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NARRATOR:
Previously on The Right Stuff...
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MALE VOICE:
These are the Mercury astronauts.
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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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LOUDON:
LIFE 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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This is a fresh start for us.
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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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and we are already a month
behind schedule.
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MALE VOICE: Heat check, go.
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MALE VOICE 2: All launch systems
are green.
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MALE VOICE 3: Go.
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-MALE VOICE 4: Stand by.
-MALE VOICE 5: Fuel is go.
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-FIDO.
-MALE VOICE: Go.
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-Network.
-Go.
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-RSO.
-Go.
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-Capsule system.
-MALE VOICE: Go.
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-Recovery.
-MALE VOICE: Go.
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TC, this is Flight, we are go for launch.
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-MALE VOICE OVER PA: Roger, go for launch.
-MALE VOICE 2: We are go.
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MALE VOICE OVER PA:
Five, four, three, two, one.
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-Ignition. Lift off.
-(BEEPS)
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-MALE VOICE 1: Confirm lift off.
-MALE VOICE 2: That is confirmed.
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Flight, charge off floor.
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MALE VOICE 2 OVER PA: Flight,
I have a red light on capsule...
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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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MALE VOICE OVER PA: And can you confirm
the relay is green?
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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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-(BEEPING)
-Separation is yellow.
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Standby. Loss of radar contact.
Break up of MA-1 nine miles downrange.
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RYERSON: 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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(DRILLING)
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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.
-(ALL CHUCKLE)
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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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(MUSIC PLAYING)
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ALAN: They're training us
on this machine called the MASTIF
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that's supposed to make you feel
like you're tumbling in space.
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You can cut it.
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ALAN: Compared to what we do,
it's a carnival ride.
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The average fatality rate
of a Navy test pilot is 23 percent.
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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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DEE: 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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MALE VOICE OVER PA: All right, Commander.
Triple-axis control.
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Abort switch is on the left stick
if you need it.
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ALAN: Roger that.
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MALE VOICE OVER PA: Al, Al. Abort.
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Commander, abort.
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(MUFFLED SPEECH)
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MALE VOICE OVER PA: Get him down.
Have medical check him.
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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.
-SCOTT: 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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DEE: (MUFFLED) Are you okay?
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-What?
-Are you okay?
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(MUFFLED FINGER SNAP)
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JOHN: I won't pretend
we're not a competitive bunch.
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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?
-(SCOFFS)
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You write this stuff in advance?
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-Well, just trying to be helpful.
-(LAUGHS)
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-What's in there?
-Oh. Well, that's my mistress.
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-Oh. (CHUCKLES)
-(JOHN CHUCKLES)
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(JOHN EXHALES)
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(PLAYS TRUMPET)
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-(KNOCKING AT DOOR)
-(DOOR OPENS)
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(CHUCKLES)
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You ready?
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Sure am.
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ALAN: Nothing much to report,
just a few...
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-training kinks to work out.
-How are you faring?
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ALAN: (INHALES) I don't know anymore.
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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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LOUISE: What are you talking about?
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I just need to practice.
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What does LIFE have you wearing
for the photo shoot?
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-Pink.
-(LAUGHS) No.
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-Hey, at least it's not white.
-LOUISE: Good Lord, yes.
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(CHUCKLES)
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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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My girl in pink.
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Don't push yourself too hard.
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Okay?
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(DIAL TONE RINGING)
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(BOTH PANT)
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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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ANNIE: (STUTTERS) 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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-JOHN: And they can deliver in time?
-No.
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I have to go to town.
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I'm sorry you can't pick your own dress
for this photo.
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And don't worry, okay?
You're gonna put the other gals to shame.
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-Even Scott's wife?
-Come on.
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She got nothing on you.
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MAN: Incoming!
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(WATER SPLASHES)
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ANNIE: John?
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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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JOHN: I'll see you soon.
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MALE VOICE ON TV:
...but these distant planetary bodies,
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and maybe the entire
new solar systems and galaxies.
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What new discoveries
might be in store for mankind?
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MALE VOICE: 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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WALLY: 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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GORDON: There's no graceful way
to get out of that, huh?
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(CLEARS THROAT)
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(GRUNTS)
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(CHUCKLES)
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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... (SHOUTS)
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Kiss me, Major Glenn. (SMOOCHES)
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Ooh, delicioso.
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(LAUGHS) 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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WALLY: Gordo, if I don't see you
with a girl tonight, I'll start to worry.
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(WHOOSHING)
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Damn it.
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(BEEPING)
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MALE VOICE OVER PA:
Commander, abort.
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Shepard, abort.
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ALAN: Hit it again.
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MALE VOICE: Okay. Start it up again.
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(TELEPHONE RINGING)
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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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00:16:27,904 --> 00:16:28,863
(CLEARS THROAT)
241
00:16:31,407 --> 00:16:32,575
These are good.
242
00:16:37,872 --> 00:16:38,873
Chris...
243
00:16:40,875 --> 00:16:41,918
try and relax.
244
00:16:44,629 --> 00:16:46,547
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
245
00:16:54,764 --> 00:16:55,806
CHRIS: Lunney.
246
00:17:00,478 --> 00:17:01,646
Gather the men.
247
00:17:01,979 --> 00:17:02,980
Let's go, Ryerson.
248
00:17:03,940 --> 00:17:06,275
Good, Myers, your ball.
Lunney, your ball.
249
00:17:06,567 --> 00:17:09,362
Your ball. That's okay. That's okay. Hey.
250
00:17:09,445 --> 00:17:10,696
MALE VOICE: It's a good shot.
It's a...
251
00:17:10,821 --> 00:17:12,615
Teamwork now, teamwork.
252
00:17:12,740 --> 00:17:15,660
It's important.
That's why we're screwing up in control.
253
00:17:16,661 --> 00:17:19,539
Let's go, Ryerson. Here we go.
Here we go.
254
00:17:19,956 --> 00:17:22,500
See if you can handle this.
Service.
255
00:17:24,085 --> 00:17:27,213
CHRIS: Good. Back over. Good.
McCauley, give him some space.
256
00:17:27,672 --> 00:17:29,257
Hutmacher, wake up.
257
00:17:29,465 --> 00:17:31,968
All right, Jensen. That's yours.
Goddammit, Jensen.
258
00:17:32,218 --> 00:17:34,679
If the ball comes to you,
you got to hit it, all right?
259
00:17:34,845 --> 00:17:36,472
No hesitation, Jensen.
260
00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:41,143
-All right. Good. Here we go, Ryerson.
-All right, gentlemen. Service.
261
00:17:41,352 --> 00:17:42,603
Good. Mine, mine.
262
00:17:42,770 --> 00:17:45,439
Jensen, that's your ball. Damn it.
Out of his way, McCauley.
263
00:17:45,565 --> 00:17:48,526
You got to take control.
No hesitation, Jensen.
264
00:17:48,651 --> 00:17:49,694
Come on.
265
00:17:51,862 --> 00:17:53,030
GLYNN: Flight, you okay?
266
00:18:03,374 --> 00:18:04,667
Jesus Christ.
267
00:18:05,459 --> 00:18:06,836
That's enough for today.
268
00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:14,010
Geez, man. What's wrong with you?
It's just a game.
269
00:18:19,140 --> 00:18:20,766
(TELEPHONE RINGING)
270
00:18:22,727 --> 00:18:24,145
That's a great article.
271
00:18:24,979 --> 00:18:27,440
And your lovely family,
your two little ones?
272
00:18:27,523 --> 00:18:29,984
Uh, Lyn and Dave. Yeah. They're, uh...
273
00:18:30,401 --> 00:18:32,737
Looking forward to having them down
for a couple of days.
274
00:18:37,491 --> 00:18:39,869
You were the only one
who, um, mentioned the Lord.
275
00:18:42,038 --> 00:18:46,042
(CHUCKLES) You know, you should really
come on by tonight to the Living Grace,
276
00:18:46,334 --> 00:18:47,918
our little excuse for a church.
277
00:18:49,253 --> 00:18:51,255
It's A1A and. uh, Indianola.
278
00:18:52,632 --> 00:18:54,550
-Okay.
-Okay. And...
279
00:18:58,262 --> 00:18:59,347
Yeah, maybe.
280
00:18:59,889 --> 00:19:02,016
Uh, thank you. Thank you, Eunice.
281
00:19:02,183 --> 00:19:06,103
Um. Now, do you think he's coming in
at all today or, uh, should I...
282
00:19:08,689 --> 00:19:09,857
What happened here?
283
00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:12,234
Something on your mind, John?
284
00:19:15,237 --> 00:19:16,572
Uh, well...
285
00:19:17,573 --> 00:19:20,618
I'm sure we're all, uh, looking forward
to a very successful launch tomorrow.
286
00:19:20,701 --> 00:19:21,994
-CHRIS: Put that back.
-I was think...
287
00:19:24,288 --> 00:19:26,332
CHRIS:
Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth signed that ball.
288
00:19:26,832 --> 00:19:28,250
I don't want you touching it.
289
00:19:29,669 --> 00:19:30,670
(CHUCKLES)
290
00:19:32,421 --> 00:19:33,964
Well, uh...
291
00:19:34,882 --> 00:19:36,092
Well, anyway, um...
292
00:19:36,842 --> 00:19:40,096
I understand there'll be brass
from Wright-Patt. (CLEARS THROAT)
293
00:19:40,471 --> 00:19:44,141
And Walt Hollings, the 12th
District Congressman, just so happens
294
00:19:44,266 --> 00:19:45,726
-that my hometown is...
-CHRIS: No.
295
00:19:47,645 --> 00:19:48,646
"No," what?
296
00:19:51,482 --> 00:19:53,859
You're going to tell me
what a great idea it would be
297
00:19:53,943 --> 00:19:58,197
for you to show Walt around
as a representative of the project.
298
00:19:59,407 --> 00:20:00,700
-I'm saying no.
-Why?
299
00:20:02,743 --> 00:20:04,412
Be a part of the team, John.
300
00:20:09,583 --> 00:20:10,626
Anything else?
301
00:20:14,797 --> 00:20:16,006
That's all she wrote, Chief.
302
00:20:18,718 --> 00:20:19,719
Thanks for hearing me out.
303
00:20:19,969 --> 00:20:22,471
(MUSIC PLAYING)
304
00:20:23,264 --> 00:20:25,015
Hey, little girl
305
00:20:26,016 --> 00:20:27,268
'Round here somewhere
306
00:20:28,185 --> 00:20:29,645
Hey, little girl
307
00:20:30,479 --> 00:20:32,106
Never gonna let you go
308
00:20:33,023 --> 00:20:34,316
Stay right here
309
00:20:35,526 --> 00:20:36,736
I want you near...
310
00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:39,572
Behold, mighty astronauts.
311
00:20:40,614 --> 00:20:43,909
Unflinching prospectors
of the last unexplored realm,
312
00:20:44,076 --> 00:20:47,246
-specimens, and unimpeachable...
-Can it, Wainwright.
313
00:20:48,122 --> 00:20:51,792
-The hypocrisy doesn't bother you?
-Not especially, no.
314
00:20:53,002 --> 00:20:54,336
Well, you just take the pictures.
315
00:20:54,503 --> 00:20:58,007
Hell. I don't know
if it's little green men or...
316
00:20:59,258 --> 00:21:00,468
big purple unicorns,
317
00:21:00,634 --> 00:21:03,137
but there's weird stuff
flying around up there, Lunney. I know.
318
00:21:04,096 --> 00:21:07,391
Well, something else is on your radar now.
319
00:21:16,066 --> 00:21:17,318
Not from around here, are you?
320
00:21:18,402 --> 00:21:19,987
And what makes you say that?
321
00:21:22,281 --> 00:21:23,699
Because you look lost.
322
00:21:27,495 --> 00:21:28,746
I'm Patricia.
323
00:21:32,416 --> 00:21:33,501
GORDON; Gordo.
324
00:21:39,757 --> 00:21:41,926
(INDISTINCT CHATTER
FROM OTHER ROOM)
325
00:21:42,635 --> 00:21:45,179
(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER TV)
326
00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:53,437
(CHANNELS FLIPPING)
327
00:22:17,586 --> 00:22:19,213
WOMAN:
Why don't you come keep me warm?
328
00:22:26,929 --> 00:22:28,055
(WOMAN CHUCKLES)
329
00:22:28,722 --> 00:22:29,849
I'm going out.
330
00:22:30,641 --> 00:22:32,476
I could use a pack of smokes.
331
00:22:38,399 --> 00:22:39,692
I'll be back tomorrow.
332
00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:44,572
Where are you going?
333
00:22:50,911 --> 00:22:52,204
(ELECTRICITY BUZZES)
334
00:23:00,254 --> 00:23:02,256
-(PIANO PLAYING)
-(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
335
00:23:03,048 --> 00:23:04,758
They sure got a lot of rooms here?
336
00:23:05,509 --> 00:23:06,760
Oh, yeah. The whole...
337
00:23:07,344 --> 00:23:08,679
Whole building's full of them.
338
00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:12,516
And which one's yours?
339
00:23:13,350 --> 00:23:14,560
I, uh...
340
00:23:16,395 --> 00:23:18,147
I don't... I don't know, Patricia.
341
00:23:19,106 --> 00:23:20,649
You don't know which one's yours?
342
00:23:37,666 --> 00:23:39,001
What are you doing?
343
00:23:39,543 --> 00:23:41,253
-I'm a married man.
-Huh.
344
00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:06,195
You just gonna stand there
and watch me swim?
345
00:24:19,249 --> 00:24:21,710
Woo! (CHUCKLES)
346
00:24:35,975 --> 00:24:37,059
Oops.
347
00:24:44,733 --> 00:24:46,485
MALE VOICE: Who got the pool?
348
00:24:46,777 --> 00:24:49,446
-(SCREAMS)
-Geronimo.
349
00:24:52,783 --> 00:24:55,619
-Gordo, what happened?
-No way.
350
00:24:56,036 --> 00:24:58,914
Hey, Gordo. Who's your friend?
Does she have a friend?
351
00:24:59,456 --> 00:25:00,541
Who wants to race?
352
00:25:01,709 --> 00:25:03,419
(MUSIC PLAYING)
353
00:25:05,504 --> 00:25:06,922
(BOWLING PINS FALLING)
354
00:25:08,799 --> 00:25:11,802
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
355
00:25:16,223 --> 00:25:19,601
MALE PREACHER: I know. Because I had
felt it blackening my soul.
356
00:25:22,229 --> 00:25:23,480
Come. Join us, brother.
357
00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,110
-Hello.
-It's a real honor.
358
00:25:29,194 --> 00:25:30,195
Hi.
359
00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:33,490
It blurs our vision,
360
00:25:33,991 --> 00:25:35,743
clouds our senses.
361
00:25:36,618 --> 00:25:41,498
Through prayer, we scheme, and we yearn.
Oh, yes, we do.
362
00:25:42,207 --> 00:25:45,085
And we say, "Jesus, help me, please.
363
00:25:45,502 --> 00:25:50,132
"So that I may walk beside you
and keep you in my loving heart."
364
00:25:52,426 --> 00:25:56,096
Now, I ask each of you to take the hand
of the person beside you.
365
00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:00,225
Brother, sister, and stranger.
366
00:26:00,768 --> 00:26:04,063
And wish each other well
in the name of our Savior.
367
00:26:04,146 --> 00:26:06,273
-I wish you well.
-MALE VOICE: I wish you well.
368
00:26:07,483 --> 00:26:10,194
-I wish you well.
-You, too.
369
00:26:12,988 --> 00:26:14,239
(BUZZER BUZZING)
370
00:26:27,628 --> 00:26:28,837
(ALAN COUGHING)
371
00:26:32,466 --> 00:26:34,468
(PANTING)
372
00:26:48,565 --> 00:26:51,610
(BREATHING RAPIDLY)
373
00:27:03,622 --> 00:27:06,083
I was on an F-100
a couple of years back.
374
00:27:06,667 --> 00:27:09,920
Nose jumping on takeoff,
pitched up so high, I couldn't see shit.
375
00:27:10,337 --> 00:27:12,172
Then, she starts to roll right over.
376
00:27:12,297 --> 00:27:14,967
Oh, the Sabre Dance.
Heard those planes can do that.
377
00:27:15,342 --> 00:27:17,886
-Sounds dangerous.
-It's real dangerous. Yeah.
378
00:27:18,011 --> 00:27:22,224
So, I had to go full power, kick,
opposite rudder,
379
00:27:22,391 --> 00:27:23,600
jam the nose back down.
380
00:27:23,976 --> 00:27:26,812
And then she rolled right over and bounced
off the runway, and I...
381
00:27:26,979 --> 00:27:28,021
I almost bought the farm.
382
00:27:28,772 --> 00:27:30,941
But luckily,
I'm one of the best pilots around.
383
00:27:31,150 --> 00:27:33,527
I tabled her a little bit more
and sure enough...
384
00:27:34,695 --> 00:27:37,197
blue skies and I'm flying.
385
00:27:37,698 --> 00:27:39,116
(LAUGHS)
386
00:27:39,867 --> 00:27:42,035
(EXHALES) Wow, Gordo.
387
00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:45,080
That really is something...
388
00:27:46,165 --> 00:27:47,249
dangerous.
389
00:27:49,459 --> 00:27:52,337
My turn. I got a good one.
390
00:27:53,630 --> 00:27:54,756
So...
391
00:27:55,883 --> 00:27:59,303
turns out... Gordo and I have
flown together before.
392
00:28:00,804 --> 00:28:03,098
Yeah. At Lowry Field.
393
00:28:04,057 --> 00:28:05,642
I come out on the tarmac,
394
00:28:06,476 --> 00:28:09,771
and there's Gordo, smiling ear to ear.
395
00:28:11,064 --> 00:28:14,818
T-33 is all gassed and goosed.
Tells me he's done the pre-check,
396
00:28:15,319 --> 00:28:18,447
which of course he has
'cause it's his job.
397
00:28:19,656 --> 00:28:23,368
So anyway, we're just barely
off the runway
398
00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:25,120
when we lose power.
399
00:28:26,288 --> 00:28:29,583
Yeah, smacked down hard,
400
00:28:29,791 --> 00:28:33,045
collapse the gear,
burst into flames, boom.
401
00:28:35,339 --> 00:28:36,965
Talked to the ground crew later.
402
00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:42,012
They said Gordo
didn't do a pre-check. (CHUCKLES)
403
00:28:42,763 --> 00:28:45,432
I don't know how I got out alive.
I mean, there I am,
404
00:28:45,599 --> 00:28:49,645
doused in two tons of foam
and this idiot's all shrugs and saying,
405
00:28:50,103 --> 00:28:53,357
"Want a story, huh, Gus?
Skin of our teeth."
406
00:28:56,985 --> 00:28:59,738
What's the matter, Gordo?
I thought you love stories.
407
00:29:01,657 --> 00:29:04,326
You're doing the pre-checks
on the test rockets, huh?
408
00:29:04,493 --> 00:29:06,328
If so, I’m gonna wear a flak jacket.
409
00:29:07,162 --> 00:29:08,789
You're not the best, Gordo.
410
00:29:10,207 --> 00:29:11,208
Not even close.
411
00:29:11,959 --> 00:29:13,043
PATRICIA: What's wrong with you guys?
412
00:29:14,002 --> 00:29:15,170
You just wanna screw each other?
413
00:29:19,466 --> 00:29:21,176
Well, if you're looking to screw him,
414
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,178
you're wasting your time.
415
00:29:26,932 --> 00:29:28,308
He's just a window shopper.
416
00:29:36,608 --> 00:29:37,609
EUNICE: John.
417
00:29:39,695 --> 00:29:41,780
-So glad you could come.
-Well...
418
00:29:41,989 --> 00:29:43,323
First man in space?
419
00:29:44,074 --> 00:29:46,159
-I just know it.
-We'll see.
420
00:29:48,036 --> 00:29:49,162
Thank you, Eunice.
421
00:29:49,705 --> 00:29:50,831
I'll see you tomorrow.
422
00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:02,342
DOT: Redheads, huh?
423
00:30:05,512 --> 00:30:07,639
-Sorry?
-What did we do to deserve it?
424
00:30:10,183 --> 00:30:11,977
Well, it hasn't held me back.
425
00:30:12,853 --> 00:30:17,149
I don't know. It's like...
it's like being left-handed.
426
00:30:17,774 --> 00:30:20,777
-You just stick out.
-And what if I told you I was left-handed?
427
00:30:22,571 --> 00:30:23,655
I wouldn't tell anybody.
428
00:30:26,867 --> 00:30:28,493
They seem like nice enough people.
429
00:30:30,287 --> 00:30:31,580
What, you don't know them?
430
00:30:32,497 --> 00:30:36,251
No. I'm just, uh, checking in with Jesus.
431
00:30:37,627 --> 00:30:38,628
Oh.
432
00:30:40,130 --> 00:30:42,299
Well, I know Him pretty well.
433
00:30:42,758 --> 00:30:47,512
I, uh, never realized He liked
bowling so much.
434
00:30:48,847 --> 00:30:49,931
Well...
435
00:30:50,766 --> 00:30:52,768
blessed are the pinsetters, I guess.
436
00:30:54,019 --> 00:30:55,354
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
437
00:30:58,899 --> 00:31:00,275
Actually, I'm, uh...
438
00:31:01,318 --> 00:31:02,986
just a little bit lonely, so...
439
00:31:04,279 --> 00:31:05,280
Yeah.
440
00:31:06,281 --> 00:31:07,616
Yeah. I get that.
441
00:31:10,285 --> 00:31:11,370
I'm Dot.
442
00:31:12,662 --> 00:31:14,081
Like, uh, over the "I."
443
00:31:16,166 --> 00:31:17,334
I'm John.
444
00:31:18,502 --> 00:31:20,879
-The Presbyterian.
-(BOTH CHUCKLE)
445
00:31:23,590 --> 00:31:28,261
I wasn't looking, I just stood up
and banged my head on the flange.
446
00:31:32,224 --> 00:31:33,642
What are you doing here so late?
447
00:31:34,476 --> 00:31:37,270
It has to be ready for inspection
before the launch tomorrow.
448
00:31:37,354 --> 00:31:40,982
-Well, get someone to do it for you.
-I'm the someone someone gets. So...
449
00:31:43,068 --> 00:31:44,694
You think what I did was stupid?
450
00:31:45,821 --> 00:31:48,365
-DEE: It's not for me to say.
-Don't give me that.
451
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:51,368
You have an opinion.
452
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.
453
00:32:03,672 --> 00:32:05,841
You've seen us all up there
on that machine,
454
00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:07,050
what have you noticed?
455
00:32:09,219 --> 00:32:11,638
That you're the slowest to react
456
00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:14,057
and you take the longest to recover.
457
00:32:16,810 --> 00:32:18,186
And if you were to, um...
458
00:32:23,024 --> 00:32:24,943
If you were to examine one of us
and you found something,
459
00:32:25,068 --> 00:32:26,194
what would you do?
460
00:32:30,115 --> 00:32:33,952
I would make sure you understood
that anything you told me in confidence
461
00:32:34,077 --> 00:32:35,203
would remain private.
462
00:32:36,705 --> 00:32:38,623
Unless it jeopardized you or the project.
463
00:32:40,167 --> 00:32:41,376
Why should we trust you?
464
00:32:42,544 --> 00:32:43,795
Do you trust anyone?
465
00:32:44,588 --> 00:32:47,674
-I trust myself.
-That sounds lonely.
466
00:32:49,426 --> 00:32:51,678
Says the girl working late
on a Friday night.
467
00:32:56,933 --> 00:33:00,312
I'm sitting here, aren’t I?
468
00:33:03,482 --> 00:33:05,275
I'm talking to you.
The way I'm talking you,
469
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,777
you can call it trust,
you can call it whatever you want.
470
00:33:12,908 --> 00:33:15,619
-How much do you drink?
-ALAN: Enough.
471
00:33:17,537 --> 00:33:18,747
DEE: Sleeping okay?
472
00:33:21,458 --> 00:33:22,667
ALAN: Off and on.
473
00:33:23,335 --> 00:33:24,878
Women?
474
00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:29,049
Yes.
475
00:33:30,133 --> 00:33:31,218
(CLEARS THROAT)
476
00:33:31,510 --> 00:33:33,553
Any dizziness, hearing loss?
477
00:33:43,063 --> 00:33:44,147
Then you're fine.
478
00:33:52,489 --> 00:33:53,573
Oh, um...
479
00:33:56,826 --> 00:33:58,328
Help me with one last thing.
480
00:34:02,249 --> 00:34:03,959
What have they got you selling anyway?
481
00:34:04,876 --> 00:34:06,086
Men's magazines.
482
00:34:07,003 --> 00:34:09,005
The, uh, you know, the naughty kind.
483
00:34:09,287 --> 00:34:10,966
-Pointy brassieres on the cover...
-JOHN: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
484
00:34:11,132 --> 00:34:12,384
DOT: ...lots of ladies.
485
00:34:12,842 --> 00:34:13,885
(EXCLAIMS)
486
00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:19,641
-Sorry. I say stupid things sometimes.
-That's fine.
487
00:34:20,392 --> 00:34:23,353
And, um, what are you doing out here?
488
00:34:26,606 --> 00:34:28,024
I'm in aviation.
489
00:34:30,235 --> 00:34:32,946
And, um, how long have you been married?
490
00:34:36,032 --> 00:34:37,867
-Sixteen years.
-DOT: Oh.
491
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:40,453
She's a good woman.
492
00:34:41,746 --> 00:34:42,998
DOT: How did guys meet?
493
00:34:44,082 --> 00:34:45,792
I was two, she was three.
494
00:34:47,127 --> 00:34:49,713
-We played in the crib together.
-Okay.
495
00:34:51,381 --> 00:34:53,967
Oh, God, I didn't realize
how strange that must sound.
496
00:34:54,134 --> 00:34:57,554
No, I don't think it sounds strange.
Sounds like Kismet.
497
00:34:58,847 --> 00:35:00,348
You ever seen that movie, Kismet?
498
00:35:00,682 --> 00:35:04,436
JOHN: The musical? Yeah. (CHUCKLES)
Yeah, I have, actually.
499
00:35:04,561 --> 00:35:05,854
Isn't that how life should be?
500
00:35:07,439 --> 00:35:10,233
Knowing you have a destiny
instead of just...
501
00:35:11,526 --> 00:35:12,819
floating around.
502
00:35:22,329 --> 00:35:23,330
Oh, boy.
503
00:35:24,289 --> 00:35:25,832
Looks like they're closing up on us.
504
00:35:28,418 --> 00:35:29,419
Yeah.
505
00:35:48,021 --> 00:35:49,397
DOT: I know it doesn't look like much,
506
00:35:49,689 --> 00:35:52,651
but it's mostly old folks
who just mind their own business.
507
00:35:59,282 --> 00:36:00,742
Well, Dot, I, uh...
508
00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:04,120
I hope you, uh...
509
00:36:06,289 --> 00:36:08,541
You know, I hope you, uh, find your place.
510
00:36:11,836 --> 00:36:13,046
I hope you do, too.
511
00:36:15,715 --> 00:36:16,800
What do you mean?
512
00:36:18,051 --> 00:36:19,427
You just seemed a little...
513
00:36:20,387 --> 00:36:24,391
I don't know, empty,
when you came in tonight.
514
00:36:26,267 --> 00:36:28,019
Like you needed something so bad
515
00:36:28,103 --> 00:36:29,938
and you knew
you weren't ever gonna get it.
516
00:36:35,318 --> 00:36:36,695
No. No.
517
00:36:39,072 --> 00:36:41,533
No, I... I don't feel that way.
518
00:36:43,743 --> 00:36:45,078
Then how come we're sitting here?
519
00:36:49,374 --> 00:36:52,711
Like I said,
everybody just minds their own business.
520
00:37:12,397 --> 00:37:13,523
I wish you well.
521
00:37:20,905 --> 00:37:21,906
Well...
522
00:37:23,158 --> 00:37:24,909
Isn't this just the cutest little car?
523
00:37:28,037 --> 00:37:29,497
(SIGHS)
524
00:37:48,808 --> 00:37:49,809
(SMOOCHES)
525
00:37:52,979 --> 00:37:54,230
(DOG BARKING)
526
00:38:01,905 --> 00:38:04,157
(WHOOSHING)
527
00:38:19,964 --> 00:38:21,549
DEE: (THROUGH PA) Al, you finally got it.
528
00:38:23,092 --> 00:38:24,093
ALAN: Kill it.
529
00:38:35,146 --> 00:38:36,314
Yeah, I'm okay.
530
00:38:37,315 --> 00:38:38,441
You're okay.
531
00:38:39,734 --> 00:38:41,194
Just needed to practice.
532
00:39:10,056 --> 00:39:13,101
MALE VOICE: Gentlemen, it is my honor
to present to you...
533
00:39:13,935 --> 00:39:16,604
the Mercury Project capsule.
534
00:39:22,485 --> 00:39:25,280
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
535
00:39:53,558 --> 00:39:55,143
Let's get a look inside.
536
00:40:06,070 --> 00:40:07,280
Where's the window?
537
00:40:08,406 --> 00:40:09,657
Window? Uh...
538
00:40:09,949 --> 00:40:12,869
There are two small portholes
on either side.
539
00:40:13,786 --> 00:40:15,663
How are we supposed to fly
if we can't see?
540
00:40:16,539 --> 00:40:17,540
ALAN: You don't.
541
00:40:19,417 --> 00:40:20,668
You just sit there...
542
00:40:23,546 --> 00:40:25,256
with thermometers in our asses.
543
00:40:27,258 --> 00:40:29,636
It's controlled from the ground.
544
00:40:32,513 --> 00:40:33,848
DEKE: What the heck?
545
00:40:35,808 --> 00:40:38,144
HENRI: Ladies, my name is Henri Landwirth.
546
00:40:38,269 --> 00:40:40,021
These are compliments of the Starlite.
547
00:40:40,146 --> 00:40:42,315
Oh, is that a Mai Tai?
548
00:40:42,398 --> 00:40:43,983
-Yes, please.
-HENRI: Cheers.
549
00:40:45,526 --> 00:40:46,611
What color did they put you in?
550
00:40:46,986 --> 00:40:50,323
Oh, they put me in yellow,
but, honestly, who looks good in yellow?
551
00:40:50,698 --> 00:40:52,116
-(HORN HONKS)
-Uh, they're here.
552
00:40:53,701 --> 00:40:55,578
"Gentlemen, it's controlled
from the ground."
553
00:40:55,662 --> 00:40:58,081
Yeah, it's like they said,
we're Spam in a damn can.
554
00:40:58,247 --> 00:41:00,249
Hey, don't worry, we'll fix it.
555
00:41:00,416 --> 00:41:03,920
Oh, well, gee golly, John.
My confidence is reinstated.
556
00:41:05,630 --> 00:41:07,507
RENE: Now that's what
I'm talking about, honey.
557
00:41:12,679 --> 00:41:13,972
Oh, what happened here?
558
00:41:14,097 --> 00:41:17,225
Uh, you know, I told you
there were some kinks.
559
00:41:18,059 --> 00:41:19,644
Did you get them all worked out?
560
00:41:21,479 --> 00:41:22,605
I think so.
561
00:41:30,029 --> 00:41:34,575
-Howdy, stranger.
-Howdy, miss. You, uh, new in town?
562
00:41:36,744 --> 00:41:37,996
I came to see the astronauts.
563
00:41:39,038 --> 00:41:41,749
Well, it just so happens
you, uh, found the best one.
564
00:41:42,417 --> 00:41:43,543
Just my luck.
565
00:41:51,092 --> 00:41:53,386
-Dad!
-GORDON: Hey, baby girl.
566
00:41:53,594 --> 00:41:57,348
-You ready to see a real rocket blast off?
-Uh-huh, watch this.
567
00:41:58,641 --> 00:41:59,767
(CHUCKLES)
568
00:42:00,393 --> 00:42:01,561
-Just like me.
-Yeah.
569
00:42:01,644 --> 00:42:03,312
JOHN: I mean, if a congressman
from our district
570
00:42:03,396 --> 00:42:06,065
is gonna be at the launch, it's obvious
that I should represent the program.
571
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...
572
00:42:15,950 --> 00:42:17,577
-Am I talking too much?
-Mm.
573
00:42:27,962 --> 00:42:29,380
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
574
00:42:44,062 --> 00:42:45,063
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
575
00:42:57,450 --> 00:42:59,660
You girls have any idea
where Mrs. Carpenter is?
576
00:43:00,536 --> 00:43:02,455
Only her hairdresser knows for sure.
577
00:43:03,331 --> 00:43:05,875
(ALL CHUCKLE)
578
00:43:06,793 --> 00:43:08,252
It's so lovely on you.
579
00:43:08,836 --> 00:43:13,299
-I look like I'm in a high school prom.
-No, you look amazing.
580
00:43:15,009 --> 00:43:17,011
-RENE: Sorry I'm late.
-RALPH: Hey.
581
00:43:17,887 --> 00:43:18,971
Where do you want me?
582
00:43:20,389 --> 00:43:22,141
Right to the right
in front of Mrs. Cooper.
583
00:43:22,225 --> 00:43:23,810
-Hang on. Hi, Rene.
-Hi.
584
00:43:23,893 --> 00:43:25,436
LOUDON: Wow, what a dress.
585
00:43:25,603 --> 00:43:27,688
Yeah, right in front
of Mrs. Cooper, uh, right there.
586
00:43:27,814 --> 00:43:29,357
-LOUDON: Right in front of Trudy.
-RENE: Thank you.
587
00:43:30,233 --> 00:43:32,151
-LOUDON: There you go.
-RENE: Thank you.
588
00:43:32,777 --> 00:43:34,737
-(RENE GIGGLES)
-You all look lovely.
589
00:43:38,908 --> 00:43:40,493
Okay, ladies, smile.
590
00:43:43,788 --> 00:43:46,728
MALE VOICE: All right. Roger, at heat.
What is the present count?
591
00:43:48,501 --> 00:43:50,878
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-(TELEPHONES RINGING)
592
00:43:58,469 --> 00:43:59,470
MALE VOICE: Tower is clear.
593
00:44:02,765 --> 00:44:04,475
MALE VOICE 2: That's a no go
for position check.
594
00:44:07,687 --> 00:44:10,064
-Mr. Hutmacher.
-Flight?
595
00:44:18,281 --> 00:44:19,282
Listen up.
596
00:44:21,617 --> 00:44:24,162
I don't care if your nerves
are frayed to a nub,
597
00:44:24,871 --> 00:44:26,414
or you hate my guts.
598
00:44:26,914 --> 00:44:30,418
What matters to me in this room
is that you care.
599
00:44:39,093 --> 00:44:41,512
-Mr. Ryerson?
-Yes, Flight.
600
00:44:42,013 --> 00:44:43,973
Get your stuff together and clear out.
601
00:44:47,643 --> 00:44:50,813
-I'm sorry, what?
-I don't play games, son.
602
00:44:52,315 --> 00:44:53,983
You think a sim doesn't matter,
603
00:44:54,108 --> 00:44:56,068
or you think teamwork
isn't the real thing?
604
00:44:56,986 --> 00:44:59,864
I sure as hell don't trust you
on a launch. Get out.
605
00:45:03,910 --> 00:45:06,162
-RYERSON: Yes, sir.
-Lunney?
606
00:45:07,455 --> 00:45:08,706
You know the procedures?
607
00:45:10,374 --> 00:45:13,002
-Uh, yes, sir.
-Take systems.
608
00:45:30,019 --> 00:45:32,438
All right. Let's get started.
609
00:45:32,647 --> 00:45:35,316
TC, this is Flight.
What's the count?
610
00:45:36,442 --> 00:45:39,987
MALE VOICE: Okay, thirty seconds, 308,
your number.
611
00:45:40,363 --> 00:45:41,489
All right. Let's hear it.
612
00:45:41,614 --> 00:45:42,698
-CHRIS: FIDO?
-MALE VOICE 1: Go.
613
00:45:42,823 --> 00:45:43,908
-CHRIS: Network?
-MALE VOICE 2: Go.
614
00:45:43,991 --> 00:45:45,076
-CHRIS: RSO?
-MALE VOICE 3: Go.
615
00:45:45,159 --> 00:45:46,244
-CHRIS: Blockhouse?
-MALE VOICE 4: Go.
616
00:45:46,327 --> 00:45:47,574
-CHRIS: Capsule system?
-MALE VOICE 5: Go.
617
00:45:47,674 --> 00:45:49,038
-CHRIS: Recovery?
-MALE VOICE 6: Go.
618
00:45:49,580 --> 00:45:50,623
SHORTY: Ladies and gentlemen,
619
00:45:50,748 --> 00:45:53,918
all systems are go
for this first unmanned test flight
620
00:45:54,001 --> 00:45:56,128
of the Mercury-Atlas rocket.
621
00:45:56,963 --> 00:45:58,047
Congressman Hollings.
622
00:45:58,256 --> 00:45:59,715
-Major.
-Glad you made it down safe.
623
00:45:59,882 --> 00:46:01,634
How would you feel about a private tour?
624
00:46:01,801 --> 00:46:03,719
That would be very nice.
Thank you, Major.
625
00:46:03,844 --> 00:46:04,929
You see that.
626
00:46:05,179 --> 00:46:07,890
That's a real capsule on top,
like the one I'm gonna ride in.
627
00:46:08,432 --> 00:46:10,977
-You had...
-Remember Big Deke?
628
00:46:14,730 --> 00:46:16,482
-MALE VOICE: That's actually normal.
-FEMALE VOICE: Right...
629
00:46:16,565 --> 00:46:18,317
-MALE VOICE: It's quite normal.
-FEMALE VOICE: ...right there.
630
00:46:19,110 --> 00:46:20,194
Who's that?
631
00:46:21,988 --> 00:46:23,364
Just one of the nurses.
632
00:46:29,078 --> 00:46:30,204
Who's he talking to?
633
00:46:32,873 --> 00:46:34,542
Some politician.
634
00:46:35,167 --> 00:46:37,003
-How come you're not doing that?
-(CHUCKLES)
635
00:46:37,712 --> 00:46:39,171
-What the hell would I say?
-(CHUCKLES)
636
00:46:40,881 --> 00:46:42,591
ANNOUNCER: T-minus ten seconds.
637
00:46:43,426 --> 00:46:46,846
Nine, eight, seven,
638
00:46:47,596 --> 00:46:48,597
six,
639
00:46:49,348 --> 00:46:53,686
five, four, three,
640
00:46:54,061 --> 00:46:56,272
two, one.
641
00:47:00,651 --> 00:47:01,694
Lift off.
642
00:47:05,823 --> 00:47:07,950
There I go. You see me?
643
00:47:12,788 --> 00:47:14,290
FIDO, how's it looking?
644
00:47:14,457 --> 00:47:17,084
-Flight, we're looking good.
-Good. Capsule systems?
645
00:47:17,251 --> 00:47:18,753
-MALE VOICE 1: Good to go.
-FIDO: T-plus 20.
646
00:47:20,004 --> 00:47:21,172
Commencing pitch and roll program.
647
00:47:21,339 --> 00:47:23,090
-MALE VOICE 2: Good to go.
-FIDO: We're all a go.
648
00:47:24,008 --> 00:47:25,176
T-plus 30.
649
00:47:25,468 --> 00:47:26,677
Sixteen K.
650
00:47:26,802 --> 00:47:28,888
Right about now,
I'm feeling about 4Gs.
651
00:47:30,389 --> 00:47:33,559
-Turbo is about to kick in.
-FIDO: Altitude 19K, looking good.
652
00:47:34,101 --> 00:47:35,311
MALE VOICE: That's good.
653
00:47:35,728 --> 00:47:36,896
FIDO: Twenty-three K.
654
00:47:39,106 --> 00:47:40,483
Altitude 30K.
655
00:47:41,317 --> 00:47:42,568
Oh, yes.
656
00:47:43,235 --> 00:47:45,488
-Way up there.
-Two miles downrange.
657
00:47:45,946 --> 00:47:47,281
Approaching max q...
658
00:47:47,406 --> 00:47:49,533
-(BEEPING)
-What?
659
00:47:51,494 --> 00:47:53,037
-FIDO: Flight, I...
-FIDO?
660
00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:55,373
Cover of the Earth is coming into view.
I can see the stars, Cammie.
661
00:47:55,498 --> 00:47:57,750
-I'm almost in space.
-(EXPLOSION)
662
00:47:58,876 --> 00:48:01,295
(CROWD GASPING)
663
00:48:01,420 --> 00:48:02,421
FEMALE VOICE: No.
664
00:48:04,090 --> 00:48:05,257
CHRIS: What happened?
665
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:07,301
What the hell just happened?
666
00:48:08,636 --> 00:48:10,346
MALE VOICE: Report LR status, report LR...
667
00:48:10,971 --> 00:48:12,515
MALE VOICE 2: Cut-off stays the same.
668
00:48:23,401 --> 00:48:28,155
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
669
00:48:28,948 --> 00:48:31,992
(TELEPHONES RINGING)
670
00:48:38,165 --> 00:48:42,586
-Dad. Dad, what happened?
-(SIRENS WAILING)
671
00:48:45,381 --> 00:48:47,925
FEMALE VOICE 1: Children, quickly.
Grab your things.
672
00:48:48,592 --> 00:48:50,428
FEMALE VOICE 2:
What... how did this happen?
673
00:48:51,303 --> 00:48:53,764
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
674
00:49:05,609 --> 00:49:08,529
(HIGH-PITCHED RINGING)
675
00:49:25,754 --> 00:49:28,299
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)