1 00:00:17,351 --> 00:00:19,141 NARRATOR: Previously on The Right Stuff... 2 00:00:19,228 --> 00:00:21,648 Honestly, Annie said I've been out of this world a long time, 3 00:00:21,730 --> 00:00:23,940 -might as well actually go on out there. -(CROWD LAUGHS) 4 00:00:24,024 --> 00:00:26,654 This is my chance to be the first at something memorable. 5 00:00:26,735 --> 00:00:28,195 And I want it more than anyone, Annie. 6 00:00:28,403 --> 00:00:31,283 -For God and for freedom. -(CROWD CHEERING) 7 00:00:31,365 --> 00:00:32,405 He's a natural. 8 00:00:32,574 --> 00:00:36,084 This is Senator Kennedy's special advisor on all matters of science, 9 00:00:36,161 --> 00:00:37,911 Dr. Jerome Wiesner. 10 00:00:38,247 --> 00:00:39,827 Jack asked me to be here because he has 11 00:00:39,915 --> 00:00:42,415 some questions about the manned space program. 12 00:00:42,668 --> 00:00:44,168 GORDON: This is a fresh start for us. 13 00:00:44,795 --> 00:00:47,165 Baby, we gotta get you back up in a plane. 14 00:00:47,422 --> 00:00:49,732 ALAN: They're training us on this machine called the MASTIF. 15 00:00:49,858 --> 00:00:51,858 It's supposed to make you feel like you're tumbling in space. 16 00:00:51,954 --> 00:00:54,394 Anything you told me in confidence would remain private, 17 00:00:54,471 --> 00:00:56,351 unless it jeopardized you or the project. 18 00:00:56,682 --> 00:00:58,482 -Gordo Cooper. -Scott Carpenter. 19 00:00:59,101 --> 00:01:00,141 Ricky Carsrud. 20 00:01:00,227 --> 00:01:03,227 GUS: Turns out Gordo and I have flown together before. 21 00:01:03,355 --> 00:01:06,275 Tells me he's done the pre-check. I don't know how I got out alive. 22 00:01:06,358 --> 00:01:10,488 And this idiot's, "Aw, shucks," and saying, "What a story, huh, Gus?" 23 00:01:10,571 --> 00:01:12,201 Skin of our teeth. 24 00:01:12,333 --> 00:01:13,193 (GRUNTS) 25 00:01:16,868 --> 00:01:18,038 (DOOR OPENS) 26 00:01:21,415 --> 00:01:22,415 (DOOR SHUTS) 27 00:01:37,014 --> 00:01:38,394 They seem anxious. 28 00:01:43,812 --> 00:01:45,562 CHRIS: So, you make a decision? 29 00:01:46,690 --> 00:01:47,690 I have. 30 00:01:48,609 --> 00:01:50,399 And? Who is it? 31 00:01:56,325 --> 00:01:57,485 BOB: Good afternoon, gentlemen. 32 00:01:59,411 --> 00:02:00,411 So... 33 00:02:01,747 --> 00:02:05,287 today we will decide the flight order for the first three astronauts. 34 00:02:24,811 --> 00:02:26,981 (RETRO MUSIC PLAYING) 35 00:02:41,745 --> 00:02:44,745 LOUDON: So Gordo, how's the press tour been treating you? 36 00:02:46,625 --> 00:02:49,375 It's been, uh... it's been nice spending some time with the boys. 37 00:02:50,003 --> 00:02:52,553 We've gotten a lot closer than I ever figured we'd be. (CHUCKLES) 38 00:02:52,631 --> 00:02:56,301 And that's great, you know, because we've been constantly on the move, 39 00:02:56,635 --> 00:02:59,425 flying from one contractor to another, buckin' up spirits 40 00:02:59,513 --> 00:03:01,103 to keep the assembly lines moving, 41 00:03:01,647 --> 00:03:02,807 keep everybody on task. 42 00:03:03,433 --> 00:03:04,983 But it seems like... 43 00:03:05,102 --> 00:03:07,602 -we've been doing it nonstop. -LOUDON: Well, but you're famous now. 44 00:03:07,688 --> 00:03:10,068 People want to hear from you, they'll believe whatever you say. 45 00:03:10,581 --> 00:03:11,531 There's power in that. 46 00:03:11,775 --> 00:03:13,145 (SCOFFS) Yeah, I guess. 47 00:03:13,527 --> 00:03:15,277 -(LOUDON CHUCKLES) -(SIGHS) 48 00:03:15,737 --> 00:03:17,157 Does get old, though. 49 00:03:18,448 --> 00:03:20,698 All those rubber chicken dinners and... 50 00:03:21,576 --> 00:03:23,696 spending so much time away from the family. 51 00:03:28,667 --> 00:03:31,957 DORIS: Wind's at two knots, west... 52 00:03:32,295 --> 00:03:34,165 Okay. Thanks, Chuck. 53 00:03:35,382 --> 00:03:36,882 Hey, Doris, I'm taking the Pacer up. 54 00:03:36,967 --> 00:03:38,547 -(AIRPLANE WHIRRING) -Here you go. 55 00:03:38,635 --> 00:03:40,505 -Thank you. -DORIS: Oh, Trudy? 56 00:03:42,264 --> 00:03:44,024 There's someone here waiting for you. 57 00:03:44,474 --> 00:03:46,024 It's Jerrie Cobb. 58 00:03:56,194 --> 00:03:59,494 TRUDY: (GASPS, CHUCKLES) It is you. 59 00:04:00,449 --> 00:04:03,949 -Uh, Trudy Cooper. -Jerrie Cobb. 60 00:04:06,163 --> 00:04:08,333 To what honor do I owe this? 61 00:04:11,626 --> 00:04:15,836 I want to go into space, and I'd like your husband to help. 62 00:04:18,717 --> 00:04:20,637 TRUDY: The thing about Hawaii, there's almost no traffic 63 00:04:20,719 --> 00:04:22,469 so you have the whole sky yourself. 64 00:04:22,804 --> 00:04:25,224 Gordo and I spent as much time flying around the island together 65 00:04:25,307 --> 00:04:26,637 as we did on the ground. 66 00:04:26,767 --> 00:04:30,227 (EXHALES) This one time he almost kicked the crap out of a gas jockey 67 00:04:30,312 --> 00:04:33,112 -who whistled, called me his stewardess. -(BOTH LAUGH) 68 00:04:33,190 --> 00:04:34,570 TRUDY: From that point on, my plane 69 00:04:34,649 --> 00:04:37,279 was always topped off and washed before I set foot on the tarmac. 70 00:04:37,611 --> 00:04:41,071 Most guys are scared of a woman who flies. Don't know what to do with us. 71 00:04:41,156 --> 00:04:42,276 (BOTH CHUCKLE) 72 00:04:42,365 --> 00:04:44,075 But Gordo must be a good one. 73 00:04:45,577 --> 00:04:48,537 -I suppose so. -Well, that's the whole reason I'm here. 74 00:04:49,164 --> 00:04:51,504 Thought any man who married you would understand why it is 75 00:04:51,583 --> 00:04:54,803 that I wanna go up and that I am good enough to do it. 76 00:04:54,878 --> 00:04:55,878 (INHALES) 77 00:04:55,962 --> 00:05:00,632 And I thought he might be willing to say so... in public. 78 00:05:01,843 --> 00:05:03,973 Now, this isn't some pipe dream. 79 00:05:04,513 --> 00:05:06,563 Yeah, I've just come from the Lovelace Clinic. 80 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:10,230 They put me through all the same tests the astronauts did, and I passed them. 81 00:05:12,270 --> 00:05:13,360 (SCOFFS) 82 00:05:13,741 --> 00:05:15,421 That's not what the country wants. 83 00:05:16,942 --> 00:05:19,152 What do you want, Trudy? 84 00:05:21,071 --> 00:05:24,071 I... (CHUCKLES) What do you mean? 85 00:05:25,784 --> 00:05:28,124 You wanna just bake cookies? 86 00:05:29,412 --> 00:05:32,082 Be the perfect housewife to your astro hubby? 87 00:05:32,874 --> 00:05:35,254 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 88 00:05:40,715 --> 00:05:42,425 I'm not on a solo mission. 89 00:05:43,969 --> 00:05:48,519 I want to build a female astronaut corps, and I want you to be a part of it. 90 00:05:52,727 --> 00:05:53,807 Me? 91 00:05:54,062 --> 00:05:55,942 I've been asking around about you. 92 00:05:56,690 --> 00:05:59,110 Get your hours up and do some instrument flying, 93 00:05:59,276 --> 00:06:01,436 no reason that you wouldn't be a perfect candidate. 94 00:06:05,949 --> 00:06:07,159 (CHUCKLES) 95 00:06:08,869 --> 00:06:10,579 I don't know what to say. (CHUCKLES) 96 00:06:11,955 --> 00:06:13,535 Say you'll talk to Gordo. 97 00:06:18,295 --> 00:06:21,165 (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) 98 00:06:21,673 --> 00:06:23,013 (MIRROR SQUEAKS) 99 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:56,880 (RAPID HEARTBEAT) 100 00:06:57,042 --> 00:06:59,422 -(TINNITUS RINGING) -(GRUNTS) 101 00:07:00,211 --> 00:07:01,301 (SNAPS FINGERS) 102 00:07:01,588 --> 00:07:02,588 (EXHALES) 103 00:07:02,672 --> 00:07:04,172 -(SNAPS FINGERS) -Shit. 104 00:07:08,261 --> 00:07:09,351 (SIGHS) 105 00:07:28,239 --> 00:07:29,659 Ricky Carsrud died. 106 00:07:30,325 --> 00:07:31,325 What? 107 00:07:31,743 --> 00:07:33,583 -Ricky? -Your buddy from Pax River? 108 00:07:33,703 --> 00:07:37,213 (INHALES) He flamed out over the Chesapeake this morning. 109 00:07:39,376 --> 00:07:40,876 I'm so sorry, Wally. 110 00:07:41,711 --> 00:07:43,301 (PEOPLE LAUGHING) 111 00:07:46,341 --> 00:07:48,261 (SMACKS LIPS) Happens, right? 112 00:07:48,927 --> 00:07:51,007 TED: Wally Schirra. (CHUCKLES) 113 00:07:51,179 --> 00:07:53,559 Ted Claiborne. We met at Langley last year. 114 00:07:53,932 --> 00:07:55,682 -Yeah. Hi, Ted. -Hey. 115 00:07:56,059 --> 00:07:58,439 Hey, uh, look, I'm not gonna lie to you. 116 00:07:58,770 --> 00:08:01,770 It's gonna sound like blast off in there, but this is gonna be a tough room. 117 00:08:02,107 --> 00:08:04,857 All right. 1960 was a... a hard year for us. 118 00:08:07,070 --> 00:08:09,450 Well, we're here, Ted. 119 00:08:10,281 --> 00:08:12,371 We're here to reassure you 120 00:08:12,492 --> 00:08:15,752 that our faith in Convair has not wavered 121 00:08:15,829 --> 00:08:18,539 and we appreciate the hell out of the good work that your men 122 00:08:19,416 --> 00:08:22,086 -are doing out here. -Ted. Al Shepard. 123 00:08:22,168 --> 00:08:24,718 -Great to see you again. How are you? -You know, I don't think we've met. 124 00:08:25,088 --> 00:08:26,968 Oh yeah, sure we have. That was your, uh... 125 00:08:27,048 --> 00:08:29,628 -wife in the little blue dress there. -TED: Yeah, that's my Lizzy. 126 00:08:29,718 --> 00:08:32,048 ALAN: Why don't you and Lizzy go on and get a start on the party? 127 00:08:32,137 --> 00:08:33,297 Uh, we'll be in right behind you. 128 00:08:33,388 --> 00:08:35,218 The boys and I had a really long travel day. 129 00:08:35,849 --> 00:08:36,979 Yeah, okay. 130 00:08:37,308 --> 00:08:38,388 (ALAN CLEARS THROAT) 131 00:08:40,770 --> 00:08:42,940 (EXHALES) 132 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:46,570 I can't do this. 133 00:08:49,654 --> 00:08:51,664 You know, why don't we all just take a breather? 134 00:08:51,740 --> 00:08:53,410 Got some time, the party's just starting. 135 00:08:53,491 --> 00:08:54,991 We can have a drink on the beach. 136 00:08:55,076 --> 00:08:58,036 I got a bottle of Johnnie Walker in my room, if you wanna grab it. 137 00:08:58,663 --> 00:09:01,583 -Say no more. I'm on it. -Sound good? All right. 138 00:09:03,334 --> 00:09:05,804 Uh, yeah, Al's right. Why... why don't you guys go ahead? 139 00:09:05,879 --> 00:09:07,629 I'll stay here and hold down the fort. 140 00:09:07,881 --> 00:09:09,051 Be right back up. 141 00:09:10,759 --> 00:09:12,759 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 142 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,350 (CALYPSO MUSIC PLAYS) 143 00:09:24,105 --> 00:09:25,475 (LAUGHING) 144 00:09:27,317 --> 00:09:30,237 GUS: I physically cannot shake another hand. 145 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:32,570 -(CHUCKLES) -GUS: I'm not doing it. It's gonna... 146 00:09:33,406 --> 00:09:35,526 -turn into one of those. -(LAUGHS) 147 00:09:35,909 --> 00:09:38,499 -I will punch these people. -Please do. (LAUGHS) 148 00:09:38,620 --> 00:09:40,410 GUS: It hurts my shoulder, too. It's weird. 149 00:09:40,580 --> 00:09:42,750 -(JOHN SNIFFS, CLEARS THROAT) -You're supposed to use your wrist. 150 00:09:42,875 --> 00:09:44,035 John. 151 00:09:45,001 --> 00:09:46,961 JOHN: Drinking from the bottle like savages. 152 00:09:47,045 --> 00:09:48,455 -Yeah, John. -(ALL LAUGH) 153 00:09:49,005 --> 00:09:52,175 -I, uh, I swiped these from the bar. -Oh. 154 00:09:52,634 --> 00:09:53,764 JOHN: Gentlemen. 155 00:09:53,843 --> 00:09:57,143 -ALAN: How's it going in there? -Oh I, uh, I haven't gone in yet. 156 00:09:57,222 --> 00:09:58,392 We got plenty of time. 157 00:09:58,556 --> 00:10:01,936 ALAN: A toast to the, uh, brave men of Convair. 158 00:10:02,769 --> 00:10:04,729 May their courage serve as an example 159 00:10:04,854 --> 00:10:06,564 -to all us simple-minded pilots. -(LAUGHTER) 160 00:10:07,607 --> 00:10:09,727 -GUS: Hear, hear. -Hear, hear. 161 00:10:09,818 --> 00:10:11,108 -Cheers. -WALLY: Cheers. 162 00:10:11,694 --> 00:10:12,704 (CLEARS THROAT) 163 00:10:13,571 --> 00:10:14,571 (ALAN GRUNTS) 164 00:10:14,656 --> 00:10:19,116 Um, me and Carsrud had a close call one time in a TV-2. (CHUCKLES) 165 00:10:19,244 --> 00:10:21,834 Fuel line caught fire somewhere over the Sierras. 166 00:10:22,122 --> 00:10:25,462 Somehow Ricky found a little airstrip in one of those nothing mountain towns 167 00:10:25,625 --> 00:10:26,875 in a snowstorm. 168 00:10:27,043 --> 00:10:29,343 Brought it down like icing on a birthday cake. 169 00:10:29,963 --> 00:10:31,673 Most scared I've been in my life. 170 00:10:32,966 --> 00:10:34,756 -Gus. -Yup. 171 00:10:36,136 --> 00:10:37,256 What, is it a Round Robin? 172 00:10:41,057 --> 00:10:44,057 Yeah, well, you know, I'm not really one to repeat myself. 173 00:10:44,144 --> 00:10:47,694 Some of you already know about my little brush with death. 174 00:10:48,731 --> 00:10:50,191 Scared the shit out of me. 175 00:10:51,484 --> 00:10:54,114 I got reckless. I did. And, uh... 176 00:10:56,322 --> 00:10:59,452 I didn't do the pre-check on the plane. That's... that's true. 177 00:11:01,578 --> 00:11:05,668 (SIGHS) So, we hop in and we take off, lose power and... 178 00:11:07,458 --> 00:11:11,048 next thing you know we're sliding down the runway covered in flames. 179 00:11:12,964 --> 00:11:17,724 That's the, uh... that's the only time I almost cashed in somebody else's chips. 180 00:11:21,306 --> 00:11:22,466 That's real scary. 181 00:11:26,603 --> 00:11:29,943 Hell, Gus, I am... so sorry. 182 00:11:34,027 --> 00:11:35,237 I never told you. 183 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:41,530 It's all in the past, Gordo. 184 00:11:47,540 --> 00:11:48,580 (GLASSES CLINK) 185 00:11:50,585 --> 00:11:52,245 (EXHALES DEEPLY) 186 00:12:00,762 --> 00:12:02,012 (CHUCKLING) 187 00:12:02,972 --> 00:12:05,022 -Well, now. -Jonathan Glenn. 188 00:12:05,099 --> 00:12:06,349 (LAUGHTER) 189 00:12:06,517 --> 00:12:09,267 Uh, it was Korea, middle of June. 190 00:12:10,063 --> 00:12:12,483 I'm flying wing with a guy named Frank Giraudo. 191 00:12:12,899 --> 00:12:17,529 And, uh... we're scouting for convoys, find some trucks, start lighting them up. 192 00:12:17,654 --> 00:12:20,454 And, uh, then all of a sudden, boom. 193 00:12:21,282 --> 00:12:24,332 Yeah, Giraudo gets hit by a flak, nosing up and down... 194 00:12:24,410 --> 00:12:26,910 (INHALES DEEPLY) ...the elevators were blown to hell. 195 00:12:26,996 --> 00:12:30,116 And next thing we know, he's down in the mountains. 196 00:12:30,333 --> 00:12:31,793 And I can see him down there. He's... 197 00:12:31,876 --> 00:12:33,666 He's reeling in his chute, you know. 198 00:12:33,753 --> 00:12:35,303 I know he's okay but... 199 00:12:36,506 --> 00:12:38,336 Uh, I can't leave him behind. 200 00:12:39,050 --> 00:12:43,300 So, I'm circling and circling 201 00:12:43,388 --> 00:12:46,308 and circling. (EXHALES) 202 00:12:47,350 --> 00:12:49,940 I run dry, and the engine flames out. 203 00:12:50,645 --> 00:12:54,105 And I'm hollering on the radio and yelling about as blue a streak 204 00:12:54,190 --> 00:12:56,360 as a good old church boy like me can muster. (CHUCKLES) 205 00:12:56,567 --> 00:12:58,567 But, uh... still nothing. 206 00:12:59,988 --> 00:13:02,028 That's when I start running the numbers. 207 00:13:02,865 --> 00:13:04,405 And I'm not gonna make it. 208 00:13:06,494 --> 00:13:09,414 And I'm definitely not gonna make it, not even close. 209 00:13:10,915 --> 00:13:13,165 I always thought in a moment like that, I'd, uh... 210 00:13:14,252 --> 00:13:16,052 you know, I'd feel close to God. 211 00:13:18,047 --> 00:13:20,167 Feel a oneness with my creator, but... 212 00:13:22,677 --> 00:13:24,387 I didn't. I didn't... 213 00:13:26,514 --> 00:13:29,524 I didn't feel anything. I felt my butt against the seat. 214 00:13:30,768 --> 00:13:32,308 Little ache in my shoulder. 215 00:13:32,854 --> 00:13:34,904 I thought about my family, sure. 216 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:40,491 Mostly I just felt like an animal. 217 00:13:43,114 --> 00:13:44,534 Just trying to survive. 218 00:13:54,459 --> 00:13:56,039 SCOTT: But that's not the whole story. 219 00:13:56,586 --> 00:14:00,416 You hop straight away into another plane, you make two other guys do likewise 220 00:14:00,548 --> 00:14:02,298 and you scramble right back out to your buddy. 221 00:14:03,134 --> 00:14:04,144 Without missing a beat. 222 00:14:05,178 --> 00:14:08,218 It's war, you know, that's... that's what we do. 223 00:14:09,223 --> 00:14:10,983 No, not everybody would do that. 224 00:14:17,148 --> 00:14:18,228 You're up, Al. 225 00:14:26,282 --> 00:14:28,992 Always wanted to be a pilot. (CLEARS THROAT) 226 00:14:30,036 --> 00:14:31,246 Navy pilot. 227 00:14:32,789 --> 00:14:35,039 Not part of the plan, uh... 228 00:14:36,250 --> 00:14:37,540 Dad's in the Army. 229 00:14:39,837 --> 00:14:41,707 My father can be a, uh... 230 00:14:43,216 --> 00:14:45,006 difficult man to please. 231 00:14:46,761 --> 00:14:47,761 (GULPS) 232 00:14:49,889 --> 00:14:50,889 Yeah. 233 00:14:52,433 --> 00:14:53,733 Maybe another time. 234 00:14:59,649 --> 00:15:02,649 DEKE: Well, fellas. Looks like we're dry. 235 00:15:03,069 --> 00:15:04,699 I don't wanna go back up there yet. 236 00:15:06,614 --> 00:15:10,084 Well, I know a few grimy spots down on the harbor. 237 00:15:10,159 --> 00:15:11,379 -GUS: I'm in. -DEKE: Yes, siree, Bob. 238 00:15:11,504 --> 00:15:13,334 -I'm gonna head back in there. -GORDON: Yeah, me too. 239 00:15:13,413 --> 00:15:14,963 It's been a... been a busy day. 240 00:15:15,081 --> 00:15:16,171 JOHN: What about you, Al? 241 00:15:17,291 --> 00:15:19,291 I'm gonna stay out here for a while. 242 00:15:19,585 --> 00:15:20,585 (SIPS) 243 00:15:20,795 --> 00:15:23,045 Finish my drink, head on inside. 244 00:15:25,091 --> 00:15:26,091 All right. 245 00:15:27,051 --> 00:15:28,891 -See you in the morning, Al. -Yeah. 246 00:15:31,139 --> 00:15:32,179 (EXHALES) 247 00:15:40,189 --> 00:15:41,819 (MUSIC PLAYING) 248 00:15:42,316 --> 00:15:44,026 You really gonna go in there? 249 00:15:44,861 --> 00:15:47,031 Well, yeah. We... We still got a job to do. 250 00:15:47,738 --> 00:15:49,198 Let's grab a drink first. 251 00:15:50,491 --> 00:15:53,831 (EXHALES) Fine. But I'm getting water. 252 00:15:54,162 --> 00:15:56,462 I don't know how you guys drink that stuff all day. 253 00:15:56,622 --> 00:15:58,672 -Seltzer and lime, please. -Bourbon. 254 00:15:59,709 --> 00:16:02,089 That wasn't so bad, was it, John? Hanging out with the guys. 255 00:16:02,378 --> 00:16:04,708 (SCOFFS) Come on, I like the guys. It's just... 256 00:16:06,090 --> 00:16:07,130 Come on, you know. 257 00:16:07,550 --> 00:16:09,720 No, I don't know. What? 258 00:16:11,220 --> 00:16:12,430 Just the kinda guy I am 259 00:16:12,513 --> 00:16:14,273 and the kinda fun you guys like to have, 260 00:16:14,348 --> 00:16:16,308 it's just not always a good fit, that's all. 261 00:16:16,434 --> 00:16:19,314 Come on, we're always glad to have you. And that's me telling you. 262 00:16:20,146 --> 00:16:21,146 Yeah. 263 00:16:22,732 --> 00:16:24,282 -Cheers. -Cheers. 264 00:16:24,734 --> 00:16:26,444 Hey, that's some news about the flight order. 265 00:16:26,527 --> 00:16:28,947 Mm. Yeah. How about that? 266 00:16:29,906 --> 00:16:32,576 -You'll be first, I'll bet. -It could be any of us. 267 00:16:32,658 --> 00:16:35,078 You're the one that tamed that MASTIF like it's a pretty pony. 268 00:16:35,161 --> 00:16:37,371 Well, there's other things that figure into it though, isn't there? 269 00:16:37,455 --> 00:16:40,785 Mm. Honestly, Gordo, I'm not so sure what figures into it. 270 00:16:42,001 --> 00:16:44,341 I do know the brass is not too happy with me 271 00:16:44,420 --> 00:16:46,590 since I brought Wiesner to that New Year's party. 272 00:16:49,884 --> 00:16:51,804 I don't know. It just seems like, uh... 273 00:16:51,969 --> 00:16:54,969 my star has fallen a bit since then, I guess. 274 00:16:55,097 --> 00:16:57,307 MAN: (CLEARS THROAT) Sir. An urgent message for you. 275 00:16:58,518 --> 00:16:59,598 It's from a lady. 276 00:17:05,233 --> 00:17:08,533 Well, John, it looks like I've got some, uh, business to attend to. 277 00:17:10,571 --> 00:17:11,861 (CHUCKLES) 278 00:17:12,532 --> 00:17:14,202 Trudy flew in to see her mom. 279 00:17:14,825 --> 00:17:17,325 And she's, uh, taking the kids for us tonight. 280 00:17:17,662 --> 00:17:20,622 Plannin' on having a little private time 281 00:17:20,706 --> 00:17:21,826 -away from home. -She's here? 282 00:17:22,208 --> 00:17:24,088 -Uh-huh. -(CHUCKLES) 283 00:17:24,877 --> 00:17:27,297 Well, that is impressive, Gordo. 284 00:17:27,755 --> 00:17:29,045 Get on out of here. 285 00:17:30,341 --> 00:17:32,131 -Goodnight, John. -Goodnight, Gordo. 286 00:17:37,181 --> 00:17:38,811 (SIGHS) 287 00:17:39,267 --> 00:17:41,807 (CROWD APPLAUDING) 288 00:17:46,696 --> 00:17:49,566 MALE ANNOUNCER: And now with a message of appreciation from the Mercury Seven, 289 00:17:49,735 --> 00:17:52,405 would you please welcome Mr. John Glenn. 290 00:17:55,533 --> 00:17:56,743 (DOOR OPENS) 291 00:17:58,494 --> 00:18:00,624 (LOUNGE MUSIC PLAYING) 292 00:18:03,749 --> 00:18:06,459 -You saved me. -The champagne isn't even cold yet. 293 00:18:06,586 --> 00:18:10,256 Well, we're not really champagne people, anyway. 294 00:18:11,757 --> 00:18:13,717 It's just seemed like the thing you do. 295 00:18:22,893 --> 00:18:25,353 (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) 296 00:18:27,106 --> 00:18:28,146 (SMOOCH) 297 00:18:32,194 --> 00:18:33,244 (SMOOCH) 298 00:18:38,534 --> 00:18:39,994 (WHISPERS) I'm so glad you came. 299 00:18:41,245 --> 00:18:42,245 I am, too. 300 00:18:45,833 --> 00:18:46,923 I've missed you. 301 00:18:52,173 --> 00:18:55,263 (BOTH SMOOCH, BREATHE HEAVILY) 302 00:19:13,736 --> 00:19:15,356 (WHISPERS) I love you so much, Gordo. 303 00:19:28,709 --> 00:19:30,289 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 304 00:19:31,003 --> 00:19:36,013 (KNOCKING) 305 00:19:36,258 --> 00:19:37,928 (KNOCKING CONTINUES) 306 00:19:38,803 --> 00:19:40,603 -Who's there? -ALAN: It's Shepard. 307 00:19:45,267 --> 00:19:46,267 Al. 308 00:19:47,687 --> 00:19:50,607 -I messed up. -Are you okay? 309 00:19:50,690 --> 00:19:52,020 I did something stupid. 310 00:19:56,904 --> 00:19:58,754 I, um... (CLEARS THROAT) 311 00:19:59,115 --> 00:20:01,025 Yeah, I took a cab down to Tijuana. 312 00:20:01,450 --> 00:20:05,290 -Tijuana? -Drank. Drank a lot. 313 00:20:07,081 --> 00:20:08,871 -Like a damn idiot. -Hey, hey. Come on. 314 00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:10,841 Take it easy. Hey, relax. 315 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,380 (EXHALES) What the hell was I thinking? 316 00:20:20,845 --> 00:20:22,345 I was with a girl... 317 00:20:24,181 --> 00:20:28,021 at some little hotel. I didn't... She was all over me, you know. 318 00:20:28,185 --> 00:20:30,595 And then we were coming out... 319 00:20:34,108 --> 00:20:37,188 I saw a flash, a camera. 320 00:20:42,074 --> 00:20:44,034 I chased after 'em, but I couldn't catch them. 321 00:20:44,201 --> 00:20:46,911 There was two, one was a photographer, the other was a reporter 322 00:20:47,079 --> 00:20:48,869 for the San Diego Herald. 323 00:20:49,123 --> 00:20:51,463 There's pictures, they're gonna run it tomorrow. 324 00:20:51,542 --> 00:20:54,502 There's a story that's going to come out in the damn Herald. 325 00:20:58,552 --> 00:21:01,032 John, this could ruin the program. 326 00:21:01,886 --> 00:21:02,886 Al. 327 00:21:04,096 --> 00:21:05,716 -Hey. -(ALAN EXHALES) 328 00:21:07,892 --> 00:21:09,352 I'm gonna take care of this. 329 00:21:10,102 --> 00:21:11,482 All right? I will. 330 00:21:12,772 --> 00:21:14,362 But you got to calm down. 331 00:21:15,357 --> 00:21:16,977 All right? You... go to bed. 332 00:21:18,486 --> 00:21:19,486 Just, uh... 333 00:21:20,821 --> 00:21:22,201 sleep this off. 334 00:21:24,408 --> 00:21:25,408 Okay? 335 00:21:29,830 --> 00:21:30,830 All right. 336 00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:32,290 Come on. 337 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:35,960 Come on. 338 00:21:40,549 --> 00:21:42,719 John, NASA can't find out. 339 00:21:42,802 --> 00:21:45,262 -The order is coming down... -Go get some sleep. 340 00:21:46,597 --> 00:21:47,637 And I'm on it. 341 00:21:51,143 --> 00:21:52,733 All right. Well... 342 00:21:56,565 --> 00:21:58,775 JOHN: Hey, uh... No matter what... 343 00:22:01,111 --> 00:22:03,031 it means a lot that you came to me, Al. 344 00:22:04,031 --> 00:22:05,031 A whole lot. 345 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:15,580 (EXHALES) 346 00:22:25,219 --> 00:22:27,389 No, sir. I'm... I'm looking for Mr. Samuel Evans 347 00:22:27,471 --> 00:22:28,511 at the San Diego Herald. 348 00:22:28,598 --> 00:22:29,978 -Do you know what time it is. -Yes. Yes. 349 00:22:30,071 --> 00:22:31,141 I realize it's late, but... 350 00:22:34,603 --> 00:22:37,313 Yeah. All right. Well, uh, thank you, and I'm sorry for waking you... 351 00:22:37,398 --> 00:22:38,398 (CLICK) 352 00:22:38,732 --> 00:22:42,152 Uh, no. But I'm actually looking for Mr. Evans himself. 353 00:22:42,906 --> 00:22:45,406 -There's nobody here. I can't help you. -Yeah. Of course. 354 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:49,370 (SIGHS) 355 00:22:52,621 --> 00:22:54,581 (PHONE RINGING) 356 00:22:54,665 --> 00:22:56,805 -Shorty, it's John. -SHORTY: Hey, John. What's up? 357 00:22:57,042 --> 00:22:58,792 One of the guys did something stupid. 358 00:22:58,878 --> 00:23:01,758 What... How would I know anyone at the Herald? You're the PR guy. 359 00:23:02,475 --> 00:23:06,925 Call Toby Wallace. Six, one, nine, five, five, five, zero, one, four, seven. 360 00:23:07,177 --> 00:23:10,257 That's great. No, that'll do. That's a great start. Thank you. 361 00:23:10,764 --> 00:23:11,774 Bye-bye. 362 00:23:17,855 --> 00:23:19,355 (PHONE RINGING) 363 00:23:20,107 --> 00:23:21,187 (SAMUEL GRUNTS) 364 00:23:27,698 --> 00:23:29,368 -Hello? -JOHN: (THROUGH PHONE) Mr. Samuel Evans? 365 00:23:31,118 --> 00:23:33,498 -Who the hell is this? -JOHN: Sir, this is Major John Glenn. 366 00:23:33,579 --> 00:23:36,169 I'm a pilot in the United States Marine Corps. 367 00:23:36,248 --> 00:23:38,038 -And I'm currently... -The astronaut. 368 00:23:38,334 --> 00:23:39,344 JOHN: That's right. 369 00:23:40,753 --> 00:23:43,593 -It's the middle of the night, Mr. Glenn. -JOHN: Yes, sir. Yes, sir, it is. 370 00:23:43,672 --> 00:23:45,422 So, I... I'll make this brief. Um... 371 00:23:47,259 --> 00:23:50,259 -A few hours ago, one of our, uh... -SAMUEL: We're running it. 372 00:23:50,971 --> 00:23:51,971 (SIGHS) 373 00:23:53,724 --> 00:23:56,444 Well, sir, I, uh, I would ask you humbly... 374 00:23:57,311 --> 00:23:59,401 to reconsider that decision. 375 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,270 The editorial decisions are made by the editorial board, 376 00:24:02,358 --> 00:24:03,568 Mr. Glenn, not by me. 377 00:24:03,776 --> 00:24:06,696 -And certainly not by you. -Yes, I understand that, sir. 378 00:24:06,820 --> 00:24:08,200 But this is a, uh... 379 00:24:09,198 --> 00:24:10,778 a unique situation. 380 00:24:10,866 --> 00:24:12,946 Every man's situation is unique to him. 381 00:24:13,702 --> 00:24:16,872 Yes, sir. Yes, sir. But this is about something bigger than me. 382 00:24:17,039 --> 00:24:18,669 Or that man you have the story about. 383 00:24:18,749 --> 00:24:20,419 It's bigger than NASA, even. 384 00:24:20,542 --> 00:24:22,502 I mean, this is about our country and our values. 385 00:24:23,629 --> 00:24:26,169 This is about whether or not the... the future belongs to people 386 00:24:26,256 --> 00:24:28,006 that believe in what we believe in. 387 00:24:29,718 --> 00:24:31,798 That was very eloquent of you, Mr. Glenn. 388 00:24:33,097 --> 00:24:36,847 But I'm no politician nor am I an oracle, but I am a newsman. 389 00:24:36,934 --> 00:24:38,024 I print the news. 390 00:24:39,061 --> 00:24:41,811 The news is the first draft of history, isn't that what they say? 391 00:24:43,023 --> 00:24:45,533 -Yeah, so I've heard. -JOHN: Then I'm asking you... 392 00:24:48,696 --> 00:24:50,656 Well, let's be honest, I'm begging you. 393 00:24:52,408 --> 00:24:55,658 Just this once, just for tonight. I am begging you, Mr. Evans. 394 00:24:59,039 --> 00:25:01,169 Think about that last draft of history. 395 00:25:02,751 --> 00:25:04,921 You know, the one that never gets rewritten. 396 00:25:05,421 --> 00:25:07,211 (SIGHS) 397 00:25:08,716 --> 00:25:10,626 Think about what you want that to say. 398 00:25:12,469 --> 00:25:13,509 (SCOFFS) 399 00:25:14,471 --> 00:25:16,851 Quite the silver tongue you've got, Mr. Glenn. 400 00:25:17,099 --> 00:25:18,099 (SCOFFS) 401 00:25:21,770 --> 00:25:22,940 It's late, though. 402 00:25:25,149 --> 00:25:26,779 -Goodnight. -Sir, please. 403 00:25:27,026 --> 00:25:28,146 Wait. Sir... 404 00:25:41,457 --> 00:25:42,497 (EXHALES) 405 00:25:45,461 --> 00:25:46,461 (JOHN CLEARS THROAT) 406 00:25:47,212 --> 00:25:49,382 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 407 00:25:58,807 --> 00:26:01,387 -Morning. -Oh, morning. 408 00:26:02,227 --> 00:26:05,187 A man after my own heart. Day can't start without the morning paper. 409 00:26:05,272 --> 00:26:06,272 Have you seen the Herald? 410 00:26:06,648 --> 00:26:08,568 Uh, no. Must be late. That's odd. 411 00:26:08,984 --> 00:26:10,814 I prefer the Los Angeles Times myself. 412 00:26:10,913 --> 00:26:13,073 The Herald's editorial page... There you go. 413 00:26:13,407 --> 00:26:15,567 Herald's editorial page is a little too... 414 00:26:16,784 --> 00:26:18,744 San Diego for my taste. 415 00:26:19,620 --> 00:26:22,710 Hmm. I were stationed down here for a few years. 416 00:26:23,749 --> 00:26:26,669 Had to read through that dreck every day. 417 00:26:27,878 --> 00:26:29,508 Make your blood boil. And then, of course, 418 00:26:29,588 --> 00:26:32,048 you go and have a conversation with someone who reads that paper 419 00:26:32,132 --> 00:26:33,972 -and all of a sudden... -See ya on the plane, Loudon. 420 00:26:34,426 --> 00:26:35,426 All right. 421 00:26:38,806 --> 00:26:40,516 I think we should gather the guys. 422 00:26:44,394 --> 00:26:46,364 (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO) 423 00:26:53,153 --> 00:26:54,533 Hello, stranger. 424 00:26:56,365 --> 00:26:57,365 Hi. 425 00:27:01,662 --> 00:27:02,962 This is heaven. 426 00:27:04,206 --> 00:27:05,956 Why don't we do this more often? 427 00:27:07,751 --> 00:27:08,751 We can. 428 00:27:09,962 --> 00:27:11,002 We should. 429 00:27:13,674 --> 00:27:15,264 I'm just... I'm just so happy. 430 00:27:16,510 --> 00:27:17,510 (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) 431 00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:22,933 (WHISPERS) I wanna tell you something. 432 00:27:25,018 --> 00:27:26,808 Something I'm really excited about. 433 00:27:27,371 --> 00:27:28,371 Okay. 434 00:27:29,940 --> 00:27:31,900 (LAUGHS, INHALES) 435 00:27:35,863 --> 00:27:37,163 Do you know who Jerrie Cobb is? 436 00:27:37,281 --> 00:27:39,701 The, uh, the lady... The pilot. 437 00:27:39,825 --> 00:27:42,155 Well, she is grooming a group of women... 438 00:27:44,371 --> 00:27:45,751 to be astronauts. 439 00:27:48,625 --> 00:27:50,535 And she asked me to try out. 440 00:27:55,174 --> 00:27:56,264 An astronaut? 441 00:27:59,094 --> 00:28:01,014 You're... you're joking. 442 00:28:03,015 --> 00:28:04,305 I wanna do it. 443 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:07,640 Oh, uh... 444 00:28:08,812 --> 00:28:10,862 Well, I... Is this... 445 00:28:11,148 --> 00:28:13,228 is this an actual thing? 446 00:28:13,817 --> 00:28:15,397 Does... does NASA know about this? 447 00:28:16,820 --> 00:28:18,160 We're working on that. 448 00:28:19,740 --> 00:28:21,030 How long have you known about it? 449 00:28:26,079 --> 00:28:27,079 I... 450 00:28:29,541 --> 00:28:30,581 Not long. 451 00:28:30,876 --> 00:28:33,246 But it's all just been baby steps so far, you know... 452 00:28:33,337 --> 00:28:36,167 Is that why you decided to come out here and spend the night... 453 00:28:36,924 --> 00:28:38,594 so you could spring this on me? 454 00:28:39,468 --> 00:28:41,388 Gordo, I was hoping you'd be happy for me. 455 00:28:42,179 --> 00:28:44,139 It's just kind of surprising, I guess. 456 00:28:44,348 --> 00:28:46,308 You kind of... You sort of sideswiped me, is all. 457 00:28:47,142 --> 00:28:48,602 Well, I was excited to tell you. 458 00:28:50,354 --> 00:28:53,074 (CHUCKLES) I... I don't wanna ruin a great weekend. 459 00:28:53,232 --> 00:28:54,322 Me neither. 460 00:28:57,694 --> 00:28:59,614 Hey. Hey. 461 00:29:01,323 --> 00:29:03,663 I just... I just want you to be happy. 462 00:29:05,994 --> 00:29:07,204 Me, too. 463 00:29:09,831 --> 00:29:11,121 I am happy. 464 00:29:15,254 --> 00:29:16,714 That's all that matters. 465 00:29:22,386 --> 00:29:24,806 Another astronaut in the family... 466 00:29:29,017 --> 00:29:33,937 O...Okay, then. I guess. (CHUCKLES) 467 00:29:35,607 --> 00:29:36,607 (CHUCKLES) 468 00:29:38,735 --> 00:29:39,735 (SMOOCH) 469 00:29:43,991 --> 00:29:45,491 (KNOCKING AT DOOR) 470 00:29:53,083 --> 00:29:54,793 We got a seance, right now. 471 00:29:54,876 --> 00:29:57,336 Glenn called it. Says it's important. Get dressed. 472 00:29:59,131 --> 00:30:00,131 (GORDON SIGHS) 473 00:30:15,439 --> 00:30:16,319 Hey. 474 00:30:17,316 --> 00:30:19,566 Is this going to take long? We gotta go see Trudy's mom. 475 00:30:19,670 --> 00:30:22,240 No, it shouldn't take too long at all. Why don't you go ahead and grab a seat. 476 00:30:23,155 --> 00:30:25,775 JOHN: All right, uh, I know I don't wanna be cooped up in here 477 00:30:25,866 --> 00:30:28,446 and I'm sure neither do you. So, I'll just get right to it. 478 00:30:28,535 --> 00:30:30,945 -You're pregnant. -Yes, Wally, I'm pregnant 479 00:30:31,038 --> 00:30:32,748 and your mother is the father. 480 00:30:33,832 --> 00:30:35,462 All right, fellas. Listen, uh... 481 00:30:36,001 --> 00:30:38,421 Truth is, I like to have fun as much as the next guy. 482 00:30:38,503 --> 00:30:40,633 -Not if I'm the next guy. -(ALL CHUCKLING) 483 00:30:40,714 --> 00:30:42,474 Look, you all know that I'm a square. 484 00:30:43,175 --> 00:30:45,545 All right. That's my choice. I get that it's not for everyone. 485 00:30:45,844 --> 00:30:48,564 But I do understand the allure of the female form. 486 00:30:49,848 --> 00:30:51,928 I'm a Christian man, not a blind man. 487 00:30:52,434 --> 00:30:54,484 But look, something happened last night. 488 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:58,820 An indiscretion, let's say. 489 00:30:59,399 --> 00:31:00,979 The details of it don't matter. 490 00:31:01,485 --> 00:31:02,735 It happened and now it's done. 491 00:31:02,819 --> 00:31:05,699 What matters is that we all need to agree on a few things 492 00:31:05,781 --> 00:31:08,201 about how we're going to conduct ourselves from this point on. 493 00:31:08,283 --> 00:31:09,283 ALAN: It was me. 494 00:31:09,368 --> 00:31:12,158 I hopped down to Tijuana, found a girl... 495 00:31:13,163 --> 00:31:16,753 screwed her at some crappy motel, couple of newspaper guys found me. 496 00:31:16,844 --> 00:31:17,884 (SIGHS) 497 00:31:18,877 --> 00:31:21,457 -What are we gonna do? -It's already done. I did it. 498 00:31:22,798 --> 00:31:25,428 I called the publisher. I got him to spike the story. 499 00:31:27,094 --> 00:31:29,894 -Thanks for helping a guy out, John. -JOHN: Uh, you're welcome, Al. 500 00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:33,015 But I think we all need to understand, all of us, 501 00:31:34,684 --> 00:31:36,194 that what we have here is fragile, 502 00:31:36,645 --> 00:31:39,765 especially now, with the program not doing so hot. 503 00:31:40,107 --> 00:31:41,567 Now, it might be that, uh... 504 00:31:41,858 --> 00:31:45,448 Loudon and LIFE Magazine have lulled us into a fall sense of security 505 00:31:45,529 --> 00:31:47,369 'cause we all know what they've done for us. 506 00:31:47,465 --> 00:31:49,615 Yeah, they whipped a bunch of bullshit into chocolate cake. 507 00:31:49,741 --> 00:31:51,451 JOHN: And it's a good thing they have, right? 508 00:31:51,576 --> 00:31:53,126 I mean, come on, it's because of them that... 509 00:31:53,230 --> 00:31:55,160 that we don't have to look like a bunch of movie stars 510 00:31:55,247 --> 00:31:56,497 or, uh, give fancy speeches. 511 00:31:58,125 --> 00:32:00,085 Guys, come on. We're heroes here. (CHUCKLES) 512 00:32:01,169 --> 00:32:03,839 We haven't even done anything yet, but that's how folks see us. 513 00:32:03,964 --> 00:32:07,224 And all we got to do... is not screw that up. 514 00:32:08,260 --> 00:32:10,970 Now, what happened last night put this program at risk. 515 00:32:11,263 --> 00:32:12,563 Make no mistake. 516 00:32:12,806 --> 00:32:15,386 And we have to make sure that nothing like that happens again. 517 00:32:15,892 --> 00:32:17,442 And we all need to agree. 518 00:32:19,187 --> 00:32:22,317 I said thank you, John. I think we can just leave it at that. 519 00:32:22,649 --> 00:32:24,819 Wait, wait. Do you understand what I'm saying, though? 520 00:32:26,736 --> 00:32:28,026 You got to button it up. 521 00:32:28,113 --> 00:32:30,243 How about we hold off on the booze for now, Deke? 522 00:32:32,409 --> 00:32:33,539 Sure thing, boss. 523 00:32:35,412 --> 00:32:39,042 Guys, we were in it so deep last night, even Shorty didn't know what to do. 524 00:32:39,166 --> 00:32:42,126 I had to get that publisher out of bed, plead with him. 525 00:32:42,836 --> 00:32:46,296 Even then, I wasn't sure if it had worked until I saw the paper this morning. 526 00:32:47,048 --> 00:32:48,218 You called Shorty? 527 00:32:50,385 --> 00:32:51,755 Yeah, to help us out. 528 00:32:52,179 --> 00:32:54,139 So, NASA knows about all this? 529 00:32:56,099 --> 00:32:57,139 I can't believe you, John. 530 00:32:57,476 --> 00:32:59,016 I'm sorry. You can't believe me, Al? 531 00:32:59,102 --> 00:33:01,352 This is about being first. That's all. 532 00:33:01,438 --> 00:33:04,608 You heard that they were about to choose and figured this would cinch it for you. 533 00:33:04,691 --> 00:33:06,901 -That's why you did it. -No. I did this to help you, 534 00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:08,145 -to help all of us. -No. 535 00:33:08,695 --> 00:33:12,365 You sold me out so you could win. At least have the guts to admit it. 536 00:33:12,449 --> 00:33:14,829 Hey, you're the one that came to me, right? You asked for my help. 537 00:33:14,910 --> 00:33:16,620 -I did. -You begged for me for help. 538 00:33:16,703 --> 00:33:19,753 -"I made a mistake. I messed up, John." -We help each other. That's what we do. 539 00:33:19,831 --> 00:33:22,171 -"They're gonna run a story, John." -We help each other 540 00:33:22,250 --> 00:33:23,540 and we don't crow about it. 541 00:33:23,752 --> 00:33:24,962 We pick each other up 542 00:33:25,086 --> 00:33:28,046 and we move on. That's what men like us do. 543 00:33:28,131 --> 00:33:29,801 No, a man takes care of his own business, Al. 544 00:33:29,883 --> 00:33:31,183 A man doesn't need to preach, John. 545 00:33:31,259 --> 00:33:32,799 JOHN: I saved your butt, Al! And you know it. 546 00:33:32,886 --> 00:33:36,766 (EXHALES) You did, John. You did. You saved me. 547 00:33:40,060 --> 00:33:41,810 And where would you be if I hadn't, huh? 548 00:33:43,104 --> 00:33:44,114 (DRINK POURING) 549 00:33:44,314 --> 00:33:47,784 It matters how people see us, guys. It matters what we do. 550 00:33:47,859 --> 00:33:50,989 The example we set. And not just for the country, by the way. 551 00:33:51,071 --> 00:33:53,871 Your own children are looking at you. You're husbands and fathers. 552 00:33:53,949 --> 00:33:55,909 All of you. Just show some self-control. 553 00:33:55,992 --> 00:33:57,492 ALAN: Oh, for God's sakes. 554 00:33:57,786 --> 00:33:59,496 We wouldn't be the pilots that we are today 555 00:33:59,579 --> 00:34:01,079 if we didn't have control. 556 00:34:01,873 --> 00:34:03,633 But do we have appetites? 557 00:34:03,917 --> 00:34:06,837 Yeah, I'm a human being. And I'm going to die one day. 558 00:34:07,003 --> 00:34:10,303 We all are. We are test pilots! 559 00:34:10,715 --> 00:34:14,085 And we get that fact, we stare it in the face for a living. 560 00:34:14,177 --> 00:34:16,147 You're damn right you're gonna die. What I wanna know is how 561 00:34:16,272 --> 00:34:18,432 -you're gonna be remembered. -I don't care! 562 00:34:20,016 --> 00:34:21,016 (SCOFFS) 563 00:34:25,730 --> 00:34:29,070 Look, all I'm trying to do, guys, all I'm ever trying to do 564 00:34:29,569 --> 00:34:30,689 is help this group. 565 00:34:30,819 --> 00:34:32,699 No, you're looking out for John Glenn. 566 00:34:34,197 --> 00:34:36,407 -That's all you ever do. -(SLAMS GLASS DOWN) 567 00:34:39,327 --> 00:34:40,407 Is that right? 568 00:34:42,038 --> 00:34:44,998 Hey, Deke, how does Marge like that new Buick, huh? 569 00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:47,463 Gus, Betty enjoying that new kitchen of hers? 570 00:34:47,544 --> 00:34:50,214 Wally, you, uh, you just went to the Grand Canyon, right? 571 00:34:50,380 --> 00:34:52,220 Was that fun? Because LIFE Magazine 572 00:34:52,299 --> 00:34:54,339 shelled out all the money that made that happen. 573 00:34:54,426 --> 00:34:56,506 And I made LIFE happen, and I didn't do it for me. 574 00:34:56,595 --> 00:34:59,635 I didn't need it. I did it for all of you, and for the good of this program. 575 00:34:59,723 --> 00:35:02,353 -John, why don't we dial it down? -Or what? You gonna slug me 576 00:35:02,434 --> 00:35:03,694 like you slugged that reporter? 577 00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:07,944 Who was there for you when that happened? 578 00:35:15,447 --> 00:35:19,277 It's always about the good you did. How good you are. 579 00:35:20,869 --> 00:35:23,249 Admit it. You think you're better than me, 580 00:35:23,330 --> 00:35:24,830 -don't you? -Oh, I am better than you. 581 00:35:24,914 --> 00:35:27,544 -You think you're better than all of us. -So what if I think it? 582 00:35:27,709 --> 00:35:30,589 I've saved you! I've saved all of you, goddammit! 583 00:35:39,888 --> 00:35:40,968 Look... 584 00:35:45,477 --> 00:35:46,897 Just pull up your pants. 585 00:35:48,938 --> 00:35:50,688 Okay? Just, just act like grown men, not... 586 00:35:50,774 --> 00:35:53,244 -(KNOCKING AT DOOR) -WAITER: Room service. 587 00:35:56,655 --> 00:35:59,485 I got burgers for everyone. I... I thought you might be hungry. 588 00:36:17,926 --> 00:36:19,216 I trusted you, John. 589 00:36:21,554 --> 00:36:23,104 And you used it against me. 590 00:36:25,100 --> 00:36:26,180 It'll probably work. 591 00:36:27,310 --> 00:36:29,100 You probably will be first. 592 00:36:30,563 --> 00:36:35,073 But the men in this room, all of us, will know what you did to get there. 593 00:36:43,504 --> 00:36:44,614 Nice sermon. 594 00:36:49,893 --> 00:36:51,073 Thanks for the grub, John. 595 00:36:55,588 --> 00:36:56,878 I'm gonna go see my kids. 596 00:36:57,215 --> 00:36:59,755 -Gordo, I... -What did you say to me last night? 597 00:37:00,468 --> 00:37:02,048 You felt like your star had fallen? 598 00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:05,641 You really found a way to make it rise again, didn't you? 599 00:37:18,111 --> 00:37:19,571 (DOOR OPENS) 600 00:37:21,948 --> 00:37:22,868 (DOOR CLOSES) 601 00:37:43,595 --> 00:37:45,005 They seem anxious. 602 00:37:49,976 --> 00:37:51,596 So, you make a decision? 603 00:37:52,729 --> 00:37:53,769 I have. 604 00:37:54,814 --> 00:37:56,524 And? Who is it? 605 00:37:57,400 --> 00:37:58,400 I don't know. 606 00:37:59,944 --> 00:38:01,154 Lunney! 607 00:38:03,323 --> 00:38:05,123 Get some scrap paper and pencils. 608 00:38:15,835 --> 00:38:17,295 Good afternoon, gentlemen. 609 00:38:17,504 --> 00:38:19,674 I hear the trip to San Diego went smoothly. 610 00:38:21,549 --> 00:38:24,219 John, the Convair men speak highly of your commitment. 611 00:38:26,554 --> 00:38:31,274 So, today we will decide the flight order for the first three astronauts. 612 00:38:32,977 --> 00:38:33,977 (CLEARS THROAT) 613 00:38:36,022 --> 00:38:38,612 BOB: We will know among ourselves who's going first, 614 00:38:39,192 --> 00:38:41,032 second, and third. 615 00:38:41,945 --> 00:38:45,365 But nothing will be announced to the public just yet. 616 00:38:50,870 --> 00:38:54,210 (SIGHS) This has been a long time coming. 617 00:38:55,250 --> 00:38:59,380 Each of you is qualified to make that first flight. 618 00:39:02,215 --> 00:39:03,795 It has been an honor... 619 00:39:04,676 --> 00:39:08,506 getting to know and work with all of you. 620 00:39:09,764 --> 00:39:10,974 I mean that. 621 00:39:11,683 --> 00:39:12,683 Truly. 622 00:39:14,018 --> 00:39:16,558 I cannot thank you enough for your hard work and your patience. 623 00:39:17,730 --> 00:39:18,770 Mr. Lunney. 624 00:39:19,858 --> 00:39:22,858 You men are largely responsible for one another. 625 00:39:22,986 --> 00:39:25,906 You have been together day in and day out 626 00:39:25,989 --> 00:39:27,779 for over a year now. 627 00:39:28,157 --> 00:39:31,197 You've spent more time with each other in that year 628 00:39:31,619 --> 00:39:33,499 than you have with your own families. 629 00:39:33,913 --> 00:39:36,463 In a sense, you've become a family. 630 00:39:37,959 --> 00:39:41,919 And I believe that you know your brothers better than Chris or I ever could. 631 00:39:45,133 --> 00:39:46,893 So, this will be a peer vote. 632 00:39:48,761 --> 00:39:51,931 I ask one simple question. 633 00:39:52,682 --> 00:39:54,852 If you could not make the flight yourself... 634 00:39:55,894 --> 00:39:56,984 who would you choose? 635 00:39:58,104 --> 00:39:59,194 Write down that name. 636 00:39:59,939 --> 00:40:01,359 Hand it to Mr. Lunney. 637 00:40:19,542 --> 00:40:20,542 I'll see you soon. 638 00:41:03,086 --> 00:41:04,706 (SIGHS) 639 00:41:04,796 --> 00:41:07,416 So? You have your top three? 640 00:41:11,369 --> 00:41:12,449 I think we do. 641 00:41:34,993 --> 00:41:36,163 Let's go tell them. 642 00:41:53,636 --> 00:41:54,636 BOB: Gentlemen... 643 00:41:56,264 --> 00:41:58,814 we have our top three. 644 00:42:02,186 --> 00:42:07,816 Again, I thank you for your hard work and your patience. 645 00:42:08,693 --> 00:42:09,693 (CLEARS THROAT) 646 00:42:14,855 --> 00:42:15,965 Well... 647 00:42:28,463 --> 00:42:29,633 This is it.