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On December 17, 1903...
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man made the first
successfully controlled flight in an aircraft...
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thus breaking a barrier
that had existed for millions of years.
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Today, man,
with his intelligence and reason...
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has suddenly come to the crossroads.
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Some believe that the guided missile...
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and electronically controlled
space vehicles...
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are the ultimate answers to space flight.
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The recent orbital
and suborbital achievements...
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have been spectacular
and extremely important.
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However, man will never be satisfied
in the undignified position...
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of sitting in a nose cone,
acting as a biological specimen.
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Sixteen years ago,
at Edwards Air Force Base in California...
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a highly complex operation was initiated
to develop an aerospacecraft...
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that would satisfy the desire of man
to maintain control in flight...
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and in re-entry to the earth's atmosphere.
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The spacecraft would fly, glide, and land...
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completely under the control
of the human operator.
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And now, the X-15 is ready...
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manned by a pilot
who will make all the decisions...
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for accurate control in flight...
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and re-entry and recovery.
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X-15 is the key
to an operational procedure...
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that will be directly reflected...
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in the spacecraft
and the space flights of the future.
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The X-15...
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the world's first manned aerospacecraft...
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manned for this flight by Matt Powell,
Chief Test Pilot for NASA.
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This is the carrier...
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an especially designed B-52 jet bomber...
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lifting the X-15
to its launch altitude of 45,000 feet.
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This is her crew.
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Pilot, copilot, launch panel operator...
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especially trained, highly qualified.
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This is Chase Two.
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The pilot, Lt. Col. Lee Brandon...
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Chief Test Pilot
of the United States Air Force.
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He's also an X-15 pilot.
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Today, he is one of the support pilots
who will visually check the X-15...
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through the countdown
and then guide it back to the recovery area...
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for the landing after the drop.
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This is Chase One and Maj. Ernie Wilde...
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one of the air force backup pilots...
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getting firsthand knowledge
of the X-15 flight procedures.
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He's qualified in the X-15
with the small XLR-11 engine.
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And today, he'll back up Matt Powell...
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for a flight with the XLR-99 engine.
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The XLR-99 rocket engine.
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has nearly 60,000 pounds of thrust.
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The final okay here rests with the pilot.
He has control.
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Maj. Anthony Rinaldi, USAF...
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responsible for the human operator...
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and his special equipment
designed to support life in space.
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Col. Craig Brewster,
Chief, Human Factors Section...
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United States Air Force.
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Tom Deparma, X-15 Project Manager...
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highly qualified aeronautical engineer.
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He is NASA One Test Director.
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With him here in the control room...
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are the engineers and technicians of NASA
and the United States Air Force...
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who watch their tracking instruments
and recorders...
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receiving thousands of different pieces
of information...
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from special equipment in the X-15...
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and from electrodes
taped to the pilot's body.
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This is the team.
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Along with the high-range tracking stations
at Beatty and Ely, Nevada...
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they monitor and support the X-15 flights...
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a highly complex project...
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running smoothly...
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completely operational.
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This is Chase Two to B-52.
Coming into position.
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Acknowledge. Over.
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Roger, Lee, this is B-52. Have you in sight.
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This is Chase One to B-52. I'm in position.
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How do you read me? Over.
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You're loud and clear, Ernie.
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We're five minutes to launch.
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Radio on lower antenna. How do you read?
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Five square, Matt.
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Auxiliary power units coming on.
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Confirm X-15 oxygen.
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On X-15 oxygen, 1,800 psi.
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Helmet-to-suit differential good.
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Respiration rate acceptable at 20 per minute.
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This is NASA One,
let's get a good control surface check.
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Chase Two, observe.
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Confirm launch trim settings. Over.
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Chase Two to NASA One.
Surface check.: good.
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Roger, Lee.
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NASA One to Chase One.
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You all set, Ernie?
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NASA One from Chase One, all set, Tom.
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McCully to NASA One.
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45,000 feet, one minute to launch.
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Okay, Matt, you've got it.
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Coming up on launch point.
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Roger. Give me
a five-second countdown for launch.
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This is final okay to all stations.
Launch light is on.
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Five, four, three....
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Stop the countdown.
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Repeat, stop the countdown.
Losing source pressure.
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Lox tank pressure 45, ammonia 30.
Both decreasing.
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NASA One to all stations.
Stop the countdown.
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Confirm source pressure failure.
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What are you reading now?
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Source pressure failure, affirmative.
Below normal and falling.
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NASA One to X-15.
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Matt, is this a no go?
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X-15 to all stations. This is a no go.
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I say again, this is a no go.
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Yeah, at four-and-a-half, I figure....
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NASA One to X-15.
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Proceed to alternate plan.
Matt, can you dump the propellants?
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X-15 to NASA One. Negative.
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NASA One to 008.
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How much weight can you offset
by wing trims?
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008 to NASA One.
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Not enough fuel transfer possible.
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Have to make landing
with right wing. Critical.
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Deparma to all units. This is an emergency.
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The B-52 will attempt a landing
with the X-15 mated.
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Request all emergency equipment,
all firefighting units...
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deploy along runway 35 on south lakebed.
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Repeat: south lakebed.
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Leave the data on.
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Keep the primary radio channel open.
l'll use it from mobile.
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Let's go, Colonel.
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He should be on final approach
in about 10 minutes.
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Light the flares, please.
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Deparma at NASA Mobile to Chase Two.
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Chase Two to NASA 9. Go ahead.
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Lee, advise control at beginning of letdown.
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Beginning letdown,
approximately five minutes.
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They've all got their barometric chambers
to go back down again.
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Dumping lox from carrier. Maximum flow.
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NASA Mobile to Chase planes.
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Stay in close at the landing.
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Okay, I'm coming in at your 10 o'clock.
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About three miles north of our station.
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We want to confirm that your RamAir door
is in a closed position.
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It sure is.
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Also, I want to verify that I did have...
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tooling lever and louvers
in LN 2 position on.
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-Pamela, how good to see you!
-Hi, Maggie.
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How was your trip?
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Hi, Diane. lt's so good to see you.
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Have you any idea how long Route 66 is?
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You look indecently wonderful.
Did you look that good...
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-when Lee left?
-You wouldn't think so.
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-Come on, let's get your bags.
-They're awful heavy.
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-l'll take that.
-All right.
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-ls the coffee on?
-Yeah, come on.
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What have you two been up to?
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l want to hear all about you.
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Well, l tell you, it's another world.
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All during that time,
except when I was re-circling...
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it just crapped out by itself.
I've got it back again.
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Roger.
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NASA One, I'm tracking 76 miles east...
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and 56 miles north.
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Roger, NASA One.
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You can see them!
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-Where, Mike?
-Right over there.
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He's committed now.
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Okay, come on. Let's get out there.
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Now, take it easy. That's not the crash siren.
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Listen. lt's constant.
lt's not the short blasts.
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-What is it, then? Can we call?
-No, nobody calls during flights.
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l'd rather hear that siren
than the phone ring.
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You have a good drag chute.
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Chase Two to B-52,
your front landing gear is on fire.
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-You chickened out?
-Yeah.
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Can l still resign, Doctor?
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-You feel okay, Matt?
-A little stiff.
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Where does it hurt?
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Can you give me some details
about the pressure failure?
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-Sure, Tom, as soon as l'm out of this suit.
-Good.
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-You got a smoke?
-Yeah, here.
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All right, let's get you out of this thing.
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-l got to get back to headquarters.
-All right.
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Lee, we're in here.
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-Hi, Pam?
-How are you?
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-Let's go to my house.
-To your house.
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-Excuse me.
-Come on.
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All right, Pamela, why?
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Because l couldn't stand my quiet,
uneventful life. That's why.
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-Just like that?
-Just like that.
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No, you don't, Pamela.
No more games with me.
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You fool. l came a long way.
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You're a little late.
l hope you enjoyed the trip.
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Don't do this to me.
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What took you so long?
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lt's got to be love.
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-Come on, l'll help you sweep out the place.
-All right.
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What happened? l was doing my homework.
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l'm glad to hear it.
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You know, that's exactly the word
l was trying to think of.
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''Homework.''
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Come on.
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The usual distribution.
Two copies, so forth and so on.
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''Very truly yours, Thomas A. Deparma.''
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That's all, Barbara.
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Would you get that typed for me
as quickly as possible?
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-Yes, l will.
-Thank you.
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Get headquarters in Washington
on the direct line for me, right away.
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-Yes, sir.
-Thanks.
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Yeah, this is Tom Deparma.
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Yes, sir, we had a source pressure failure
at the final countdown.
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No, sir. We were forced to land
the X-15 mated with a full load.
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Yeah, it was quite a trick,
but the B-52 pilot made it look easy.
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Major McCully flying, sir. Yes, sir.
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We'll be getting national press coverage...
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in two weeks
on the big engine ground firing.
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That'll start the countdown
for the next flight.
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l wouldn't exactly say we've had bad press.
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Just that sometimes,
when things have gone wrong...
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some of them emphasize it
a little more than....
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You know, sir.
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Right, the report. No.
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A report's being prepared,
it'll be off to you tonight.
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Right, sir. Goodbye.
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-Colonel Brewster to see Tom Deparma.
-He's waiting for you.
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-You know where his office is.
-Right.
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-Hi, Tom.
-Come in, Craig.
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l'm glad you called me.
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l've been wanting to
talk to you about something.
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Sit down. Get it off your mind.
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Tom, l got a problem.
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-Cup of coffee?
-No, thanks.
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l don't know exactly how to put it,
but l'm gonna try.
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We've been on this project
a long time, right?
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We've had some setbacks,
sometimes we've been lucky.
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But the time is coming when all this work...
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and this whole project
is gonna have to pay off.
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l think l have an idea what you're getting at.
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Let's see if we can't talk it out.
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Don't get me wrong. l haven't lost faith
or anything like that. lt's just that....
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Frankly, l'm scared.
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Join the club, Colonel.
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l think everybody involved
is a little scared about what's coming up.
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l know that. lt's just that, suddenly,
l'm beginning to doubt my own judgment.
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After thousands of hours
of simulating on the ground...
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and really putting these pilots
through the wringer...
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00:26:47,939 --> 00:26:52,000
l think they've reached a damn high degree
of accuracy in all phases, right?
248
00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:54,010
They're tuned to a fine edge.
249
00:26:54,112 --> 00:26:56,342
Hanging on to this edge
is what concerns me.
250
00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:59,042
Now, all the pilots have normal tensions.
251
00:26:59,150 --> 00:27:01,584
But what if these normal tensions
are added to...
252
00:27:01,686 --> 00:27:06,214
by the tensions of aborted missions,
setbacks, delays, etc.?
253
00:27:06,858 --> 00:27:08,951
Won't this throw off
their normal performance...
254
00:27:09,060 --> 00:27:11,290
at the end,
when we get to the critical flights?
255
00:27:11,396 --> 00:27:14,024
We all wonder about that possibility, Craig.
256
00:27:14,132 --> 00:27:18,159
Although remote, it's there,
staring us in the face, just the same.
257
00:27:19,504 --> 00:27:23,736
But what were you saying about
you wondering about your own judgment?
258
00:27:24,275 --> 00:27:28,302
What if it doesn't show up?
What if they lose this fine edge?
259
00:27:28,513 --> 00:27:30,447
-How do we spot it?
-How?
260
00:27:32,717 --> 00:27:36,676
l'll tell you how, Craig,
or at least how l think we can spot it.
261
00:27:37,322 --> 00:27:39,517
By being worried about it? No.
262
00:27:40,291 --> 00:27:43,783
No, not worried but frightened,
the way you say you are.
263
00:27:43,895 --> 00:27:45,590
The way we all are.
264
00:27:45,764 --> 00:27:49,200
We've got to keep right on top of them,
phase by phase.
265
00:27:49,467 --> 00:27:52,368
We got to make sure
we know the score every minute.
266
00:27:52,470 --> 00:27:55,132
Then if a breakdown should show up
in any one of them...
267
00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,538
we've got to be able to spot it.
268
00:27:58,143 --> 00:28:01,112
lf it doesn't show, we've got to be sure
the reason it doesn't...
269
00:28:01,212 --> 00:28:03,373
is because it never happened.
270
00:28:03,848 --> 00:28:08,478
Craig, in this business,
if at times you aren't really frightened...
271
00:28:09,254 --> 00:28:14,089
and you don't feel a deep personal concern
for the guy who sticks his neck out...
272
00:28:14,192 --> 00:28:16,990
then you're not the right man for the job.
273
00:28:17,095 --> 00:28:18,494
And you are.
274
00:28:23,068 --> 00:28:26,469
Let's get up there and take a look at
that data from the last flight.
275
00:28:26,571 --> 00:28:29,233
-lt's ready, l know.
-This isn't the end, Craig.
276
00:28:29,340 --> 00:28:31,968
We'll be going through this again and again.
277
00:28:42,687 --> 00:28:45,053
What's the matter?
Aren't you gonna have any?
278
00:28:45,156 --> 00:28:47,317
No. l'm gonna go back to bed.
279
00:28:48,426 --> 00:28:52,192
Pamela got in late last night,
and l didn't sleep afterwards.
280
00:28:52,831 --> 00:28:54,128
What time?
281
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,265
They went to Lancaster.
282
00:29:01,005 --> 00:29:04,532
-Ernie, you smiled at breakfast.
-You tricked me into it.
283
00:29:07,212 --> 00:29:08,804
-You know something?
-What?
284
00:29:08,913 --> 00:29:10,642
You smell wonderful.
285
00:29:34,806 --> 00:29:35,864
Good morning.
286
00:29:35,974 --> 00:29:38,135
l hope l didn't wake you up
coming in last night.
287
00:29:38,243 --> 00:29:40,939
l never heard a thing. Where did you go?
288
00:29:41,179 --> 00:29:43,875
We were going to Lancaster,
but we never made it.
289
00:29:43,982 --> 00:29:46,678
Too bad. That's a nice town, Lancaster.
290
00:29:47,051 --> 00:29:50,145
We decided to reactivate
our engagement instead.
291
00:29:52,423 --> 00:29:55,756
-Pam, l'm so happy for you.
-Thank you.
292
00:29:56,928 --> 00:29:59,692
No coffee for you? You going back to bed?
293
00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:02,964
One of the things you're gonna learn early...
294
00:30:03,067 --> 00:30:04,625
is you never go back to bed.
295
00:30:04,736 --> 00:30:07,261
When they make an early start,
you make one, too.
296
00:30:07,372 --> 00:30:10,899
That way you end up, at the end of the day,
even on sleep.
297
00:30:14,712 --> 00:30:16,873
That's good air force wifery.
298
00:30:17,816 --> 00:30:19,443
Diane, what is it?
299
00:30:21,486 --> 00:30:23,249
Just a baby, l think.
300
00:30:23,822 --> 00:30:25,312
Just a baby?
301
00:30:26,191 --> 00:30:27,749
No, not with me.
302
00:30:28,259 --> 00:30:31,160
ln three years of marriage,
l'm a two-time loser.
303
00:30:31,262 --> 00:30:33,025
What does that mean?
304
00:30:33,131 --> 00:30:36,032
lt means l'm not the momma type
or something. l don't know.
305
00:30:36,134 --> 00:30:39,365
There doesn't seem to be anything
wrong with me physically...
306
00:30:39,470 --> 00:30:43,406
but just after things get started,
something always goes wrong.
307
00:30:43,942 --> 00:30:46,672
-Have you told Ernie?
-No, and l won't.
308
00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:50,481
Not till l know
l've got permanent possession.
309
00:30:52,617 --> 00:30:54,710
-Pour me some coffee.
-Coffee?
310
00:30:54,819 --> 00:30:57,083
l want to see if l can hold it.
311
00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:23,947
l told you so.
312
00:31:29,587 --> 00:31:32,317
These strange new birds of the desert...
313
00:31:32,423 --> 00:31:34,618
were first flown by Air Force...
314
00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:38,423
and National Aeronautics
and Space Administration pilots...
315
00:31:38,529 --> 00:31:41,396
when the Russians were still trying to dig
themselves out...
316
00:31:41,499 --> 00:31:43,490
from under the rubble of Stalingrad.
317
00:31:43,601 --> 00:31:47,332
Unfortunately, the proposal
set forth by NASA...
318
00:31:47,739 --> 00:31:50,333
and the Air Force used a new language.
319
00:31:50,808 --> 00:31:53,572
Terms like ''exit, '' ''escape velocity''...
320
00:31:53,678 --> 00:31:58,047
''Mach 4, '' ''Mach 10, '' ''re-entry, ''
that was pretty hard for people to swallow.
321
00:31:58,182 --> 00:32:00,412
Appropriations were slow in coming.
322
00:32:00,518 --> 00:32:04,545
But the search for the answer continued
at Edwards Air Force Base.
323
00:32:05,223 --> 00:32:08,090
Mr. Deparma,
Ed Fleming, ABC television news.
324
00:32:08,526 --> 00:32:12,053
Will these then be the flights
with the most critical control problem?
325
00:32:12,163 --> 00:32:15,291
Yes, indeed.
The pilot knows his margin of error.
326
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:17,465
He cannot over-control.
327
00:32:17,802 --> 00:32:20,532
The angle of his re-entry path
is calculated...
328
00:32:20,638 --> 00:32:23,801
so that the aerodynamic heating
of the airframe...
329
00:32:24,175 --> 00:32:26,541
will not exceed the design limit.
330
00:32:27,345 --> 00:32:29,939
Col. Jessup,
our Public lnformations Officer...
331
00:32:30,048 --> 00:32:33,449
has a word for you about the pilots,
l think. Colonel?
332
00:32:35,987 --> 00:32:38,251
Major Wilde, Lt. Col. Brandon...
333
00:32:38,356 --> 00:32:42,759
and Matt Powell are three of the pilots
working on the project at the present time.
334
00:32:42,860 --> 00:32:47,024
The complete pilots pool
consists of a Navy pilot, two Air Force...
335
00:32:47,131 --> 00:32:48,962
and three NASA pilots.
336
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:53,297
The NASA pilots, Matt Powell,
are entirely civilian...
337
00:32:53,771 --> 00:32:56,569
employees of the United States Government.
338
00:32:57,375 --> 00:33:01,573
Lew lrwin, ABC News. Has this project
lost any of its significance...
339
00:33:02,046 --> 00:33:05,209
because of the successful
manned orbital missions?
340
00:33:05,416 --> 00:33:08,317
No, Mr. lrwin.
This is a winged aerospacecraft...
341
00:33:08,419 --> 00:33:10,353
under complete control of the pilot.
342
00:33:10,455 --> 00:33:13,185
He's not a biological specimen...
343
00:33:13,291 --> 00:33:16,192
nor is he a backup for an automatic system.
344
00:33:16,761 --> 00:33:20,288
The knowledge gained here
will be directly reflected in the design...
345
00:33:20,398 --> 00:33:22,263
and operation of future spacecraft.
346
00:33:22,367 --> 00:33:25,131
Mr. Deparma, Lee Giroux of NBC.
347
00:33:25,236 --> 00:33:26,863
Grant Holcomb of CBS and l...
348
00:33:26,971 --> 00:33:29,599
Grant will be with us later
in the testing house...
349
00:33:29,707 --> 00:33:32,141
would like to know
which of these three pilots...
350
00:33:32,243 --> 00:33:35,474
will be the first man to go into space
in the X-15.
351
00:33:36,047 --> 00:33:38,277
That decision will be based
on many factors...
352
00:33:38,383 --> 00:33:42,581
and made by mutual agreement
with everybody concerned in the project.
353
00:33:42,887 --> 00:33:46,584
l'd like to say generally
that one of the pilot's biggest problems...
354
00:33:46,691 --> 00:33:49,717
is to overcome
and fight the effects of stress.
355
00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:54,230
As a matter of fact, l'd say that possibly
the greatest challenge to the pilot...
356
00:33:54,332 --> 00:33:57,426
is to train himself to anticipate his instincts.
357
00:33:57,535 --> 00:34:02,063
Anticipation of instincts comes down then
to reactions acquired through training.
358
00:34:02,974 --> 00:34:07,274
Now, where one kind of reflex
flying inside the atmosphere fades out...
359
00:34:08,079 --> 00:34:11,048
and a different kind of reaction is needed...
360
00:34:11,149 --> 00:34:15,176
this is where overcoming the instinct
makes the difference.
361
00:34:15,686 --> 00:34:18,883
Would you say then,
that the basic ingredient for project pilots...
362
00:34:18,990 --> 00:34:21,083
is complete emotional stability?
363
00:34:21,192 --> 00:34:23,319
That's exactly right, Mr. Fleming.
364
00:34:23,428 --> 00:34:27,865
Psychological conditioning is the most
important part of the project pilot's training.
365
00:34:27,965 --> 00:34:31,332
First of all, we have to have people
that are stable emotionally.
366
00:34:31,436 --> 00:34:35,497
And then, we try to help them
by simulating, artificially, on the ground...
367
00:34:35,606 --> 00:34:38,439
as best we can,
the conditions that he'll meet in flight.
368
00:34:38,543 --> 00:34:41,341
By doing this, we hope
he'll be better able to cope with...
369
00:34:41,446 --> 00:34:44,347
and recognize unknown factors,
should he meet them.
370
00:34:44,515 --> 00:34:46,779
Sound minds and a sound body?
371
00:34:47,251 --> 00:34:49,845
Something more than that, l would say.
372
00:34:49,987 --> 00:34:53,252
A complete scientific dedication
to the job at hand.
373
00:34:53,958 --> 00:34:56,984
A firm belief in carefully worked for success.
374
00:34:57,595 --> 00:35:02,294
Each gentleman is an aeronautical engineer,
as well as a highly qualified test pilot.
375
00:35:03,367 --> 00:35:06,200
The ultimate goal of the X-15 project...
376
00:35:06,304 --> 00:35:08,704
will be an end result of work and tests...
377
00:35:08,806 --> 00:35:10,706
to which they've all contributed.
378
00:35:11,242 --> 00:35:13,710
lt's not, in any sense, a hero race.
379
00:35:14,445 --> 00:35:17,539
There are more than 3,000 people
engaged in this one project.
380
00:35:17,648 --> 00:35:21,584
Just one more question. Ever since
l covered the test at Cape Canaveral...
381
00:35:21,686 --> 00:35:24,382
l've been wondering very seriously
about the future.
382
00:35:24,489 --> 00:35:27,617
lf this is a philosophical approach,
l'm afraid--
383
00:35:27,725 --> 00:35:31,024
But it isn't, l assure you.
lt's a highly practical approach.
384
00:35:31,129 --> 00:35:34,587
What happens if all this speed
and invasion of space...
385
00:35:34,999 --> 00:35:36,990
meets us coming back, so to speak?
386
00:35:37,101 --> 00:35:41,595
That is, suppose that we have to start
all over because of a space warfare?
387
00:35:42,607 --> 00:35:44,336
What's all this leading to?
388
00:35:46,711 --> 00:35:51,307
Well, we hope to deter that possibility
by extending our own capabilities in space.
389
00:35:51,916 --> 00:35:55,352
Man won't always be satisfied
with a one-shot re-entry.
390
00:35:55,820 --> 00:35:59,483
The capsule method is a very valuable step
in the right direction.
391
00:35:59,690 --> 00:36:04,320
But falling free in a sealed capsule
with only one possibility of recovery...
392
00:36:04,729 --> 00:36:08,062
parachuting to a landing,
leaves a lot to be desired.
393
00:36:08,633 --> 00:36:12,194
The X-15 pilot will be able
to choose his angle of re-entry...
394
00:36:12,637 --> 00:36:16,971
and control his speed and altitude,
and glide to his landing area.
395
00:36:17,542 --> 00:36:20,010
Or one of several alternates he has.
396
00:36:20,511 --> 00:36:22,604
Always under pilot control.
397
00:36:23,481 --> 00:36:25,039
He has the choice.
398
00:36:27,418 --> 00:36:31,878
That wraps it up here, gentlemen. Let's go
down to the blockhouse for the test firing.
399
00:36:31,989 --> 00:36:33,581
This way, please.
400
00:36:57,682 --> 00:37:00,116
What brings you back to Edwards, Pamela?
401
00:37:00,218 --> 00:37:03,381
Have you finally decided
to ruin my life and marry Matt Powell?
402
00:37:03,487 --> 00:37:06,456
l decided your life could stand
being ruined a few more times.
403
00:37:06,557 --> 00:37:08,548
You always suffer so beautifully, Tony.
404
00:37:08,659 --> 00:37:12,288
Why don't you level with me, Pamela?
Diane having another baby?
405
00:37:12,396 --> 00:37:14,762
-Yes. She thinks so.
-lnteresting.
406
00:37:15,866 --> 00:37:18,767
This can be a healthy situation,
especially for Ernie.
407
00:37:18,869 --> 00:37:21,997
Good for Ernie, and X-15,
and the project, and NASA.
408
00:37:22,106 --> 00:37:25,371
-Tony, what about Diane?
-Cut it out, Pamela.
409
00:37:25,876 --> 00:37:29,642
lt's just a job.
The X-15 project is a way of making a living.
410
00:37:29,747 --> 00:37:31,510
Simple as that: bread and butter.
411
00:37:31,616 --> 00:37:34,881
Most troubles are due to wives
interfering with their husbands' work.
412
00:37:34,986 --> 00:37:36,954
Tony, for heaven's sake.
413
00:37:37,421 --> 00:37:39,719
Do you know where babies start?
414
00:37:40,324 --> 00:37:43,384
Right there, in the frontal lobe
of your brain...
415
00:37:43,694 --> 00:37:46,094
where the emotions
are under general control.
416
00:37:46,197 --> 00:37:49,132
From there, they proceed
to the hypothalamus, which controls...
417
00:37:49,233 --> 00:37:51,827
raw emotions, rage, hysteria, passion.
418
00:37:52,770 --> 00:37:54,738
There must always
be mental permissiveness:
419
00:37:54,839 --> 00:37:56,966
the will to, or the will not to.
420
00:37:57,642 --> 00:38:01,043
That mental will to,
or will not to, is so sensitive...
421
00:38:01,512 --> 00:38:04,777
that 25 percent of so-called sterile couples...
422
00:38:05,216 --> 00:38:09,915
start their babies by the simple process
of talking the problem over with the doctor.
423
00:38:10,121 --> 00:38:14,057
Tony, you've missed the whole point.
Diane has no problem in starting.
424
00:38:14,158 --> 00:38:16,991
l'm acutely aware of it.
That's why l'm talking to you.
425
00:38:17,094 --> 00:38:20,086
Well, then, do your head-shrinking
with her, not me.
426
00:38:20,264 --> 00:38:24,724
l heard you broke up with Matt last fall,
when he wouldn't take that job with Cal-Air.
427
00:38:25,202 --> 00:38:28,467
Deep in her mind, Diane wants Ernie
to stop test flying also.
428
00:38:28,572 --> 00:38:32,133
What wife wouldn't?
We've had several staff conferences on her.
429
00:38:32,543 --> 00:38:35,103
Diane and Ernie start their babies...
430
00:38:35,246 --> 00:38:37,908
but the belief
in Ernie's short life expectancy...
431
00:38:38,015 --> 00:38:40,347
psychosomatically disturbs her motives.
432
00:38:40,451 --> 00:38:45,115
Consequently, her pregnancies terminate
so quickly, you can't call them pregnancies.
433
00:38:45,222 --> 00:38:46,985
Tony, l think you're crazy.
434
00:38:47,191 --> 00:38:50,285
Pamela, please don't search for a problem.
435
00:38:55,166 --> 00:38:56,895
You two getting along all right?
436
00:38:57,001 --> 00:39:01,370
He's tried to convince me that we should
form a women's auxiliary of space cadets.
437
00:39:01,472 --> 00:39:03,406
l'm sorry l was delayed.
438
00:39:04,175 --> 00:39:07,201
Come on, girls, l'll buy you lunch.
439
00:39:20,024 --> 00:39:23,687
We'll go into the control blockhouse
for the actual firing.
440
00:39:23,794 --> 00:39:28,094
Ernie, Maj. Wilde here
will be in the X-15 for the test.
441
00:39:28,666 --> 00:39:31,794
-Gentlemen, if you'll come with me, please.
-All right, sir.
442
00:39:31,902 --> 00:39:35,861
Attention. There will be a rocket firing
in the test area in 10 minutes.
443
00:39:35,973 --> 00:39:37,702
Repeat. Ten minutes.
444
00:39:39,176 --> 00:39:42,111
What about the composition of the fuel?
ls it classified?
445
00:39:42,213 --> 00:39:44,511
Not for what it actually is. No.
446
00:39:44,949 --> 00:39:48,214
We use liquefied pure ammonia
for the propellant...
447
00:39:48,486 --> 00:39:50,954
and liquid oxygen for the oxidizer.
448
00:39:51,188 --> 00:39:55,147
So the ammonia burns, then
the liquid oxygen supports its combustion?
449
00:39:55,259 --> 00:39:56,988
That's correct. Yes.
450
00:39:57,361 --> 00:40:00,228
Set warning lights. Close off the entrance.
451
00:40:05,469 --> 00:40:07,562
Stand by for source top off.
452
00:40:07,905 --> 00:40:09,930
All right, Ernie. lt's all yours.
453
00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:12,474
Go into the blockhouse, gentlemen, please.
454
00:40:26,524 --> 00:40:28,492
Right in here, gentlemen.
455
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:11,097
Sealed in?
456
00:41:19,743 --> 00:41:22,541
Blockhouse control.
Canopy down and secure.
457
00:41:30,754 --> 00:41:34,485
You settled down, gentlemen?
l think we're just about ready to go.
458
00:41:34,925 --> 00:41:37,052
Fueling top off. You aboard?
459
00:41:37,161 --> 00:41:39,129
Ernie, come in if you read me.
460
00:41:39,230 --> 00:41:42,131
Hooked in. I read you. I'm gonna pressurize.
461
00:41:48,606 --> 00:41:53,305
Attention, all personnel clearing
the firing area, move back to safety limits.
462
00:41:57,047 --> 00:42:01,279
All set. Source pressure looks good.
All gauges normal.
463
00:42:04,488 --> 00:42:06,251
lnspection completed.
464
00:42:06,924 --> 00:42:10,087
Rocket firing in one minute.
Ten-second countdown.
465
00:42:13,797 --> 00:42:15,264
Ready in X-15.
466
00:42:17,701 --> 00:42:19,532
I have start and idle.
467
00:42:28,078 --> 00:42:29,807
The system is armed.
468
00:42:33,951 --> 00:42:37,648
Ten, nine, eight...
469
00:42:38,255 --> 00:42:42,385
seven, six, five, four...
470
00:42:42,927 --> 00:42:47,762
three, two, one, fire!
471
00:42:49,199 --> 00:42:50,166
Firing.
472
00:42:56,373 --> 00:42:58,705
How much power does that thing generate?
473
00:42:58,809 --> 00:43:00,970
Right now, it's only at half-throttle.
474
00:43:01,078 --> 00:43:04,172
lt can develop over
half a million horsepower...
475
00:43:04,281 --> 00:43:06,681
at 3,600 miles per hour in flight.
476
00:43:06,784 --> 00:43:09,548
Half a million? May we quote you on that?
477
00:43:10,154 --> 00:43:12,315
As a matter of fact, you can.
478
00:43:12,423 --> 00:43:14,482
Ernie, go to 100 percent power.
479
00:43:23,667 --> 00:43:26,693
Outside, without earplugs,
the noise is so intense...
480
00:43:26,804 --> 00:43:29,466
you'd feel nausea from the sound alone.
481
00:43:32,009 --> 00:43:33,977
He's out. Something's happened.
482
00:43:34,111 --> 00:43:38,343
Stay in pressurize, Ernie.
Reset for another run at full power.
483
00:43:39,049 --> 00:43:40,744
How do you read me, Ernie?
484
00:43:40,851 --> 00:43:42,842
I read you loud and clear.
485
00:43:43,687 --> 00:43:44,711
Fire!
486
00:43:50,828 --> 00:43:52,295
A malfunction.
487
00:43:59,203 --> 00:44:00,227
Get him out of there.
488
00:44:06,710 --> 00:44:08,337
Stay away from that door.
489
00:44:10,514 --> 00:44:12,607
Ammonia seeping under the door.
490
00:44:30,534 --> 00:44:32,627
Now, don't tell me to take it easy.
491
00:44:36,774 --> 00:44:40,608
Blockhouse to fire control.
Can you get to Maj. Wilde? Acknowledge.
492
00:44:40,878 --> 00:44:41,867
Acknowledge!
493
00:45:03,801 --> 00:45:05,996
Fire control to blockhouse. Mr. Deparma?
494
00:45:06,103 --> 00:45:07,695
This is Deparma, go ahead.
495
00:45:07,805 --> 00:45:11,502
The blast shot the forward section
of the bird 30 feet down the ramp area.
496
00:45:11,608 --> 00:45:13,473
We got Maj. Wilde out.
497
00:45:14,111 --> 00:45:17,103
He's all right.
498
00:45:17,781 --> 00:45:20,750
You have to stay in there
until we can hose down the area.
499
00:45:20,851 --> 00:45:22,375
I'll keep this line open.
500
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:25,145
Tony, you can call, can't you?
501
00:45:26,256 --> 00:45:28,053
All right. Sit still.
502
00:45:29,026 --> 00:45:30,721
l'll be right back.
503
00:45:39,103 --> 00:45:40,832
This is Maj. Rinaldi.
504
00:45:40,938 --> 00:45:44,271
Get me Emergency Control
at the test area blockhouse.
505
00:45:49,913 --> 00:45:52,006
Deparma, at Blockhouse Control.
506
00:45:52,649 --> 00:45:55,447
Yes, Tony, we had a malfunction.
507
00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:58,982
They got Ernie out okay. No injuries.
508
00:46:02,259 --> 00:46:04,659
Glad to hear it, Tom. How's the bird?
509
00:46:04,762 --> 00:46:07,595
The bird? Well, can't tell too much
about that right now.
510
00:46:07,698 --> 00:46:10,724
l'll check with you later, Tony.
All right, goodbye.
511
00:46:37,561 --> 00:46:40,724
Tom, your office is trying to get hold of you.
Washington calling.
512
00:46:40,831 --> 00:46:43,391
Right. l'll see you all back at NASA.
513
00:46:44,720 --> 00:46:47,811
�����
514
00:46:49,339 --> 00:46:52,137
That call was on the private line
from Washington.
515
00:46:52,242 --> 00:46:53,971
l'd like to be there when you call back.
516
00:46:54,077 --> 00:46:57,240
lt seems there's a very bad reaction
brewing along the sidelines.
517
00:46:57,347 --> 00:47:00,407
-Especially among the press.
-Yeah. Thanks, Craig.
518
00:47:01,118 --> 00:47:03,643
You'd better wait here
for the investigation team.
519
00:47:03,754 --> 00:47:06,222
-l'll call you from my office.
-Right.
520
00:47:10,828 --> 00:47:15,128
The loss of the Number Three Bird
has cost us plenty, in more ways than one.
521
00:47:15,299 --> 00:47:18,063
But our people have been
picking over the pieces...
522
00:47:18,168 --> 00:47:21,899
and they've come up with some answers.
Not all of them, but enough.
523
00:47:22,272 --> 00:47:24,570
Our engineers and technicians
have been working...
524
00:47:24,675 --> 00:47:26,734
with the boys over at North American...
525
00:47:26,844 --> 00:47:30,302
and they have the Number Three Bird
back in its original jig.
526
00:47:30,414 --> 00:47:32,609
They've done a miraculous job.
527
00:47:33,517 --> 00:47:37,749
And believe it or not, in time,
that Number Three Bird will fly again.
528
00:47:39,223 --> 00:47:42,454
Now, we have to take up the slack
by stepping up the missions.
529
00:47:42,559 --> 00:47:46,689
So, this morning, Lee will be dropped
in the Number Two Bird...
530
00:47:46,797 --> 00:47:49,630
with the new XLR-99 engine.
531
00:47:50,734 --> 00:47:52,998
We'll be trying for 3,000 miles an hour...
532
00:47:53,103 --> 00:47:55,071
at 150,000 feet.
533
00:47:57,808 --> 00:48:00,368
Well, l've drawn Chase Two.
Rendezvous at Ely.
534
00:48:00,477 --> 00:48:02,843
You take the countdown,
Matt, up to the fuel jettison.
535
00:48:02,946 --> 00:48:05,176
l'll pick up at control check.
536
00:48:05,382 --> 00:48:08,010
-That's what l've got.
-Okay. Good luck.
537
00:48:08,552 --> 00:48:10,747
Let's go, Lee. l'll get you into your suit.
538
00:48:10,854 --> 00:48:14,813
l'll go along. There's some things
l can check while he's getting dressed.
539
00:48:33,710 --> 00:48:37,612
Chase planes are off.
Low and clear for takeoff.
540
00:49:39,009 --> 00:49:43,173
Thirty-two miles east. Forty-six miles north.
541
00:49:44,581 --> 00:49:45,707
Roger.
542
00:50:11,208 --> 00:50:13,335
Cabin pressurization coming on.
543
00:50:14,130 --> 00:50:16,000
Propellant tanks
544
00:50:16,213 --> 00:50:17,737
Suit check complete.
545
00:50:17,914 --> 00:50:22,078
This is 003 to NASA One. Approaching Ely.
546
00:50:22,919 --> 00:50:25,820
Jettison check complete. Pressurizing tanks.
547
00:50:26,056 --> 00:50:28,320
Lee, one-minute warning.
548
00:50:28,658 --> 00:50:31,252
Prime coming on. Source pressure good.
549
00:50:31,561 --> 00:50:33,153
To all stations.
550
00:50:33,363 --> 00:50:35,058
Launch light is on.
551
00:50:35,799 --> 00:50:37,562
This is a final okay.
552
00:50:59,156 --> 00:51:00,748
Ten seconds, Lee.
553
00:51:12,502 --> 00:51:15,266
Get your nose down, Ernie. Here he comes.
554
00:51:40,931 --> 00:51:43,991
You have a good start, Lee.
You're looking good.
555
00:52:11,528 --> 00:52:13,052
You're on profile, Lee.
556
00:52:34,551 --> 00:52:36,610
He's at the top of the arc.
557
00:52:37,888 --> 00:52:39,856
He's making his speed run now.
558
00:53:10,120 --> 00:53:13,180
NASA One to Chase One.
Can you see him, Matt? Over.
559
00:53:13,857 --> 00:53:15,722
Negative. Out of sight.
560
00:53:32,142 --> 00:53:34,838
There he is, about 12 o'clock.
He's leveled off.
561
00:53:34,945 --> 00:53:36,936
I see his contrails now, Ernie.
562
00:53:37,047 --> 00:53:40,483
NASA One, X-15, 12 o'clock high.
563
00:53:40,684 --> 00:53:42,015
Onions out.
564
00:53:44,421 --> 00:53:46,150
X-15 to NASA One.
565
00:53:47,057 --> 00:53:49,321
Rudder kick. Aileron pulse.
566
00:53:50,894 --> 00:53:52,293
Stick pulse.
567
00:53:52,862 --> 00:53:54,056
Mach 4.
568
00:53:55,365 --> 00:53:57,856
Flight parameters matching profile.
569
00:54:03,073 --> 00:54:05,166
Matt, let's change our heading.
Do you read me?
570
00:54:05,242 --> 00:54:08,837
Loud and clear, Ernie.
Change your headings 2-1-0.
571
00:54:09,512 --> 00:54:12,709
He's wide open.
We'll be seeing him any time now.
572
00:54:18,121 --> 00:54:20,248
He's passing through Mach 5.
573
00:54:21,191 --> 00:54:23,989
That's better
than 3,000 miles an hour, gentlemen.
574
00:54:25,328 --> 00:54:27,455
That ought to even the score a little.
575
00:54:27,564 --> 00:54:29,691
Let's go to NASA 9 for the landing.
576
00:54:57,027 --> 00:55:00,929
X-15, I have you in sight. Acknowledge.
577
00:55:01,231 --> 00:55:02,755
I hear you, Matt.
578
00:55:02,866 --> 00:55:05,494
Had good control to burn out at Mach 5.
579
00:55:07,037 --> 00:55:09,597
Continuing letdown procedure to lakebed.
580
00:55:09,706 --> 00:55:12,869
Closing in on you, Lee.
Go into jettison any time.
581
00:55:13,109 --> 00:55:15,407
How's it feel to hold
the world speed record?
582
00:55:15,512 --> 00:55:16,706
Not bad.
583
00:55:17,314 --> 00:55:22,081
Incidentally, I got a temperature reading
of over 900 degrees outside skin.
584
00:55:22,752 --> 00:55:25,220
I don't think it did any more
than blister the paint.
585
00:55:25,322 --> 00:55:27,017
This is a solid bird, Matt.
586
00:55:36,066 --> 00:55:38,091
Where's Ernie? Do I have a blossom?
587
00:55:38,201 --> 00:55:40,601
I'm here, just below you both.
588
00:55:48,678 --> 00:55:50,543
Jettisoning looks good.
589
00:55:50,747 --> 00:55:55,184
You're all through backslapping?
Let's get the bird back on the ground.
590
00:59:57,137 --> 01:00:04,136
�����
591
01:01:01,791 --> 01:01:04,988
So, we finally celebrate
the birthday Lee had in Tullahoma.
592
01:01:05,094 --> 01:01:08,063
And the Drill Corps is allowing
Matt and me to get married.
593
01:01:08,164 --> 01:01:09,893
l don't believe it.
594
01:01:10,066 --> 01:01:12,261
-Ernie, the gas.
-Waiter.
595
01:01:12,935 --> 01:01:15,836
l don't want this to get around the club,
but l've saved $8...
596
01:01:15,938 --> 01:01:17,929
out of last week's housekeeping money.
597
01:01:18,041 --> 01:01:21,738
Baby, Gen. Custer's very proud of you.
598
01:01:24,814 --> 01:01:26,281
-Waiter.
-Yes, sir?
599
01:01:26,382 --> 01:01:29,078
A bottle of Piper-Heidsieck '53, please.
600
01:01:29,419 --> 01:01:31,444
Domestic, if you haven't got that.
601
01:01:31,554 --> 01:01:33,784
ln which case, just forget all about it.
602
01:01:33,890 --> 01:01:36,415
-We have Piper-Heidsieck '53, sir.
-Fine.
603
01:01:36,526 --> 01:01:39,120
l always knew Matt had a lot of class.
604
01:01:39,929 --> 01:01:42,227
You're gonna pay for the check, you know.
605
01:01:42,331 --> 01:01:45,061
Due entirely to my unhappy childhood.
606
01:01:45,168 --> 01:01:47,864
Ask Tony Rinaldi, he'll tell you all about it.
607
01:01:47,970 --> 01:01:50,461
And Tony will tell you
it's your hypothalamus.
608
01:01:50,573 --> 01:01:52,905
What in the world is your hypothalamus?
609
01:01:54,911 --> 01:01:58,403
l don't really know,
but according to Tony, you need it.
610
01:02:09,592 --> 01:02:13,619
l'm not the kind of a guy to go
for the light touch in this sort of thing.
611
01:02:14,197 --> 01:02:16,256
l don't want to go heavy on it, either.
612
01:02:16,365 --> 01:02:19,960
l only wish l could think of some
words that aren't used so often.
613
01:02:22,038 --> 01:02:23,938
However, l can't. So...
614
01:02:25,274 --> 01:02:27,674
health and happiness to you both...
615
01:02:28,177 --> 01:02:29,576
long life...
616
01:02:29,746 --> 01:02:31,145
and contentment...
617
01:02:32,648 --> 01:02:35,173
and a sense, in the end, of a job well done.
618
01:02:35,284 --> 01:02:37,844
Thank you, Lee, from both of us.
619
01:02:38,254 --> 01:02:40,222
And many happy returns.
620
01:02:40,990 --> 01:02:42,981
And a happy birthday, Lee.
621
01:02:43,092 --> 01:02:45,185
-Happy birthday.
-Thank you.
622
01:02:48,264 --> 01:02:52,325
General Custer, how about taking
your old lady on the dance floor?
623
01:02:53,536 --> 01:02:55,026
Say, Matt....
624
01:02:55,371 --> 01:02:57,635
Would you like to dance with me?
625
01:04:25,294 --> 01:04:27,319
lt works, doesn't it, Dad?
626
01:04:30,132 --> 01:04:31,895
Sure it works, Mike.
627
01:04:35,471 --> 01:04:38,099
You don't think l'd give you
a toy at your age, do you?
628
01:04:38,207 --> 01:04:39,572
l mean, it really works.
629
01:04:39,775 --> 01:04:41,868
l set it for 4:25 for myself...
630
01:04:42,044 --> 01:04:46,242
and then l set it for 4:26 to wake you up
and show you that it works.
631
01:04:49,919 --> 01:04:52,615
That's the good old scientific approach.
632
01:05:21,183 --> 01:05:23,413
What's this bit?
You watching me shave now?
633
01:05:23,519 --> 01:05:25,953
Sure, so l'll know how, of course.
634
01:05:26,055 --> 01:05:28,580
lt'll only be five years before l have to.
635
01:05:28,691 --> 01:05:30,283
Maybe only four.
636
01:05:32,728 --> 01:05:34,696
Getting a little stubbly?
637
01:05:34,864 --> 01:05:37,298
You have to anticipate, don't you?
638
01:05:38,401 --> 01:05:41,802
Sure, Mike, you can anticipate
as much as you want to.
639
01:05:43,072 --> 01:05:45,131
You take a tip from an old hand.
640
01:05:45,308 --> 01:05:47,833
Don't be in such a hurry to grow up.
641
01:05:48,177 --> 01:05:50,042
You can never go back.
642
01:05:50,212 --> 01:05:52,180
And when you're a man...
643
01:05:54,317 --> 01:05:57,343
you be a man. You know what l mean?
644
01:05:58,421 --> 01:06:01,151
Uncle Matt's gonna marry Pamela, isn't he?
645
01:06:01,290 --> 01:06:03,281
That's what they tell me.
646
01:06:03,492 --> 01:06:06,120
Does he really go for that love stuff?
647
01:06:06,262 --> 01:06:09,288
You just wait five years, maybe only four.
648
01:06:09,899 --> 01:06:12,629
l turn the love stuff off on television.
649
01:06:12,802 --> 01:06:14,235
Along with the commercials?
650
01:06:14,337 --> 01:06:18,000
No. l like the commercials.
But you can have all that love stuff.
651
01:06:18,441 --> 01:06:20,204
Let's talk about the X-15.
652
01:06:20,309 --> 01:06:21,799
We usually do.
653
01:06:23,212 --> 01:06:26,841
lt said in the papers that
Number Three Bird would never fly again.
654
01:06:26,949 --> 01:06:30,248
l bet the North Americans
are working on it right now.
655
01:06:31,454 --> 01:06:33,513
Where do you hear all this?
656
01:06:33,756 --> 01:06:35,246
l'll tell you.
657
01:06:35,424 --> 01:06:38,086
Mom has some kind
of a deal with you, l know.
658
01:06:39,028 --> 01:06:42,395
Women. She's actually afraid
of some of the flying you do.
659
01:06:42,498 --> 01:06:45,160
So she makes you tell her everything
before you do it.
660
01:06:45,267 --> 01:06:47,827
That way, she says she won't be frightened.
661
01:06:48,237 --> 01:06:50,432
So, when you tell her, l listen.
662
01:06:50,539 --> 01:06:53,235
But believe me, Dad, l don't take notes...
663
01:06:53,342 --> 01:06:55,435
and l don't put anything down on paper.
664
01:06:55,544 --> 01:06:57,637
Well, you're under arrest anyhow.
665
01:07:06,288 --> 01:07:09,121
l want to straighten you out on something.
666
01:07:11,460 --> 01:07:13,451
And l don't want you to ever forget it.
667
01:07:14,397 --> 01:07:16,024
You know, your mother...
668
01:07:16,132 --> 01:07:18,657
is a fine, solid woman.
669
01:07:19,869 --> 01:07:22,497
So when you say, ''Women!'' like that...
670
01:07:23,672 --> 01:07:26,732
don't ever mean your mother, okay?
671
01:07:33,382 --> 01:07:34,610
Nothing.
672
01:07:48,546 --> 01:07:51,770
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673
01:09:20,389 --> 01:09:22,254
NASA One to Chase planes.
674
01:09:22,358 --> 01:09:23,950
X-15 on profile.
675
01:10:31,460 --> 01:10:33,155
This is X-15 to NASA One.
676
01:10:33,262 --> 01:10:35,958
Premature shutdown
due to pump overspeed.
677
01:10:36,065 --> 01:10:40,331
Short of profile, 20 percent fuel remaining.
Shall I restart?
678
01:10:41,136 --> 01:10:43,730
Negative, Matt. Do not restart.
679
01:10:44,540 --> 01:10:46,007
Watch your angle of attack.
680
01:10:46,108 --> 01:10:48,474
He's passing through the 40-mile level.
681
01:11:03,959 --> 01:11:06,826
You're getting heat, Matt.
You're below 40 miles.
682
01:11:07,696 --> 01:11:10,028
Matt, increase your angle of attack.
683
01:11:10,132 --> 01:11:11,292
Wilco.
684
01:11:18,407 --> 01:11:20,068
X-15 to NASA One.
685
01:11:20,376 --> 01:11:24,142
Excessive heat increasing at this level,
shallow angle.
686
01:11:41,363 --> 01:11:43,160
NASA One to X-15.
687
01:11:43,565 --> 01:11:45,760
Matt, increase your angle.
688
01:11:46,402 --> 01:11:49,371
You're going to exceed
your temperature limit.
689
01:12:06,355 --> 01:12:08,414
NASA One to X-15.
690
01:12:09,425 --> 01:12:11,325
Altitude, 35 miles.
691
01:12:12,728 --> 01:12:14,218
Speed, 4,000.
692
01:12:14,830 --> 01:12:16,593
lncrease your angle, Matt.
693
01:12:16,699 --> 01:12:18,826
You're exceeding the design limit.
694
01:13:00,542 --> 01:13:02,339
NASA One to Chase planes.
695
01:13:02,444 --> 01:13:04,173
Spread out to both areas.
696
01:13:04,546 --> 01:13:06,446
He's going to be short.
697
01:13:17,426 --> 01:13:19,018
NASA One to X-15.
698
01:13:19,661 --> 01:13:22,596
You're inside
the temperature envelope, Matt.
699
01:13:22,898 --> 01:13:24,832
Turn to 197 degrees.
700
01:13:25,033 --> 01:13:28,594
We have you 100 miles outside
the recovery perimeter.
701
01:13:28,904 --> 01:13:30,838
Go to max LlD.
702
01:13:33,275 --> 01:13:34,640
Stretch it.
703
01:13:38,213 --> 01:13:40,408
Change heading to 1-7-5.
704
01:13:41,083 --> 01:13:43,313
This is Chase One. Roger.
705
01:13:44,286 --> 01:13:46,015
1-7-5.
706
01:13:46,255 --> 01:13:48,382
Will call at first visual contact.
707
01:14:35,103 --> 01:14:36,695
Chase One to X-15.
708
01:14:38,540 --> 01:14:40,064
What's your altitude, Matt?
709
01:14:40,175 --> 01:14:42,473
45,000 feet. End of pullout.
710
01:14:42,911 --> 01:14:45,277
G is good. Q is good.
711
01:14:50,018 --> 01:14:52,111
Matt, you're gonna be short.
712
01:14:53,555 --> 01:14:55,489
Chase One to NASA One.
713
01:14:55,691 --> 01:14:57,682
In position for recovery.
714
01:15:09,371 --> 01:15:12,465
Matt, this is Lee. I have you in sight.
715
01:15:12,574 --> 01:15:15,099
Hold it steady, I'm going to come in close.
716
01:15:15,210 --> 01:15:17,041
Right, Lee. What's the story?
717
01:15:17,145 --> 01:15:18,840
You're too short to glide in.
718
01:15:18,947 --> 01:15:21,177
Any fuel left for an extra air start?
719
01:15:21,350 --> 01:15:23,875
About 20 percent indicated still in the tank.
720
01:15:23,986 --> 01:15:25,613
Go to start and idle.
721
01:15:25,721 --> 01:15:27,518
Then accelerate for more altitude.
722
01:15:27,852 --> 01:15:29,658
I'm clear. Go ahead.
723
01:15:46,612 --> 01:15:48,081
�����
724
01:16:06,261 --> 01:16:08,229
You've had an explosion.
725
01:16:08,564 --> 01:16:11,226
Shut down. Dump your fuel.
726
01:16:11,500 --> 01:16:12,797
Acknowledge, Matt.
727
01:16:12,901 --> 01:16:15,597
Shutting down. Jettisoning propellants.
728
01:16:29,952 --> 01:16:31,613
Chase One to NASA One.
729
01:16:34,389 --> 01:16:36,050
Go to secondary channel.
730
01:16:36,158 --> 01:16:38,126
Chase One to NASA One.
731
01:16:38,760 --> 01:16:41,354
We're reading you, Lee. What happened?
732
01:16:41,630 --> 01:16:44,190
Explosion in the X-15's rocket section.
733
01:16:44,299 --> 01:16:46,699
My aircraft hit by flying debris.
734
01:16:46,802 --> 01:16:48,633
Losing hydraulic pressure.
735
01:16:48,737 --> 01:16:51,797
Communicate with me
on secondary channel only, Tom.
736
01:16:52,608 --> 01:16:55,543
Okay, Lee. Can you continue support?
737
01:16:56,219 --> 01:17:01,035
������
738
01:17:04,720 --> 01:17:08,417
This is NASA One to Chase One.
Lee, do you read me? Over.
739
01:17:12,594 --> 01:17:14,255
Chase One to X-15.
740
01:17:14,363 --> 01:17:18,265
X-15 to Chase One. I hear you, Lee.
I'm burned out.
741
01:17:18,367 --> 01:17:20,961
Turning south. How bad is the damage?
742
01:17:21,336 --> 01:17:22,826
No fire, Matt.
743
01:17:23,438 --> 01:17:25,906
But some damage to the rocket section.
744
01:17:26,008 --> 01:17:27,339
Watch your speed.
745
01:17:30,846 --> 01:17:33,371
Matt, you still don't have any fire...
746
01:17:34,216 --> 01:17:36,446
and you're lined up real good.
747
01:17:40,288 --> 01:17:42,085
I'm inside the range.
748
01:17:42,457 --> 01:17:44,982
A little stretch and we'll make it.
749
01:17:47,162 --> 01:17:48,823
NASA One to Chase One.
750
01:17:48,997 --> 01:17:50,988
Lee, are you all right?
751
01:18:00,208 --> 01:18:02,870
This is Chase Two,
turning southeast to lakebed.
752
01:18:03,412 --> 01:18:05,710
May not reach position in time.
753
01:18:06,014 --> 01:18:07,675
Chase One to Chase Two.
754
01:18:07,783 --> 01:18:09,478
I'll count him down, Ernie.
755
01:18:09,584 --> 01:18:12,178
Matt, you can stretch your glide out.
756
01:18:13,055 --> 01:18:14,420
Nice going.
757
01:18:14,589 --> 01:18:16,819
Watch your angle at touchdown.
758
01:18:32,340 --> 01:18:34,467
Drop your ventral and skids.
759
01:18:40,148 --> 01:18:44,016
I'm flaring out. Give me an altitude reading.
Skids coming out.
760
01:18:55,030 --> 01:18:56,520
All set, Matt.
761
01:18:56,665 --> 01:18:58,724
I'll call you to touchdown.
762
01:19:09,111 --> 01:19:11,773
80 feet. Looks good. 60 feet.
763
01:19:47,883 --> 01:19:49,441
This is Rescue to NASA One.
764
01:19:49,551 --> 01:19:51,314
Chase One is out of control.
765
01:19:53,755 --> 01:19:55,552
Don't stall out, Lee.
766
01:19:58,727 --> 01:20:01,457
Look out, Lee. Stay with it, Lee.
767
01:20:11,506 --> 01:20:12,973
Oh, my God, he's going in.
768
01:20:53,248 --> 01:20:56,308
Oh, God!
Matt flew the X-15 today, didn't he?
769
01:20:58,220 --> 01:20:59,949
Maggie, please call.
770
01:21:01,189 --> 01:21:04,989
Pamela, we can't. They won't give out
any information over the telephone.
771
01:21:05,126 --> 01:21:06,821
-Could--
-We just have to wait.
772
01:21:51,373 --> 01:21:52,806
NASA One. Deparma.
773
01:22:02,050 --> 01:22:04,848
No, we were just waiting to hear from you.
774
01:22:05,387 --> 01:22:06,547
Right.
775
01:22:08,223 --> 01:22:09,315
Over.
776
01:22:20,168 --> 01:22:22,762
They said they couldn't find anything.
777
01:22:23,571 --> 01:22:25,436
They said, ''Forget it.''
778
01:22:41,161 --> 01:22:51,727
������
779
01:24:28,229 --> 01:24:31,858
l'd put my arms around you, Maggy,
and let you cry, but...
780
01:24:32,801 --> 01:24:34,962
l guess it's a little too soon for that.
781
01:24:35,070 --> 01:24:36,037
l know.
782
01:24:39,707 --> 01:24:42,232
l've got the rest of my life to cry.
783
01:24:53,621 --> 01:24:56,556
Lee only let Control know he was in trouble.
784
01:24:56,724 --> 01:24:59,352
He stayed to guide me
and count me down to the landing...
785
01:24:59,461 --> 01:25:01,395
where it was too low for him to eject.
786
01:25:03,998 --> 01:25:05,465
Thanks, Matt.
787
01:25:06,835 --> 01:25:09,497
Give me a few minutes alone, will you?
788
01:26:01,544 --> 01:26:03,935
Ernie!
789
01:26:07,428 --> 01:26:08,690
lt's Lee.
790
01:26:18,007 --> 01:26:20,690
Matt!
791
01:26:25,235 --> 01:26:27,116
- Maggy?
- Not yet.
792
01:26:27,769 --> 01:26:29,650
Not yet.
793
01:27:11,492 --> 01:27:12,720
Poor kid.
794
01:27:17,166 --> 01:27:19,700
����
795
01:27:20,802 --> 01:27:23,362
-Listen to me.
-l won't listen!
796
01:27:31,779 --> 01:27:33,144
Easy, Mike.
797
01:27:34,315 --> 01:27:36,283
-Take it easy.
-Leave me alone!
798
01:27:40,188 --> 01:27:41,587
Mike. Don't.
799
01:27:42,657 --> 01:27:44,022
Easy, Mike.
800
01:27:45,960 --> 01:27:48,190
l don't want my father to be dead!
801
01:27:54,656 --> 01:27:57,605
�����
802
01:27:58,006 --> 01:28:02,033
Everybody's got their own ax to grind.
As far as l'm concerned, the hell with them!
803
01:28:02,210 --> 01:28:06,340
l'm glad to hear you feel that way about it.
But they want answers.
804
01:28:07,015 --> 01:28:09,300
They call Lee's death
an unnecessary loss on a routine mission.
805
01:28:09,301 --> 01:28:11,100
������
806
01:28:11,119 --> 01:28:15,249
-Now, how do you talk to people like that?
-You don't talk to them.
807
01:28:15,423 --> 01:28:17,400
You try to educate those people,
you wind up talking to yourself.
808
01:28:17,401 --> 01:28:18,401
������
809
01:28:18,926 --> 01:28:20,951
They suffered no personal loss.
810
01:28:21,162 --> 01:28:24,427
To them,
this is just headlines and statistics.
811
01:28:25,266 --> 01:28:28,258
l read once, you never argue with statistics.
812
01:28:28,870 --> 01:28:32,397
You remember, once, we had
a conversation about overexposure?
813
01:28:32,573 --> 01:28:35,167
Watching for breakdowns,
getting too fine an edge?
814
01:28:35,376 --> 01:28:37,810
You told me, ''You gotta stay on top of it.''
815
01:28:38,680 --> 01:28:41,478
l know, Craig. l'm trying to forget about it.
816
01:28:42,483 --> 01:28:45,000
l thought l could take the human factor
element and hold it out at arm's length....
817
01:28:45,001 --> 01:28:47,299
���
818
01:28:47,300 --> 01:28:49,482
l was doing all right with it, too...
819
01:28:49,924 --> 01:28:51,721
until this afternoon.
820
01:28:58,533 --> 01:29:02,867
Tom, nobody buys personal loss anymore.
Only statistics, you know that.
821
01:29:05,139 --> 01:29:07,334
The cold, callous Col. Brewster...
822
01:29:07,575 --> 01:29:10,066
and the abused, browbeaten Deparma.
823
01:29:10,778 --> 01:29:13,144
Like it or not, we'll be back here tomorrow...
824
01:29:13,247 --> 01:29:15,909
with a new replacement,
and a brand new countdown.
825
01:29:16,384 --> 01:29:18,511
Statistically neat and simple.
826
01:29:26,127 --> 01:29:30,791
ln the NASA conference room
in Washington, D.C., three years ago...
827
01:29:31,299 --> 01:29:33,300
something was said which l think
should be repeated at this time.
828
01:29:33,301 --> 01:29:35,900
�����
829
01:29:36,070 --> 01:29:38,402
We said, when the time comes...
830
01:29:38,740 --> 01:29:42,938
choosing one of them will take absolutely
nothing away from any of the others...
831
01:29:43,177 --> 01:29:45,577
because each one will have made...
832
01:29:45,847 --> 01:29:49,908
more than significant contributions
to the success of the program.
833
01:29:50,284 --> 01:29:54,653
l'm sure all of you here agree with me
that the team has done just that.
834
01:29:59,994 --> 01:30:01,484
Matt Powell...
835
01:30:02,730 --> 01:30:06,359
will make the first attempt
for a maximum-performance try.
836
01:30:08,102 --> 01:30:10,070
Lt. Cmdr. Joe Lacrosse...
837
01:30:10,738 --> 01:30:15,471
who is familiar to all of us,
as is his fine record, will fly Chase One.
838
01:30:16,210 --> 01:30:20,408
Joe, l'm sure l speak for everybody
here when l say, ''Welcome aboard.''
839
01:30:20,782 --> 01:30:21,806
Thank you, sir.
840
01:30:22,483 --> 01:30:24,110
And Maj. Wilde...
841
01:30:26,721 --> 01:30:28,018
Chase Two.
842
01:30:32,293 --> 01:30:36,696
The countdown is underway, gentlemen.
The drop will be over Ely, Nevada.
843
01:30:37,064 --> 01:30:41,000
This will be a full power to burn out,
for maximum altitude try.
844
01:30:42,470 --> 01:30:44,904
Prelaunch briefing at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow.
845
01:30:45,173 --> 01:30:46,504
That's it.
846
01:31:14,168 --> 01:31:15,260
How about dinner?
847
01:31:18,673 --> 01:31:21,233
New alloy for the source regulator.
848
01:31:21,776 --> 01:31:23,869
Won't malfunction anymore.
849
01:31:26,647 --> 01:31:28,706
Yeah, l'm tickled to death.
850
01:31:45,933 --> 01:31:47,901
What the hell is wrong with you?
851
01:31:48,002 --> 01:31:50,195
-Nothing.
-Don't give me that.
852
01:31:50,200 --> 01:31:52,733
l've been watching these last weeks,
straining, pushing yourself.
853
01:31:52,874 --> 01:31:55,536
Don't give me speeches.
l've heard all l want to hear.
854
01:31:55,643 --> 01:31:58,077
You're not to blame.
The investigation showed that.
855
01:31:58,212 --> 01:32:01,773
lnvestigation, that's fine. What about
the politicians on the sidelines...
856
01:32:01,883 --> 01:32:04,750
and some of the press
squeezing at Deparma and Brewster?
857
01:32:04,852 --> 01:32:08,982
You'd think this whole thing
were going on in a dark cave somewhere.
858
01:32:09,690 --> 01:32:13,251
You can't cram this stuff
down somebody's throat. lt takes time.
859
01:32:15,363 --> 01:32:18,161
How much time does it take
to show that this isn't routine?
860
01:32:18,733 --> 01:32:21,668
Lee had plenty of time to eject and didn't.
861
01:32:22,436 --> 01:32:24,461
And that's routine, is it?
862
01:32:25,006 --> 01:32:27,702
Don't think l haven't been asking
myself questions, too.
863
01:32:27,808 --> 01:32:30,299
lt isn't any good.
l'll tell you one thing, though...
864
01:32:30,411 --> 01:32:34,871
if Lee knew what we were blubbering
about, he'd probably laugh at us both.
865
01:32:38,986 --> 01:32:41,284
Yeah, maybe you're right, Ernie.
866
01:32:42,723 --> 01:32:44,247
lt's just a little too soon.
867
01:32:45,893 --> 01:32:47,258
Sure it is.
868
01:32:48,996 --> 01:32:52,591
Come on, let's go.
The girls are going to burn the steaks.
869
01:32:59,874 --> 01:33:03,833
-l'm gonna take you up to 200,000 feet.
-Pressure looks through at 100,000 feet.
870
01:33:03,945 --> 01:33:06,743
Good. Let me know if you feel any change.
871
01:33:07,782 --> 01:33:09,010
Will do.
872
01:33:32,206 --> 01:33:35,300
l'll be taking off for Ely now.
l'll talk to you at rendezvous.
873
01:33:35,409 --> 01:33:38,071
Stay in the slot, and happy profile.
874
01:33:38,479 --> 01:33:39,503
Right, Ernie.
875
01:34:42,643 --> 01:34:44,668
High-range stations reporting in.
876
01:34:44,779 --> 01:34:49,273
Good. Advise high-range
to switch all channels on at 0900.
877
01:34:53,254 --> 01:34:57,247
Okay, better start your cockpit check.
You'll be sealed in about 20 minutes.
878
01:34:57,525 --> 01:34:59,117
All right, Tony.
879
01:35:12,873 --> 01:35:17,333
All right, we'll start the cockpit check
at left-hand console.
880
01:35:17,645 --> 01:35:21,581
-Left-hand console, radio set, main channel.
-Dial set.
881
01:35:22,316 --> 01:35:25,752
-Facemask heat switch off.
-Switch off.
882
01:35:25,953 --> 01:35:27,750
lntercom switch on.
883
01:35:39,667 --> 01:35:43,103
Oxygen check. Select. B-52 oxygen.
884
01:35:44,739 --> 01:35:47,799
-B-52 oxygen.
-That's it.
885
01:36:13,167 --> 01:36:15,294
NASA One to X-15.
886
01:36:15,770 --> 01:36:17,863
X-15 to NASA One. Go ahead.
887
01:36:19,573 --> 01:36:21,131
Best of luck from all of us.
888
01:36:21,442 --> 01:36:22,807
Right, Tom.
889
01:36:28,382 --> 01:36:30,350
We've got little less than an hour.
890
01:36:58,646 --> 01:37:02,673
Number one is minus 15.
Number two is minus 30.
891
01:37:03,284 --> 01:37:07,050
My engine lox source is just about zero.
892
01:37:07,154 --> 01:37:10,146
Fuel gas source,
number one and number two.
893
01:38:58,666 --> 01:39:01,226
Let's go, boys. There goes Chase One.
894
01:39:11,812 --> 01:39:15,248
Matt, Control is ready
for stable platform checklist.
895
01:39:21,689 --> 01:39:24,385
X-15 to all stations. Continuing checklist.
896
01:39:24,825 --> 01:39:28,625
X-15 power on. B-52 power off.
897
01:39:29,229 --> 01:39:30,719
Windshield heat on.
898
01:39:31,065 --> 01:39:34,557
Stable platform transition
to internal power, okay.
899
01:39:45,379 --> 01:39:47,176
NASA One to X-15.
900
01:39:47,982 --> 01:39:51,816
Eight minutes from launch.
Go to X-15 oxygen.
901
01:39:52,353 --> 01:39:55,083
Launch operator, check for clear system.
902
01:39:55,689 --> 01:39:58,419
Prepare to go to manual for lox top off.
903
01:39:58,726 --> 01:40:03,129
X-15 to Chase Two.
Ready for fuel jettison test. Acknowledge.
904
01:40:03,464 --> 01:40:05,489
I'm in line, Matt. Let her go.
905
01:40:13,941 --> 01:40:17,240
You're okay, Matt. Check out to item 224.
906
01:40:17,411 --> 01:40:20,073
Wilco. 224 checked out.
907
01:40:23,851 --> 01:40:28,015
X-15 to NASA One.
Jettison system working okay.
908
01:40:28,422 --> 01:40:31,152
Source pressure good.
Power transfer normal.
909
01:40:31,258 --> 01:40:32,919
Ball nose readings coming up.
910
01:40:35,929 --> 01:40:37,920
This is Chase One to X-15.
911
01:40:38,565 --> 01:40:40,328
Mark two minutes to launch point.
912
01:40:40,501 --> 01:40:41,798
Aye, aye, Joe.
913
01:40:42,002 --> 01:40:46,871
NASA One to all stations.
l have launch minus 90 seconds.
914
01:40:47,541 --> 01:40:51,944
X-15 to all stations. Switching to internal
trip light at launch point.
915
01:40:52,179 --> 01:40:54,409
Come in, Ely, come in, Beatty.
916
01:40:55,082 --> 01:40:59,815
Master switch on, data on.
I have start and idle.
917
01:41:00,354 --> 01:41:03,517
Lox pump bearing 37 degrees minimum.
918
01:41:04,358 --> 01:41:06,053
Okay at 40 degrees.
919
01:41:06,627 --> 01:41:09,653
Switch all recorders
and oscillographs to fast.
920
01:41:09,830 --> 01:41:11,297
Switching to fast.
921
01:41:13,267 --> 01:41:18,136
l have 10 seconds and counting.
Support aircraft in position.
922
01:41:26,146 --> 01:41:27,670
Nine seconds...
923
01:41:28,582 --> 01:41:30,174
eight seconds...
924
01:41:30,350 --> 01:41:32,443
seven seconds and counting.
925
01:41:32,920 --> 01:41:34,751
Set launch lever to ready.
926
01:41:35,656 --> 01:41:38,090
Five, four...
927
01:41:39,059 --> 01:41:41,425
three, two...
928
01:41:43,831 --> 01:41:44,820
one.
929
01:41:48,602 --> 01:41:51,230
He's away, NASA One. Falling clear.
930
01:42:07,121 --> 01:42:09,919
Chase Two to X-15. Hold that heading, Matt.
931
01:42:31,445 --> 01:42:36,109
Chase Two to X-15. You're on profile.
I'm reaching my maximum.
932
01:42:49,796 --> 01:42:53,892
Chase Two to NASA One.
Visual now negative. He's out of sight.
933
01:42:56,370 --> 01:43:00,170
NASA One to Chase Two.
He's right on profile, Ernie.
934
01:43:00,974 --> 01:43:02,965
Passing the 30-mile limit.
935
01:43:03,210 --> 01:43:07,510
Maximum power.
He's reaching maximum speed.
936
01:44:42,809 --> 01:44:46,677
NASA One to all stations.
Matt Powell has successfully made his exit...
937
01:44:46,780 --> 01:44:48,907
and is in his coasting path.
938
01:44:50,384 --> 01:44:52,352
Over 100 miles up!
939
01:45:35,796 --> 01:45:38,697
Begin your re-entry on mark minus five.
940
01:45:39,366 --> 01:45:41,630
Set your angle at 18 degrees.
941
01:45:43,036 --> 01:45:45,834
Steady. One, two...
942
01:45:46,373 --> 01:45:48,307
three, four...
943
01:45:48,675 --> 01:45:50,768
five, mark.
944
01:46:09,963 --> 01:46:11,954
Your re-entry looks good, Matt.
945
01:46:12,265 --> 01:46:15,530
G's are good. Q's are good.
946
01:46:19,773 --> 01:46:22,105
Fact has overtaken fiction.
947
01:46:23,343 --> 01:46:27,074
The pathfinders have marked
and illuminated a trail in space...
948
01:46:27,180 --> 01:46:29,705
for the others who soon will follow.
949
01:46:30,650 --> 01:46:34,780
This is the beginning
of the natural extension...
950
01:46:35,322 --> 01:46:37,119
of man's capabilities.
951
01:46:41,772 --> 01:46:47,008
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