1 00:00:08,092 --> 00:00:11,182 A voyage around the moon must be made in two phases. 2 00:00:11,971 --> 00:00:15,034 A rocket ship taking off from the Earth's surface 3 00:00:15,058 --> 00:00:17,578 will use almost all the fuel it will carry 4 00:00:17,602 --> 00:00:21,665 just to attain a speed great enough to balance the pull of gravity. 5 00:00:21,689 --> 00:00:27,109 Here we have a scale drawing of the Earth with the moon 240,000 miles away. 6 00:00:27,529 --> 00:00:30,841 This is the elliptical path which our rocket ship will follow 7 00:00:30,865 --> 00:00:33,485 going out and coming back. 8 00:00:35,286 --> 00:00:37,264 And then you will use its primary system, 9 00:00:37,288 --> 00:00:40,267 the AGS instead of the PGNCS, for separation and ascent. 10 00:00:40,291 --> 00:00:42,520 Copy all that, Tranquility Base? 11 00:00:42,544 --> 00:00:44,634 Guidance control AGS. Roger, Houston. 12 00:00:45,171 --> 00:00:47,775 We are definitely concerned about stability 13 00:00:47,799 --> 00:00:50,679 once we fire the ascent engine from this canted position. 14 00:00:51,219 --> 00:00:53,889 In the meantime, we're losing extra weight. 15 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,140 I don't like the margins, Wernher. 16 00:00:59,853 --> 00:01:02,706 Getting back to vertical's gonna cost him a lot of ascent fuel. 17 00:01:02,730 --> 00:01:05,167 I mean, they may not be able to rendezvous with Columbia. 18 00:01:05,191 --> 00:01:07,401 The plan is sound, Gene. 19 00:01:16,244 --> 00:01:18,334 Tranquility, you have go for liftoff. 20 00:01:19,914 --> 00:01:22,174 Okay, Buzz. Engine Arm on. 21 00:01:28,089 --> 00:01:30,901 Mike, we'll see you in a bit. 22 00:01:30,925 --> 00:01:32,505 Keep our beers cold for us. 23 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:36,180 Copy that, Tranquility Base. 24 00:01:37,348 --> 00:01:38,728 Abort Stage. 25 00:01:40,101 --> 00:01:42,691 - Engine Arm, Ascent. - Engine Arm, Ascent. 26 00:01:44,230 --> 00:01:45,666 Here goes nothing. 27 00:01:45,690 --> 00:01:46,690 Ignition. 28 00:01:58,953 --> 00:02:01,033 Houston, we're definitely picking up a little shimmy. 29 00:02:20,058 --> 00:02:21,138 We're leveling out. 30 00:02:22,894 --> 00:02:24,154 The Eagle has wings. 31 00:04:35,068 --> 00:04:36,568 Excuse me... 32 00:04:40,532 --> 00:04:41,822 Good morning, sir. 33 00:04:43,034 --> 00:04:44,494 Green suits you, Emma. 34 00:04:45,078 --> 00:04:47,014 Administrator Paine just arrived, sir. 35 00:04:47,038 --> 00:04:48,748 Hope he's got good news. 36 00:04:49,499 --> 00:04:50,829 - Could use that. - Deke. 37 00:04:53,253 --> 00:04:54,503 I'll catch up. 38 00:05:03,096 --> 00:05:05,991 How much longer do I have to eat shit before you put me back on flight status? 39 00:05:06,015 --> 00:05:08,327 I've been cooling my heels for two damn months now. 40 00:05:08,351 --> 00:05:10,454 Look, it's not only up to me. 41 00:05:10,478 --> 00:05:12,018 You pissed off a lot of people. 42 00:05:15,859 --> 00:05:17,239 I'm never going back up, am I? 43 00:05:19,445 --> 00:05:21,405 Not as long as von Braun's director. 44 00:05:22,365 --> 00:05:24,615 I'm sorry. But you made your bed. 45 00:05:28,329 --> 00:05:30,933 So, what the hell am I supposed to do, just keep pushing paper? 46 00:05:30,957 --> 00:05:32,226 There are worse things. 47 00:05:32,250 --> 00:05:33,770 Yeah, I guess you'd know, wouldn't ya? 48 00:05:34,627 --> 00:05:35,627 Watch it, Ed. 49 00:06:18,213 --> 00:06:20,566 It's from a trusted source in the Kremlin. 50 00:06:20,590 --> 00:06:22,067 And if this is even close to ready... 51 00:06:22,091 --> 00:06:23,527 It's merely blueprints. 52 00:06:23,551 --> 00:06:25,761 I have hundreds of blueprints. It means nothing. 53 00:06:26,471 --> 00:06:28,771 We can't afford to be cautious now, Wernher. 54 00:06:29,307 --> 00:06:30,993 This is the new front in the Cold War. 55 00:06:31,017 --> 00:06:34,622 If the Soviets are gonna build a lunar military outpost up there, 56 00:06:34,646 --> 00:06:37,666 the president wants one too, and he wants it first. 57 00:06:37,690 --> 00:06:39,001 He can't be serious. 58 00:06:39,025 --> 00:06:40,985 Frankly, I've never seen him more serious. 59 00:06:41,486 --> 00:06:43,946 We're talking a major realignment of priorities here. 60 00:06:44,614 --> 00:06:49,428 We may have lost the moon, but we can-- We can still win the race for the base. 61 00:06:49,452 --> 00:06:51,082 "Race for the base"? 62 00:06:51,538 --> 00:06:52,538 Catchy, right? 63 00:06:53,498 --> 00:06:54,850 Your testimony before the committee 64 00:06:54,874 --> 00:06:57,853 is the perfect time to unveil NASA's new strategy. 65 00:06:57,877 --> 00:06:59,313 Beginning with Apollo 12, 66 00:06:59,337 --> 00:07:01,357 we will be scouting for the location 67 00:07:01,381 --> 00:07:04,109 of a permanent military installation on the moon. 68 00:07:04,133 --> 00:07:05,343 Absolutely not. 69 00:07:05,844 --> 00:07:09,490 We're a scientific program, not a playground for G.I. Joe. 70 00:07:09,514 --> 00:07:12,034 Wernher. This is a good thing. 71 00:07:12,058 --> 00:07:14,578 Nixon's doubling down on the program. 72 00:07:14,602 --> 00:07:16,622 Our budgets will go up exponentially. 73 00:07:16,646 --> 00:07:19,266 We can bring in three, four more classes of astronauts. 74 00:07:19,899 --> 00:07:20,960 What do you think, Deke? 75 00:07:20,984 --> 00:07:23,045 Well, I could sure use the extra manpower, 76 00:07:23,069 --> 00:07:25,699 but I don't know, 12's flight is right around the corner. 77 00:07:26,656 --> 00:07:28,906 Yeah. We may need to move that up a tad. 78 00:07:31,578 --> 00:07:32,828 Thomas, listen to me. 79 00:07:33,872 --> 00:07:35,792 We cannot allow this encroachment. 80 00:07:37,125 --> 00:07:38,835 I've seen it before. 81 00:07:39,586 --> 00:07:43,336 My Aggregat 4, it was designed for low-Earth orbit. 82 00:07:43,882 --> 00:07:49,392 When the Wehrmacht saw its potential, it became the V-2, a terrible weapon. 83 00:07:50,555 --> 00:07:53,576 We cannot allow space to become another battlefield. 84 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:54,660 It already is. 85 00:07:54,684 --> 00:07:57,037 If we don't respond in kind, we'll be sitting ducks. 86 00:07:57,061 --> 00:08:00,708 I will not watch, yet again, as my work is defiled by men with guns. 87 00:08:00,732 --> 00:08:02,902 This isn't Germany, Wernher. 88 00:08:03,860 --> 00:08:06,650 Dick Nixon's been fighting communists for 30 years, 89 00:08:07,197 --> 00:08:09,466 and a red moon isn't something our nation can accept. 90 00:08:09,490 --> 00:08:12,970 Red moon, blue moon, green moon. Enough with this nonsense. 91 00:08:12,994 --> 00:08:14,084 This is happening. 92 00:08:15,496 --> 00:08:17,826 I suggest you get on the train before it runs you over. 93 00:08:19,709 --> 00:08:20,936 Who does he think he is, 94 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:23,130 to say "no" to the President of the United States? 95 00:08:23,838 --> 00:08:26,984 If I say put a military base on the moon, that's it. 96 00:08:27,008 --> 00:08:28,008 End of story. 97 00:08:29,010 --> 00:08:30,300 I want that Kraut bastard gone. 98 00:08:30,845 --> 00:08:33,991 I'm afraid he is quite untouchable, Mr. President. 99 00:08:34,015 --> 00:08:37,119 A beloved figure... he taught the country about space travel. 100 00:08:37,143 --> 00:08:38,203 Well, then, 101 00:08:38,227 --> 00:08:40,187 we'll have to get creative now, won't we? 102 00:08:43,483 --> 00:08:45,613 I miss the barbecue back in Huntsville. 103 00:08:47,195 --> 00:08:50,565 Maybe it's time to retire. Go back to Alabama. 104 00:08:51,658 --> 00:08:54,618 Yeah. You could sit on your porch. 105 00:08:55,286 --> 00:08:56,805 Smoke your pipe. 106 00:08:56,829 --> 00:08:58,579 Maybe take up painting? 107 00:08:59,832 --> 00:09:03,962 Besides, who would I eat lunch with? 108 00:09:04,838 --> 00:09:05,918 I don't know. 109 00:09:07,090 --> 00:09:09,819 Perhaps a handsome young suitor? 110 00:09:09,843 --> 00:09:12,655 We're doing this again? You know I don't have time. 111 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,059 Yes. You're a very busy young woman. 112 00:09:17,642 --> 00:09:20,602 I heard about this interview of yours with Gene. 113 00:09:22,647 --> 00:09:24,708 I was going to tell you. I just wanted-- 114 00:09:24,732 --> 00:09:26,992 Wanted to do it yourself. I know. 115 00:09:29,195 --> 00:09:32,025 You worry too much about what others might think, Margo. 116 00:09:33,449 --> 00:09:34,659 You always have. 117 00:09:39,581 --> 00:09:42,977 The boys couldn't stop talking about that Apollo 11 landing. 118 00:09:43,001 --> 00:09:45,312 Good old-fashioned controlled crash. 119 00:09:45,336 --> 00:09:46,916 Yeah, Neil's a good stick. 120 00:09:47,755 --> 00:09:50,943 Though I still think your landing on the Kearsarge, 121 00:09:50,967 --> 00:09:53,757 outta that Dutch roll, takes the cake. 122 00:09:55,972 --> 00:09:58,392 So when you going back up, Ed? 15, right? 123 00:09:59,434 --> 00:10:03,814 Well. It's unclear at the moment. 124 00:10:04,355 --> 00:10:06,500 Sort of why I asked you to come grab a beer. 125 00:10:06,524 --> 00:10:09,324 I've been thinking about maybe moving back navy side. 126 00:10:09,736 --> 00:10:10,986 Yeah, right. 127 00:10:13,448 --> 00:10:16,698 Now why on God's green earth would you wanna do something like that? 128 00:10:18,119 --> 00:10:21,619 Pilots become astronauts, Ed. Not the other way around. 129 00:10:22,457 --> 00:10:25,127 Well, the only thing I've been flying lately is a desk. 130 00:10:26,878 --> 00:10:28,088 This about that article? 131 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:29,920 Yeah. 132 00:10:30,381 --> 00:10:34,051 You always did have a way of pissing off your superior officers. 133 00:10:35,303 --> 00:10:36,906 Present company included. 134 00:10:39,224 --> 00:10:41,604 But you're also one of the best aviators I've ever seen. 135 00:10:42,685 --> 00:10:43,725 "One of"? 136 00:10:44,521 --> 00:10:45,861 Don't be a smart-ass. 137 00:10:47,273 --> 00:10:50,252 Navy would just about shit themselves though to get a guy like you back. 138 00:10:50,276 --> 00:10:53,146 Especially now. We're making a big push in Vietnam. 139 00:10:53,613 --> 00:10:55,743 Could be the turning point in the war. 140 00:10:56,699 --> 00:10:58,761 And that means commanding a squadron or-- 141 00:10:58,785 --> 00:10:59,785 Squadron? 142 00:11:00,203 --> 00:11:02,333 You'd probably get command of an entire air wing. 143 00:11:03,957 --> 00:11:05,997 And wait till you fly this new Phantom. 144 00:11:06,376 --> 00:11:09,496 Puts those Panthers we flew in Korea to shame. 145 00:11:10,547 --> 00:11:12,587 It's a fire-breathing beast, Ed. 146 00:11:19,305 --> 00:11:20,449 I'm sorry, Ed. 147 00:11:20,473 --> 00:11:21,933 It's just, I can't. 148 00:11:22,892 --> 00:11:26,692 Ed. I can't get another phone call that your plane was shot down. 149 00:11:27,730 --> 00:11:30,900 I mean, every time the phone rang, my heart just fell. 150 00:11:31,568 --> 00:11:33,948 I coulda gotten killed just as easily going up on 10. 151 00:11:35,196 --> 00:11:37,066 Yeah. Well, at least you weren't being shot at. 152 00:11:38,616 --> 00:11:40,286 It's what I signed up for, Karen. 153 00:11:42,871 --> 00:11:45,331 No, Ed. It's what we signed up for. 154 00:11:47,292 --> 00:11:48,502 Remember? 155 00:11:53,631 --> 00:11:54,801 Oh, my God, would you just-- 156 00:11:55,758 --> 00:11:58,338 Cut that out. You're making a mess of things. 157 00:11:59,345 --> 00:12:03,284 While in Washington, the political fallout from the Soviet moon landing continues, 158 00:12:03,308 --> 00:12:05,119 as a joint congressional committee looks deeper 159 00:12:05,143 --> 00:12:07,413 into the alleged failures of the space program. 160 00:12:07,437 --> 00:12:11,333 Administrator Thomas Paine grilled by Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, 161 00:12:11,357 --> 00:12:14,336 who's quickly established himself as a leading voice on the committee 162 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:16,463 questioning President Nixon's leadership. 163 00:12:16,487 --> 00:12:19,466 And how, sir, do you justify canceling production 164 00:12:19,490 --> 00:12:20,801 of the Saturn V rocket 165 00:12:20,825 --> 00:12:22,887 a full year before Apollo 11? 166 00:12:22,911 --> 00:12:24,371 It was part of a broader-- 167 00:12:24,871 --> 00:12:29,477 These were drastic reductions of NASA's funding by President Nixon. 168 00:12:29,501 --> 00:12:32,354 Excuse me. That's not accurate, Senator. 169 00:12:32,378 --> 00:12:34,548 The president is fully committed to the space program. 170 00:12:50,730 --> 00:12:51,980 Yeah. 171 00:12:52,398 --> 00:12:53,398 Hey. 172 00:12:54,776 --> 00:12:58,026 Where'd you put those vacuum tubes? TV's fritzing again. 173 00:12:58,530 --> 00:12:59,590 Jesus. 174 00:12:59,614 --> 00:13:02,244 Um... I don't know. Maybe... 175 00:13:02,659 --> 00:13:03,739 What time is it? 176 00:13:05,286 --> 00:13:06,696 Tell me you're not still drunk. 177 00:13:07,455 --> 00:13:12,125 Hey, no, baby, I'm... just beat, is all. 178 00:13:13,378 --> 00:13:15,272 They're really working us down here. 179 00:13:15,296 --> 00:13:17,733 You know I hate being away from you and the kiddos. 180 00:13:17,757 --> 00:13:19,652 Yeah. I'm sure it's just torture. 181 00:13:19,676 --> 00:13:20,926 Mine, give it back! 182 00:13:21,469 --> 00:13:24,615 Hey! Daniel, Jimmy! 183 00:13:24,639 --> 00:13:28,179 Anything you put on that floor, you will pick up. Are we clear? 184 00:13:28,560 --> 00:13:31,580 Hey, you tell Danny that I said-- 185 00:13:40,530 --> 00:13:44,620 Uh, listen to his mom, yeah. Tell-Tell him I said that, hon. 186 00:13:49,038 --> 00:13:50,078 Okay. 187 00:13:51,916 --> 00:13:53,166 Guess I'll see you soon. 188 00:13:53,626 --> 00:13:54,996 Hey, Trace. 189 00:13:56,838 --> 00:13:57,918 I love you. 190 00:14:15,064 --> 00:14:17,034 Look, I know you're smart, Margo. 191 00:14:17,692 --> 00:14:19,282 But it gets intense down there. 192 00:14:20,278 --> 00:14:22,131 They call it the trench for a reason. 193 00:14:22,155 --> 00:14:23,757 I need to know you're not some pogue 194 00:14:23,781 --> 00:14:25,968 who's gonna wilt at the first sign of pressure. 195 00:14:25,992 --> 00:14:28,762 No, sir. That wouldn't be-- 196 00:14:28,786 --> 00:14:31,656 I've had guys on FIDO, solid guys, 197 00:14:32,415 --> 00:14:35,035 damn near piss their pants during a rocky re-entry. 198 00:14:35,627 --> 00:14:37,457 Well, sir... 199 00:14:38,505 --> 00:14:39,955 I don't wear pants. 200 00:14:43,218 --> 00:14:44,428 That is a fact. 201 00:14:48,223 --> 00:14:50,643 Dr. von Braun sure thinks the world of you. 202 00:14:51,768 --> 00:14:53,188 How do you two know each other? 203 00:14:53,686 --> 00:14:56,106 I've known him most of my life, actually. 204 00:14:56,564 --> 00:14:59,364 My father, he taught at the university over in Huntsville. 205 00:15:00,068 --> 00:15:04,298 Dr. von Braun would come over for dinners and regale us with stories 206 00:15:04,322 --> 00:15:07,912 about rockets to outer space, journeys to the moon. 207 00:15:08,618 --> 00:15:10,137 Mars. 208 00:15:10,161 --> 00:15:12,541 I'd never even been outside of Huntsville. 209 00:15:13,164 --> 00:15:16,964 But he made me think anything was possible. 210 00:15:17,585 --> 00:15:19,295 He's the reason I became an engineer. 211 00:15:21,714 --> 00:15:23,943 I'm sorry. Am I rambling? 212 00:15:23,967 --> 00:15:26,087 No. It's nice. 213 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:29,390 Tell me a bit more about yourself. 214 00:15:30,139 --> 00:15:31,389 What do you do for fun? 215 00:15:32,976 --> 00:15:34,745 Um... I... 216 00:15:34,769 --> 00:15:36,859 Relax. Margo, it's not a test. 217 00:15:37,897 --> 00:15:40,334 Astronauts aren't the only ones allowed to have fun around here. 218 00:15:40,358 --> 00:15:42,648 But you are not exactly a spring chicken. 219 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,570 I give you this job, you're not gonna run off on me to start a family, are you? 220 00:15:48,283 --> 00:15:52,123 I don't think kids are in the cards, sir. 221 00:15:52,745 --> 00:15:54,825 Really? You don't want kids? 222 00:15:56,207 --> 00:15:57,852 I mean... uh... 223 00:15:57,876 --> 00:16:00,604 it's not that I don't, it's just, right now-- 224 00:16:00,628 --> 00:16:01,856 It's okay. 225 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,380 Not every woman is cut out to be a mother. 226 00:17:07,987 --> 00:17:09,027 Seen Aleida? 227 00:17:11,906 --> 00:17:12,986 Aleida. 228 00:17:13,992 --> 00:17:15,742 Papa is home. 229 00:17:16,162 --> 00:17:17,202 Octavio. 230 00:17:18,039 --> 00:17:19,669 I caught her doing it again. 231 00:17:20,333 --> 00:17:21,963 Livi almost burned her hand. 232 00:17:22,460 --> 00:17:24,750 You have to get her under control 233 00:17:25,171 --> 00:17:28,567 or find someplace else to live. 234 00:17:28,591 --> 00:17:30,341 No. No, Cata. Cata, wait. 235 00:17:31,427 --> 00:17:32,547 Where is she? 236 00:17:35,265 --> 00:17:36,265 Aleida! 237 00:17:51,406 --> 00:17:55,156 Aleida, you need to stop doing this. 238 00:17:55,827 --> 00:17:57,657 It's dangerous. You know that. 239 00:18:00,415 --> 00:18:02,575 Why do you do it? Talk to me. 240 00:18:04,002 --> 00:18:06,021 I don't know. I like it. 241 00:18:06,045 --> 00:18:07,705 - English. - I don't want to. 242 00:18:14,387 --> 00:18:15,427 Aleida... 243 00:18:17,140 --> 00:18:18,640 you need to talk to me. 244 00:18:19,684 --> 00:18:23,154 Do you remember how we used to talk all the time? 245 00:18:24,689 --> 00:18:27,729 Look, I know this is hard. I know. 246 00:18:28,401 --> 00:18:30,361 It's a new home, a new country, a-- 247 00:18:33,114 --> 00:18:34,534 But we can help each other. 248 00:18:36,618 --> 00:18:38,158 Just leave me alone. 249 00:19:08,816 --> 00:19:11,045 Oh... Thank God. 250 00:19:11,069 --> 00:19:12,399 I'm so glad you called. 251 00:19:13,404 --> 00:19:14,673 How's she doing? 252 00:19:14,697 --> 00:19:15,817 How do you think? 253 00:19:16,241 --> 00:19:17,301 All right. Here. 254 00:19:17,325 --> 00:19:18,385 - Okay. - Give this to me. 255 00:19:18,409 --> 00:19:19,470 Are you sure? 256 00:19:19,494 --> 00:19:21,388 I will take it from here. You can go. 257 00:19:21,412 --> 00:19:23,015 - All right. - I'll get it. Thank you, Doris. 258 00:19:23,039 --> 00:19:24,099 Yeah. 259 00:19:24,123 --> 00:19:25,633 - Bye-bye. - Bye. 260 00:19:32,841 --> 00:19:33,841 Trace? 261 00:19:35,343 --> 00:19:36,654 Hon, it's Karen. I-- 262 00:19:36,678 --> 00:19:38,298 Don't you dare make excuses for him. 263 00:19:39,013 --> 00:19:41,283 Gordo can stay with that Cape cookie for all I care. 264 00:19:41,307 --> 00:19:42,910 - Okay. - I'm not letting him back in this home. 265 00:19:42,934 --> 00:19:44,286 Yes, let's calm down, all right? 266 00:19:44,310 --> 00:19:45,650 I could hear her! 267 00:19:46,855 --> 00:19:48,645 She was in the room with him. 268 00:19:49,691 --> 00:19:53,087 Maybe some of you other wives can grin and bear it for the program, 269 00:19:53,111 --> 00:19:55,531 but... fuck the program! 270 00:19:59,450 --> 00:20:00,511 Trace... 271 00:20:01,995 --> 00:20:02,995 come here. 272 00:20:16,426 --> 00:20:17,586 You know... 273 00:20:18,928 --> 00:20:21,598 I have this fantasy I'm married to another man. 274 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:24,640 Yeah? 275 00:20:25,143 --> 00:20:26,563 Yeah, his name's Bert. 276 00:20:29,147 --> 00:20:34,107 He's an accountant, 9:00 to 5:00, drives a Buick. 277 00:20:35,486 --> 00:20:36,946 Does Bert have a brother? 278 00:20:37,614 --> 00:20:39,494 Come on. Ed's a rock. 279 00:20:41,201 --> 00:20:43,831 Believe you me, being married to Edward Baldwin is no picnic. 280 00:20:45,330 --> 00:20:46,932 I'm not saying our problems are the same, 281 00:20:46,956 --> 00:20:49,036 but that doesn't mean we don't have problems. 282 00:21:00,303 --> 00:21:01,353 You know... 283 00:21:02,972 --> 00:21:04,432 I think I always knew. 284 00:21:07,018 --> 00:21:08,098 I was just-- 285 00:21:11,147 --> 00:21:15,647 I fooled myself into-- to feeling like a-- 286 00:21:18,446 --> 00:21:20,549 Christ, he's not even trying to hide it anymore. 287 00:21:20,573 --> 00:21:23,761 I do everything for that man, Karen. 288 00:21:23,785 --> 00:21:24,845 I know. 289 00:21:24,869 --> 00:21:26,999 I know it's not easy, I do. 290 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,130 Divorce. 291 00:21:34,045 --> 00:21:36,398 I mean, that's what we're talking about. 292 00:21:36,422 --> 00:21:38,132 That's where this leads. 293 00:21:41,636 --> 00:21:44,156 I mean, it's-- It is hard enough for any woman. 294 00:21:44,180 --> 00:21:46,180 But for women like us, it's-- 295 00:21:48,685 --> 00:21:50,305 Do you remember Harriet and Don? 296 00:21:50,812 --> 00:21:53,582 There were reporters camped out in their front lawn. 297 00:21:53,606 --> 00:21:55,668 Their kids' photos were in magazines. 298 00:21:55,692 --> 00:21:58,532 I mean, Trace, you gotta think about those things. 299 00:21:59,362 --> 00:22:02,925 You know, I mean, a divorced single mother of two. I-- 300 00:22:02,949 --> 00:22:06,929 How do you support yourself? I mean, what do you tell your kids? 301 00:22:06,953 --> 00:22:08,083 Your-Your parents? 302 00:22:08,872 --> 00:22:12,582 I mean, you're not just leaving Gordo, you're leaving your entire life. 303 00:22:14,460 --> 00:22:15,550 I'm sorry. I-- 304 00:22:17,172 --> 00:22:19,302 Trace, I want what's best for you, I do. 305 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:26,470 Look me in the eye and tell me you don't love him. 306 00:22:38,943 --> 00:22:39,943 Well... 307 00:22:43,198 --> 00:22:44,198 shit. 308 00:22:57,337 --> 00:22:58,337 Margo. 309 00:22:59,005 --> 00:23:00,755 I thought you'd already left for DC. 310 00:23:01,466 --> 00:23:03,046 I am disappointed in you. 311 00:23:03,885 --> 00:23:05,965 Why? What happened? 312 00:23:06,387 --> 00:23:08,597 You've made me look very bad. 313 00:23:09,307 --> 00:23:10,743 I was second to the moon. 314 00:23:10,767 --> 00:23:16,397 And now you, you will be the first woman in Mission Control. 315 00:23:24,614 --> 00:23:26,550 You didn't have to convince him, did you? 316 00:23:26,574 --> 00:23:27,914 I did not say a word. 317 00:23:28,660 --> 00:23:32,120 Gene is a smart man. He could see how talented you are. 318 00:23:32,622 --> 00:23:34,622 No, this is you alone. 319 00:23:36,584 --> 00:23:38,714 No, it wasn't. 320 00:23:39,170 --> 00:23:40,460 Yes. 321 00:23:43,132 --> 00:23:44,182 Well, I... 322 00:23:45,802 --> 00:23:49,406 I've had this for over 20 years. 323 00:23:49,430 --> 00:23:53,940 And now I would like you to have it. 324 00:24:04,737 --> 00:24:06,340 I was hoping for cognac. 325 00:24:39,272 --> 00:24:40,749 Welcome to the trench, 326 00:24:40,773 --> 00:24:42,334 - Eva von Braun! - Eva von Braun! 327 00:24:45,403 --> 00:24:48,663 All right, people. Let's get those handover briefs started. 328 00:24:49,324 --> 00:24:52,044 White Team is on-console in 35 minutes. 329 00:24:58,958 --> 00:25:00,208 Don't take it personal. 330 00:25:00,752 --> 00:25:02,712 They pull this stuff with all the new guys. 331 00:25:16,059 --> 00:25:20,519 Feeling like we should, uh, make a little detour here, Freddie. 332 00:25:21,105 --> 00:25:22,685 Aw, come on, Gordo. 333 00:25:23,274 --> 00:25:25,314 Don't you remember the ass-chewing we got last time? 334 00:25:26,277 --> 00:25:29,527 Ellington Tower, NASA 963. 335 00:25:38,206 --> 00:25:41,310 Boys, Daddy's home. 336 00:26:07,110 --> 00:26:08,150 Hello. 337 00:26:09,362 --> 00:26:10,422 Hey. 338 00:26:10,446 --> 00:26:11,549 - Daddy! - Daddy! 339 00:26:11,573 --> 00:26:13,050 Yeah! 340 00:26:15,869 --> 00:26:18,848 I got you something. I got you this. 341 00:26:18,872 --> 00:26:20,792 It's the biggest because you're the biggest. 342 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,290 Smelling good, Trace. What you cooking? 343 00:26:24,752 --> 00:26:27,940 It's just some casserole. Hands off. It's for the barbecue. 344 00:26:27,964 --> 00:26:29,066 - Barbecue? - Mm-hmm. 345 00:26:29,090 --> 00:26:30,260 All right! 346 00:26:35,180 --> 00:26:36,310 It's good to see you. 347 00:26:39,142 --> 00:26:40,703 - You too. - Okay. 348 00:26:42,604 --> 00:26:44,234 - That's the casserole. - Yeah. 349 00:26:56,117 --> 00:26:57,237 Guys. 350 00:26:58,828 --> 00:27:01,098 Hey, you. Glad you could make it. 351 00:27:01,122 --> 00:27:02,922 Yeah, well, wouldn't miss it. 352 00:27:06,669 --> 00:27:08,709 - Come here. Come here! - He loves those boys. 353 00:27:09,756 --> 00:27:11,836 Yeah, I know. But this would be great for the... 354 00:27:12,717 --> 00:27:14,361 Come on. Come on over here. Come on-- 355 00:27:14,385 --> 00:27:18,282 That's great. Great! That's great. Up here! Big smiles. 356 00:27:18,306 --> 00:27:20,346 Uh, Buzz, take a bite of the hamburger. 357 00:27:22,393 --> 00:27:24,563 There we go! Nice. Excellent. 358 00:27:28,483 --> 00:27:31,795 I'm just saying, word is we're putting a base up there. 359 00:27:31,819 --> 00:27:33,255 We wanna be on the crew, Deke. 360 00:27:33,279 --> 00:27:36,739 Guys, drink some beer. Eat some dogs. Enjoy yourselves. 361 00:27:41,371 --> 00:27:43,140 Her niece just got back from London, 362 00:27:43,164 --> 00:27:47,464 and apparently all the kids over there were wearing hammer and sickle T-shirts. 363 00:27:48,419 --> 00:27:49,563 Can you imagine? 364 00:27:49,587 --> 00:27:52,817 Karen, I cannot believe how well you put this all together, 365 00:27:52,841 --> 00:27:54,761 what with all you and Ed are going through. 366 00:27:56,052 --> 00:27:57,602 Well, we do what we can. 367 00:27:59,514 --> 00:28:02,184 Gordo! Stop it! 368 00:28:03,935 --> 00:28:05,395 You got me all wet. 369 00:28:08,189 --> 00:28:10,609 I wish Harry and me still had that kind of passion. 370 00:28:20,910 --> 00:28:21,950 Ed. 371 00:28:28,501 --> 00:28:29,751 Plotting your escape too? 372 00:28:30,670 --> 00:28:32,130 Yeah. Something like that. 373 00:28:42,515 --> 00:28:46,328 Look, I know you came out here to get away from all the questions, 374 00:28:46,352 --> 00:28:48,539 but it's still my backyard. 375 00:28:48,563 --> 00:28:50,613 So, spit it out. 376 00:28:51,524 --> 00:28:54,128 Did they really make you go through customs when you came back? 377 00:28:57,030 --> 00:28:58,465 I got the receipt to prove it. 378 00:28:58,489 --> 00:29:00,869 Jesus. 379 00:29:07,457 --> 00:29:11,645 That was... a hell of a landing, Neil. 380 00:29:11,669 --> 00:29:13,209 If you can call it that. 381 00:29:15,673 --> 00:29:17,735 Maintaining attitude control was no joke. 382 00:29:17,759 --> 00:29:18,799 I bet. 383 00:29:20,762 --> 00:29:21,852 Tell you the truth? 384 00:29:23,598 --> 00:29:25,178 I can't believe I didn't abort. 385 00:29:25,975 --> 00:29:27,765 Well, you pulled it off. It was a good call. 386 00:29:28,269 --> 00:29:30,149 Easy to say that looking back. 387 00:29:30,647 --> 00:29:32,791 Couple things go different, 388 00:29:32,815 --> 00:29:35,065 we drift a little bit further into those rocks... 389 00:29:36,402 --> 00:29:37,402 we're a smoking hole 390 00:29:37,862 --> 00:29:40,702 and I got my name on the biggest disaster in NASA history. 391 00:29:43,535 --> 00:29:45,095 Then why'd you go for it? 392 00:29:45,119 --> 00:29:48,409 I don't know. You're in flight test... 393 00:29:50,875 --> 00:29:52,311 and, every once in a while, 394 00:29:52,335 --> 00:29:55,585 you get to that point where part of your brain is saying, "Eject." 395 00:29:56,756 --> 00:29:59,336 But another part of your brain is saying, "Go for it." 396 00:30:02,595 --> 00:30:04,255 And you just have to make the call... 397 00:30:06,558 --> 00:30:07,768 and hope you're not wrong. 398 00:30:15,149 --> 00:30:16,293 There he is. 399 00:30:16,317 --> 00:30:18,921 Ed, I want you to meet Congressman Charles Sandman. 400 00:30:18,945 --> 00:30:22,258 He's on the committee looking at this whole mess, and he's a big fan of yours. 401 00:30:22,282 --> 00:30:24,468 You know, before I headed back to Washington, 402 00:30:24,492 --> 00:30:27,304 I told Tom here I had to meet the man who almost won the moon for us. 403 00:30:27,328 --> 00:30:29,557 I watched Apollo 10 on TV, Commander. 404 00:30:29,581 --> 00:30:33,060 I mean, you boys, you came so damn close. Must have just about killed you. 405 00:30:33,084 --> 00:30:35,304 Eh, not exactly a secret these days, huh? 406 00:30:36,379 --> 00:30:39,275 You know, I would love for you to come talk to the committee, 407 00:30:39,299 --> 00:30:40,939 hear what you have to say about all this. 408 00:30:42,677 --> 00:30:45,927 With all due respect, sir, I think my mouth has done enough damage. 409 00:30:46,598 --> 00:30:47,678 You see? 410 00:30:48,558 --> 00:30:50,703 The fact that you were punished for speaking the truth... 411 00:30:50,727 --> 00:30:54,123 I mean, if they'd listened to you before, we wouldn't be in this mess to begin with. 412 00:30:54,147 --> 00:30:55,227 We're at war here. 413 00:30:55,732 --> 00:30:57,626 Well, you, you know what I'm saying, you're navy. 414 00:30:57,650 --> 00:31:00,171 All you astronauts, you're all military, aren't you? 415 00:31:00,195 --> 00:31:02,089 Well, technically, yes, sir. But-- 416 00:31:02,113 --> 00:31:04,243 They're on loan to NASA. 417 00:31:04,991 --> 00:31:08,241 Still military, but they can't even wear their uniforms in public. 418 00:31:09,204 --> 00:31:10,764 See? What a disgrace. 419 00:31:10,788 --> 00:31:14,418 That is exactly the kinda ticky-tack crap that's undermining our fight for the moon. 420 00:31:15,460 --> 00:31:17,420 I know you're not happy, Ed. 421 00:31:18,046 --> 00:31:20,876 And I've spoken with the president. He's not happy either. 422 00:31:21,758 --> 00:31:25,029 He wants to make some big changes at the agency, and he needs your help. 423 00:31:25,053 --> 00:31:29,023 Come on up to DC and tell my colleagues exactly what you told that reporter. 424 00:31:29,557 --> 00:31:31,807 That von Braun is too cautious. That he cost us the moon. 425 00:31:36,856 --> 00:31:37,856 I don't know. 426 00:31:40,944 --> 00:31:45,534 Look, I don't always see eye to eye with von Braun. But I respect him. 427 00:31:46,032 --> 00:31:48,135 - You know, he built the Saturn V. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 428 00:31:48,159 --> 00:31:52,159 No, Wernher is a great man. Don't get me wrong. 429 00:31:52,830 --> 00:31:56,477 But men like him, they don't see the tide till they're drowning in it. 430 00:31:56,501 --> 00:31:59,939 The president is clear-eyed about the threat we're facing here. 431 00:31:59,963 --> 00:32:02,483 He thinks astronauts should be running things. 432 00:32:02,507 --> 00:32:05,361 Men who actually know what it feels like to be in a dogfight. 433 00:32:05,385 --> 00:32:07,196 You astronauts, you're holding all the cards. 434 00:32:07,220 --> 00:32:10,600 I mean, hell, you're already the face of the program. Why not be the voice too? 435 00:32:12,016 --> 00:32:13,886 The president's real keen on this, Ed. 436 00:32:14,936 --> 00:32:16,596 And he remembers his friends. 437 00:32:17,438 --> 00:32:19,416 Could be your ticket back up there. 438 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:20,530 So, what do you say? 439 00:32:34,330 --> 00:32:37,750 Maybe if you do what they want, things will go back to the way they were before. 440 00:32:39,586 --> 00:32:40,626 Yeah. 441 00:32:41,296 --> 00:32:42,916 I'd be back on 15... 442 00:32:44,048 --> 00:32:46,178 headed for the Apennine Highlands. 443 00:32:48,553 --> 00:32:50,603 Yeah. No desk duty. 444 00:32:52,682 --> 00:32:53,932 No Vietnam. 445 00:33:00,273 --> 00:33:05,613 You know, you said yourself that NASA could use a good kick in the rear. 446 00:33:06,529 --> 00:33:07,819 That's true. 447 00:33:12,243 --> 00:33:13,623 But von Braun, he-- 448 00:33:15,121 --> 00:33:16,121 He would be... 449 00:33:17,749 --> 00:33:18,919 Yeah. 450 00:33:57,789 --> 00:34:01,129 Now, Commander Baldwin, if I'm not mistaken... 451 00:34:02,377 --> 00:34:05,689 both Apollo 10 and Apollo 11 lunar modules, 452 00:34:05,713 --> 00:34:08,233 they had almost the same amount of fuel, correct? 453 00:34:08,257 --> 00:34:09,568 Yes, sir. 454 00:34:09,592 --> 00:34:12,570 A little shy of 18,000 pounds in the descent stage, 455 00:34:12,594 --> 00:34:14,030 and 5,000 in the ascent. 456 00:34:14,054 --> 00:34:16,659 Okay. Were there any other differences in the spacecraft? 457 00:34:16,683 --> 00:34:18,443 Anything that would prevent you from landing. 458 00:34:19,393 --> 00:34:20,788 Well, Snoopy was-- 459 00:34:20,812 --> 00:34:23,942 Wait. I'm sorry. Snoopy? 460 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,753 Yes, sir. We named our LEM Snoopy. 461 00:34:29,112 --> 00:34:32,675 And the command module was Charlie Brown. 462 00:34:34,951 --> 00:34:36,262 Okay. 463 00:34:36,286 --> 00:34:38,222 Our LEM was heavier than Eagle, 464 00:34:38,246 --> 00:34:43,286 so the concern was whether we'd have enough thrust to re-enter lunar orbit. 465 00:34:44,543 --> 00:34:45,855 You share in that concern? 466 00:34:45,879 --> 00:34:48,549 Well, it-it wasn't within NASA's safety margins. 467 00:34:50,382 --> 00:34:54,642 You were a naval test pilot, were you not, Commander? At Pax River. 468 00:34:55,388 --> 00:34:56,448 I was, sir. 469 00:34:56,472 --> 00:34:59,772 And when was playing it safe part of being a test pilot? 470 00:35:01,394 --> 00:35:02,404 Never, sir. 471 00:35:03,688 --> 00:35:07,835 You pushed and you pushed for Apollo 10 to land on the moon, didn't you? 472 00:35:07,859 --> 00:35:11,547 Well, during planning, yes, sir. I pushed for us to land. 473 00:35:11,571 --> 00:35:14,411 And you were overruled by Wernher von Braun. 474 00:35:14,866 --> 00:35:16,969 Well, it was ultimately his decision 475 00:35:16,993 --> 00:35:21,043 to view Apollo 10 as a trial run for 11. 476 00:35:21,456 --> 00:35:22,916 But were it not for him, 477 00:35:23,291 --> 00:35:26,251 you would've been the first man to set foot on the moon, right? 478 00:35:39,182 --> 00:35:41,022 It's not that simple, sir. 479 00:35:44,938 --> 00:35:46,728 It's not-- I'm sorry? 480 00:35:49,025 --> 00:35:52,645 Well, it's true von Braun made the call on the ground, but... 481 00:35:55,740 --> 00:35:57,490 when we were up in lunar orbit... 482 00:35:59,035 --> 00:36:01,955 I knew I could bring the LEM safely down to the surface. 483 00:36:11,172 --> 00:36:12,592 I mean, we were so close. 484 00:36:13,132 --> 00:36:17,182 Snoopy, Houston. We put you one minute ahead of the timeline. 485 00:36:17,554 --> 00:36:19,949 Take a minute and enjoy the view, gentlemen. 486 00:36:19,973 --> 00:36:23,233 Roger that, Houston. We got the best seat in the house. 487 00:36:25,228 --> 00:36:28,898 All I had to do was hit Engine Arm, Descent... 488 00:36:30,233 --> 00:36:32,243 let the burn run all the way to completion. 489 00:36:32,986 --> 00:36:35,381 Except that wasn't your mission, Commander. 490 00:36:35,405 --> 00:36:38,551 I mean, von Braun, you know, he made it very clear that that was not-- 491 00:36:38,575 --> 00:36:41,695 After launch, it's my ship to command. 492 00:36:44,497 --> 00:36:46,747 There's boulders in every one of those little-- 493 00:36:47,959 --> 00:36:49,728 Little craters. You see that? 494 00:36:49,752 --> 00:36:50,962 On the ridge. 495 00:36:51,504 --> 00:36:55,609 Boulders are black, but whatever's ejected out of them is white. 496 00:36:55,633 --> 00:36:59,973 White, but... still some black around them. 497 00:37:00,471 --> 00:37:03,492 It almost looks windblown down there, right? 498 00:37:05,852 --> 00:37:06,982 What a place. 499 00:37:09,397 --> 00:37:11,208 Snoopy, Houston. 500 00:37:11,232 --> 00:37:14,587 Hate to rain on your parade, but that's as close as you get this trip. 501 00:37:14,611 --> 00:37:15,951 Time to head for the barn. 502 00:37:16,446 --> 00:37:18,132 Roger that. 503 00:37:18,156 --> 00:37:19,486 Heading for the barn. 504 00:37:20,116 --> 00:37:24,696 I wanna just reach down there and scoop up a handful of moon dust. 505 00:37:28,041 --> 00:37:30,436 Engine Arm, Ascent. 506 00:37:30,460 --> 00:37:32,130 Engine Arm, Ascent. 507 00:37:32,754 --> 00:37:34,674 Abort Descent Stage. 508 00:37:35,798 --> 00:37:38,718 Three, two, one... 509 00:37:44,724 --> 00:37:45,854 Skipper? 510 00:37:49,562 --> 00:37:51,332 And if I would've said we can land, 511 00:37:51,356 --> 00:37:53,316 I knew Gene would've backed me. 512 00:37:53,942 --> 00:37:55,692 Just like he backed Neil on 11. 513 00:38:00,990 --> 00:38:02,620 It was maybe a few seconds... 514 00:38:06,329 --> 00:38:08,999 but I knew I could've flown her right down to the deck. 515 00:38:23,054 --> 00:38:24,865 Abort Descent Stage. 516 00:38:24,889 --> 00:38:27,929 Three, two, one... 517 00:38:41,406 --> 00:38:42,566 And I almost did. 518 00:38:48,955 --> 00:38:50,665 But I pulled back. 519 00:38:52,917 --> 00:38:54,337 And it was my call... 520 00:38:56,004 --> 00:38:57,214 no one else's. 521 00:39:09,934 --> 00:39:11,662 Hang on, now. 522 00:39:11,686 --> 00:39:13,372 You-You said-- 523 00:39:13,396 --> 00:39:15,106 Just hang on a minute. 524 00:39:16,232 --> 00:39:17,585 You said-- Here! Right here. 525 00:39:17,609 --> 00:39:22,529 You said, "We don't have guts at NASA anymore. That's why we lost the moon." 526 00:39:23,072 --> 00:39:24,300 Now what are you saying? 527 00:39:24,324 --> 00:39:27,124 Now you're saying, "I could've landed. I just didn't"? 528 00:39:30,288 --> 00:39:32,118 I think about it every day, sir. 529 00:39:32,957 --> 00:39:34,787 Whether it was the right call or not. 530 00:39:36,252 --> 00:39:39,302 Ten years ago when I was in flight test, 531 00:39:40,173 --> 00:39:41,723 maybe I would've said, "Hell with it." 532 00:39:43,134 --> 00:39:44,195 Brought the LEM down. 533 00:39:44,219 --> 00:39:50,179 But up there I wasn't just some test pilot trying to break another record. 534 00:39:53,394 --> 00:39:55,274 I was the commander of Apollo 10. 535 00:39:59,817 --> 00:40:02,357 So if this committee is looking for someone to blame... 536 00:40:03,571 --> 00:40:08,161 don't look to von Braun or Neil or anyone else. 537 00:40:10,078 --> 00:40:11,288 You look to me. 538 00:40:14,165 --> 00:40:15,455 I lost the moon. 539 00:40:27,053 --> 00:40:28,155 Right. 540 00:40:28,179 --> 00:40:30,599 Thank you, Commander. That'll be all for today. Thank you. 541 00:40:31,558 --> 00:40:32,827 Thank you, everyone. 542 00:40:53,162 --> 00:40:57,560 The new rocket can carry over one million pounds into Earth orbit. 543 00:40:57,584 --> 00:41:00,804 Nearly four times the payload of the Saturn V. 544 00:41:02,630 --> 00:41:03,941 This is possible... 545 00:41:03,965 --> 00:41:05,545 So you just weren't gonna tell me? 546 00:41:09,554 --> 00:41:12,449 - What do you want me to say, Gordo? - It wasn't just your decision to make, Ed. 547 00:41:12,473 --> 00:41:13,683 I was up there too. 548 00:41:16,102 --> 00:41:18,442 Did it ever even occur to you to ask me what I thought? 549 00:41:18,813 --> 00:41:20,708 Pushing the envelope. That's what all this is about. 550 00:41:20,732 --> 00:41:22,442 Or did you just forget that? 551 00:41:22,859 --> 00:41:25,838 Right now it should be you and me doing all these ticker tape parades. 552 00:41:25,862 --> 00:41:28,322 Instead I'm backing up Pete Conrad on 12. 553 00:41:29,616 --> 00:41:32,366 Hey, don't blame every bad decision you've ever made on me. 554 00:41:33,119 --> 00:41:35,097 'Cause you do enough damage yourself. 555 00:41:35,121 --> 00:41:38,642 What do you think it says when you wander into sim an hour late 556 00:41:38,666 --> 00:41:40,478 just reeking of booze and pussy? 557 00:41:40,502 --> 00:41:42,592 That the American dream is alive and well. 558 00:41:43,588 --> 00:41:45,968 Yeah. Everything's a goddamn joke to you, huh? 559 00:41:49,677 --> 00:41:51,257 At least I own what I did. 560 00:41:51,763 --> 00:41:53,443 And what the hell's that supposed to mean? 561 00:41:54,390 --> 00:41:55,480 I resigned. 562 00:41:58,061 --> 00:41:59,271 I'm going back to the navy. 563 00:42:00,188 --> 00:42:01,268 You for real? 564 00:42:05,860 --> 00:42:08,339 What are you doing drinking beer? 565 00:42:08,363 --> 00:42:10,073 - Hey, Pam. - Hmm? 566 00:42:11,115 --> 00:42:12,655 We're gonna need a couple of whiskeys. 567 00:42:21,251 --> 00:42:22,436 All right, all right, all right. 568 00:42:22,460 --> 00:42:27,024 NASA will be pressing forward. Pursuing more ambitious projects. 569 00:42:27,048 --> 00:42:28,943 Journeys to Mars, to Jupiter, 570 00:42:28,967 --> 00:42:33,155 and perhaps, even deeper into the solar system. 571 00:42:33,179 --> 00:42:36,429 Right, yeah. That's a very impressive presentation, Director. 572 00:42:36,891 --> 00:42:39,271 But while we sit here, 573 00:42:39,894 --> 00:42:41,330 the Soviets are pushing ahead 574 00:42:41,354 --> 00:42:44,708 with their plans for a lunar military foothold. 575 00:42:44,732 --> 00:42:47,742 We cannot cede the beachhead! 576 00:42:48,528 --> 00:42:50,422 I mean, it's not a time for pie in the sky ideas 577 00:42:50,446 --> 00:42:51,882 about Mars and the solar system-- 578 00:42:51,906 --> 00:42:55,511 Respectfully, Congressman. Now is precisely the time. 579 00:42:55,535 --> 00:42:58,430 We cannot allow fear to drive us from our purpose. 580 00:42:58,454 --> 00:43:01,254 What we are seeking is the key to our future. 581 00:43:01,875 --> 00:43:04,061 We are expanding the mind of man. 582 00:43:04,085 --> 00:43:08,482 Extending this God-given brain and these God-given hands to their outermost limits. 583 00:43:08,506 --> 00:43:12,444 And in so doing, everyone will reap the harvest. 584 00:43:12,468 --> 00:43:13,468 He's good. 585 00:43:13,928 --> 00:43:17,074 Well, for someone who claims not be guided by fear, 586 00:43:17,098 --> 00:43:22,371 your leadership created a culture of caution after the Apollo 1 fire, right? 587 00:43:22,395 --> 00:43:25,145 Yes, of course. We were more cautious. 588 00:43:25,648 --> 00:43:27,293 Lives were lost. 589 00:43:27,317 --> 00:43:30,588 We test, we retest, and we prepare. 590 00:43:30,612 --> 00:43:31,992 Because, unlike the Soviets, 591 00:43:32,447 --> 00:43:34,884 we care about the lives of our astronauts. 592 00:43:34,908 --> 00:43:39,618 You must understand, Congressman, that this is not the end of the race. 593 00:43:40,079 --> 00:43:41,515 It's simply the first stage. 594 00:43:41,539 --> 00:43:44,393 We must keep our eyes to the future. 595 00:43:44,417 --> 00:43:47,104 As Mr. Armstrong so aptly put it, 596 00:43:47,128 --> 00:43:49,378 "We pick ourselves up and go back to work." 597 00:43:50,215 --> 00:43:52,625 Well, if you had-- If you-- 598 00:43:58,306 --> 00:43:59,306 Come here. 599 00:44:03,394 --> 00:44:06,123 Okay. Sorry. Just one more thing, Director. 600 00:44:06,147 --> 00:44:09,752 Now, you're such a familiar face to Americans. 601 00:44:09,776 --> 00:44:12,087 Honestly, if I didn't know any better, I'd say you were born in Alabama. 602 00:44:12,111 --> 00:44:15,090 Unfortunately my accent gives me away, Congressman. 603 00:44:19,911 --> 00:44:22,501 And most people know that during World War II, 604 00:44:22,997 --> 00:44:24,957 you built the German V-2 rocket... 605 00:44:26,167 --> 00:44:28,997 that killed thousands of innocent Londoners. 606 00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:35,090 Well... I, of course... 607 00:44:36,427 --> 00:44:38,948 have great regret that my rockets, 608 00:44:38,972 --> 00:44:44,482 which were born of idealism, much like the Saturn V, 609 00:44:45,270 --> 00:44:47,623 had joined in the business of killing. 610 00:44:47,647 --> 00:44:51,187 Then why-- Why didn't you stop manufacturing it? 611 00:44:53,236 --> 00:44:55,464 If I may, Mr. Chairman, 612 00:44:55,488 --> 00:44:58,551 I'm not sure how any of this is relevant to the hearing. 613 00:44:58,575 --> 00:44:59,635 There is-- 614 00:44:59,659 --> 00:45:03,159 Congressman, I was not a soldier, merely an engineer. 615 00:45:03,955 --> 00:45:05,415 Well, that's interesting. 616 00:45:06,541 --> 00:45:08,961 Because what most people don't know, 617 00:45:10,003 --> 00:45:11,272 since, until very recently, 618 00:45:11,296 --> 00:45:13,357 it was classified as part of Operation Paperclip, 619 00:45:13,381 --> 00:45:15,526 is that you were also a member 620 00:45:15,550 --> 00:45:18,510 of the elite Nazi organization known as the SS. 621 00:45:23,349 --> 00:45:26,189 That was a matter in which I had no choice. 622 00:45:27,729 --> 00:45:31,269 Not everybody gets invited to a photo op with the Führer. 623 00:45:32,317 --> 00:45:35,647 Dr. von Braun, only a few minutes ago, 624 00:45:36,154 --> 00:45:39,550 you stated that, uh, 625 00:45:39,574 --> 00:45:43,596 "We care about the lives of our astronauts." 626 00:45:43,620 --> 00:45:44,763 Yes. 627 00:45:44,787 --> 00:45:47,808 And what about the lives of the workers from the Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp 628 00:45:47,832 --> 00:45:49,435 that were, in fact, building your rockets? 629 00:45:49,459 --> 00:45:51,270 Do you care about their lives? 630 00:45:51,294 --> 00:45:54,690 I saw no camp or any sort of thing like this-- 631 00:45:54,714 --> 00:45:58,054 You did visit the Mittelwerk factory, yeah, quite a few times. 632 00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:00,738 I visited the factory, yes. 633 00:46:00,762 --> 00:46:03,616 Did you not wonder where all these workers came from? 634 00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:06,243 I didn't know. This was handled by others. 635 00:46:06,267 --> 00:46:09,163 You must understand that I had no real authority in-- 636 00:46:09,187 --> 00:46:12,437 I'm sorry. Are you saying you had no authority over your own rocket factory? 637 00:46:13,024 --> 00:46:16,670 Well, yes. I had authority insomuch as I was chief-- 638 00:46:16,694 --> 00:46:20,216 But I never worked there. I had only visited. 639 00:46:20,240 --> 00:46:23,802 The camp was less than half a mile 640 00:46:23,826 --> 00:46:26,036 from the factory where you made your rockets. 641 00:46:26,829 --> 00:46:29,369 So, how could you not know? 642 00:46:34,629 --> 00:46:39,799 You know, over 20,000 men and women died building your V-2. 643 00:46:40,927 --> 00:46:44,307 Ten times more than were killed by it as a weapon. 644 00:46:45,265 --> 00:46:47,326 They were worked to death, 645 00:46:47,350 --> 00:46:51,372 starved, hung from machinery, shot. 646 00:46:51,396 --> 00:46:52,686 That photograph? 647 00:46:53,648 --> 00:46:55,728 That was taken by American soldiers 648 00:46:56,484 --> 00:46:59,154 upon their arrival at Dora Camp. 649 00:46:59,612 --> 00:47:04,593 That's the camp that supplied your workers, Director von Braun. 650 00:47:04,617 --> 00:47:05,657 I... 651 00:47:06,703 --> 00:47:07,703 I... 652 00:47:08,830 --> 00:47:14,130 They paid for your scientific pursuits with their lives, sir. 653 00:47:16,379 --> 00:47:21,509 You knew exactly what was going on, didn't you? 654 00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:25,890 And you did nothing. 655 00:47:28,016 --> 00:47:29,016 I, uh-- 656 00:47:31,436 --> 00:47:34,266 I had no authority. 657 00:47:35,815 --> 00:47:38,377 I was... limited. 658 00:47:38,401 --> 00:47:39,401 You-- 659 00:47:40,278 --> 00:47:41,528 You must understand-- 660 00:48:59,858 --> 00:49:01,188 Margo. 661 00:49:02,569 --> 00:49:06,159 Apparently, the Soviets have launched another N1... 662 00:49:07,740 --> 00:49:09,580 right ahead of Apollo 12. 663 00:49:10,368 --> 00:49:14,958 Imagine both of them on the moon at the same time. 664 00:49:17,417 --> 00:49:18,627 Margo. 665 00:49:21,212 --> 00:49:22,382 Did you know? 666 00:49:25,300 --> 00:49:26,930 It was an ambush. 667 00:49:27,886 --> 00:49:30,698 Nixon and his lackeys, they laid a trap for me. I-- 668 00:49:30,722 --> 00:49:31,722 But... 669 00:49:33,850 --> 00:49:35,310 is it true? 670 00:49:37,061 --> 00:49:38,611 How can you ask me this? 671 00:49:42,192 --> 00:49:43,282 Sit down, Margo. 672 00:49:47,780 --> 00:49:51,135 I had to keep my work moving forward. 673 00:49:51,159 --> 00:49:53,304 You of all people must understand this-- 674 00:49:53,328 --> 00:49:54,448 Your work? 675 00:49:57,790 --> 00:49:59,290 What do you expect me to say? 676 00:50:00,543 --> 00:50:01,633 "I don't know. 677 00:50:02,212 --> 00:50:04,092 Maybe I could have done more." 678 00:50:05,298 --> 00:50:08,838 But then I would probably be dead. 679 00:50:10,803 --> 00:50:13,723 And all the things I have spent my life building, 680 00:50:14,599 --> 00:50:16,849 they would never have come to pass. 681 00:50:18,811 --> 00:50:21,811 You can't know that, what might have been. 682 00:50:22,565 --> 00:50:25,503 Something is or it isn't. 683 00:50:27,612 --> 00:50:28,822 Remember? 684 00:50:30,782 --> 00:50:32,032 When the war was ending... 685 00:50:33,326 --> 00:50:34,826 we gathered everything... 686 00:50:35,912 --> 00:50:39,922 schematics, calculations, designs... 687 00:50:41,292 --> 00:50:43,771 and buried it in the hills above Peenemünde 688 00:50:43,795 --> 00:50:45,455 so the Soviets couldn't find it. 689 00:50:48,383 --> 00:50:53,322 I chose America to give my life's work. 690 00:50:53,346 --> 00:50:56,096 I gave them everything. 691 00:50:57,100 --> 00:51:01,270 And now I'm an old man and no longer indispensable. 692 00:51:02,939 --> 00:51:04,819 They throw me to the wolves. 693 00:51:07,777 --> 00:51:10,067 Did you know? 694 00:51:17,495 --> 00:51:20,365 Progress is never free, Margo. 695 00:51:24,085 --> 00:51:25,665 There's always a cost. 696 00:52:11,174 --> 00:52:12,184 Aleida? 697 00:52:13,134 --> 00:52:14,144 Aleida! 698 00:52:15,595 --> 00:52:16,715 Aleida! 699 00:52:19,974 --> 00:52:20,984 Are you okay? 700 00:52:22,644 --> 00:52:25,234 What is wrong with you?! What were you thinking?! 701 00:52:26,272 --> 00:52:27,862 I could have put it out... 702 00:52:28,399 --> 00:52:30,489 - It's fine. - No, it's not fine! 703 00:52:31,027 --> 00:52:32,987 Tell me, why do you keep setting these fires? 704 00:52:37,534 --> 00:52:38,544 Aleida... 705 00:52:40,161 --> 00:52:41,291 Tell me. 706 00:52:43,706 --> 00:52:44,706 I want... 707 00:52:46,292 --> 00:52:47,292 I want... 708 00:52:48,586 --> 00:52:50,956 I want to be inside the fire. 709 00:52:57,095 --> 00:52:58,095 But... 710 00:52:58,721 --> 00:53:00,741 Why would you want to be inside the fire? 711 00:53:00,765 --> 00:53:01,765 I don't know. 712 00:53:05,478 --> 00:53:06,539 I don't know. 713 00:53:06,563 --> 00:53:07,983 It's okay, it's okay... 714 00:53:19,325 --> 00:53:21,075 I want to show you something. 715 00:53:45,143 --> 00:53:46,393 Tu mamá... 716 00:53:48,813 --> 00:53:51,403 she had a dream of what your future could be. 717 00:53:52,233 --> 00:53:53,613 That's why we came here. 718 00:53:56,112 --> 00:53:57,242 I miss her. 719 00:53:58,198 --> 00:53:59,278 I know. 720 00:54:00,575 --> 00:54:01,945 I miss her too, mija. 721 00:54:20,386 --> 00:54:25,226 You know, maybe one day, Aleida, you'll build a fire inside one of these. 722 00:54:37,487 --> 00:54:40,549 I have been informed by Dr. Kissinger that, 723 00:54:40,573 --> 00:54:44,261 thanks to our recent military operations, we may be within reach 724 00:54:44,285 --> 00:54:47,515 of an honorable peace with the North Vietnamese. 725 00:54:47,539 --> 00:54:50,959 I have instructed him to begin negotiations with Lê Ðuc Tho 726 00:54:51,543 --> 00:54:54,173 so that we may focus our efforts and resources 727 00:54:54,796 --> 00:54:56,836 on the new challenges facing our nation. 728 00:54:57,632 --> 00:55:02,238 And on this momentous day, as Apollo 12 readies to begin the search 729 00:55:02,262 --> 00:55:05,182 for the location of the first American lunar base, 730 00:55:05,723 --> 00:55:08,744 I commit that we will do whatever it takes. 731 00:55:08,768 --> 00:55:12,289 We will bear any burden to secure our place in the heavens, 732 00:55:12,313 --> 00:55:15,292 and bring the fight for freedom to the new frontier. 733 00:55:15,316 --> 00:55:20,339 We are on time for our planned liftoff of 32 minutes past the hour. 734 00:55:20,363 --> 00:55:23,123 Test supervisor now going through some status checks. 735 00:55:23,575 --> 00:55:25,052 Okay. Here we go. 736 00:55:25,076 --> 00:55:26,679 Give me status, people. 737 00:55:26,703 --> 00:55:28,203 - Booster? - Go. 738 00:55:28,621 --> 00:55:30,224 - Retro. - Go, Flight. 739 00:55:30,248 --> 00:55:31,308 - FIDO. - Go. 740 00:55:31,332 --> 00:55:33,102 - GUIDO. - Go, Flight. 741 00:55:33,126 --> 00:55:34,286 - EECOM. - Go. 742 00:55:35,795 --> 00:55:37,625 - GNC. - Good to go, Flight. 743 00:55:37,964 --> 00:55:41,724 Launch control, this is Houston. We are go for launch of Apollo 12. 744 00:55:42,135 --> 00:55:43,215 Go for launch. 745 00:55:44,512 --> 00:55:48,951 Ten, nine, eight, ignition sequence has started, 746 00:55:48,975 --> 00:55:54,015 six, five, four, three, two, one. 747 00:55:58,026 --> 00:55:59,606 All engines running. 748 00:56:06,075 --> 00:56:08,387 Liftoff. We have a liftoff! 749 00:56:08,411 --> 00:56:10,621 Thirty-two minutes past the hour. 750 00:56:18,755 --> 00:56:20,005 Tower cleared! 751 00:56:26,513 --> 00:56:27,933 Yeah, we got a roll program. 752 00:56:28,806 --> 00:56:32,726 Roger! I've got the pitch and roll program, and this baby's really going. 753 00:56:33,311 --> 00:56:35,789 Roger, Pete. Forty seconds. 754 00:56:35,813 --> 00:56:37,333 Mark one, bravo. 755 00:56:37,357 --> 00:56:40,127 First stage tank pressures, all nominal. 756 00:56:40,151 --> 00:56:42,281 Altitude a mile and a half. 757 00:56:47,075 --> 00:56:48,344 FIDO, how we looking? 758 00:56:48,368 --> 00:56:50,828 FIDO is good, Flight. Right down the middle. 759 00:56:52,372 --> 00:56:53,372 Good. 760 00:57:32,412 --> 00:57:34,765 - Here you go. - Thanks, Karen. 761 00:57:45,300 --> 00:57:46,510 How you holding up? 762 00:57:47,218 --> 00:57:50,718 Just fine. And how's everybody at MSC? 763 00:57:52,599 --> 00:57:55,099 This whole von Braun mess was a real black eye. 764 00:57:56,102 --> 00:58:00,022 And now Nixon's got us putting all hands on deck for this military lunar outpost. 765 00:58:00,857 --> 00:58:01,937 Dark days. 766 00:58:04,944 --> 00:58:06,494 What can I do for you, Deke? 767 00:58:08,072 --> 00:58:09,282 I brought you something. 768 00:58:13,494 --> 00:58:15,964 Couldn't figure out what to do with the damn thing. 769 00:58:26,716 --> 00:58:31,846 I almost threw it away when Leonov landed, but I couldn't quite bring myself to. 770 00:58:33,348 --> 00:58:36,808 "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon. 771 00:58:37,685 --> 00:58:40,225 We came in peace for all mankind." 772 00:58:46,569 --> 00:58:50,699 Presidents come and go, Ed, but we're the ones carrying the fire. 773 00:58:53,701 --> 00:58:56,251 It took a lot of guts, what you did up there in DC. 774 00:58:58,414 --> 00:59:01,424 I need guys like you around for what's coming down the pike. 775 00:59:01,835 --> 00:59:03,875 I'm not coming back to sit behind a desk. 776 00:59:04,337 --> 00:59:06,007 No, you're not. 777 00:59:09,843 --> 00:59:11,183 What exactly does that mean? 778 00:59:11,761 --> 00:59:13,511 It means you're back on Apollo 15. 779 00:59:14,556 --> 00:59:15,825 Wait-- Are you-- 780 00:59:15,849 --> 00:59:18,661 Ed, maybe just once, shut the fuck up. 781 00:59:18,685 --> 00:59:20,935 You're going back to the moon. 782 00:59:29,404 --> 00:59:30,414 Yes, sir. 783 00:59:33,616 --> 00:59:34,826 Thank you, sir. 784 00:59:35,994 --> 00:59:38,414 I'm sorry. Hon, Deke, 785 00:59:39,205 --> 00:59:40,785 you guys should come and see this. 786 00:59:45,253 --> 00:59:48,983 And even now, while Apollo 12 is hurtling towards the moon, 787 00:59:49,007 --> 00:59:52,797 the Soviets have upped the ante in the space race once again. 788 00:59:53,511 --> 00:59:55,851 The video is coming in now. 789 00:59:57,056 --> 01:00:01,686 There's the cosmonaut now, descending the ladder. 790 01:00:03,688 --> 01:00:04,938 There we have it. 791 01:00:05,481 --> 01:00:08,781 The cosmonaut is now on the lunar surface. 792 01:00:12,864 --> 01:00:13,874 It's a woman. 793 01:00:15,491 --> 01:00:18,679 Ladies and gentlemen, it's been confirmed that it's a woman. 794 01:00:18,703 --> 01:00:22,253 Her name is Anastasia Belikova, 795 01:00:22,624 --> 01:00:26,844 a former pilot in the Soviet Air Forces. 796 01:00:27,921 --> 01:00:33,591 What a truly, truly historic moment for women watching across the world. 797 01:00:34,427 --> 01:00:36,847 The 32-year-old Soviet cosmonaut 798 01:00:34,427 --> 01:00:36,906 The 32-year-old Soviet cosmonaut 799 01:00:36,930 --> 01:00:41,980 has become the first woman to set foot on the moon.