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[John F. Kennedy]
We choose to go to the moon.
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We choose to go to the moon.
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We choose to go to the moon
in this decade and do the other things,
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not because they are easy,
but because they are hard.
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[man on radio] Look at that.
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That's beautiful.
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It's got to be one of the most proud
moments of my life. I guarantee you.
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[man] With a flight
that lasted just 15 minutes,
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Alan Shepard became
America's first astronaut.
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In a parabolic suborbital arc,
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his tiny Mercury spacecraft climbed
to an altitude of just 116 miles.
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He experienced
only about four minutes of zero gravity,
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couldn't see where he was going because
there was no forward-facing window,
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and he splashed down just 302 miles
from where he had started.
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Those 15 minutes
in the spring of 1961 were just a taste
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of other longer flights America's
first astronaut planned on making.
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But as fate would have it, Alan Shepard
would spend his next ten years wondering
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if those 15 minutes
were all he was allowed
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in humankind's voyage
from the Earth to the moon.
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They should give you a manual
for this thing.
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Damn thing.
Where on earth did you get that thing?
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- You're getting old, boy.
- Stop messing with that thing.
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I ain't gonna take
no damn picture anyway.
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- Come on, take a picture for him.
- I'm not gonna take a picture.
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Just take a picture, Bud, all right?
I promised my boy.
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They probably ain't gonna bring him
nowhere near here.
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No. Mr. Taylor said
that we could meet him.
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Mr. Taylor told you that, did he?
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Yes, he did. He wouldn't lie about that.
He's a straight-up guy.
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If you ask me, Shepard's flight
wasn't such a big deal anyway.
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Uh-oh!
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Just a few more guys to meet and greet,
then I promise it's all business.
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- More hands to shake?
- You should be used to it by now.
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- I mean, he didn't orbit.
- That's right. He's right about that.
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It was just like that monkey.
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Well, all I know is he was first.
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These gentlemen are our drillers.
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Okey dokey.
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[man] Hey, boys. How's it going?
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- [man 2] Hey, Mr. Taylor.
- Hey, how are you?
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Like for you to meet Alan B. Shepard,
our first astronaut in space.
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- It's a pleasure.
- What's your name?
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- It's Bud, sir.
- How are you?
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It's a real honor to meet you.
My boy thinks the world of you.
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All right.
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How are you? Good to meet you.
You boys are working, huh?
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- Yes, sir.
- Hot one, eh?
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- Okay. Good to meet you.
- Good to meet you.
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Finally give you a chance
to see what your money's buying.
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- Hopefully oil.
- Commander Shepard.
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Hey, is it true that you're gonna
command the first Gemini mission?
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I'm sure whatever NASA's plans are,
they'll be announcing them soon.
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Hey, maybe you'll be
first to the moon too.
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I'm the best pilot they got.
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[laughter]
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I wouldn't bet against him
if I were you.
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- Commander, could I get a picture?
- All right, guys. No more questions.
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The man did come here for a reason.
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[Alan] Okay, Ben,
what is this test we're gonna be doing?
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We have a crew to check
for hydrocarbons in the well
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which gives us a rough
idea of its potential.
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They have a probe they'll be lowering
down to take a look at...
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[voice fades]
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[Taylor] Hey, you all right, Al?
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[gags, groans]
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I'm all right.
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- Come on.
- [groans]
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- Somebody get a doctor!
- [retches]
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Charlie.
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[clicks]
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[man] Guess I'll have to learn
to fly left-handed.
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God, I wish we'd had this
translational control on Mercury.
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- Now you got a real window.
- Yeah.
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Okay, here is the O2 high-rate recheck.
Whose job is that?
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- I think that would be my function.
- Yes, sir. Good.
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- This is a beautiful craft.
- Yes, sir.
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I gotta go to the head.
Stepping out, boys.
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Need you to log out as usual, Al.
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Hey.
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[water runs]
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That son of a bitch
is like a little sports car.
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- A little two-seater.
- Yeah. It's nice.
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What's on your mind, Tom?
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You sure have been
going to the head a lot lately.
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I'm on a diuretic.
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- You're taking medication?
- Yeah. I've had a couple dizzy spells.
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I think it's a viral infection
in my ear.
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- Flight surgeons know?
- Yeah.
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Wow. Okay. They sure it's a virus?
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I mean, is there a chance
they could ground you?
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Tom, they don't know yet.
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Uh... I've got some tests
I gotta do on Monday.
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Just keep a lid on it until then, okay?
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Okay. I mean, it's just, you know,
Deke doesn't want to split up the crews.
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- I know.
- So if you were out, I could be out too.
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I know.
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[man] "Flight surgeon's report.
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Patient: Shepard, Alan B.
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Date: June 10, 1963.
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Symptoms: hearing loss
and ringing in right ear,
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occasional attacks
of extreme nausea and vertigo.
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Diagnosis: excess fluid in inner ear
caused by Ménière's disease.
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Flight surgeon's recommendation:
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Immediate removal
from active flight status
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"for all NASA air and spacecraft."
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I'd like to start
by introducing the prime crew
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for the first manned Gemini flight,
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which will consist
of Virgil I. Grissom, command pilot,
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and John W. Young, second pilot.
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- Hi, Deke.
- As many of you may have surmised,
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the big element
in the choice of Gus Grissom
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for the command pilot of the prime crew
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is of course the fact that he is
the astronaut who has been assigned...
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Well, congratulations.
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- On what?
- On your new status.
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- I hear you can fly jets again.
- Yeah. With a copilot.
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[laughs]
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I never have trouble finding one.
These new guys all need stick time.
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That's great.
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They're not gonna let
you and I fly together.
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- Nope.
- I asked them.
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I know. You heard what they said, right?
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Yeah.
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"Two half pilots don't make a whole."
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[laughter]
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- You believe that?
- Oh, shit.
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So you thought any more about the job?
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Yeah.
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Yeah, I... I'm thinking about it.
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Come on, Al. Not that bad.
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You get to be an arrogant son of a bitch
and boss everybody around. It's fun.
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Yeah, well, that's why
you're such a great boss, Deke.
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Well, it wasn't exactly my first choice,
you know?
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And if you recall,
it wasn't exactly my idea either.
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So now you're paying me back?
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No. I'm doing exactly what you did.
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I see a need.
I know the right man for the job.
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I go after him.
So happens he's available.
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We have high hopes of flying
by the end of the year.
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These are milestones
that have to be satisfactorily met.
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All right. [sighs]
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All right.
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[Cernan] Come on, Al, you remember
what it was like back in your day,
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back in the days of Mercury.
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Anyway, I only answered one question.
The guy cornered me at my house.
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This Houston Chronicle reporter
cornered me. What am I gonna tell him?
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Tell him you don't talk to the press
without your boss's approval, period.
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You let us decide
what's good for the program, Gene.
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Even if he's just fact-checking a story?
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If you want to do a PR thing, I'll be
glad to take you out of the rotation.
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That's fine. We could use a PR guy.
Jackie Gleason's a friend of mine.
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We play golf.
Maybe I could get you on his show.
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You could do a musical number
with the June Taylor Dancers.
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- You'd like that?
- No, no, no.
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We could get a pressure suit.
They could fly you in.
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No. I'm just enthusiastic
about the program.
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I know you're enthusiastic.
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And we love that about you.
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You haven't been here that long.
Am I right?
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You love to talk, Gene.
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You have a problem with that,
you know that?
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You talk to the wrong people.
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Didn't you get enough attention
as a child?
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Stu.
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This isn't the first time.
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- You know what? I can come back.
- Stu, are you flying to the Cape Friday?
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Yeah. Why?
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[not audible]
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Let's go.
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I'm good, Al. How are you?
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[Alan] Okay, let me guess.
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Labyrinthine reactions
indicated by nystagmus
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accompanied by continued tinnitus
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suggest abnormal
endolymphatic fluid pressure
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on the semicircular canal and cochlea.
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Got it?
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[laughter]
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- [Alan] Hey, hey.
- [laughter]
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Your mother said to save the dog.
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Oh, Dad, I hope you have
a good time tonight.
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- I wish I could go.
- You do?
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No, you don't.
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- Yeah.
- It's not gonna be any fun.
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- I do, though.
- I want to go.
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Why would you want to go
when I don't want to go?
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Picasso, you don't want to go, do you?
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- [dog barks]
- [girls laugh]
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- Good night.
- Night.
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- Want me to drive?
- No, I got it.
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[engine starts]
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[high-pitched whine]
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[man]
May 5, 1961, the beginning of a new era.
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[laughter]
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[laughter]
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[laughter and applause]
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A. Bartlett Shepard's destiny
was first recognized
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in a secluded field not far from home.
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Soon after, Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
answered his country's call
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and volunteered his talents
as a naval aviator.
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[laughter]
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In this capacity, he sallied forth
on mission after mission.
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Onward to the fledgling space program,
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- where only two had gone before.
- [laughter]
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Fellow pioneers into the unknown...
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Ham and Enos.
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[laughter fades]
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[laughter faintly audible]
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This would be his legacy.
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[applause]
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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,
I'm Deke Slayton,
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the only astronaut who's been in space
for less time than Alan Shepard.
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[laughter]
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[Deke chuckles]
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[clears throat] Alan Shepard may only
have flown in space for 15 minutes,
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but he's given this program seven years
of commitment and expertise.
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And it gives me great pleasure
to introduce a great pilot
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and a great astronaut and a good friend,
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Mr. Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
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- Okay, Al, baby, you're on.
- [applause]
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- Schirra had nothing to do with this?
- I wouldn't think.
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- Thank you all very much for...
- [camera pops]
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- That's it, gentlemen.
- Come on.
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- Oh!
- [laughter]
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- No, thank you.
- No, sir.
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Come on back. There's still liquor left.
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I've never known the brass
to walk away from free liquor.
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- [laughter]
- Well, in that case!
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Maybe one.
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No, seriously,
I want to say thank you for this.
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It's...
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It's been an honor and a great privilege
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to be able to serve my country
working with all of you
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and to further
man's exploration of space.
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It's...
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Well, I wouldn't trade
any of it for anything.
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Thank you.
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One thing I neglected to mention...
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Is he retiring?
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Not that I know of.
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00:19:08,980 --> 00:19:10,190
Why doesn't he?
241
00:19:10,982 --> 00:19:14,361
I mean, he's got all that money,
and he's never gonna fly again.
242
00:19:16,363 --> 00:19:17,947
I don't know. Maybe he is.
243
00:19:19,074 --> 00:19:21,743
Gaye, that guy was driving me nuts.
I dumped it in Deke's lap.
244
00:19:21,826 --> 00:19:25,205
- Deke's gonna take care of it.
- All right. Your lunch is on time.
245
00:19:25,288 --> 00:19:28,208
The board meeting's pushed to 3:00.
So I got you the 5:00 tee time.
246
00:19:28,291 --> 00:19:30,168
- That's good.
- You be in tomorrow?
247
00:19:30,251 --> 00:19:32,587
- We'll see.
- [Gaye] Tom would like a minute.
248
00:19:32,671 --> 00:19:34,071
- Hey, Tom.
- Hi, how are you doing?
249
00:19:34,130 --> 00:19:36,841
- Okay. You want to walk with me?
- Yeah, sure.
250
00:19:36,925 --> 00:19:40,595
This friend is now an ear, nose
and throat man in Los Angeles.
251
00:19:40,679 --> 00:19:42,347
On my last trip out, I looked him up.
252
00:19:42,430 --> 00:19:44,766
He let me scrub in
and watch some surgeries.
253
00:19:44,849 --> 00:19:47,852
We got to talking, and he's
pretty curious about your problem.
254
00:19:48,353 --> 00:19:49,813
What's the latest with that?
255
00:19:51,981 --> 00:19:54,651
Uh, Tom, first off, thanks.
256
00:19:55,235 --> 00:19:57,779
But believe me, I've been to my share
of doctors with this thing
257
00:19:57,862 --> 00:20:01,616
and the general consensus is
that either it goes away on its own
258
00:20:01,700 --> 00:20:03,201
or it doesn't.
259
00:20:03,284 --> 00:20:06,830
I don't feel the symptoms anymore,
but every time I think I've got it beat,
260
00:20:07,372 --> 00:20:08,873
some doctor tells me otherwise.
261
00:20:08,957 --> 00:20:11,084
Has anybody suggested surgery?
262
00:20:11,876 --> 00:20:14,045
For Ménière's disease,
there's no such thing.
263
00:20:15,296 --> 00:20:18,925
What I do is I insert
a small silicone tube
264
00:20:19,008 --> 00:20:20,260
right in the ear canal.
265
00:20:20,802 --> 00:20:23,430
That drains off excess fluid
into the spinal column.
266
00:20:24,931 --> 00:20:26,641
- And that works?
- Mm-hmm.
267
00:20:26,975 --> 00:20:30,687
I predict about a 60% chance
of no future vertiginous episodes.
268
00:20:30,770 --> 00:20:32,439
But I could lose my hearing?
269
00:20:33,148 --> 00:20:35,483
In the affected ear, yes.
270
00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:38,027
Yeah. There's a small possibility.
271
00:20:40,697 --> 00:20:41,698
Look...
272
00:20:43,074 --> 00:20:46,161
why don't you just take some time
and think about it?
273
00:20:46,911 --> 00:20:49,205
If you have other questions,
I'd be glad to answer them.
274
00:20:54,753 --> 00:20:57,547
[woman] I know,
the medication is making you drowsy.
275
00:20:58,006 --> 00:20:59,841
- [whispers] Okay. Go ahead.
- [gas hisses]
276
00:21:00,884 --> 00:21:03,136
[man]
Okay, I want you to breathe normally
277
00:21:03,219 --> 00:21:04,721
and think of something pleasant.
278
00:21:04,804 --> 00:21:08,391
A trip to Hawaii, perhaps.
You're doing just fine.
279
00:21:09,058 --> 00:21:11,178
[woman 2] You don't have any idea
who that is, do you?
280
00:21:11,227 --> 00:21:15,523
[woman 1 ] Him? Victor Poulos,
according to his bracelet.
281
00:21:16,316 --> 00:21:18,568
[woman 2]
That is America's first astronaut.
282
00:21:20,779 --> 00:21:23,823
[woman 1 ] Right...
I think I'd recognize John Glenn.
283
00:21:28,286 --> 00:21:30,288
[not audible]
284
00:21:44,385 --> 00:21:47,180
[man] Basically, there are a number
of steps that PGNCS automates
285
00:21:47,263 --> 00:21:49,766
that on an AGS abort
must be performed manually,
286
00:21:49,849 --> 00:21:52,936
like pitching you over,
switching the guidance system,
287
00:21:53,019 --> 00:21:56,523
separating the stages
and throttling up to 100%.
288
00:21:56,981 --> 00:21:59,859
Now, of course, the AGS computer
only has a fraction
289
00:21:59,943 --> 00:22:03,154
of the PGNCS's 39-kilobyte capacity.
290
00:22:03,822 --> 00:22:05,240
Six K, I think.
291
00:22:05,323 --> 00:22:07,742
Bruce, I think it's five.
292
00:22:08,117 --> 00:22:12,163
Five. Just enough to execute
a manual abort if the PGNCS fails.
293
00:22:12,247 --> 00:22:14,249
Actually, I think we could land with it.
294
00:22:14,916 --> 00:22:16,835
You'd have a tough time
finding the right place
295
00:22:16,918 --> 00:22:18,753
without the TGO guidance algorithm.
296
00:22:19,170 --> 00:22:21,714
We could get close.
Freddo and I have in the simulator.
297
00:22:21,798 --> 00:22:22,966
[Alan] Sorry I'm late.
298
00:22:24,551 --> 00:22:27,554
You're covering the guidance systems
operations today, right?
299
00:22:27,637 --> 00:22:30,098
- Yeah, that's what we're doing now.
- Great.
300
00:22:31,266 --> 00:22:32,600
Don't let me interrupt.
301
00:22:38,064 --> 00:22:39,524
[whispers] What's he doing here?
302
00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:46,739
[laughter and chatter]
303
00:22:53,496 --> 00:22:55,373
Let me get this straight.
304
00:22:55,456 --> 00:22:58,877
Shepard marches into Deke's office
and says, "Give me Apollo 13"?
305
00:22:59,544 --> 00:23:00,837
Yeah, something like that.
306
00:23:01,713 --> 00:23:02,881
[laughs]
307
00:23:03,798 --> 00:23:05,383
"All right, Al. Let's see."
308
00:23:06,134 --> 00:23:10,305
You haven't flown in eight years.
You never orbited the Earth.
309
00:23:10,388 --> 00:23:12,891
Never set foot
in a Gemini or Apollo capsule,
310
00:23:13,433 --> 00:23:14,851
or never served as backup.
311
00:23:14,934 --> 00:23:18,104
"Why don't we make you the command pilot
for the next lunar landing?"
312
00:23:19,188 --> 00:23:22,191
Guess he just stayed at the top
of the rotation this whole time, huh?
313
00:23:22,859 --> 00:23:26,613
Did you hear that they offered McDivitt
a spot on Al's crew?
314
00:23:28,031 --> 00:23:30,116
- What'd he say?
- Turned them down.
315
00:23:31,284 --> 00:23:33,912
[laughs] He told Deke
he didn't think Shepard's ready.
316
00:23:35,371 --> 00:23:36,915
Oh, man.
317
00:23:36,998 --> 00:23:38,917
You don't have any problem
flying with Shepard?
318
00:23:39,167 --> 00:23:42,587
Why should I have a problem with it?
Flight surgeons don't have a problem.
319
00:23:42,670 --> 00:23:44,422
Deke doesn't have a problem with it.
Do you?
320
00:23:44,505 --> 00:23:47,508
- Take it easy. I'm just asking you.
- I'm just answering you.
321
00:23:50,511 --> 00:23:52,055
[scoffs]
322
00:23:55,767 --> 00:23:57,101
Alan Shepard.
323
00:23:57,644 --> 00:23:59,604
- Mitchell makes a lot more sense.
- [sighs]
324
00:23:59,687 --> 00:24:02,857
He'll get Shepard up to speed on the LEM
or cover for him.
325
00:24:03,650 --> 00:24:06,611
But it's gonna be like
having three rookies up there.
326
00:24:17,372 --> 00:24:19,123
See you on the ground, Stu-ball.
327
00:24:46,109 --> 00:24:47,652
[whistling]
328
00:24:47,735 --> 00:24:48,820
Hey, hey!
329
00:24:48,903 --> 00:24:50,697
- [laughter]
- [Alan groans]
330
00:24:53,449 --> 00:24:55,910
- Hey, boss, give us the good news.
- Are we official?
331
00:24:58,955 --> 00:25:01,249
[breathless] Yeah. We've been bumped.
332
00:25:02,583 --> 00:25:04,961
Headquarters did not approve us for 13.
333
00:25:06,754 --> 00:25:08,172
I thought it was just a formality.
334
00:25:08,256 --> 00:25:10,425
Yeah, so did I
until a couple of hours ago.
335
00:25:11,759 --> 00:25:13,845
They don't think we've got
enough time to train.
336
00:25:13,928 --> 00:25:16,055
We got a year.
Eleven's got, what, seven months.
337
00:25:16,139 --> 00:25:17,890
- Same with 12.
- They know that, Ed.
338
00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:25,606
I told Deke that we'd be ready.
He says that he told them.
339
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:28,860
But they're giving it to...
340
00:25:30,361 --> 00:25:32,447
They're giving it
to Lovell, Mattingly and Haise.
341
00:25:32,530 --> 00:25:33,781
[gasps]
342
00:25:34,323 --> 00:25:35,491
You've got to be kidding me.
343
00:25:38,411 --> 00:25:42,498
We still got a good shot at 14.
We'll know about that soon.
344
00:25:42,582 --> 00:25:44,667
- Did we do something wrong?
- No.
345
00:25:44,751 --> 00:25:49,047
They know how sharp you guys are.
We all know how sharp you guys are.
346
00:25:49,130 --> 00:25:50,798
Then what are they worried about?
347
00:25:56,429 --> 00:25:57,638
[scoffs]
348
00:25:58,765 --> 00:26:00,433
Put yourself in their position.
349
00:26:01,642 --> 00:26:03,561
I don't get it. They've seen you train.
350
00:26:03,644 --> 00:26:05,354
No. They're just being cautious.
351
00:26:06,939 --> 00:26:09,984
How would it look if they gave me
the flight and something went wrong?
352
00:26:18,076 --> 00:26:20,286
[man] I'm much younger
than Alan Shepard myself,
353
00:26:20,369 --> 00:26:22,997
and I'm still in
excellent physical condition.
354
00:26:24,123 --> 00:26:28,419
But there's been a lot of
empire-building going on and politics.
355
00:26:30,505 --> 00:26:32,673
I would've loved to head
my own lunar flight.
356
00:26:35,093 --> 00:26:36,928
But I'm not gonna compromise my belief
357
00:26:37,011 --> 00:26:39,972
that a man should be
fully dedicated to the program...
358
00:26:41,182 --> 00:26:43,559
beyond his own personal ambitions,
that's all.
359
00:26:44,894 --> 00:26:47,271
Boy, harsh words
from a former colleague, Al.
360
00:26:47,355 --> 00:26:49,107
Well, that's Gordo.
361
00:26:49,190 --> 00:26:53,444
All right. What we're trying
to do here is a little tease.
362
00:26:53,528 --> 00:26:57,323
We're trying to create a tease, a piece
of film we can put in the beginning,
363
00:26:57,406 --> 00:27:00,034
where you maybe go into it...
it was a rough comeback,
364
00:27:00,118 --> 00:27:02,995
and it seemed like you wouldn't make it,
and you finally did.
365
00:27:03,079 --> 00:27:07,750
And I'm gonna try to think of a question
that hopefully will lead you into that.
366
00:27:07,834 --> 00:27:09,460
- Hopefully.
- [laughs] Okay.
367
00:27:09,544 --> 00:27:12,004
Maybe I'll ask something
about Apollo 13,
368
00:27:12,672 --> 00:27:14,715
which at one point
was gonna be your mission.
369
00:27:14,799 --> 00:27:17,760
Same thing with Apollo 1,
if you hadn't been grounded at the time.
370
00:27:18,177 --> 00:27:20,596
So in retrospect,
two incredible strokes of luck.
371
00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:22,223
We'll just go into it, all right.
372
00:27:22,306 --> 00:27:24,146
Just ask me a question.
We'll see what happens.
373
00:27:24,225 --> 00:27:28,146
We'll just see what comes up naturally,
okay? We rolling?
374
00:27:28,229 --> 00:27:29,981
- Okay. You ready?
- I'm ready. Yeah, sure.
375
00:27:30,064 --> 00:27:31,858
Two. One.
376
00:27:32,233 --> 00:27:34,527
As the launch date
for Apollo 14 approaches,
377
00:27:34,610 --> 00:27:37,905
NASA reels from cutbacks
and waning support.
378
00:27:38,364 --> 00:27:41,784
America's first astronaut,
Alan Shepard, now 47,
379
00:27:42,368 --> 00:27:45,746
prepares to become
the oldest American to fly in space.
380
00:27:46,706 --> 00:27:49,167
It's been a long road back
to flight status for Al,
381
00:27:49,542 --> 00:27:52,336
made possible
by an experimental ear surgery.
382
00:27:53,004 --> 00:27:54,463
So, Al, tell me.
383
00:27:55,047 --> 00:27:58,718
Given your medical history
and limited space experience,
384
00:27:58,801 --> 00:28:02,638
would you have chosen yourself
to rescue the space program
385
00:28:02,722 --> 00:28:04,807
after the near-tragedy of Apollo 13?
386
00:28:06,058 --> 00:28:09,604
Well, Jules, I certainly feel
more than up to the task.
387
00:28:10,021 --> 00:28:12,523
I've had my ups and downs,
Jules, like everybody else.
388
00:28:12,607 --> 00:28:15,526
But those problems are behind me now.
389
00:28:15,610 --> 00:28:17,361
In fact,
I'm in better physical condition
390
00:28:17,445 --> 00:28:18,905
than I've been in years.
391
00:28:18,988 --> 00:28:21,073
[man on radio]
Here we go. Twenty seconds.
392
00:28:21,157 --> 00:28:22,491
Guidance still up.
393
00:28:22,575 --> 00:28:24,035
The guidance system now going...
394
00:28:24,118 --> 00:28:27,163
[Alan] You have to remember
that it's not just me going.
395
00:28:27,246 --> 00:28:28,873
There's Edgar Mitchell...
396
00:28:31,542 --> 00:28:32,793
Stu Roosa...
397
00:28:33,961 --> 00:28:36,505
and thousands of people
involved in the Apollo program.
398
00:28:38,299 --> 00:28:41,886
[man on radio]
Three, two, one, zero.
399
00:29:25,221 --> 00:29:27,056
She's going. Everything's good.
400
00:29:29,475 --> 00:29:30,810
Beautiful.
401
00:29:31,644 --> 00:29:33,312
[man on radio]
Cabin pressure coming down.
402
00:29:33,396 --> 00:29:36,107
Adjusting from sea level
to a space environment.
403
00:29:36,190 --> 00:29:38,943
Status check in Mission Control
coming up all greens
404
00:29:39,026 --> 00:29:40,820
on the Flight Director's console.
405
00:29:41,362 --> 00:29:43,114
Communication has been a little dicey.
406
00:29:43,197 --> 00:29:47,618
There's been some interference,
though it's been consistent.
407
00:29:47,702 --> 00:29:51,706
So I'm not concerned about it at all
if you guys aren't.
408
00:29:52,331 --> 00:29:57,920
You know, what I find disconcerting
is the delay in the relay.
409
00:29:59,672 --> 00:30:02,925
It's a constant reminder
of how far we are from Earth.
410
00:30:04,260 --> 00:30:07,471
Al, we thought you might be interested
in knowing we have a Dr. House here
411
00:30:07,555 --> 00:30:08,931
at the surgeon's console.
412
00:30:09,015 --> 00:30:12,101
He'll be monitoring the progress
of the mission for the next few minutes.
413
00:30:14,103 --> 00:30:15,980
Good evening, William.
Glad to have you aboard.
414
00:30:16,397 --> 00:30:20,359
- Thanks. Great to be here.
- He's waving back at you.
415
00:30:22,194 --> 00:30:24,322
Tell him I'm okay, Freddo. I'm okay.
416
00:30:27,783 --> 00:30:28,909
He rogers that.
417
00:30:37,710 --> 00:30:40,546
[man on radio] Kitty Hawk, Houston.
You are go for undocking.
418
00:30:42,214 --> 00:30:44,592
[Roosa on radio]
Roger, Houston. Go for undock.
419
00:30:47,678 --> 00:30:49,388
And we're free.
420
00:31:02,234 --> 00:31:03,402
Beautiful.
421
00:31:04,904 --> 00:31:06,155
Very good.
422
00:31:07,323 --> 00:31:09,604
[Roosa on radio] Okay, we had
a normal undocking, Houston.
423
00:31:10,368 --> 00:31:14,121
[Alan] Dead band minimum. Verb-7-7.
424
00:31:14,955 --> 00:31:16,582
Go to P-0-0.
425
00:31:16,665 --> 00:31:17,792
Enter.
426
00:31:18,376 --> 00:31:19,710
Okay.
427
00:31:20,753 --> 00:31:22,797
Yaw left 60. Pitch up 90.
428
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,091
Okay, starting left yaw, Stu.
429
00:31:26,717 --> 00:31:29,470
[Roosa on radio] Okay. Boy,
you look mighty pretty out there.
430
00:31:29,553 --> 00:31:31,514
[Alan on radio]
And starting to pitch up.
431
00:31:34,892 --> 00:31:37,019
- Flight, control.
- Rog, control.
432
00:31:37,103 --> 00:31:38,354
Getting an indication here.
433
00:31:40,106 --> 00:31:41,649
We're getting an abort command.
434
00:31:48,030 --> 00:31:49,365
CAPCOM?
435
00:31:49,573 --> 00:31:53,369
Antares, the abort switch
on the computer looks set.
436
00:31:53,452 --> 00:31:55,413
Do you have a 1 in register one?
437
00:31:59,458 --> 00:32:01,085
That's affirmative, Houston.
438
00:32:02,795 --> 00:32:06,215
Neither of you boys has your thumb
on the abort button, now, do you?
439
00:32:06,966 --> 00:32:08,926
That's a negative, Houston.
440
00:32:13,722 --> 00:32:14,723
All right.
441
00:32:14,807 --> 00:32:17,685
We'd like to proceed with the following
to reset the abort signal.
442
00:32:18,185 --> 00:32:19,728
Okay, give me the word.
443
00:32:20,312 --> 00:32:23,858
Okay, we need
the stop push button, push.
444
00:32:23,941 --> 00:32:27,236
That's stop push button, push.
445
00:32:27,903 --> 00:32:30,030
The next thing's the abort push button,
depress.
446
00:32:31,574 --> 00:32:33,242
Then wait one on reset.
447
00:32:33,451 --> 00:32:35,411
Abort push button, depress.
448
00:32:36,954 --> 00:32:38,497
And standing by on that one.
449
00:32:39,081 --> 00:32:40,833
Okay. You can reset.
450
00:32:41,750 --> 00:32:42,877
Reset.
451
00:32:47,381 --> 00:32:48,549
No change, Houston.
452
00:32:50,384 --> 00:32:52,052
That didn't clear it, Flight.
453
00:32:53,220 --> 00:32:55,347
Well, something had better
before the descent burn.
454
00:32:55,806 --> 00:32:57,808
Or the computer will
initiate an auto-abort.
455
00:32:59,143 --> 00:33:00,436
[sighs]
456
00:33:00,853 --> 00:33:02,062
Suggestions?
457
00:33:04,648 --> 00:33:06,817
You wanna have them tap on the panel
with something?
458
00:33:07,234 --> 00:33:10,362
Maybe it's a loose solder or something
floating behind that switch.
459
00:33:13,073 --> 00:33:14,366
All right. Let's do that.
460
00:33:16,285 --> 00:33:18,746
All right, Ed, we'd like you
to tap on the panel right there
461
00:33:18,829 --> 00:33:20,414
around the abort push button.
462
00:33:20,998 --> 00:33:22,750
See if we can shake something loose.
463
00:33:27,838 --> 00:33:29,465
[tapping]
464
00:33:29,924 --> 00:33:32,301
Yes, Houston. it just changed
while I was tapping there.
465
00:33:34,428 --> 00:33:36,072
- You sure tap nicely.
- [William snickers]
466
00:33:36,096 --> 00:33:37,816
[Mitchell on radio]
I'm pretty good at that.
467
00:33:38,265 --> 00:33:41,727
[man on radio] Antares, we'd kind of
like to sit here a minute and watch it.
468
00:33:41,810 --> 00:33:43,145
Okay.
469
00:33:47,149 --> 00:33:48,400
There's a way to lock that out.
470
00:33:48,484 --> 00:33:51,570
- Lock out the switch?
- Yeah. Tell the computer to ignore it.
471
00:33:51,987 --> 00:33:53,072
I hope so.
472
00:33:53,155 --> 00:33:55,908
We get that during the descent,
this turns into a bad day.
473
00:33:58,410 --> 00:34:00,570
I just don't know how quickly
they can come up with it.
474
00:34:03,916 --> 00:34:05,709
Control, what have you got?
475
00:34:05,793 --> 00:34:08,379
Flight, MIT's looking
at a software work-around.
476
00:34:09,255 --> 00:34:10,965
If we can't keep
that switch from closing,
477
00:34:11,048 --> 00:34:12,466
we have to make sure the computer
478
00:34:12,550 --> 00:34:14,343
doesn't look at it
and abort the landing.
479
00:34:14,426 --> 00:34:15,594
You got that right.
480
00:34:15,678 --> 00:34:17,518
Find the guy who wrote the code,
get him on it.
481
00:34:19,390 --> 00:34:21,267
We got one orbit left to do this.
482
00:34:22,518 --> 00:34:23,519
Don?
483
00:34:25,229 --> 00:34:26,105
Don!
484
00:34:26,188 --> 00:34:27,314
What?
485
00:34:27,898 --> 00:34:30,609
Somehow the abort discrete is set.
486
00:34:32,903 --> 00:34:35,531
- Uh... The one in channel 30?
- Yeah.
487
00:34:36,031 --> 00:34:38,826
Houston wants us to write something
to disable the switch
488
00:34:38,909 --> 00:34:40,119
so the computer ignores it.
489
00:34:40,202 --> 00:34:41,996
It can't ignore it during the burn.
490
00:34:42,079 --> 00:34:46,208
Right. So the crew has to wait
and enter our changes after ignition.
491
00:34:46,292 --> 00:34:47,668
Can you get up? Yeah.
492
00:34:47,751 --> 00:34:51,255
Then race through the keystrokes
hoping the switch doesn't close again?
493
00:34:51,338 --> 00:34:52,423
Hmm.
494
00:34:52,506 --> 00:34:54,466
Okay. I need coffee. I need Saltzman.
495
00:34:54,550 --> 00:34:56,343
I think we gotta start
from the beginning.
496
00:35:01,599 --> 00:35:03,601
Houston, Antares.
497
00:35:03,684 --> 00:35:05,936
LPD altitude shows 49,000.
498
00:35:06,478 --> 00:35:07,771
Roger, Antares.
499
00:35:08,522 --> 00:35:11,108
Okay, I have Cone crater,
500
00:35:11,567 --> 00:35:13,569
Triplet and Doublet.
501
00:35:14,111 --> 00:35:15,571
Copy that, Al.
502
00:35:19,116 --> 00:35:21,243
Good Lord.
They look just like they're supposed to.
503
00:35:22,536 --> 00:35:25,205
There they were,
right below us, big as life.
504
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:27,916
Don't worry. We're gonna see them again.
505
00:35:29,126 --> 00:35:33,339
Freddo, I guess you'll advise us
on that abort switch?
506
00:35:34,298 --> 00:35:36,592
[Freddo] Yes, I'm working
on a little spiel right now, Al.
507
00:35:36,675 --> 00:35:38,594
All right. Whatever fix they give us,
508
00:35:38,677 --> 00:35:41,722
I want to have as much time as possible
to get it entered before the burn.
509
00:35:41,805 --> 00:35:44,099
You know, if they're trying
to lock out the switch,
510
00:35:44,183 --> 00:35:45,893
we may have to wait till after the burn.
511
00:35:45,976 --> 00:35:47,102
Why?
512
00:35:47,186 --> 00:35:50,147
It's part of PDI.
It's in the computer. It'll look for it.
513
00:35:50,689 --> 00:35:52,024
And if it closes then,
514
00:35:52,816 --> 00:35:54,151
it'll abort the landing.
515
00:35:56,904 --> 00:36:00,407
Okay, Ed, you and Al ready to listen
to words on the abort switch business?
516
00:36:00,491 --> 00:36:01,825
Go ahead with it.
517
00:36:02,451 --> 00:36:08,916
Okay, the procedure is
Verb-2-5-Noun-0-7, enter,
518
00:36:08,999 --> 00:36:11,335
1-0-5, enter,
519
00:36:11,418 --> 00:36:15,381
4-0-0, enter, 0, enter.
520
00:36:17,091 --> 00:36:18,509
I'll read back.
521
00:36:19,468 --> 00:36:23,305
"Verb-2-5-Noun-0-7, enter,
522
00:36:24,181 --> 00:36:25,974
0-5, enter."
523
00:36:27,017 --> 00:36:29,395
Is it 4-0-0-0, enter?
524
00:36:30,646 --> 00:36:35,150
[man on radio] Okay, Ed.It's 400, 4-0-0, enter.
525
00:36:35,526 --> 00:36:37,986
That's 4-0-0.
526
00:36:38,070 --> 00:36:39,571
Got it?
527
00:36:39,655 --> 00:36:43,909
Okay, we have to let the burn
call up normally, get ignition,
528
00:36:43,992 --> 00:36:47,996
then lock out the bit, hopefully
before it gets set, is that right?
529
00:36:48,872 --> 00:36:51,375
- That's affirmative.
- That's a load.
530
00:36:51,458 --> 00:36:53,919
No. No. They've got to come up
with a better solution.
531
00:36:54,002 --> 00:36:57,840
If not, I'll just have to haul ass
punching it in and hope.
532
00:36:58,716 --> 00:37:00,926
We don't want them
rushing with this, okay?
533
00:37:01,009 --> 00:37:04,304
One wrong keystroke could cause
any number of problems,
534
00:37:04,763 --> 00:37:06,640
all of them mission critical.
535
00:37:08,392 --> 00:37:10,018
Can we just hold off?
536
00:37:10,102 --> 00:37:12,646
Just let us hold off
until we come up with another fix.
537
00:37:14,148 --> 00:37:15,482
No, I... All right.
538
00:37:16,692 --> 00:37:17,901
What did they say?
539
00:37:17,985 --> 00:37:20,863
They have to give the crew something
before they pass behind the moon.
540
00:37:22,948 --> 00:37:25,033
We got 47 minutes
to come up with something better.
541
00:37:29,955 --> 00:37:33,584
Let's just take it easy entering those
changes, make sure we get them right.
542
00:37:34,543 --> 00:37:35,711
I will.
543
00:37:38,881 --> 00:37:39,882
Now,
544
00:37:40,340 --> 00:37:42,634
if the switch closes before you're done
545
00:37:43,385 --> 00:37:44,928
and it aborts us...
546
00:37:45,929 --> 00:37:47,598
there's nothing we can do, right?
547
00:37:58,192 --> 00:38:01,320
Let's see if we can't get
ahead of ourselves on that checklist.
548
00:38:01,779 --> 00:38:02,905
All right.
549
00:38:04,865 --> 00:38:06,992
Guys, this is definitely the better fix.
550
00:38:07,075 --> 00:38:10,954
If we set the program monitor
to 71 before the burn...
551
00:38:12,247 --> 00:38:15,375
the computer is not even gonna look
at the abort monitor
552
00:38:15,459 --> 00:38:18,003
because it already thinks
it's in the abort mode.
553
00:38:18,086 --> 00:38:19,086
[scoffs]
554
00:38:19,129 --> 00:38:21,840
So there'll be a little bit
of a cleanup on the descent,
555
00:38:21,924 --> 00:38:23,884
but they're not gonna be
in a big rush doing it.
556
00:38:28,555 --> 00:38:29,848
Antares, Houston.
557
00:38:30,641 --> 00:38:32,017
Stand by, Houston.
558
00:38:33,101 --> 00:38:36,063
Okay. Helmet and gloves on.
559
00:38:36,146 --> 00:38:38,232
Cabin repress closed.
560
00:38:38,857 --> 00:38:41,026
Cabin repress closed.
561
00:38:41,819 --> 00:38:42,945
Go ahead, Houston.
562
00:38:43,487 --> 00:38:45,715
[man on radio] Okay, we've got
more procedures to pump up
563
00:38:45,739 --> 00:38:48,075
that are gonna alter
what you've already copied.
564
00:38:48,450 --> 00:38:50,911
We think we found a slicker way
of doing this
565
00:38:50,994 --> 00:38:52,913
to make the computer ignore
the abort command
566
00:38:52,996 --> 00:38:54,790
in case the switch gets set again.
567
00:38:55,707 --> 00:38:57,501
Okay. Stand by, Houston.
568
00:39:00,087 --> 00:39:02,130
All right. Go ahead, Houston.
569
00:39:04,091 --> 00:39:05,884
Noun-6-2...
570
00:39:08,387 --> 00:39:09,930
Verb-2-1...
571
00:39:11,306 --> 00:39:14,017
Noun-0-1, enter...
572
00:39:15,269 --> 00:39:19,857
0-1-0-1, enter...
573
00:39:22,192 --> 00:39:26,113
1 -0-1 -0, enter.
574
00:39:27,489 --> 00:39:29,783
- That's it.
- Okay, Houston. It's in.
575
00:39:30,117 --> 00:39:31,827
Roger, Antares.
576
00:39:34,454 --> 00:39:37,833
And Antares standing by for PDI go.
577
00:39:46,383 --> 00:39:49,511
[Alan on radio]
Antares standing by for PDI go.
578
00:39:57,728 --> 00:39:59,521
Antares, standing by.
579
00:40:04,902 --> 00:40:07,279
- Okay.
- Looks good here, Flight. We're a go.
580
00:40:07,362 --> 00:40:08,362
Tell them.
581
00:40:09,281 --> 00:40:10,782
Antares, Houston.
582
00:40:11,408 --> 00:40:13,744
- You are go for Fra Mauro.
- [relieved laughter]
583
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:16,288
Phew!
584
00:40:17,497 --> 00:40:18,790
Good show, Freddo.
585
00:40:19,917 --> 00:40:22,957
- You troops do nice work down there.
- [Mitchell on radio] I'll second that.
586
00:40:24,796 --> 00:40:28,842
[Alan on radio]
Four, three, two, one.
587
00:40:31,511 --> 00:40:32,971
[Mitchell on radio] Ignition.
588
00:40:33,055 --> 00:40:34,640
[Alan on radio]
We have auto-ignition.
589
00:40:36,642 --> 00:40:38,518
[man on radio]
Antares, you are go at four.
590
00:40:38,602 --> 00:40:40,729
And guidance looks good. Roger.
591
00:40:41,730 --> 00:40:44,232
[Mitchell] Down to 32,000 feet.
592
00:40:45,442 --> 00:40:47,861
Should be getting landing radar
very soon.
593
00:40:50,155 --> 00:40:52,407
Come on, radar. Let's have a lock-on.
594
00:40:57,496 --> 00:40:58,872
30, 000.
595
00:40:58,956 --> 00:41:01,208
Okay. We still got altitude
and velocity lights.
596
00:41:05,212 --> 00:41:06,630
Come on, radar.
597
00:41:06,922 --> 00:41:09,758
We can land without radar.
I can do that if we have to...
598
00:41:09,841 --> 00:41:12,886
We'd have to pitch over, anyway,
before we'd abort.
599
00:41:14,638 --> 00:41:17,349
Let's just see where we are, right?
600
00:41:17,432 --> 00:41:19,518
I mean, we can see our landing site.
601
00:41:20,143 --> 00:41:22,103
Just that when we do pitch over,
let's hope to God
602
00:41:22,145 --> 00:41:25,232
that we are at 7,000 feet
and not a lot lower.
603
00:41:25,315 --> 00:41:26,942
[Mitchell] 20,000.
604
00:41:27,025 --> 00:41:30,570
Flight, we need that radar
by 10,000 feet if we're gonna land.
605
00:41:39,621 --> 00:41:42,124
Houston, we still have
altitude and velocity lights.
606
00:41:44,334 --> 00:41:45,419
Come on, radar.
607
00:41:45,502 --> 00:41:47,004
Control, what you got?
608
00:41:47,087 --> 00:41:50,048
Flight, let's try resetting
the landing radar circuit breaker.
609
00:41:53,343 --> 00:41:54,428
Do it.
610
00:41:56,263 --> 00:41:57,681
Antares, Houston.
611
00:41:58,598 --> 00:42:00,809
We'd like you to cycle
the landing radar breaker.
612
00:42:01,893 --> 00:42:03,353
Copy that.
613
00:42:06,982 --> 00:42:08,859
Okay, Houston. It's cycled.
614
00:42:10,110 --> 00:42:11,236
[man on radio] Copy.
615
00:42:16,324 --> 00:42:18,368
- Bingo!
- Okay. Got it.
616
00:42:18,452 --> 00:42:22,289
Okay. Verb-57, enter.
617
00:42:23,832 --> 00:42:25,709
How's that look, Houston? Can we accept?
618
00:42:25,792 --> 00:42:27,252
Can we accept?
619
00:42:29,671 --> 00:42:31,131
Stand by, Antares.
620
00:42:34,468 --> 00:42:36,344
Okay, we'd like to accept the radar.
621
00:42:37,554 --> 00:42:39,347
Okay.
622
00:42:39,431 --> 00:42:41,391
Converge, proceed.
623
00:42:42,142 --> 00:42:43,435
That was close.
624
00:42:43,518 --> 00:42:44,811
[laughs]
625
00:42:52,235 --> 00:42:53,945
And we have pitch-over, Houston.
626
00:42:54,571 --> 00:42:55,697
Roger, Antares.
627
00:42:57,240 --> 00:42:58,408
[Alan] Outstanding.
628
00:42:58,492 --> 00:43:00,577
Right on the money. Here we go!
629
00:43:03,413 --> 00:43:05,749
Fat as a goose.
630
00:43:06,625 --> 00:43:10,462
- That's beautiful.
- 3,000 feet. Seventy-five feet a second.
631
00:43:19,805 --> 00:43:22,057
Okay, I'm going
to move forward a little.
632
00:43:22,724 --> 00:43:24,601
Coming through 1,000 feet.
Right a little.
633
00:43:26,144 --> 00:43:28,897
[man on radio] Looks good from here, Al.You're at 500 feet.
634
00:43:30,774 --> 00:43:34,319
Fuel is good at 10%. You're at 170 feet.
635
00:43:34,402 --> 00:43:36,321
Two feet per second down.
You're on your own.
636
00:43:37,072 --> 00:43:39,866
[Alan on radio]
Starting down. Starting down.
637
00:43:39,950 --> 00:43:43,036
[Mitchell on radio] it says 90 feet,
four feet per second.
638
00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:44,287
Five feet per second.
639
00:43:44,371 --> 00:43:47,082
- [Alan on radio] Okay.
- Sixty seconds of fuel remaining.
640
00:43:47,749 --> 00:43:50,252
Three feet per second, 30 feet.
641
00:43:51,294 --> 00:43:52,838
Looking great. Twenty feet.
642
00:43:59,511 --> 00:44:00,971
Contact, Al.
643
00:44:04,141 --> 00:44:07,853
[Alan on radio] Okay, Houston.We made it through the landing.
644
00:44:07,936 --> 00:44:10,147
- All right!
- I'm on the surface.
645
00:44:10,230 --> 00:44:11,982
[applause]
646
00:44:15,068 --> 00:44:16,153
[not audible]
647
00:44:21,533 --> 00:44:22,951
You did it, Al.
648
00:44:36,089 --> 00:44:37,507
[Alan laughs]
649
00:44:41,052 --> 00:44:42,262
Wanna take a walk?
650
00:44:55,817 --> 00:44:57,319
[Alan on radio] Okay, Houston.
651
00:44:57,402 --> 00:45:01,406
Let me comment that it certainly is
a stark place here at Fra Mauro.
652
00:45:02,073 --> 00:45:05,535
I think it's made more stark by the fact
that the sky is completely black.
653
00:45:05,619 --> 00:45:06,620
[man on radio] Roger.
654
00:45:06,703 --> 00:45:08,330
[Alan on radio]
Starting down the ladder,
655
00:45:08,413 --> 00:45:12,500
I can see the reason we have a tilt
is because we landed on a slope.
656
00:45:12,584 --> 00:45:15,795
The landing-gear struts appear
to be about evenly depressed.
657
00:45:15,879 --> 00:45:17,839
[man on radio] Okay, Al. Beautiful.
658
00:45:17,923 --> 00:45:19,424
I can see you on the surface.
659
00:45:20,175 --> 00:45:21,593
Not bad for an old man.
660
00:45:31,519 --> 00:45:35,106
It's been a long way, but we're here.
661
00:45:40,403 --> 00:45:42,572
[Alan on radio]
Okay. Goes in very easy.
662
00:45:44,449 --> 00:45:46,201
Take a picture this way, Ed.
663
00:45:46,284 --> 00:45:49,746
Then we'll swing it around so they
can see it on the television. All right?
664
00:45:50,538 --> 00:45:53,959
Okay, Houston.
We're proceeding onward now.
665
00:45:54,793 --> 00:45:56,044
[man on radio] Roger, Al.
666
00:45:59,673 --> 00:46:03,176
[Alan on radio] the rim of Cone
crater up there, about 30 miles ahead.
667
00:46:03,260 --> 00:46:05,428
[Mitchell on radio]
How far behind our timeline are we?
668
00:46:10,308 --> 00:46:13,353
[indistinct voices]
669
00:46:26,825 --> 00:46:29,286
[indistinct voices]
670
00:46:32,622 --> 00:46:33,915
[Mitchell on radio] Stand by.
671
00:46:34,666 --> 00:46:36,186
[Alan on radio]
While you look that up,
672
00:46:36,251 --> 00:46:38,044
you might recognize
what I have in my hand
673
00:46:38,128 --> 00:46:43,174
as the handle
for the contingency sample return.
674
00:46:43,258 --> 00:46:46,928
It just so happens to have
a genuine six-iron on the bottom of it.
675
00:46:49,431 --> 00:46:51,266
In my left hand,
I have that white pellet
676
00:46:51,349 --> 00:46:53,310
that's familiar
to millions of Americans.
677
00:46:53,393 --> 00:46:54,811
I'll drop it down here.
678
00:46:55,395 --> 00:46:57,689
This suit is so stiff,
I can't do this with two hands,
679
00:46:57,772 --> 00:46:59,316
but I'm gonna try a sand trap here.
680
00:46:59,399 --> 00:47:01,860
[Mitchell on radio] You got more
dirt than ball that time, Al.
681
00:47:01,943 --> 00:47:04,237
[Alan on radio] Got more dirt than ball.Here we go again.
682
00:47:04,988 --> 00:47:07,115
There we go! Straight as a die!
683
00:47:12,996 --> 00:47:15,415
Miles and miles and miles!
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