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<i>Previously on </i>The Right Stuff...

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<i>These are the Mercury astronauts.</i>

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- I'm not gonna be one of the seven.
- No?

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I'm gonna be the first man in space.

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<i>LIFE</i> will tell your stories, gentlemen.

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We will take the public on a journey
from the kitchen table to Pluto.

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It's 25,000 dollars a year.

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<i>This is a fresh start for us.</i>

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I'm Alan Shepard, astronaut.

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- You Dee?
- Second Lieutenant O'Hara.

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Only my friends call me "Dee."

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We're supposed to send a man
to space inside a year

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<i>and we are already a month
behind schedule.</i>

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Heat check, go.

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All launch systems
are green.

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Go.

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- Stand by.
- Fuel is go.

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- FIDO.
- Go.

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- Network.
- Go.

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- RSO.
- Go.

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- Capsule system.
- Go.

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- Recovery.
- Go.

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TC, this is Flight, we are go for launch.

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<i>- Roger, go for launch.</i>
- We are go.

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<i>Five, four, three, two, one.</i>

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<i>Ignition. Lift off.</i>

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- Confirm lift off.
- That is confirmed.

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Flight, charge off floor.

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<i>Flight,
I have a red light on capsule...</i>

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Flight, we see sustainer's not responding
to pitch and roll program.

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Are you seeing a board sequence
initiated on board, FIDO?

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- Flight, I show negative capsule set.
- Flight, TM frame loss from Goddard.

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What the hell is going on? Anyone?

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<i>And can you confirm
the relay is green?</i>

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- Sending destruct command.
- Wait.

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Have you confirmed trajectory data?

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Is the rocket headed
for civilian population?

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Flight, MA-1 is still within range
to destruct...

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You are about to kill an astronaut, son.
Are you sure?

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Flight altitude decreasing.
Now at 14K.

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Separation is yellow.

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Standby. Loss of radar contact.
Break up of MA-1 nine miles downrange.

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Hope nobody has family
in Titusville.

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Mr. Hutmacher,
did you confirm trajectory data?

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Or did a little angel whisper in your ear?

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I confirmed good traj and flight...

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- But you hesitated.
- No.

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- Yes, I did.
- Do not hesitate in this room.

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I ask you a question,
you give me an answer.

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Yes, no, go, no go.

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- That's it. You're a machine.
- Don't second-guess me.

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- What the hell did you say?
- You're not acting like a machine.

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I was about to abort,
and you second-guessed my judgment.

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Ah, guys, this is a sim.

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It's just a game, right?

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Lunney.

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Uh, the test was designed
to simulate multiple corrupted feeds

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with physical damage to the comm link.

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From what?

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Large birds.

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Is that funny?

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We will keep running this simulation
until we get it right.

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We have a public launch
of a test rocket

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in four days. Press will be there.

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Representatives of your federal government
will be there.

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The wives and children
of our astronauts

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will be there.

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If we don't get these procedures
down cold,

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we really could blow up Titusville,
or Orlando, or Tampa.

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We will get this right.

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Is that clear?

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Is there any hesitation about that?

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Again.

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<i>They're training us
on this machine called the MASTIF</i>

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<i>that's supposed to make you feel
like you're tumbling in space.</i>

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You can cut it.

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<i>Compared to what we do,
it's a carnival ride.</i>

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<i>The average fatality rate
of a Navy test pilot is 23 percent.</i>

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But any pilot you're talking to
is still alive.

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Which means he isn't average.

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I mean, that's about the shape of it.
You make it sound heroic.

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Well, we can always rewrite it
if it don't. Right?

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They're ready for you, Al.

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What's the best time?

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It's always about beating something
with you guys, isn't it?

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Well, everybody likes a winner, Dee.

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- What if you don't win?
- Hasn't happened yet.

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<i>All right, Commander.
Triple-axis control.</i>

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<i>Abort switch is on the left stick
if you need it.</i>

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Roger that.

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<i>Al, Al. Abort.</i>

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<i>Commander, abort.</i>

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<i>Get him down.
Have medical check him.</i>

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That baby ain't so bad. It's like floating
in a tube down the Lazy Hole River.

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Hell, I could've put my feet up,
taken a nap.

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Yeah, try that next time.

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God, I picked the wrong time
to quit smoking.

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You didn't quit smoking.

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Sure I did.

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So, is this MASTIF how they pick
who's gonna be first?

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No way.

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- Thing is a toy.
- So, what then?

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We've been at it for months,
and they still haven't told us.

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It's probably, you know,
who's the best overall.

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- And who's that? You?
- Right about now, it might be. Yeah.

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Would you please
shut your damn mouth, Gordo?

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Are you okay?

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- What?
- Are you okay?

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<i>I won't pretend
we're not a competitive bunch.</i>

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I mean, none of us would be
in this program if we weren't, but...

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I do think that we're all aware
in our own individual ways

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that this thing is bigger
than any one of us,

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and that tends to bring out
the best in men.

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You know, service to a cause
greater than yourself,

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and I can't think of a better cause
than this one right now.

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For our country we love,
and for this grand adventure we're all on.

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How was that?

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You write this stuff in advance?

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Well, just trying to be helpful.

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- What's in there?
- Oh. Well, that's my mistress.

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Oh.

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You ready?

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Sure am.

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<i>Nothing much to report,
just a few...</i>

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- training kinks to work out.
- How are you faring?

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<i>I don't know anymore.</i>

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- It isn't Glenn, is it?
- No.

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No, it's not John,
it's not about anyone else, it's...

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It's about me.

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<i>What are you talking about?</i>

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I just need to practice.

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What does <i>LIFE </i>have you wearing
for the photo shoot?

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- Pink.
- No.

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- Hey, at least it's not white.
<i>- Good Lord, yes.</i>

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The girls and I can't wait to finally see
what you've been up to down there.

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I'll see you Saturday, Lou.

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<i>My girl in pink.</i>

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Don't push yourself too hard.

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Okay?

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Now, why don't you...

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Why don't you finally come down tonight,
hang out with all of us?

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I don't know.
It's not really my thing.

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Early to bed and all that.

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Hey, look. Boys are gonna do
what the boys are gonna do.

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Don't mean we have to be a part of it.

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Well, you sit that close to the fire,
and you're bound to get burned.

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You've seen what happens
in that pool, right?

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Our kids are gonna be swimming in that
in two days.

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- Doesn't that bother you?
- Yeah, I guess. I don't know.

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What's with you two, anyway?

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It's just...

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old Air Force stuff.

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Gus, he's got a chip on both shoulders.
It's what makes him good.

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He's competitive.
Hey, John, come down tonight.

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Or, I tell you what, tomorrow night.
Friday nights are even better.

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You know, our families
are gonna be in town

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for the test launch,
and it's gonna be family time.

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But for now, just...

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Hey, live a little.

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Easy care cotton
piqué shirtwaist dress

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with dressmaker details.

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Is it blue?

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- They say it has to be blue.
- Yes. Light blue.

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<i>- And they can deliver in time?</i>
- No.

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<i>I have to go to town.</i>

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I'm sorry you can't pick your own dress
for this photo.

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<i>And don't worry, okay?
You're gonna put the other gals to shame.</i>

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- Even Scott's wife?
- Come on.

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She got nothing on you.

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Incoming!

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<i>John?</i>

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Are you okay?

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Yeah. It's just not my world down here.

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But I do love you, Anna Margaret.

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I love you, too.

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<i>I'll see you soon.</i>

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<i>...but these distant planetary bodies,</i>

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<i>and maybe the entire
new solar systems and galaxies.</i>

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<i>What new discoveries
might be in store for mankind?</i>

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Seats have all been made
to your specs, fellas.

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How do they feel?

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It's not like an airplane seat, is it?

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Are these the final versions?

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No, we'll use them
to make the fiberglass seats,

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which will then be custom-fit
into each of your capsules.

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And so, where are the controls gonna be
if we're on our backs like this?

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Stick hereabouts?

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The, uh, the capsule prototype
arrives tomorrow.

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You'll have a chance to see
for yourself then.

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There's no graceful way
to get out of that, huh?

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Mercury Capsule to Mercury Control.

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Clock is running and we are underway.

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Fuel is go.

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Oxygen, go.

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Well...

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this is one beautiful ride.

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Well, Control, I have to say
that flying this thing

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is one heck of an honor and a privilege.

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I'd like to thank each...

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Kiss me, Major Glenn.

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<i>Ooh, delicioso.</i>

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What the hell are you gonna do
with that thing anyway?

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Kids are coming in town.
I'm gonna scare the hell out of them.

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Hey, John, we're gonna go
grab a bite, do you...

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Hey. Those...

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- Those guys are just messing around.
- Yeah.

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- Okay. See you later.
- Mm-hmm.

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Gordo, if I don't see you
with a girl tonight, I'll start to worry.

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Damn it.

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<i>Commander, abort.</i>

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<i>Shepard, abort.</i>

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Hit it again.

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Okay. Start it up again.

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Dear God, it's hot down here.

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- We should get you a swamp cooler.
- Why the hell are we testing an Atlas?

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- Those rockets are too dangerous.
- You are on Air Force property.

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Air Force wants to fly an Atlas.

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But that is not what we're sending
to space first.

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It doesn't make sense.

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Your team is ready for this, yeah?

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Yeah. On rails.

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These are good.

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Chris...

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try and relax.

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Lunney.

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Gather the men.

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<i>Let's go, Ryerson.</i>

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Good, Myers, your ball.
Lunney, your ball.

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Your ball. That's okay. That's okay. Hey.

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It's a good shot.
It's a...

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Teamwork now, teamwork.

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It's important.
That's why we're screwing up in control.

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Let's go, Ryerson. Here we go.
Here we go.

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See if you can handle this.
Service.

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Good. Back over. Good.
McCauley, give him some space.

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Hutmacher, wake up.

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All right, Jensen. That's yours.
Goddammit, Jensen.

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If the ball comes to you,
you got to hit it, all right?

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No hesitation, Jensen.

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- All right. Good. Here we go, Ryerson.
- All right, gentlemen. Service.

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Good. Mine, mine.

242
00:17:42,770 --> 00:17:45,439
Jensen, that's your ball. Damn it.
Out of his way, McCauley.

243
00:17:45,565 --> 00:17:48,526
You got to take control.
No hesitation, Jensen.

244
00:17:48,651 --> 00:17:49,694
Come on.

245
00:17:51,862 --> 00:17:53,030
Flight, you okay?

246
00:18:03,374 --> 00:18:04,667
Jesus Christ.

247
00:18:05,459 --> 00:18:06,836
That's enough for today.

248
00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:14,010
Geez, man. What's wrong with you?
It's just a game.

249
00:18:22,727 --> 00:18:24,145
That's a great article.

250
00:18:24,979 --> 00:18:27,440
And your lovely family,
your two little ones?

251
00:18:27,523 --> 00:18:29,984
Uh, Lyn and Dave. Yeah. They're, uh...

252
00:18:30,401 --> 00:18:32,737
Looking forward to having them down
for a couple of days.

253
00:18:37,491 --> 00:18:39,869
You were the only one
who, um, mentioned the Lord.

254
00:18:42,038 --> 00:18:46,042
You know, you should really
come on by tonight to the Living Grace,

255
00:18:46,334 --> 00:18:47,918
our little excuse for a church.

256
00:18:49,253 --> 00:18:51,255
It's A1A and. Uh, Indianola.

257
00:18:52,632 --> 00:18:54,550
- Okay.
- Okay. And...

258
00:18:58,262 --> 00:18:59,347
Yeah, maybe.

259
00:18:59,889 --> 00:19:02,016
Uh, thank you. Thank you, Eunice.

260
00:19:02,183 --> 00:19:06,103
Um. Now, do you think he's coming in
at all today or, uh, should I...

261
00:19:08,689 --> 00:19:09,857
What happened here?

262
00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:12,234
Something on your mind, John?

263
00:19:15,237 --> 00:19:16,572
Uh, well...

264
00:19:17,573 --> 00:19:20,618
I'm sure we're all, uh, looking forward
to a very successful launch tomorrow.

265
00:19:20,701 --> 00:19:22,261
- Put that back.
- I was think...

266
00:19:24,288 --> 00:19:26,332
Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth signed that ball.

267
00:19:26,832 --> 00:19:28,250
I don't want you touching it.

268
00:19:32,421 --> 00:19:33,964
Well, uh...

269
00:19:34,882 --> 00:19:36,092
Well, anyway, um...

270
00:19:36,842 --> 00:19:40,096
I understand there'll be brass
from Wright-Patt.

271
00:19:40,471 --> 00:19:44,141
And Walt Hollings, the 12th
District Congressman, just so happens

272
00:19:44,266 --> 00:19:45,726
- that my hometown is...
- No.

273
00:19:47,645 --> 00:19:48,646
"No," what?

274
00:19:51,482 --> 00:19:53,859
You're going to tell me
what a great idea it would be

275
00:19:53,943 --> 00:19:58,197
for you to show Walt around
as a representative of the project.

276
00:19:59,407 --> 00:20:00,700
- I'm saying no.
- Why?

277
00:20:02,743 --> 00:20:04,412
Be a part of the team, John.

278
00:20:09,583 --> 00:20:10,626
Anything else?

279
00:20:14,797 --> 00:20:16,006
That's all she wrote, Chief.

280
00:20:18,718 --> 00:20:19,758
Thanks for hearing me out.

281
00:20:23,264 --> 00:20:25,015
<i>Hey, little girl</i>

282
00:20:26,016 --> 00:20:27,268
<i>'Round here somewhere.</i>

283
00:20:28,185 --> 00:20:29,645
<i>Hey, little girl.</i>

284
00:20:30,479 --> 00:20:32,106
<i>Never gonna let you go.</i>

285
00:20:33,023 --> 00:20:34,316
<i>Stay right here.</i>

286
00:20:35,526 --> 00:20:36,736
<i>I want you near...</i>

287
00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:39,572
Behold, mighty astronauts.

288
00:20:40,614 --> 00:20:43,909
Unflinching prospectors
of the last unexplored realm,

289
00:20:44,076 --> 00:20:47,246
- specimens, and unimpeachable...
- Can it, Wainwright.

290
00:20:48,122 --> 00:20:51,792
- The hypocrisy doesn't bother you?
- Not especially, no.

291
00:20:53,002 --> 00:20:54,336
Well, you just take the pictures.

292
00:20:54,503 --> 00:20:58,007
Hell. I don't know
if it's little green men or...

293
00:20:59,258 --> 00:21:00,468
big purple unicorns,

294
00:21:00,634 --> 00:21:03,137
but there's weird stuff
flying around up there, Lunney. I know.

295
00:21:04,096 --> 00:21:07,391
Well, something else is on your radar now.

296
00:21:16,066 --> 00:21:17,318
Not from around here, are you?

297
00:21:18,402 --> 00:21:19,987
And what makes you say that?

298
00:21:22,281 --> 00:21:23,699
Because you look lost.

299
00:21:27,495 --> 00:21:28,746
I'm Patricia.

300
00:21:32,416 --> 00:21:33,501
GORDON; Gordo.

301
00:22:17,586 --> 00:22:19,213
Why don't you come keep me warm?

302
00:22:28,722 --> 00:22:29,849
I'm going out.

303
00:22:30,641 --> 00:22:32,476
I could use a pack of smokes.

304
00:22:38,399 --> 00:22:39,692
I'll be back tomorrow.

305
00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:44,572
Where are you going?

306
00:23:03,048 --> 00:23:04,758
They sure got a lot of rooms here?

307
00:23:05,509 --> 00:23:06,760
Oh, yeah. The whole...

308
00:23:07,344 --> 00:23:08,679
Whole building's full of them.

309
00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:12,516
And which one's yours?

310
00:23:13,350 --> 00:23:14,560
I, uh...

311
00:23:16,395 --> 00:23:18,147
I don't... I don't know, Patricia.

312
00:23:19,106 --> 00:23:20,649
You don't know which one's yours?

313
00:23:37,666 --> 00:23:39,001
What are you doing?

314
00:23:39,543 --> 00:23:41,253
- I'm a married man.
- Huh.

315
00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:06,195
You just gonna stand there
and watch me swim?

316
00:24:19,249 --> 00:24:21,710
Woo!

317
00:24:35,975 --> 00:24:37,059
Oops.

318
00:24:44,733 --> 00:24:46,485
Who got the pool?

319
00:24:46,777 --> 00:24:49,446
Geronimo.

320
00:24:52,783 --> 00:24:55,619
- Gordo, what happened?
- No way.

321
00:24:56,036 --> 00:24:58,914
Hey, Gordo. Who's your friend?
Does she have a friend?

322
00:24:59,456 --> 00:25:00,541
Who wants to race?

323
00:25:16,223 --> 00:25:19,601
I know. Because I had
felt it blackening my soul.

324
00:25:22,229 --> 00:25:23,480
Come. Join us, brother.

325
00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,110
- Hello.
- It's a real honor.

326
00:25:29,194 --> 00:25:30,195
Hi.

327
00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:33,490
It blurs our vision,

328
00:25:33,991 --> 00:25:35,743
clouds our senses.

329
00:25:36,618 --> 00:25:41,498
Through prayer, we scheme, and we yearn.
Oh, yes, we do.

330
00:25:42,207 --> 00:25:45,085
And we say, "Jesus, help me, please."

331
00:25:45,502 --> 00:25:50,132
"So that I may walk beside you
and keep you in my loving heart."

332
00:25:52,426 --> 00:25:56,096
Now, I ask each of you to take the hand
of the person beside you.

333
00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:00,225
Brother, sister, and stranger.

334
00:26:00,768 --> 00:26:04,063
And wish each other well
in the name of our Savior.

335
00:26:04,146 --> 00:26:06,273
- I wish you well.
- I wish you well.

336
00:26:07,483 --> 00:26:10,194
- I wish you well.
- You, too.

337
00:27:03,622 --> 00:27:06,083
I was on an F-100
a couple of years back.

338
00:27:06,667 --> 00:27:09,920
Nose jumping on takeoff,
pitched up so high, I couldn't see shit.

339
00:27:10,337 --> 00:27:12,172
Then, she starts to roll right over.

340
00:27:12,297 --> 00:27:14,967
Oh, the Sabre Dance.
Heard those planes can do that.

341
00:27:15,342 --> 00:27:17,886
- Sounds dangerous.
- It's real dangerous. Yeah.

342
00:27:18,011 --> 00:27:22,224
So, I had to go full power, kick,
opposite rudder,

343
00:27:22,391 --> 00:27:23,600
jam the nose back down.

344
00:27:23,976 --> 00:27:26,812
And then she rolled right over and bounced
off the runway, and I...

345
00:27:26,979 --> 00:27:28,021
I almost bought the farm.

346
00:27:28,772 --> 00:27:30,941
But luckily,
I'm one of the best pilots around.

347
00:27:31,150 --> 00:27:33,527
I tabled her a little bit more
and sure enough...

348
00:27:34,695 --> 00:27:37,197
blue skies and I'm flying.

349
00:27:39,867 --> 00:27:42,035
Wow, Gordo.

350
00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:45,080
That really is something...

351
00:27:46,165 --> 00:27:47,249
dangerous.

352
00:27:49,459 --> 00:27:52,337
My turn. I got a good one.

353
00:27:53,630 --> 00:27:54,756
So...

354
00:27:55,883 --> 00:27:59,303
turns out... Gordo and I have
flown together before.

355
00:28:00,804 --> 00:28:03,098
Yeah. At Lowry Field.

356
00:28:04,057 --> 00:28:05,642
I come out on the tarmac,

357
00:28:06,476 --> 00:28:09,771
and there's Gordo, smiling ear to ear.

358
00:28:11,064 --> 00:28:14,818
T-33 is all gassed and goosed.
Tells me he's done the pre-check,

359
00:28:15,319 --> 00:28:18,447
which of course he has
'cause it's his job.

360
00:28:19,656 --> 00:28:23,368
So anyway, we're just barely
off the runway

361
00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:25,120
when we lose power.

362
00:28:26,288 --> 00:28:29,583
Yeah, smacked down hard,

363
00:28:29,791 --> 00:28:33,045
collapse the gear,
burst into flames, boom.

364
00:28:35,339 --> 00:28:36,965
Talked to the ground crew later.

365
00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:42,012
They said Gordo
didn't do a pre-check.

366
00:28:42,763 --> 00:28:45,432
I don't know how I got out alive.
I mean, there I am,

367
00:28:45,599 --> 00:28:49,645
doused in two tons of foam
and this idiot's all shrugs and saying,

368
00:28:50,103 --> 00:28:53,357
"Want a story, huh, Gus?
Skin of our teeth."

369
00:28:56,985 --> 00:28:59,738
What's the matter, Gordo?
I thought you love stories.

370
00:29:01,657 --> 00:29:04,326
You're doing the pre-checks
on the test rockets, huh?

371
00:29:04,493 --> 00:29:06,328
If so, I'm gonna wear a flak jacket.

372
00:29:07,162 --> 00:29:08,789
You're not the best, Gordo.

373
00:29:10,207 --> 00:29:11,208
Not even close.

374
00:29:11,959 --> 00:29:13,439
What's wrong with you guys?

375
00:29:14,002 --> 00:29:15,282
You just wanna screw each other?

376
00:29:19,466 --> 00:29:21,176
Well, if you're looking to screw him,

377
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,178
you're wasting your time.

378
00:29:26,932 --> 00:29:28,308
He's just a window shopper.

379
00:29:36,608 --> 00:29:37,609
John.

380
00:29:39,695 --> 00:29:41,780
- So glad you could come.
- Well...

381
00:29:41,989 --> 00:29:43,323
First man in space?

382
00:29:44,074 --> 00:29:46,159
- I just know it.
- We'll see.

383
00:29:48,036 --> 00:29:49,162
Thank you, Eunice.

384
00:29:49,705 --> 00:29:50,831
I'll see you tomorrow.

385
00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:02,342
Redheads, huh?

386
00:30:05,512 --> 00:30:07,639
- Sorry?
- What did we do to deserve it?

387
00:30:10,183 --> 00:30:11,977
Well, it hasn't held me back.

388
00:30:12,853 --> 00:30:17,149
I don't know. It's like...
it's like being left-handed.

389
00:30:17,774 --> 00:30:20,777
- You just stick out.
- And what if I told you I was left-handed?

390
00:30:22,571 --> 00:30:23,655
I wouldn't tell anybody.

391
00:30:26,867 --> 00:30:28,493
They seem like nice enough people.

392
00:30:30,287 --> 00:30:31,580
What, you don't know them?

393
00:30:32,497 --> 00:30:36,251
No. I'm just, uh, checking in with Jesus.

394
00:30:37,627 --> 00:30:38,628
Oh.

395
00:30:40,130 --> 00:30:42,299
Well, I know Him pretty well.

396
00:30:42,758 --> 00:30:47,512
I, uh, never realized He liked
bowling so much.

397
00:30:48,847 --> 00:30:49,931
Well...

398
00:30:50,766 --> 00:30:52,768
blessed are the pinsetters, I guess.

399
00:30:58,899 --> 00:31:00,275
Actually, I'm, uh...

400
00:31:01,318 --> 00:31:02,986
just a little bit lonely, so...

401
00:31:04,279 --> 00:31:05,280
Yeah.

402
00:31:06,281 --> 00:31:07,616
Yeah. I get that.

403
00:31:10,285 --> 00:31:11,370
I'm Dot.

404
00:31:12,662 --> 00:31:14,081
Like, uh, over the "I."

405
00:31:16,166 --> 00:31:17,334
I'm John.

406
00:31:18,502 --> 00:31:20,879
The Presbyterian.

407
00:31:23,590 --> 00:31:28,261
I wasn't looking, I just stood up
and banged my head on the flange.

408
00:31:32,224 --> 00:31:33,642
What are you doing here so late?

409
00:31:34,476 --> 00:31:37,270
It has to be ready for inspection
before the launch tomorrow.

410
00:31:37,354 --> 00:31:40,982
- Well, get someone to do it for you.
- I'm the someone someone gets. So...

411
00:31:43,068 --> 00:31:44,694
You think what I did was stupid?

412
00:31:45,821 --> 00:31:48,365
- It's not for me to say.
- Don't give me that.

413
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:51,368
You have an opinion.

414
00:31:52,452 --> 00:31:56,373
My opinion is you want me
to be scared of you, and I don't know why.

415
00:32:03,672 --> 00:32:05,841
You've seen us all up there
on that machine,

416
00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:07,050
what have you noticed?

417
00:32:09,219 --> 00:32:11,638
That you're the slowest to react

418
00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:14,057
and you take the longest to recover.

419
00:32:16,810 --> 00:32:18,186
And if you were to, um...

420
00:32:23,024 --> 00:32:25,056
If you were to examine one of us
and you found something,

421
00:32:25,068 --> 00:32:26,194
what would you do?

422
00:32:30,115 --> 00:32:33,952
I would make sure you understood
that anything you told me in confidence

423
00:32:34,077 --> 00:32:35,203
would remain private.

424
00:32:36,705 --> 00:32:38,623
Unless it jeopardized you or the project.

425
00:32:40,167 --> 00:32:41,376
Why should we trust you?

426
00:32:42,544 --> 00:32:43,795
Do you trust anyone?

427
00:32:44,588 --> 00:32:47,674
- I trust myself.
- That sounds lonely.

428
00:32:49,426 --> 00:32:51,678
Says the girl working late
on a Friday night.

429
00:32:56,933 --> 00:33:00,312
I'm sitting here, aren't I?

430
00:33:03,482 --> 00:33:05,275
I'm talking to you.
The way I'm talking you,

431
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,777
you can call it trust,
you can call it whatever you want.

432
00:33:12,908 --> 00:33:15,619
- How much do you drink?
<i>- Enough.</i>

433
00:33:17,537 --> 00:33:18,747
<i>Sleeping okay?</i>

434
00:33:21,458 --> 00:33:22,667
<i>Off and on.</i>

435
00:33:23,335 --> 00:33:24,878
Women?

436
00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:29,049
Yes.

437
00:33:31,510 --> 00:33:33,553
Any dizziness, hearing loss?

438
00:33:43,063 --> 00:33:44,147
Then you're fine.

439
00:33:52,489 --> 00:33:53,573
Oh, um...

440
00:33:56,826 --> 00:33:58,328
Help me with one last thing.

441
00:34:02,249 --> 00:34:03,959
What have they got you selling anyway?

442
00:34:04,876 --> 00:34:06,086
Men's magazines.

443
00:34:07,003 --> 00:34:09,005
The, uh, you know, the naughty kind.

444
00:34:09,287 --> 00:34:11,120
- Pointy brassieres on the cover...
- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

445
00:34:11,132 --> 00:34:12,384
...lots of ladies.

446
00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:19,641
- Sorry. I say stupid things sometimes.
- That's fine.

447
00:34:20,392 --> 00:34:23,353
And, um, what are you doing out here?

448
00:34:26,606 --> 00:34:28,024
I'm in aviation.

449
00:34:30,235 --> 00:34:32,946
And, um, how long have you been married?

450
00:34:36,032 --> 00:34:37,867
- Sixteen years.
- Oh.

451
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:40,453
She's a good woman.

452
00:34:41,746 --> 00:34:42,998
How did guys meet?

453
00:34:44,082 --> 00:34:45,792
I was two, she was three.

454
00:34:47,127 --> 00:34:49,713
- We played in the crib together.
- Okay.

455
00:34:51,381 --> 00:34:53,967
Oh, God, I didn't realize
how strange that must sound.

456
00:34:54,134 --> 00:34:57,554
No, I don't think it sounds strange.
Sounds like<i> Kismet.</i>

457
00:34:58,847 --> 00:35:00,348
You ever seen that movie, <i>Kismet</i>?

458
00:35:00,682 --> 00:35:04,436
The musical? Yeah.
Yeah, I have, actually.

459
00:35:04,561 --> 00:35:05,854
Isn't that how life should be?

460
00:35:07,439 --> 00:35:10,233
Knowing you have a destiny
instead of just...

461
00:35:11,526 --> 00:35:12,819
floating around.

462
00:35:22,329 --> 00:35:23,330
Oh, boy.

463
00:35:24,289 --> 00:35:25,832
Looks like they're closing up on us.

464
00:35:28,418 --> 00:35:29,419
Yeah.

465
00:35:48,021 --> 00:35:49,541
I know it doesn't look like much,

466
00:35:49,689 --> 00:35:52,651
but it's mostly old folks
who just mind their own business.

467
00:35:59,282 --> 00:36:00,742
Well, Dot, I, uh...

468
00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:04,120
I hope you, uh...

469
00:36:06,289 --> 00:36:08,541
You know, I hope you, uh, find your place.

470
00:36:11,836 --> 00:36:13,046
I hope you do, too.

471
00:36:15,715 --> 00:36:16,800
What do you mean?

472
00:36:18,051 --> 00:36:19,427
You just seemed a little...

473
00:36:20,387 --> 00:36:24,391
I don't know, empty,
when you came in tonight.

474
00:36:26,267 --> 00:36:28,019
Like you needed something so bad

475
00:36:28,103 --> 00:36:29,938
and you knew
you weren't ever gonna get it.

476
00:36:35,318 --> 00:36:36,695
No. No.

477
00:36:39,072 --> 00:36:41,533
No, I... I don't feel that way.

478
00:36:43,743 --> 00:36:45,078
Then how come we're sitting here?

479
00:36:49,374 --> 00:36:52,711
Like I said,
everybody just minds their own business.

480
00:37:12,397 --> 00:37:13,523
I wish you well.

481
00:37:20,905 --> 00:37:21,906
Well...

482
00:37:23,158 --> 00:37:24,909
Isn't this just the cutest little car?

483
00:38:19,964 --> 00:38:21,604
<i>Al, you finally got it.</i>

484
00:38:23,092 --> 00:38:24,093
Kill it.

485
00:38:35,146 --> 00:38:36,314
Yeah, I'm okay.

486
00:38:37,315 --> 00:38:38,441
You're okay.

487
00:38:39,734 --> 00:38:41,194
Just needed to practice.

488
00:39:10,056 --> 00:39:13,101
<i>Gentlemen, it is my honor
to present to you...</i>

489
00:39:13,935 --> 00:39:16,604
the Mercury Project capsule.

490
00:39:53,558 --> 00:39:55,143
Let's get a look inside.

491
00:40:06,070 --> 00:40:07,280
Where's the window?

492
00:40:08,406 --> 00:40:09,657
Window? Uh...

493
00:40:09,949 --> 00:40:12,869
There are two small portholes
on either side.

494
00:40:13,786 --> 00:40:15,663
How are we supposed to fly
if we can't see?

495
00:40:16,539 --> 00:40:17,540
You don't.

496
00:40:19,417 --> 00:40:20,668
You just sit there...

497
00:40:23,546 --> 00:40:25,256
with thermometers in our asses.

498
00:40:27,258 --> 00:40:29,636
It's controlled from the ground.

499
00:40:32,513 --> 00:40:33,848
What the heck?

500
00:40:35,808 --> 00:40:38,144
<i>Ladies, my name is Henri Landwirth.</i>

501
00:40:38,269 --> 00:40:40,021
These are compliments of the Starlite.

502
00:40:40,146 --> 00:40:42,315
Oh, is that a Mai Tai?

503
00:40:42,398 --> 00:40:43,983
- Yes, please.
- Cheers.

504
00:40:45,526 --> 00:40:46,766
What color did they put you in?

505
00:40:46,986 --> 00:40:50,323
Oh, they put me in yellow,
but, honestly, who looks good in yellow?

506
00:40:50,698 --> 00:40:52,116
Uh, they're here.

507
00:40:53,701 --> 00:40:55,578
"Gentlemen, it's controlled
from the ground."

508
00:40:55,662 --> 00:40:58,081
Yeah, it's like they said,
we're Spam in a damn can.

509
00:40:58,247 --> 00:41:00,249
Hey, don't worry, we'll fix it.

510
00:41:00,416 --> 00:41:03,920
Oh, well, gee golly, John.
My confidence is reinstated.

511
00:41:05,630 --> 00:41:07,507
Now that's what
I'm talking about, honey.

512
00:41:12,679 --> 00:41:13,972
Oh, what happened here?

513
00:41:14,097 --> 00:41:17,225
Uh, you know, I told you
there were some kinks.

514
00:41:18,059 --> 00:41:19,644
Did you get them all worked out?

515
00:41:21,479 --> 00:41:22,605
I think so.

516
00:41:30,029 --> 00:41:34,575
- Howdy, stranger.
- Howdy, miss. You, uh, new in town?

517
00:41:36,744 --> 00:41:37,996
I came to see the astronauts.

518
00:41:39,038 --> 00:41:41,749
Well, it just so happens
you, uh, found the best one.

519
00:41:42,417 --> 00:41:43,543
Just my luck.

520
00:41:51,092 --> 00:41:53,386
- Dad!
- Hey, baby girl.

521
00:41:53,594 --> 00:41:57,348
- You ready to see a real rocket blast off?
- Uh-huh, watch this.

522
00:42:00,393 --> 00:42:01,561
- Just like me.
- Yeah.

523
00:42:01,644 --> 00:42:03,384
I mean, if a congressman
from our district

524
00:42:03,396 --> 00:42:06,178
is gonna be at the launch, it's obvious
that I should represent the program.

525
00:42:06,190 --> 00:42:09,527
I don't understand that they can't see it
as an opportunity for us to make an...

526
00:42:15,950 --> 00:42:17,577
- Am I talking too much?
- Mm.

527
00:42:27,962 --> 00:42:29,380
Wait, wait, wait, wait.

528
00:42:57,450 --> 00:42:59,660
You girls have any idea
where Mrs. Carpenter is?

529
00:43:00,536 --> 00:43:02,455
Only her hairdresser knows for sure.

530
00:43:06,793 --> 00:43:08,252
It's so lovely on you.

531
00:43:08,836 --> 00:43:13,299
- I look like I'm in a high school prom.
- No, you look amazing.

532
00:43:15,009 --> 00:43:17,011
- Sorry I'm late.
- Hey.

533
00:43:17,887 --> 00:43:18,971
Where do you want me?

534
00:43:20,389 --> 00:43:22,141
Right to the right
in front of Mrs. Cooper.

535
00:43:22,225 --> 00:43:23,810
- Hang on. Hi, Rene.
- Hi.

536
00:43:23,893 --> 00:43:25,436
Wow, what a dress.

537
00:43:25,603 --> 00:43:27,688
Yeah, right in front
of Mrs. Cooper, uh, right there.

538
00:43:27,814 --> 00:43:29,894
- Right in front of Trudy.
- Thank you.

539
00:43:30,233 --> 00:43:32,151
- There you go.
- Thank you.

540
00:43:32,777 --> 00:43:34,737
You all look lovely.

541
00:43:38,908 --> 00:43:40,493
Okay, ladies, smile.

542
00:43:43,788 --> 00:43:46,728
<i>All right. Roger, at heat.
What is the present count?</i>

543
00:43:58,469 --> 00:43:59,549
Tower is clear.

544
00:44:02,765 --> 00:44:04,645
That's a no go
for position check.

545
00:44:07,687 --> 00:44:10,064
- Mr. Hutmacher.
- Flight?

546
00:44:18,281 --> 00:44:19,282
Listen up.

547
00:44:21,617 --> 00:44:24,162
I don't care if your nerves
are frayed to a nub,

548
00:44:24,871 --> 00:44:26,414
or you hate my guts.

549
00:44:26,914 --> 00:44:30,418
What matters to me in this room
is that you care.

550
00:44:39,093 --> 00:44:41,512
- Mr. Ryerson?
- Yes, Flight.

551
00:44:42,013 --> 00:44:43,973
Get your stuff together and clear out.

552
00:44:47,643 --> 00:44:50,813
- I'm sorry, what?
- I don't play games, son.

553
00:44:52,315 --> 00:44:53,983
You think a sim doesn't matter,

554
00:44:54,108 --> 00:44:56,068
or you think teamwork
isn't the real thing?

555
00:44:56,986 --> 00:44:59,864
I sure as hell don't trust you
on a launch. Get out.

556
00:45:03,910 --> 00:45:06,162
- Yes, sir.
- Lunney?

557
00:45:07,455 --> 00:45:08,706
You know the procedures?

558
00:45:10,374 --> 00:45:13,002
- Uh, yes, sir.
- Take systems.

559
00:45:30,019 --> 00:45:32,438
All right. Let's get started.

560
00:45:32,647 --> 00:45:35,316
TC, this is Flight.
What's the count?

561
00:45:36,442 --> 00:45:39,987
<i>Okay, thirty seconds, 308,
your number.</i>

562
00:45:40,363 --> 00:45:41,489
All right. Let's hear it.

563
00:45:41,614 --> 00:45:42,811
- FIDO?
- Go.

564
00:45:42,823 --> 00:45:43,979
- Network?
- Go.

565
00:45:43,991 --> 00:45:45,147
- RSO?
- Go.

566
00:45:45,159 --> 00:45:46,315
<i>- Blockhouse?</i>
- Go.

567
00:45:46,327 --> 00:45:47,662
<i>- Capsule system?</i>
- Go.

568
00:45:47,674 --> 00:45:49,154
<i>- Recovery?
- Go.</i>

569
00:45:49,580 --> 00:45:50,736
<i>Ladies and gentlemen,</i>

570
00:45:50,748 --> 00:45:53,918
<i>all systems are go
for this first unmanned test flight</i>

571
00:45:54,001 --> 00:45:56,128
<i>of the Mercury-Atlas rocket.</i>

572
00:45:56,963 --> 00:45:58,047
Congressman Hollings.

573
00:45:58,256 --> 00:45:59,736
- Major.
- Glad you made it down safe.

574
00:45:59,882 --> 00:46:01,634
How would you feel about a private tour?

575
00:46:01,801 --> 00:46:03,719
That would be very nice.
Thank you, Major.

576
00:46:03,844 --> 00:46:04,929
You see that.

577
00:46:05,179 --> 00:46:07,890
That's a real capsule on top,
like the one I'm gonna ride in.

578
00:46:08,432 --> 00:46:10,977
- You had...
- Remember Big Deke?

579
00:46:14,730 --> 00:46:16,553
- That's actually normal.
- Right...

580
00:46:16,565 --> 00:46:19,085
- It's quite normal.
- ...right there.

581
00:46:19,110 --> 00:46:20,194
Who's that?

582
00:46:21,988 --> 00:46:23,364
Just one of the nurses.

583
00:46:29,078 --> 00:46:30,204
Who's he talking to?

584
00:46:32,873 --> 00:46:34,542
Some politician.

585
00:46:35,167 --> 00:46:37,003
How come you're not doing that?

586
00:46:37,712 --> 00:46:39,312
What the hell would I say?

587
00:46:40,881 --> 00:46:42,591
<i>T-minus ten seconds.</i>

588
00:46:43,426 --> 00:46:46,846
<i>Nine, eight, seven,</i>

589
00:46:47,596 --> 00:46:48,597
<i>six,</i>

590
00:46:49,348 --> 00:46:53,686
<i>five, four, three,</i>

591
00:46:54,061 --> 00:46:56,272
<i>two, one.</i>

592
00:47:00,651 --> 00:47:01,694
<i>Lift off.</i>

593
00:47:05,823 --> 00:47:07,950
There I go. You see me?

594
00:47:12,788 --> 00:47:14,290
FIDO, how's it looking?

595
00:47:14,457 --> 00:47:17,084
- Flight, we're looking good.
- Good. Capsule systems?

596
00:47:17,251 --> 00:47:19,051
- Good to go.
- T-plus 20.

597
00:47:20,004 --> 00:47:21,327
Commencing pitch and roll program.

598
00:47:21,339 --> 00:47:23,339
- Good to go.
- We're all a go.

599
00:47:24,008 --> 00:47:25,176
T-plus 30.

600
00:47:25,468 --> 00:47:26,677
Sixteen K.

601
00:47:26,802 --> 00:47:28,888
Right about now,
I'm feeling about 4Gs.

602
00:47:30,389 --> 00:47:33,559
- Turbo is about to kick in.
- Altitude 19K, looking good.

603
00:47:34,101 --> 00:47:35,311
That's good.

604
00:47:35,728 --> 00:47:36,896
Twenty-three K.

605
00:47:39,106 --> 00:47:40,483
Altitude 30K.

606
00:47:41,317 --> 00:47:42,568
Oh, yes.

607
00:47:43,235 --> 00:47:45,488
- Way up there.
- Two miles downrange.

608
00:47:45,946 --> 00:47:47,281
Approaching max q...

609
00:47:47,406 --> 00:47:49,533
What?

610
00:47:51,494 --> 00:47:53,037
- Flight, I...
- FIDO?

611
00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:55,486
Cover of the Earth is coming into view.
I can see the stars, Cammie.

612
00:47:55,498 --> 00:47:57,750
I'm almost in space.

613
00:48:01,420 --> 00:48:02,421
No.

614
00:48:04,090 --> 00:48:05,257
What happened?

615
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:07,301
What the hell just happened?

616
00:48:08,636 --> 00:48:10,346
Report LR status, report LR...

617
00:48:10,971 --> 00:48:12,515
Cut-off stays the same.

618
00:48:38,165 --> 00:48:42,586
Dad. Dad, what happened?

619
00:48:45,381 --> 00:48:47,925
Children, quickly.
Grab your things.

620
00:48:48,592 --> 00:48:50,428
What... how did this happen?