24:18,315 --> 00:24:20,306 That every secret will yield 453 00:24:20,339 --> 00:24:22,297 to the prodding and pushing of eggheads 454 00:24:22,331 --> 00:24:25,550 who wouldn't know a Miracle if it bit them on the asteroid. 455 00:24:25,583 --> 00:24:28,039 Pretty heavy stuff for a woman 456 00:24:28,072 --> 00:24:29,633 who sells cosmetics. 457 00:24:29,666 --> 00:24:33,184 Unless you're talking about the divinity of Miracle cream. 458 00:24:33,217 --> 00:24:34,943 Give it a rest, Martin. 459 00:24:42,079 --> 00:24:43,905 Hey, come on. 460 00:24:43,938 --> 00:24:46,195 I want to show you something. 461 00:24:46,228 --> 00:24:47,523 What? 462 00:24:47,555 --> 00:24:48,884 Come on. 463 00:24:56,153 --> 00:24:57,547 What is it, ty? 464 00:24:57,579 --> 00:25:00,002 Oh, nothing, really. 465 00:25:01,363 --> 00:25:04,451 I just found all that talk kind of Boring. 466 00:25:04,484 --> 00:25:06,707 I was enjoying it. 467 00:25:06,740 --> 00:25:08,798 Really? 468 00:25:09,993 --> 00:25:12,416 I can think of something else 469 00:25:12,450 --> 00:25:14,640 you'd enjoy even more. 470 00:25:14,673 --> 00:25:16,897 Ty, this really isn't the time. 471 00:25:16,930 --> 00:25:18,225 Why not? 472 00:25:18,258 --> 00:25:20,382 No one's going to come in here. 473 00:25:20,415 --> 00:25:21,876 It's time... 474 00:25:21,909 --> 00:25:23,370 to join... 475 00:25:23,403 --> 00:25:26,057 the ultimate... 476 00:25:29,211 --> 00:25:31,069 mile-high club. 477 00:26:10,865 --> 00:26:13,522 See that squall down there? 478 00:26:13,555 --> 00:26:15,380 It's over the cape of good hope. 479 00:26:15,413 --> 00:26:17,636 Talk about your ultimate weather map. 480 00:26:17,669 --> 00:26:20,591 Yeah, we had to fight like hell for a window 481 00:26:20,624 --> 00:26:22,118 in the mercury capsule. 482 00:26:22,151 --> 00:26:25,602 There were those in the agency that felt 483 00:26:25,635 --> 00:26:27,627 that astronauts were merely backup. 484 00:26:27,660 --> 00:26:29,585 Well, maybe we are now. 485 00:26:29,618 --> 00:26:33,536 This automatic pilot will initiate reentry procedures. 486 00:26:33,568 --> 00:26:35,725 Even land if it has to. 487 00:26:35,759 --> 00:26:37,319 What was that? 488 00:26:37,352 --> 00:26:38,745 What? 489 00:26:38,779 --> 00:26:41,269 I thought I saw a flicker of light. 490 00:26:43,194 --> 00:26:45,716 Probably just a reflection off the glass. 491 00:26:45,750 --> 00:26:48,637 Yeah. 492 00:26:51,093 --> 00:26:54,247 Getting enough drift for an attitude correction. 493 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:55,740 Going Manual. 494 00:26:55,773 --> 00:26:59,259 Roll right 3.8 degrees. 495 00:27:01,847 --> 00:27:03,739 Right yaw Thrust 496 00:27:03,772 --> 00:27:05,566 two seconds. 497 00:27:18,444 --> 00:27:19,837 Nice, 498 00:27:19,870 --> 00:27:22,923 smooth as the small of a woman's back. 499 00:27:22,956 --> 00:27:24,417 Ending Manual control. 500 00:27:24,450 --> 00:27:26,509 Returning to computer flight program. 501 00:27:26,542 --> 00:27:29,760 I remember the night I was selected for the program 502 00:27:29,794 --> 00:27:31,156 like yesterday. 503 00:27:31,189 --> 00:27:33,644 I had a million things on my mind. 504 00:27:33,677 --> 00:27:37,295 Who would go up first? If it was me, how would I react? 505 00:27:37,328 --> 00:27:39,287 How would it change my life? 506 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:40,813 And then I walked 507 00:27:40,847 --> 00:27:42,738 over to my car... I didn't get in 508 00:27:42,771 --> 00:27:46,257 I looked up, and all of a sudden I saw a bushel of stars. 509 00:27:46,291 --> 00:27:49,543 And I then knew that it was 510 00:27:49,576 --> 00:27:52,265 not a space race, not about politics. 511 00:27:52,298 --> 00:27:55,583 And science and technology was really All about... 512 00:27:55,616 --> 00:27:57,641 all about us. 513 00:27:57,675 --> 00:28:00,861 All about us reaching up 514 00:28:00,894 --> 00:28:04,247 and touching God. 515 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,329 That's pretty corny. 516 00:28:09,524 --> 00:28:11,681 Are you a religious man, 517 00:28:11,714 --> 00:28:13,175 colonel Harris? 518 00:28:13,208 --> 00:28:17,025 Not until then, no. 519 00:28:19,083 --> 00:28:21,041 What about when you went up? 520 00:28:21,074 --> 00:28:23,597 Do you feel like it happened? 521 00:28:23,630 --> 00:28:25,621 Did you touch god? 522 00:28:27,911 --> 00:28:29,704 It was close. 523 00:28:29,737 --> 00:28:31,961 As in "Close encounter"? 524 00:28:31,994 --> 00:28:33,819 You "Saw the light." 525 00:28:33,853 --> 00:28:36,907 It was in All my reports, yeah. 526 00:28:36,940 --> 00:28:39,429 You left off the attribution to mother goose. 527 00:28:39,463 --> 00:28:40,889 Martin! 528 00:28:40,922 --> 00:28:43,346 Just trying to pin him down. 529 00:28:43,380 --> 00:28:45,039 It was pretty muddled 530 00:28:45,072 --> 00:28:47,495 in the official debriefings I read. 531 00:28:47,528 --> 00:28:50,416 It was not an hallucination. 532 00:28:50,449 --> 00:28:53,037 Nasa's psychological evaluations say otherwise. 533 00:28:53,071 --> 00:28:55,261 I've been called everything 534 00:28:55,294 --> 00:28:58,083 from a "nut-Case" to a "cosmic Groupie". 535 00:28:58,116 --> 00:29:00,506 Usually by people terrified that their cozy 536 00:29:00,539 --> 00:29:03,625 Little worlds might not be so cozy after all. 537 00:29:03,658 --> 00:29:07,940 One small step for bi-Polar disorders. 538 00:29:12,222 --> 00:29:16,106 You have all the tact of a charging rhino. 539 00:29:24,768 --> 00:29:28,187 Ted, it's lil. 540 00:29:33,331 --> 00:29:35,290 May I come in? 541 00:29:35,324 --> 00:29:38,808 I wouldn't let that slime bucket Martin get to you. 542 00:29:38,841 --> 00:29:41,762 You know, some people believe 543 00:29:41,795 --> 00:29:46,575 that the whole human race was seeded millions of years ago 544 00:29:46,607 --> 00:29:50,226 by Visitors just waiting patiently for us to mature 545 00:29:50,259 --> 00:29:53,047 before they contact us. 546 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:57,163 Ted, tell me what you saw back then. 547 00:30:00,183 --> 00:30:03,204 Lights... Beautiful Violet lights. 548 00:30:03,237 --> 00:30:06,024 Where were they coming from? 549 00:30:06,058 --> 00:30:08,448 Everywhere, nowhere... I don't know. 550 00:30:08,482 --> 00:30:09,974 What do you think it was? 551 00:30:10,008 --> 00:30:12,132 They were growing. They were changing. 552 00:30:12,165 --> 00:30:13,494 Into what? 553 00:30:13,527 --> 00:30:15,849 I don't know. They were alive, they... 554 00:30:15,882 --> 00:30:17,177 go ahead, Ted. 555 00:30:17,210 --> 00:30:19,965 You're seeing it 556 00:30:19,999 --> 00:30:21,624 right now, aren't you? No. 557 00:30:22,620 --> 00:30:24,280 No! 558 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,652 What was that? 559 00:30:33,109 --> 00:30:35,399 What the hell's going on? 560 00:30:35,433 --> 00:30:39,282 We just rotated and fired all the aft thrusters. 561 00:30:39,316 --> 00:30:40,511 Take it out of auto. 562 00:30:41,705 --> 00:30:44,991 The computer... It won't let me override. 563 00:30:45,024 --> 00:30:46,717 What's that? 564 00:30:46,750 --> 00:30:48,410 We're heading away from earth. 565 00:30:48,443 --> 00:30:50,401 That's for sure. 566 00:30:54,849 --> 00:30:58,002 How could something like this happen? 567 00:30:58,035 --> 00:31:00,890 Wait, the thrusters are ramping down. 568 00:31:00,923 --> 00:31:03,446 We're rolling into earth orbit again. 569 00:31:03,479 --> 00:31:08,159 You're on a trajectory to level into earth orbit at 166 miles. 570 00:31:08,192 --> 00:31:10,382 You can't break though, Denver? 571 00:31:10,416 --> 00:31:11,810 We've tried everything. 572 00:31:11,843 --> 00:31:14,697 We're locked out. What about rebooting? 573 00:31:14,730 --> 00:31:16,490 We've done it twice. 574 00:31:16,523 --> 00:31:18,647 It doesn't have any effect. 575 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,170 You think it could be a virus? 576 00:31:21,203 --> 00:31:22,531 Nothing we read here. 577 00:31:22,564 --> 00:31:23,990 I don't get it. 578 00:31:24,023 --> 00:31:27,011 This is not the orbit we programmed in. 579 00:31:27,044 --> 00:31:30,994 Not the orbit we thought we programmed in, anyways. 580 00:31:31,027 --> 00:31:33,185 Are you saying it's not a malfunction? 581 00:31:33,218 --> 00:31:35,010 Whatever's overriding the flight 582 00:31:35,043 --> 00:31:37,998 is following strict navigational protocols. 583 00:31:38,031 --> 00:31:41,283 What do we tell the passengers? 584 00:31:41,317 --> 00:31:42,810 No reason to panic them. 585 00:31:42,843 --> 00:31:44,570 Not yet, anyway. 586 00:31:49,710 --> 00:31:52,001 Has anybody noticed that we're 587 00:31:52,035 --> 00:31:54,657 a lot higher than we were before? 588 00:31:54,689 --> 00:31:56,814 I sure as hell am. 589 00:31:56,847 --> 00:31:59,603 We're on a wider orbit. 590 00:31:59,636 --> 00:32:02,622 Did you persuade the pilot to match 591 00:32:02,655 --> 00:32:03,984 your altitude on mercury? 592 00:32:04,018 --> 00:32:06,507 It did it on its own. 593 00:32:10,258 --> 00:32:14,837 So, this is what it was like back in '63? 594 00:32:14,870 --> 00:32:16,297 Less room. 595 00:32:16,331 --> 00:32:19,152 Well, if you spot any space spooks... 596 00:32:19,185 --> 00:32:21,741 you don't know when to quit, do you, Martin? 597 00:32:21,773 --> 00:32:24,231 I've never been much of a quitter. 598 00:32:24,263 --> 00:32:28,213 I've always been good at recognizing them though. 599 00:32:28,246 --> 00:32:30,769 Recognize this, bucko... 600 00:32:30,802 --> 00:32:33,192 The only reason you cut people up 601 00:32:33,224 --> 00:32:36,411 with that tongue of yours is because you're afraid. 602 00:32:36,446 --> 00:32:38,967 You've lost hope, noble scrivener. 603 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:43,150 You're afraid that what might be out there is out there. 604 00:32:43,182 --> 00:32:45,208 I saw it... it is. 605 00:32:45,241 --> 00:32:47,630 We've established that. 606 00:32:47,662 --> 00:32:51,381 I saw something that no man was supposed to see. 607 00:32:51,415 --> 00:32:54,965 Like Dorothy pulling back the curtain on the wizard. 608 00:32:54,998 --> 00:32:57,389 So now we follow the yellow brick Road? 609 00:32:57,421 --> 00:32:59,412 Don't treat her like that. 610 00:32:59,447 --> 00:33:02,897 Don't treat her like some hollow, plastic doll. 611 00:33:02,932 --> 00:33:06,317 And don't mistake her compliance for weakness or stupidity. 612 00:33:06,350 --> 00:33:08,639 Treat her with respect. 613 00:33:13,949 --> 00:33:15,478 What is it? 614 00:33:15,512 --> 00:33:16,937 I feel dizzy. 615 00:33:16,971 --> 00:33:20,390 It is getting stuffy in here. 616 00:33:23,708 --> 00:33:26,032 Oxygen levels are dropping. 617 00:33:26,065 --> 00:33:28,423 Can you Crank them up? 618 00:33:29,949 --> 00:33:31,575 Nothing. 619 00:33:31,609 --> 00:33:33,798 Mr. Powers, please, 620 00:33:33,832 --> 00:33:35,327 we need your help. 621 00:33:35,359 --> 00:33:38,180 Be right there. 622 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,055 There's not enough air in here. 623 00:33:44,088 --> 00:33:46,046 Get me the emergency o-2. 624 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,238 Give her some room. 625 00:33:58,924 --> 00:34:00,485 Come on, honey. 626 00:34:00,518 --> 00:34:02,510 Breathe. 627 00:34:04,999 --> 00:34:07,489 Oh, good, she's coming around. 628 00:34:10,476 --> 00:34:11,901 Where's colonel Harris? 629 00:34:17,446 --> 00:34:18,905 It's locked. 630 00:34:18,939 --> 00:34:20,433 How could it be? 631 00:34:21,926 --> 00:34:23,552 Colonel Harris? 632 00:34:24,746 --> 00:34:26,507 Ted? 633 00:34:26,539 --> 00:34:28,132 Ted, are you there? 634 00:34:28,167 --> 00:34:29,792 Ted, talk to me. 635 00:34:29,824 --> 00:34:32,581 Ted, I need to talk to you now. 636 00:34:32,613 --> 00:34:34,374 You don't have to do this. 637 00:34:37,626 --> 00:34:40,877 We can talk about it, just open the Hatch. 638 00:34:40,912 --> 00:34:42,306 Damn. 639 00:34:42,339 --> 00:34:43,634 Are we rolling? 640 00:34:43,665 --> 00:34:45,625 We sure as hell are. 641 00:34:45,656 --> 00:34:47,285 Lil, you try. 642 00:34:47,318 --> 00:34:48,943 166 miles orbit. 643 00:34:48,977 --> 00:34:50,471 Do you remember that figure? 644 00:34:50,504 --> 00:34:53,424 Exactly aspire Seven's apogee. 645 00:34:53,459 --> 00:34:57,341 Now we know what took over the autopilot. 646 00:34:57,374 --> 00:34:59,697 You invite a lunatic onboard 647 00:34:59,731 --> 00:35:02,420 and now he's flying the damn plane? 648 00:35:02,453 --> 00:35:04,245 Ted, can you hear me? 649 00:35:04,277 --> 00:35:06,237 You've got to open up. 650 00:35:06,269 --> 00:35:08,627 Yeah, we're almost... almost there. 651 00:35:08,658 --> 00:35:10,550 Almost where? 652 00:35:10,585 --> 00:35:12,377 Bypass the lock. 653 00:35:12,411 --> 00:35:14,633 Try the redundant system. 654 00:35:26,351 --> 00:35:29,735 No, no, no, no! We're almost there. 655 00:35:29,767 --> 00:35:31,129 No, no, no! Ahh! 656 00:35:31,162 --> 00:35:32,723 I got him. 657 00:35:42,083 --> 00:35:43,543 My god. 658 00:35:43,577 --> 00:35:45,037 What? 659 00:35:45,070 --> 00:35:47,028 Our navigation program. 660 00:35:47,062 --> 00:35:48,721 He substituted his own. 661 00:35:48,754 --> 00:35:50,777 That's why the reboots failed. 662 00:35:50,811 --> 00:35:54,397 Get that disk back in the nav system and boot it up. 663 00:35:54,430 --> 00:35:57,550 I hope we're not too late. 664 00:35:57,584 --> 00:35:59,774 Sir, if anybody is hurt 665 00:35:59,807 --> 00:36:02,428 by your irresponsible behavior, I guarantee 666 00:36:02,462 --> 00:36:05,881 I'll prosecute you to hell and back. 667 00:36:14,078 --> 00:36:18,061 Once we get the program on line, everything's going to be okay. 668 00:36:18,096 --> 00:36:21,082 We're all going to die, aren't we? 669 00:36:21,115 --> 00:36:24,601 Nobody is going to die! 670 00:36:31,737 --> 00:36:33,563 What's happening, ty? 671 00:36:33,595 --> 00:36:36,650 This is insane. 672 00:36:36,681 --> 00:36:40,930 We never should have gone for something like this. 673 00:36:40,962 --> 00:36:43,851 I should have trusted my instincts. 674 00:36:43,885 --> 00:36:48,166 I would have been happy on a beach in mexico. 675 00:36:48,199 --> 00:36:51,120 What about what I wanted? 676 00:36:51,154 --> 00:36:54,373 Or doesn't that count? 677 00:36:59,085 --> 00:37:01,276 Pumping oxygen to all cabins. 678 00:37:03,068 --> 00:37:06,886 You know we were only a couple of minutes from his destination, 679 00:37:06,919 --> 00:37:08,545 whatever that was. 680 00:37:08,579 --> 00:37:11,201 I wonder what he's hoping to find. 681 00:37:11,233 --> 00:37:13,921 The man's pathological. 682 00:37:15,315 --> 00:37:18,868 You're not suggesting we hang around to find out? 683 00:37:20,162 --> 00:37:22,121 No. 684 00:37:22,155 --> 00:37:24,942 The attitude control fuel is at 20 percent. 685 00:37:24,974 --> 00:37:26,602 We can't risk it. 686 00:37:26,635 --> 00:37:28,360 Let's turn this baby around. 687 00:37:28,394 --> 00:37:30,087 Firing right yaw thrust. 688 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:31,581 On my count. 689 00:37:31,614 --> 00:37:33,207 Three, two, 690 00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:35,231 one. 691 00:37:37,322 --> 00:37:40,109 They're dropping down to a lower orbit. 692 00:37:40,143 --> 00:37:42,101 This is my last chance. 693 00:37:42,136 --> 00:37:45,088 Lil, if there is any part of you 694 00:37:45,122 --> 00:37:48,076 that believes in what I am saying, 695 00:37:48,110 --> 00:37:50,067 you've got to help me. 696 00:37:50,101 --> 00:37:52,158 I don't know what I believe. 697 00:37:52,192 --> 00:37:53,917 You've got to help me. 698 00:37:53,950 --> 00:37:55,245 Cut me loose. 699 00:37:55,279 --> 00:37:56,574 Please, help me! 700 00:37:56,607 --> 00:38:01,120 We are back in the driver's seat, Denver. 701 00:38:01,154 --> 00:38:03,444 You're "go" For primary coordinates. 702 00:38:03,477 --> 00:38:05,136 Amen. 703 00:38:07,858 --> 00:38:10,248 What is it? 704 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:13,666 Somebody just entered the air lock. 705 00:38:19,838 --> 00:38:22,264 Where's Harris? 706 00:38:24,817 --> 00:38:26,047 Patch me through. 707 00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:28,271 Ted, I know you're upset. 708 00:38:28,303 --> 00:38:30,494 Please don't do anything Rash. 709 00:38:30,528 --> 00:38:33,714 No one needs to know what happened up here. 710 00:38:33,747 --> 00:38:36,336 I'll stand by you, I swear. 711 00:38:37,796 --> 00:38:39,423 My god. 712 00:38:45,961 --> 00:38:48,118 There's no tether. 713 00:38:50,277 --> 00:38:53,165 He came all the way up here to kill himself. 714 00:38:53,197 --> 00:38:54,625 Oh, my god. 715 00:39:00,533 --> 00:39:02,855 Major Sullivan, 716 00:39:02,889 --> 00:39:07,037 Patch colonel Harris into the main cabin. 717 00:39:10,993 --> 00:39:13,217 Daedalus... Daedalus, do you read? 718 00:39:13,251 --> 00:39:14,678 We hear you, colonel. 719 00:39:14,710 --> 00:39:16,835 This was my choice. 720 00:39:16,867 --> 00:39:19,525 I'll never have the chance again. 721 00:39:19,557 --> 00:39:21,548 I'm coming to get you. 722 00:39:21,581 --> 00:39:24,204 No, look at your truster fuel. 723 00:39:24,236 --> 00:39:27,423 You can't risk it. 724 00:39:39,007 --> 00:39:41,132 Ted, 725 00:39:41,164 --> 00:39:42,526 can you hear me? 726 00:39:42,558 --> 00:39:43,852 Yes. 727 00:39:43,885 --> 00:39:45,744 You've got to come back. 728 00:39:45,777 --> 00:39:47,206 It's all right. 729 00:39:47,238 --> 00:39:49,229 You did the right thing. 730 00:39:49,262 --> 00:39:51,220 Tell Madeline that... 731 00:39:51,253 --> 00:39:53,080 that I love her... 732 00:39:53,113 --> 00:39:55,004 That I never stopped Loving her. 733 00:39:55,037 --> 00:39:57,461 Will you do that for me, lil? 734 00:39:57,494 --> 00:39:59,354 I promise. 735 00:40:11,932 --> 00:40:15,251 I'm not alone. 736 00:40:15,285 --> 00:40:19,633 For the first time, I'm not alone. 737 00:40:19,667 --> 00:40:22,420 I know that doesn't make 738 00:40:22,454 --> 00:40:24,313 any sense. 739 00:40:24,347 --> 00:40:26,370 But I'm sure of it. 740 00:40:28,926 --> 00:40:31,217 He's becoming delirious. 741 00:40:31,250 --> 00:40:33,937 Oxygen deprivation. 742 00:40:37,888 --> 00:40:39,812 Oh, my god! 743 00:40:41,505 --> 00:40:44,393 They've come back. 744 00:40:44,427 --> 00:40:47,248 They were waiting for me all the time. 745 00:40:48,176 --> 00:40:49,803 What's that? 746 00:40:50,998 --> 00:40:54,084 We have nothing to fear from them. 747 00:40:54,119 --> 00:40:56,475 I have nothing to fear from them. 748 00:40:56,509 --> 00:40:59,163 It's amazing. 749 00:40:59,197 --> 00:41:01,587 It's wonderful. 750 00:41:01,619 --> 00:41:03,877 They're all around him, everywhere. 751 00:41:05,934 --> 00:41:07,594 I understand. 752 00:41:07,627 --> 00:41:09,983 I understand. 753 00:41:10,017 --> 00:41:11,411 Understand what? 754 00:41:11,445 --> 00:41:13,766 Ted, we want to know. 755 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:16,854 We need to know. 756 00:41:16,887 --> 00:41:19,443 They were only sent to watch. 757 00:41:19,476 --> 00:41:21,701 They never meant to interfere. 758 00:41:21,732 --> 00:41:23,923 It's a gift. 759 00:41:23,957 --> 00:41:26,680 They're giving me a chance. 760 00:41:26,711 --> 00:41:29,898 Another chance. 761 00:41:52,899 --> 00:41:54,560 Welcome home, colonel Harris. 762 00:41:58,177 --> 00:41:59,704 I'm alive. 763 00:41:59,737 --> 00:42:01,164 Of course you're alive. 764 00:42:01,198 --> 00:42:03,155 It was a perfect flight. 765 00:42:03,189 --> 00:42:04,518 Take it easy. 766 00:42:04,550 --> 00:42:07,470 We're going to get you out of there, okay? 767 00:42:07,504 --> 00:42:08,931 What's the date? 768 00:42:08,964 --> 00:42:10,126 It's September 16th. 769 00:42:10,159 --> 00:42:11,453 No, the year. 770 00:42:11,488 --> 00:42:12,813 What year is it? 771 00:42:15,038 --> 00:42:16,532 It's 1963. 772 00:42:16,566 --> 00:42:18,390 What did you expect? 773 00:42:18,423 --> 00:42:20,116 It's only been 774 00:42:20,150 --> 00:42:21,908 a day and a half. 775 00:42:21,943 --> 00:42:24,432 Madeline... My wife. 776 00:42:24,464 --> 00:42:26,721 She's waiting on the Carrier, sir. 777 00:42:26,753 --> 00:42:28,713 Beautiful woman, your wife. 778 00:42:28,746 --> 00:42:30,372 You're a lucky man. 779 00:42:30,407 --> 00:42:32,497 Yes, I know. 780 00:42:32,529 --> 00:42:35,218 I finally know. 781 00:42:36,878 --> 00:42:39,567 Our lives are defined 782 00:42:39,599 --> 00:42:41,659 by our choices... 783 00:42:41,691 --> 00:42:44,247 Paths taken, worlds explored... 784 00:42:44,279 --> 00:42:49,823 But once we commit, we can never go back and choose again. 785 00:42:49,855 --> 00:42:52,444 Or can we? 786 00:43:01,871 --> 00:43:03,828 Captioning performed by 787 00:43:03,862 --> 00:43:07,049 Western captioning service ltd. Vancouver, B.C. 1999