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

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MALE VOICE: <i>Get ready, Gordo,
I'm about to push through the number.</i>

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Cal!

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It's fun to do scary things sometimes.

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<i>I'm not mad, Cammie.
You know you can talk to me.</i>

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ALAN:<i> If you were to examine one of us,</i>

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<i>and you found something,
what would you do?</i>

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Anything you told me in confidence
would remain private,

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unless it jeopardized you or the project.

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Screw von Braun.

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<i>He's getting soaked at the bar
in a Santa Claus beard</i>

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<i>while you're out here working.</i>

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I can tell you
who I'd rather have a wingman.

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This is Senator Kennedy's special advisor
on all matters of science,

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Jerome Wiesner.

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Jack asked me to be here
because he has some questions

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<i>about the manned space program.</i>

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Did you invite this guy?

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- Al?
- I messed up. I was with a girl.

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There's pictures, there's a story
that's going to come out

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in the <i>San Diego Herald.</i>

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I'm gonna take care of this.

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You sold me out so you could win.

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I've saved you,
I saved all of you, dammit!

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BOB: Each of you is qualified
to make that first flight.

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So this will be a peer vote.

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<i>Right down their name,
hand it to Mr. Lunney.</i>

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<i>If you could not make the flight yourself,
who would you choose?</i>

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(ALAN WHISTLING)

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GUS: I've never really given it
much thought, so I wasn't sure about it,

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but Betty said the designers
are playing with color this year.

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She's real into fashion, now that
we get our pictures taken so much,

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reminds me of coffin lining, though.

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(SIGHS) Have you guys ever
heard of fondue?

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It's hot cheese in a bowl and it's just...

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- (DOORS OPEN)
- FEMALE VOICE: Gentlemen?

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It's time.

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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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Don't forget to smile, John.

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(CLEARS THROAT)

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- (SHUTTER CLICKS)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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Ladies and gentlemen.

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I'm proud to introduce
NASA's Astronaut, first team.

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- (CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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Now, in the next few months,

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one of these exceptional men
will be selected

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for the first American space flight.

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- (SHUTTER CLICKS)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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REPORTER: Which one of you
is going to be the first?

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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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Okay, John, level with me.

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Off the record, you're first, aren't you?

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(SCOFFS)

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Now you sure picked
some day to fly out here.

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Should I take that as a yes?

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Why would NASA parade
all three of us around

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if they'd already picked number one?

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You read mysteries?

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They don't tell you
who the killer is halfway through.

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I figure NASA wants to milk the drama
right up until launch day.

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I mean, hell, they're taking bets
on you guys out in Vegas.

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- Guess who's the favorite?
- Honestly, Loudon...

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they haven't decided.

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(SIGHS) Okay.

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Have it your way.

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- (HORN HONKING)
- Come on!

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You are first.
I've been pushing NASA to announce it.

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The sooner, the better.

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Until it's public,
they could still change their minds.

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Thanks for the ride, John.
See you back in Florida.

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(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

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One twenty-four.

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One twenty-five.

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One twenty-six.

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WALLY: No, really.

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Take a good long look.

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You recognize that elbow right there?

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Now, Carla, see this?

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What did I tell you,
this is prime astronaut elbow.

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(CARLA CHUCKLES)

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- So are you like a backup or...
- A backup?

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Nope, I'm gonna fly. We all are.

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Just a little later.

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- Uh-huh.
- WALLY: Uh-huh.

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And the missions
are gonna get more...

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complicated, so... (CHUCKLES)

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...you can keep that.

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(MIMICS EXPLOSION)

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Maybe they're right.
At this rate, we might never go up.

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- We'll all go up.
- Sure, we'll go. (CHUCKLES)

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But in the meantime...

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I catch this,
Wally buys the next round.

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Hey, wait a second.

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- (GLASS SHATTERS)
- (ALL LAUGH)

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Nope, double or nothing.
Double or nothing.

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Double or nothing.

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- (GLASS SHATTERS)
- Oh. Come on.

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- It's good, it's good, it's good.
- (LAUGHS)

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Hey, Deke, toss me a glass.

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(LAUGHS)

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Sorry, Henri, just, uh,
having a little bit of fun.

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- You know what? I've got it.
- HENRI: It's...

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I've got it!

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Got it.

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(SCREAMS)

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- (GROANS)
- HENRI: You all right?

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I'm okay. I'm okay. I'm okay.

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- HENRI: There you go.
- GORDON: Here's the thing.

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Very scared.

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Just tumbling all over, tumbling,
rumbling and tumbling and rolling and...

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see, I was... I was just on chase,

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you know, and... he was...

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I could... I could see... I could see...
I could see him...

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I watched...

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I watched him...

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You know, man, I think...

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it should've been me.

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(SOBS)

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He was good... he was a good guy.

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He was.

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He was my friend.

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Now, just get some rest, Mr. Cooper.

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Yeah. Yeah, rest. Rest, yeah. Yeah.

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- Yeah.
- Thank you. Rest.

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...multi-axis demonstrations,
heat stress tests, centrifuge tests,

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emergency procedure demonstrations,

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and a thorough review
of all medical records.

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Who's they?

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Presidential Scientific
Advisory Committee.

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PSAC?

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- Are you kidding?
- Joke's on us, Al.

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The chairman is Dr. Jerome Wiesner.

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You might remember him
from the New Year's party last year.

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Right, John invited him.

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The president is deeply skeptical
of this agency, gentlemen,

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and every bureaucrat in D.C. knows it.

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I'm going up in two months.

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They want us to waste time now?

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That'll give the Russians more time
to get there first.

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The president is afraid
we're gonna blow you up, Al.

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To him, NASA's high profile and high risk,
and that is a bad combination,

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especially for a program
he inherited from the republicans.

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We succeed, Eisenhower gets the credit.

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You end up scattered
all over Cape Canaveral,

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Kennedy takes the blame.

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This committee is gonna issue a report.
It'll go straight to the president's desk.

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(SIGHS)

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So we're cooked?

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They need a reason to shut us down.

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Let's ace these demonstrations.

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When do these pencil-dicks get here?

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MALE VOICE 1: Get on in there.

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MALE VOICE 2: Welcome...

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Welcome to the Starlite, gentlemen.

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Welcome to Florida, gentlemen.
Right this way.

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Dr. Wiesner. It's an honor having you
stay with us.

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- (HIGH-PITCHED TONE)
- (GRUNTS)

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Al?

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(GROANS)

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DEE: Al? They're waiting for you.

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- (KNOCKING)
- Just a second.

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(DOOR UNLOCKS, OPENS)

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Are you okay?

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Never better.

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Mr. Wiesner, gentlemen, our first three.

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We understand that you have a concern

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about the safety of a spacecraft
landing in the ocean.

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Mr. Kraft here will introduce
our preparations

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for any mitigating circumstances.

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- Chris?
- Good afternoon.

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In the unlikely event

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that the capsule
splashes down off target

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or is breached and taking on water...

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the astronaut can use
an emergency egress procedure

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to safely exit the craft.

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Lieutenant Commander Shepard

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will demonstrate that for you now.

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WIESNER: Hey, Bob. This better work.

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MALE VOICE: Pull.

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- (AIR HORN BLOWS)
- (STOPWATCH TICKING)

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(GROANS)

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GLYNN: Come on.

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Something's happening.

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- (STOPWATCH CONTINUES TICKING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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- (SIGHS)
- MALE VOICE 1: 'Bout time, huh?

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- MALE VOICE 2: Okay.
- (AIR HORN BLOWING)

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- MALE VOICE 3: A little bit quicker.
- MALE VOICE 4: I agree.

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- MALE VOICE 1: Come on, let's go.
- MALE VOICE 2: Okay, divers, move in.

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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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(SIGHS)

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(KEYS CLACKING)

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(TYPEWRITER DINGS)

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Sorry if I woke you.

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- What is this?
- (KEYS CLACKING)

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Annie, that isn't... It's...

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"Shepard's conduct can only be described

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"as moral turp..."

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- Turpitude.
- (KEYS CLACKING)

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John, what are you...

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Al Shepard doesn't deserve this,
all right?

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I mean, he's selfish, he can't be trusted.

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People need to know that.
People who can do something about it.

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They ought to know now?

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Of all times...
I mean, the program

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- is in real trouble.
- I know that, Annie.

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That's why they need to know about Al
now more than ever.

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I mean, if this program is gonna survive,
we need the right man out front.

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That might just be me.

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This... (STUTTERS) ...it isn't you, John.

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Please...

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come to bed.

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Until NASA...

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announces Al Shepard to the public...

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I can still change their minds.

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This... This could really work.

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That's what I'm afraid of.

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Annie.

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Some reporter
caught him screwing some girl.

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I mean, in Tijuana.

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There were... (SCOFFS)
...there were photos.

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It was nearly in all the papers
and I'm the one that saved him.

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I'm in the right here.

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A... Annie, come on, please.

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Annie...

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(SNIFFLES)

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(TELEPHONE RINGS)

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- Hello?
- CAM: <i>Dad?</i>

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GORDON:<i> Hey, baby girl.</i>

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<i>What time is it?</i>

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- Did I wake you up?
- No.

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Your mom let you stay up this late?

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I couldn't sleep.

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GORDON: <i>Well, I guess
that makes two of us.</i>

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Hey, is, uh, something the matter?

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- I'm okay. How are you?
- (SCOFFS) How am I?

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Are you, uh...
You sure nothing's wrong?

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Sometimes I think something
might be wrong with me.

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GORDON:<i> What do you mean?</i>

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I don't know. I do dumb stuff.

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Like what kind of dumb stuff?

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<i>Mom never told you about this,</i>

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but I ran my bike
into the neighbor lady's car

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with my eyes closed.

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She told me I had a screw loose.

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If you do, baby girl, it's not your fault.

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You got a couple of nuts for parents.

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Dad, when are you coming home?

248
00:19:59,907 --> 00:20:01,697
Not for a while still, sweetie.

249
00:20:04,995 --> 00:20:06,405
You don't sound so great.

250
00:20:06,747 --> 00:20:07,747
(CHUCKLES)

251
00:20:08,416 --> 00:20:10,876
Don't worry your little head about me,
okay?

252
00:20:12,253 --> 00:20:13,303
I miss you.

253
00:20:15,297 --> 00:20:16,417
I miss you too, Cammie.

254
00:20:17,174 --> 00:20:18,224
CAM:<i> I should go.</i>

255
00:20:19,135 --> 00:20:21,345
GORDON:<i> Okay, sweetheart. I love you.</i>

256
00:20:23,222 --> 00:20:24,272
(RECEIVER CLICKS)

257
00:20:52,752 --> 00:20:53,752
John?

258
00:21:01,093 --> 00:21:02,093
John?

259
00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:13,154
MALE VOICE: Nice.

260
00:21:16,317 --> 00:21:17,397
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)

261
00:21:18,569 --> 00:21:19,649
Great, great.

262
00:21:21,655 --> 00:21:22,985
Speed up a little bit for me.

263
00:21:25,701 --> 00:21:28,501
Slow down, slow down.
Need to smooth out a little bit.

264
00:21:29,497 --> 00:21:31,457
Bounce that down on the Glenns
a little bit more.

265
00:21:34,210 --> 00:21:35,750
DIRECTOR: Smile, you two!

266
00:21:36,545 --> 00:21:38,255
You're at the beach, you're having fun.

267
00:21:42,676 --> 00:21:43,676
Nice.

268
00:21:44,970 --> 00:21:46,260
Hey, Shepards!

269
00:21:50,351 --> 00:21:52,811
Serving up a nice slice of apple pie,
right?

270
00:21:57,316 --> 00:21:58,436
DIRECTOR: Great, nice.

271
00:22:01,195 --> 00:22:02,395
Game's not over yet.

272
00:22:14,416 --> 00:22:15,416
Al.

273
00:22:17,253 --> 00:22:18,303
Come on in.

274
00:22:29,390 --> 00:22:31,230
We need to do a little more work.

275
00:22:33,644 --> 00:22:34,694
(SCOFFS)

276
00:22:34,937 --> 00:22:38,357
They wanna send a chimpanzee
into space first, before your flight.

277
00:22:38,524 --> 00:22:39,534
ALAN: A chimp?

278
00:22:40,442 --> 00:22:41,862
What, are they gonna send
a chicken up next?

279
00:22:42,486 --> 00:22:43,896
See how good he is at checkers?

280
00:22:45,197 --> 00:22:46,237
It's gonna delay us.

281
00:22:50,244 --> 00:22:51,294
How long?

282
00:22:52,955 --> 00:22:53,955
A while.

283
00:22:56,375 --> 00:22:57,375
How long?

284
00:23:03,465 --> 00:23:05,125
(WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)

285
00:23:05,467 --> 00:23:08,257
REPORTER: <i>Sorry, fellas. But,
the first American in space won't be</i>

286
00:23:08,554 --> 00:23:09,974
<i>a Mercury Seven astronaut,</i>

287
00:23:10,222 --> 00:23:12,142
<i>it'll be a chimpanzee named, Ham.</i>

288
00:23:12,558 --> 00:23:15,478
<i>He will be launched into orbit by</i>
<i>the </i>Redstone,<i> the same rocket</i>

289
00:23:15,644 --> 00:23:17,814
<i>that will be used for manned spaceflight.</i>

290
00:23:18,063 --> 00:23:21,403
<i>He will be trained to hit these levers
in response to flashing lights</i>

291
00:23:21,567 --> 00:23:24,737
<i>to test if primates can perform tasks
in zero gravity.</i>

292
00:23:25,279 --> 00:23:28,449
<i>The outcome of Ham's voyage will determine
whether or not the President</i>

293
00:23:28,616 --> 00:23:30,526
<i>will continue the NASA program.</i>

294
00:23:30,951 --> 00:23:34,001
<i>Good luck to America's first chimp
in space.</i>

295
00:23:35,164 --> 00:23:36,874
MALE VOICE:<i> Twenty seconds and counting.</i>

296
00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:40,380
<i>T-minus 15 seconds.</i>

297
00:23:41,962 --> 00:23:45,472
<i>Twelve, eleven, ten, nine,</i>

298
00:23:45,966 --> 00:23:47,546
<i>eight, seven,</i>

299
00:23:47,843 --> 00:23:51,723
<i>six, five, four, three,</i>

300
00:23:52,097 --> 00:23:55,307
<i>two, one, lift off.</i>

301
00:23:55,893 --> 00:23:56,983
MALE VOICE: We have lift off.

302
00:23:58,145 --> 00:23:59,305
CHRIS: Come on, little guy.

303
00:24:04,818 --> 00:24:08,358
(ROCKET ENGINE REVVING)

304
00:24:12,743 --> 00:24:14,873
- MALE VOICE 1 OVER PA: <i>Velocity is go.</i>
- MALE VOICE 2:<i> Velocity is go.</i>

305
00:24:15,496 --> 00:24:17,206
Performance and trajectory are go.

306
00:24:18,999 --> 00:24:21,589
MALE VOICE 1 OVER PA:
<i>Subject respiration normal. Heart, normal.</i>

307
00:24:22,628 --> 00:24:24,508
Flight, we've exceeded
nominal pitch angle.

308
00:24:24,922 --> 00:24:26,802
- Computers predict a 17-G load.
- CHRIS: Okay.

309
00:24:27,508 --> 00:24:28,508
How is the subject?

310
00:24:28,676 --> 00:24:31,136
The heart rate is elevated,
performance normal.

311
00:24:34,056 --> 00:24:35,556
Flight, we're showing
on board abort initiated.

312
00:24:36,058 --> 00:24:38,138
Flight, I confirm early engine shutdown.

313
00:24:38,435 --> 00:24:41,055
Capsule set confirmed. LES ignition.

314
00:24:46,819 --> 00:24:49,109
Can't slow him down now,
I'm recalculating splashdown trajectory.

315
00:24:49,405 --> 00:24:50,855
(MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER PA)

316
00:24:52,783 --> 00:24:54,623
Okay, FIDO, give me an update.

317
00:24:54,994 --> 00:24:57,004
GLYNN: Still calculating
updated splashdown, Flight.

318
00:24:57,162 --> 00:24:58,212
And how's our subject?

319
00:25:20,561 --> 00:25:21,561
Is it over?

320
00:25:22,604 --> 00:25:24,024
For us or the chimp?

321
00:25:25,232 --> 00:25:26,282
Is there a difference?

322
00:25:30,029 --> 00:25:31,239
They recovered the capsule.

323
00:25:37,745 --> 00:25:39,115
Little fella's doing just fine.

324
00:25:42,583 --> 00:25:43,883
(LAUGHS)

325
00:25:48,297 --> 00:25:50,467
WIESNER: The rocket was overpowered,
Mr. Webb,

326
00:25:50,632 --> 00:25:51,932
causing the capsule to splash down

327
00:25:52,134 --> 00:25:56,264
a hundred and thirty miles off course.
It ran out of fuel,

328
00:25:56,430 --> 00:26:00,270
it lost pressure, guidance malfunction,
and then it nearly sank.

329
00:26:00,434 --> 00:26:02,694
The chimp lived,
he was fine. Look at him.

330
00:26:03,437 --> 00:26:05,807
- He's smiling.
- WIESNER: Chimpanzees do not smile,

331
00:26:05,981 --> 00:26:07,941
they only bear their teeth
when threatened.

332
00:26:08,150 --> 00:26:11,570
The mission objective was to establish
that a primate could perform

333
00:26:11,737 --> 00:26:13,527
under the extreme conditions of flight,

334
00:26:13,947 --> 00:26:16,577
by that standard, it was a clear success.

335
00:26:16,909 --> 00:26:20,369
Ham didn't miss a beat.
We recovered him in perfect health.

336
00:26:20,913 --> 00:26:22,123
It's all right there in your flight data.

337
00:26:22,289 --> 00:26:24,749
As are a multitude
of engineering problems.

338
00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:28,837
The capsule systems performed well
within the established parameters.

339
00:26:29,129 --> 00:26:33,179
Dr. Wiesner personally observed
our emergency protocols

340
00:26:33,383 --> 00:26:37,053
and can attest that any of our men
would've easily survived this.

341
00:26:37,346 --> 00:26:40,216
So, we should sail a leaking ship
since the crew are good swimmers?

342
00:26:40,390 --> 00:26:42,560
Are we a trying to win
a space race or not?

343
00:26:42,726 --> 00:26:45,686
We are trying to avoid
a national catastrophe.

344
00:26:45,938 --> 00:26:49,188
Maybe your professional ambition
has blinded you to the fact

345
00:26:49,358 --> 00:26:50,818
that men's lives are at stake here.

346
00:26:50,901 --> 00:26:53,201
Jerome, where I come from, you attack
a man's character, you better stand...

347
00:26:53,278 --> 00:26:56,908
Mr. Webb, I find this
all as troubling as you do,

348
00:26:57,074 --> 00:26:59,494
and as an aerospace engineer

349
00:26:59,660 --> 00:27:03,370
I hold myself personally responsible
for the Redstone's performance.

350
00:27:04,581 --> 00:27:08,001
If the president's trusted advisors
have any doubts,

351
00:27:08,168 --> 00:27:11,088
I propose that our team
make additional refinements.

352
00:27:11,255 --> 00:27:13,165
- In which case...
- Hold on Wernher, we are not

353
00:27:13,423 --> 00:27:14,803
going to take rockets up every day...

354
00:27:14,967 --> 00:27:17,337
- This is not some pumpkin run...
- ...if we can't hit a goddamn target.

355
00:27:23,684 --> 00:27:27,354
Mr. Webb, the president sent you here
to decide the fate of this program,

356
00:27:27,521 --> 00:27:28,981
so let me ask you this,

357
00:27:29,439 --> 00:27:31,859
did the men who carved this country
from a wild frontier

358
00:27:32,025 --> 00:27:33,355
shy away from personal risk

359
00:27:33,527 --> 00:27:35,567
when they had to cross
the Missouri at high flood?

360
00:27:37,698 --> 00:27:41,658
Did our Founding Fathers
quibble over semicolons before sending

361
00:27:41,827 --> 00:27:44,037
the Declaration of Independence
to King George?

362
00:27:45,455 --> 00:27:48,705
Sir, our intrepid spirit
at challenging times

363
00:27:48,876 --> 00:27:50,876
is what makes the United States

364
00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:54,050
not merely a great nation,

365
00:27:54,548 --> 00:27:57,298
but the greatest of nations.

366
00:28:00,888 --> 00:28:02,138
There is nothing...

367
00:28:03,515 --> 00:28:07,935
nothing more important to us
than the safety of our astronauts.

368
00:28:09,271 --> 00:28:10,271
But this...

369
00:28:11,273 --> 00:28:15,243
sir, this is a fight
to stir the hearts of the entire world.

370
00:28:18,030 --> 00:28:22,580
And if we are too timid
to bring our best efforts to fruition

371
00:28:22,743 --> 00:28:26,333
then the truth is, we have already lost.

372
00:28:36,089 --> 00:28:40,679
(SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

373
00:28:54,733 --> 00:28:57,863
(ALL CHEER)

374
00:28:58,445 --> 00:29:00,235
LOUDON:
So PSAC's letting you move forward.

375
00:29:00,405 --> 00:29:03,365
They asked for a show,
we gave them a show, fireworks and all.

376
00:29:04,660 --> 00:29:07,910
We? I gave them the show.

377
00:29:08,997 --> 00:29:11,667
Okay? So, you put that down.

378
00:29:12,542 --> 00:29:15,132
- Got it.
- It turns out the only problem they had...

379
00:29:18,715 --> 00:29:19,875
was with you lot.

380
00:29:22,678 --> 00:29:25,678
- What problem?
- Oh, you did not hear.

381
00:29:26,932 --> 00:29:28,852
Something in the man's medical file...

382
00:29:30,435 --> 00:29:31,555
just came to light.

383
00:29:34,439 --> 00:29:35,439
Yup.

384
00:29:38,652 --> 00:29:40,072
They're changing the flight order.

385
00:29:42,239 --> 00:29:44,699
- What?
- WERNHER: Mm-hmm.

386
00:29:46,702 --> 00:29:49,202
Oh, my friend, look at,
you have nothing to worry about.

387
00:29:49,496 --> 00:29:50,496
Now, that one?

388
00:29:51,415 --> 00:29:53,125
Me? What?

389
00:29:53,834 --> 00:29:57,674
(CHUCKLES) Up and away, gentlemen.
Up and away.

390
00:29:58,463 --> 00:29:59,463
Which one was mine?

391
00:30:02,592 --> 00:30:03,682
(GROANS)

392
00:30:04,469 --> 00:30:05,679
What the hell was that?

393
00:30:22,612 --> 00:30:24,492
What do you know about this change
to the flight order?

394
00:30:26,325 --> 00:30:28,535
- What are you talking about?
- Are they sidelining me?

395
00:30:29,953 --> 00:30:31,873
- I don't know what you heard, but...
- It was you.

396
00:30:32,456 --> 00:30:34,916
- You wrote something in my file?
- No. Why would you say that?

397
00:30:35,083 --> 00:30:37,713
Von Braun said that there was problem
with someone's medical record

398
00:30:37,919 --> 00:30:39,379
and you are the only one who knows.

399
00:30:39,546 --> 00:30:41,876
Knows what, Al? What do I know about?

400
00:30:42,549 --> 00:30:44,589
I don't know anything,
because you don't tell me anything.

401
00:30:45,927 --> 00:30:48,387
You let me help you, you let me think,
"Hey, maybe we're friends."

402
00:30:48,555 --> 00:30:51,135
And then you show up here
and you scream in my face?

403
00:30:51,683 --> 00:30:53,603
And it's not just me,
you do this with everyone.

404
00:30:53,769 --> 00:30:56,059
One minute, you're Smiling Al,
the next minute, you're this.

405
00:30:56,229 --> 00:30:59,189
I mean, what's the matter with you?
Why don't you want people to like you?

406
00:30:59,358 --> 00:31:01,228
I do want people to like me,
of course I do.

407
00:31:01,318 --> 00:31:03,318
Why do you think
I wanna be the first man in space?

408
00:31:21,421 --> 00:31:22,631
You do know something...

409
00:31:24,674 --> 00:31:25,684
don't you?

410
00:31:31,014 --> 00:31:32,894
I can't tell you, okay?

411
00:31:34,768 --> 00:31:35,768
Don't try to make me.

412
00:31:39,606 --> 00:31:41,726
Be a man and go ask Kraft yourself.

413
00:32:15,392 --> 00:32:17,232
JOHN: Annie! I'm home!

414
00:32:20,188 --> 00:32:21,228
Well, hello.

415
00:32:22,607 --> 00:32:23,607
(BOB CLEARS THROAT)

416
00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:25,185
- Welcome home.
- Hi, thank you.

417
00:32:25,819 --> 00:32:28,609
Bob, to what do we owe
this pleasant surprise?

418
00:32:28,864 --> 00:32:31,704
John. Annie, would you give us
a few minutes?

419
00:32:34,035 --> 00:32:35,075
Happy anniversary.

420
00:32:47,424 --> 00:32:48,594
(SIGHS)

421
00:33:01,980 --> 00:33:03,690
How many of these did you send?

422
00:33:05,442 --> 00:33:06,492
I have six.

423
00:33:08,111 --> 00:33:10,821
From folks who saw it fit
to bring to my attention.

424
00:33:14,117 --> 00:33:15,367
How many more are there, John?

425
00:33:17,162 --> 00:33:19,042
- I was only...
- BOB: You do realize

426
00:33:19,247 --> 00:33:22,037
the manned space program
is hanging by a thread.

427
00:33:23,710 --> 00:33:24,750
(SCOFFS)

428
00:33:27,506 --> 00:33:32,136
Bob, I want you to listen, all right?
I... I saved this program.

429
00:33:32,302 --> 00:33:35,262
If... if I hadn't kept Shepard's
little incident out of the papers,

430
00:33:35,430 --> 00:33:36,930
we would've been shuttered months ago.

431
00:33:40,894 --> 00:33:41,904
(SCOFFS)

432
00:33:44,648 --> 00:33:46,068
So this is the thanks I get, huh?

433
00:33:47,943 --> 00:33:49,443
Being trotted around like an idiot,

434
00:33:49,611 --> 00:33:51,071
having to pretend
like I still have a shot.

435
00:33:51,238 --> 00:33:53,318
- You are way out of line.
- JOHN: Oh, I'm out of line?

436
00:33:53,573 --> 00:33:54,623
I am? Me?

437
00:33:55,825 --> 00:33:56,825
I mean...

438
00:33:57,369 --> 00:33:58,499
Bob, I am trying to help you.

439
00:33:58,662 --> 00:34:00,662
I'm trying to keep you
from making a horrible mistake.

440
00:34:00,830 --> 00:34:03,580
Al Shepard is unfit to serve.

441
00:34:08,213 --> 00:34:09,383
John.

442
00:34:10,966 --> 00:34:11,966
John.

443
00:34:15,929 --> 00:34:16,929
Right now...

444
00:34:18,098 --> 00:34:19,928
you're the one who seems unfit.

445
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,980
(SCOFFS, CHUCKLES)

446
00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:30,275
Listen to me. This ends here.

447
00:34:31,903 --> 00:34:33,453
If Jerome Wiesner got wind of this,

448
00:34:33,613 --> 00:34:36,373
the whole agency
would go ass over teakettle.

449
00:34:37,325 --> 00:34:40,365
And who knows what would be left
after all the shit got cleared away.

450
00:34:41,162 --> 00:34:42,252
- I...
- Stop!

451
00:34:58,305 --> 00:34:59,385
Happy anniversary.

452
00:35:03,768 --> 00:35:06,188
(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)

453
00:35:35,925 --> 00:35:37,005
(CLEARS THROAT)

454
00:35:43,433 --> 00:35:44,433
MALE VOICE: I didn't...

455
00:35:52,192 --> 00:35:53,572
(EXHALES)

456
00:35:56,571 --> 00:35:58,991
- (DOOR OPENS)
- You wanted to see me?

457
00:36:01,743 --> 00:36:03,583
Deke, yeah.

458
00:36:04,954 --> 00:36:07,254
Um, get the door for me.

459
00:36:11,044 --> 00:36:12,094
(DEKE CLEARS THROAT)

460
00:36:15,590 --> 00:36:16,630
Take a seat.

461
00:36:18,426 --> 00:36:19,466
Have a drink.

462
00:36:20,220 --> 00:36:22,560
Whoa, cowboy, it's not even 10:00 a.m.

463
00:36:26,685 --> 00:36:27,845
Have a drink with me, Deke.

464
00:36:32,065 --> 00:36:33,065
Okay.

465
00:36:40,907 --> 00:36:41,907
You know...

466
00:36:44,661 --> 00:36:47,041
I think you're the best damn pilot
in this whole program.

467
00:36:49,958 --> 00:36:51,628
If it was up to me, you'd be first.

468
00:36:52,502 --> 00:36:54,002
But it wasn't up to you, I know that.

469
00:37:04,180 --> 00:37:05,310
What's going on, Chris?

470
00:37:19,571 --> 00:37:21,911
(SIGHS) Something's come up.

471
00:37:23,950 --> 00:37:25,160
Something that's, um...

472
00:37:27,662 --> 00:37:29,212
- it's concerning.
- Chris.

473
00:37:31,833 --> 00:37:32,923
It's your arrhythmia.

474
00:37:34,544 --> 00:37:35,754
Wiesner's guys found it

475
00:37:36,045 --> 00:37:38,835
when they were going through
everyone's medical records.

476
00:37:40,216 --> 00:37:43,176
The arrhythmia, no, that's...
that's not a problem.

477
00:37:44,179 --> 00:37:46,469
The Air Force surgeons cleared me
for that years ago.

478
00:37:49,267 --> 00:37:50,307
They, um...

479
00:37:51,978 --> 00:37:53,228
they think it's too risky.

480
00:37:58,526 --> 00:37:59,606
Too risky for now?

481
00:38:01,905 --> 00:38:03,865
Too risky, period.

482
00:38:10,538 --> 00:38:11,658
They're grounding you, Deke.

483
00:38:16,961 --> 00:38:17,961
That's it?

484
00:38:23,051 --> 00:38:25,261
I threw away my commission
to join this program.

485
00:38:25,762 --> 00:38:26,892
Jesus Christ.

486
00:38:28,723 --> 00:38:29,723
I understand.

487
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:36,150
- And we're gonna find a place for you.
- Oh. A place?

488
00:38:36,773 --> 00:38:39,153
We're gonna find something
for you to do here.

489
00:39:03,842 --> 00:39:04,842
Chris.

490
00:39:08,888 --> 00:39:10,388
Don't let them do this. I mean...

491
00:39:11,599 --> 00:39:12,639
you're my friend.

492
00:39:15,311 --> 00:39:18,571
I just... I bought... I bought a house.
Marge got a Buick.

493
00:39:23,903 --> 00:39:25,033
You can fix this.

494
00:39:26,531 --> 00:39:28,871
You can tell them, you can tell Bob,

495
00:39:29,784 --> 00:39:31,374
tell him... tell him what you said,

496
00:39:31,870 --> 00:39:33,870
that you would have sent me up first.

497
00:39:36,082 --> 00:39:39,212
- That was before, Deke.
- Tell them what you think is best.

498
00:39:45,174 --> 00:39:46,184
This...

499
00:39:48,887 --> 00:39:49,927
is best, Deke.

500
00:40:12,994 --> 00:40:14,164
Aren't you gonna open it?

501
00:40:34,390 --> 00:40:35,390
It's a gravy boat.

502
00:40:39,729 --> 00:40:42,439
The lady at the shop
called it a, uh... saucier.

503
00:40:58,039 --> 00:41:01,709
- (THUNDER RUMBLING)
- (TELEPHONE RINGING)

504
00:41:07,006 --> 00:41:08,006
Hello, this is Shorty.

505
00:41:10,093 --> 00:41:11,093
What?

506
00:41:12,762 --> 00:41:13,812
Wait.

507
00:41:14,138 --> 00:41:17,768
(GROANS) Wait. Slow down, slow down.
We're all asleep down here.

508
00:41:23,022 --> 00:41:24,152
Are you joking?

509
00:41:49,507 --> 00:41:52,047
- What's going on?
- It's the Russians.

510
00:41:53,302 --> 00:41:56,142
I'm sorry, guys. They put a man in orbit.

511
00:41:58,725 --> 00:41:59,725
Dammit.

512
00:42:03,813 --> 00:42:04,813
(SIGHS)

513
00:42:12,030 --> 00:42:13,610
All right, what do we do now?

514
00:42:18,286 --> 00:42:19,326
I don't know.

515
00:42:29,213 --> 00:42:31,673
- (RADIO STATIC)
- REPORTER: <i>In a devastating blow</i>

516
00:42:31,841 --> 00:42:36,721
<i>to the U.S. in their battle against
the Soviet Union to win the space race,</i>

517
00:42:37,013 --> 00:42:42,313
<i>Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet Air Force pilot
is the first man in space.</i>

518
00:42:42,643 --> 00:42:45,403
<i>History has spoken and Russia
is the victor</i>

519
00:42:45,605 --> 00:42:47,975
<i>in the opening battle of the space race.</i>

520
00:42:49,817 --> 00:42:53,107
(MUSIC PLAYING)