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There was a demon that lived in the air.
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They said whoever challenged him
would die.
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Their controls would freeze up.
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Their planes would buffet wildly...
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and they would disintegrate.
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The demon lived at Mach 1 on the meter...
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750 miles an hour...
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where the air could no longer
move out of the way.
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He lived behind a barrier through which
they said no man could ever pass.
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They called it the sound barrier.
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Then they built a small plane...
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the X-1, to try and break the sound barrier.
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And men came to the high desert
of California to ride it.
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They were called test pilots...
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and no one knew their names.
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Okay, Whiskey Kilo 28, prepare to drop.
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Roger, Ground Control.
This is Whiskey Kilo 28...
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lowering and launching... now.
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Mach .92.
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.93.
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.94.
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Hit a mild buffet there.
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Mach .95.
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.96.
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.97.
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.98!
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.99!
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WK 28, do you want to declare
an emergency?
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Negative. WK 28 is not...
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Go away.
42
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I was looking at the pictures on your wall.
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How come a fancy pilot...
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like Slick there,
doesn't have his picture up there?
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What do you have to do
to get your picture up there?
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You have to die, sweetie.
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Well, Yeager, you old bastard.
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Don't just stand in the doorway
like some Ionesome sheepherder.
49
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Get your ass over here and have a drink.
50
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I got you something.
51
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Come here.
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You could be the first.
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The man who breaks the sound barrier
will be on top.
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You'd be the one they remembered.
55
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You're the best civilian pilot around.
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Good afternoon.
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You get that helmet?
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It might work.
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I'll look like the Galloping Ghost in it.
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Some people say the sound barrier
can't be broke.
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An engineer will tell you it's an absolute...
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like the firmness of the earth.
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The sound barrier is a farm
you can buy in the sky.
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The controls will freeze up.
You can't budge the stick.
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Anybody tries to break it will auger in.
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Well now, maybe it can't be broke.
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Then again...
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maybe it can.
69
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Maybe it can only be broke
for a specified sum.
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How much?
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$150,000.
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Come on, Slick, give us a break.
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Non-negotiable, as usual.
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What do we do now?
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That guy in the corner...
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Yeager is his name.
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He's some kind of a war hero.
Shot down five Germans in one day.
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He's a natural-born stick-and-rudder man.
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He's press-liaison man for the Air Force,
I think.
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Any problems with him?
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- Only one.
- What's that?
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Holding him back.
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Major.
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- Hey there, Yeager.
- Sir.
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We were just talking to Slick
about the sound barrier.
86
00:10:04,954 --> 00:10:05,955
Is that right?
87
00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,833
We feel that the X-1
is ready to have a go at it.
88
00:10:08,958 --> 00:10:12,921
We think the X-1's got the answer
to go beyond Mach 1.
89
00:10:13,046 --> 00:10:15,798
If there is any beyond.
90
00:10:17,550 --> 00:10:20,178
So, what do you think?
91
00:10:20,303 --> 00:10:24,098
I'll tell you. Half these engineers
have never been off the ground.
92
00:10:24,224 --> 00:10:27,685
They might tell you that
the sound barrier's a brick wall.
93
00:10:27,810 --> 00:10:30,939
It'll rip your ears off
if you try to go through it.
94
00:10:31,064 --> 00:10:34,442
If you ask me,
I don't believe the damn thing even exists.
95
00:10:34,567 --> 00:10:36,694
Waitress, a drink for Mr. Yeager.
96
00:10:36,819 --> 00:10:39,155
No, thanks, I got one.
97
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So, do you think
you want to have a go at it?
98
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I might.
99
00:10:43,910 --> 00:10:49,332
But since, as you say,
this sound barrier doesn't really exist...
100
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how much...
101
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How much you got?
102
00:10:53,253 --> 00:10:57,590
Just joking.
The Air Force is already paying me. Right?
103
00:10:57,924 --> 00:11:01,135
- Why sure, Yeager...
- So when do we go?
104
00:11:01,261 --> 00:11:03,930
How about tomorrow morning?
105
00:11:04,055 --> 00:11:06,140
I'll be there.
106
00:11:06,266 --> 00:11:08,851
See you there.
107
00:11:10,937 --> 00:11:13,147
How much are you paying him?
108
00:11:13,273 --> 00:11:15,984
I think it's $283.
109
00:11:16,109 --> 00:11:17,235
A week?
110
00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:19,153
A month.
111
00:11:19,279 --> 00:11:21,905
Well, that's not bad.
112
00:11:26,201 --> 00:11:28,954
First fellow to break the sound barrier...
113
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gets a free steak with all the trimmings.
114
00:11:34,751 --> 00:11:38,171
I'll have mine medium rare, please.
115
00:11:45,053 --> 00:11:49,016
Honey, you ever been caught
on the desert alone?
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I never have.
117
00:11:56,481 --> 00:11:59,526
I don't think I ever will.
118
00:12:01,069 --> 00:12:04,197
Never met the man
who could catch me out there.
119
00:12:04,323 --> 00:12:06,867
I'm half jackrabbit.
120
00:12:09,119 --> 00:12:11,622
Forget it, flyboy.
121
00:12:11,747 --> 00:12:14,875
You'd never catch me.
122
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I believe I will.
123
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Can't be done.
124
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Could I ask you something?
125
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Forget it, sweetie.
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She's his wife.
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Come on, baby.
128
00:13:01,755 --> 00:13:06,426
Yeah! Come on. Go, go.
129
00:13:07,719 --> 00:13:10,847
Glennis! I'm gonna get you!
130
00:13:12,099 --> 00:13:14,685
Come back here!
131
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Can't hide from me!
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- 'Morning, tiger.
- What have you two been up to?
133
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Where's Ridley?
134
00:14:44,942 --> 00:14:47,819
Over there waiting on you.
135
00:14:51,448 --> 00:14:53,992
Can I talk to you?
136
00:14:56,119 --> 00:14:59,498
I got a little problem.
137
00:15:00,290 --> 00:15:04,211
A horse threw me last night
and I dinged up my goddamn ribs.
138
00:15:04,336 --> 00:15:05,337
How bad?
139
00:15:05,462 --> 00:15:09,007
I feel like I broke a couple
of the sons of bitches.
140
00:15:09,132 --> 00:15:12,844
I won't be able to lean over
to shut the door. Got any ideas?
141
00:15:12,970 --> 00:15:15,514
Your left side okay?
142
00:15:16,598 --> 00:15:20,519
I don't want these guys to know
because they'll find somebody else to fly.
143
00:15:20,644 --> 00:15:24,231
- I'll try to fix you a handle.
- Thanks, man.
144
00:15:31,154 --> 00:15:33,448
Can you help me out?
I got a small emergency.
145
00:15:33,574 --> 00:15:38,869
I need to borrow your broom handle.
Just hold this right here.
146
00:15:46,836 --> 00:15:49,213
I think that'll work.
147
00:15:49,338 --> 00:15:51,632
Thank you, sir.
148
00:16:03,519 --> 00:16:06,397
Punch a hole in the sky.
149
00:16:06,689 --> 00:16:09,233
I'll be right back.
150
00:16:12,236 --> 00:16:13,738
- 'Morning!
- Good morning, sir.
151
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How are you feeling?
152
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Oh, just about right.
153
00:17:18,261 --> 00:17:23,140
There she is, partner.
All bridled, saddled and ready to go.
154
00:17:23,432 --> 00:17:25,226
You got any Beemans?
155
00:17:25,351 --> 00:17:26,978
Yeah, I got a stick.
156
00:17:27,103 --> 00:17:29,105
Loan me some. I'll pay you back later.
157
00:17:29,230 --> 00:17:31,482
Fair enough.
158
00:17:43,244 --> 00:17:44,954
Hey, look.
159
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Stick this in the handle.
Take your good arm and just whang it.
160
00:17:49,834 --> 00:17:52,378
Okay, thanks, buddy.
161
00:19:11,958 --> 00:19:14,043
Pre-drop checklist complete.
162
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Ten, nine...
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Drop!
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There you go, buddy.
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Put your spurs to her, Chuck.
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Mach .91.
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.92.
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.93.
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Hit a mild buffet there.
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Just the usual instability.
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Ridley, make a note here,
would you, if you got...
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nothing better to do.
Elevator effectiveness regained.
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.95.
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00:21:03,109 --> 00:21:05,779
.96.
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More buffeting.
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More commotion.
177
00:21:14,537 --> 00:21:17,165
Getting wobbly here.
178
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.98.
179
00:21:22,420 --> 00:21:25,215
She's getting real active.
180
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.99!
181
00:21:45,610 --> 00:21:48,154
What's that sound?
182
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He bought the farm.
183
00:21:58,081 --> 00:22:01,501
That's it. We're back to square one.
184
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Wait a minute.
185
00:22:12,053 --> 00:22:15,348
Ridley, make another note, would you?
186
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Must be something wrong
with the Mach meter.
187
00:22:18,059 --> 00:22:20,437
Jumped plumb off the scale.
188
00:22:20,562 --> 00:22:22,439
Gone screwy on me.
189
00:22:22,564 --> 00:22:24,816
You bust it, we'll fix it.
190
00:22:24,941 --> 00:22:28,486
Personally, I think you're seeing things.
191
00:22:30,071 --> 00:22:34,784
Could be. I'm still going upstairs
like a bat out of hell.
192
00:22:38,580 --> 00:22:40,457
We did it!
193
00:22:40,582 --> 00:22:43,460
We finally broke the sound barrier.
194
00:22:43,585 --> 00:22:45,962
We did it!
195
00:23:22,749 --> 00:23:25,627
I want to place a long-distance call
to Los Angeles.
196
00:23:25,752 --> 00:23:27,128
Who are you calling?
197
00:23:27,254 --> 00:23:28,296
The press!
198
00:23:28,421 --> 00:23:31,883
This is big news.
The sound barrier's been broken.
199
00:23:32,008 --> 00:23:33,969
No, sir. No press.
200
00:23:34,094 --> 00:23:36,805
No word of this is to go
beyond the flight line.
201
00:23:36,930 --> 00:23:40,725
What's going on? This is big news.
We need coverage of this.
202
00:23:40,850 --> 00:23:42,811
No, sir. Sorry, no press.
203
00:23:42,936 --> 00:23:45,313
Those are orders. National security.
204
00:23:45,438 --> 00:23:47,148
But the war's over!
205
00:23:47,274 --> 00:23:50,735
Look, pal, maybe they don't want
someone to know.
206
00:23:50,860 --> 00:23:52,153
Who?
207
00:23:52,279 --> 00:23:53,822
The Russians, maybe.
208
00:23:53,947 --> 00:23:56,324
But they're our allies!
209
00:23:56,449 --> 00:24:02,497
Well, anyway, someone figured it out
that way, and that's the way it is.
210
00:24:02,622 --> 00:24:04,999
Chuck, you're our man!
211
00:24:05,124 --> 00:24:06,792
You're the fastest man alive!
212
00:24:06,917 --> 00:24:08,877
We want you to fly more planes for us.
213
00:24:09,003 --> 00:24:12,006
We want you to fly all our planes!
214
00:24:12,131 --> 00:24:15,676
What you been doing, hedgehopping?
215
00:24:55,007 --> 00:24:56,675
Word will get out, Major.
216
00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,720
Maybe not to the press
or the general public.
217
00:24:59,845 --> 00:25:04,058
But soon, every fighter jock, rocket ace,
and rat-racer in the country...
218
00:25:04,183 --> 00:25:09,230
will be headed this way, wanting
to push the outside of the envelope...
219
00:25:09,355 --> 00:25:13,400
and get to the top of the pyramid.
220
00:25:38,717 --> 00:25:40,928
Edwards Air Force Base.
221
00:25:41,053 --> 00:25:43,013
This is the place to be, hon.
222
00:25:43,138 --> 00:25:47,643
They're going faster, farther
and higher here than anywhere else.
223
00:25:52,231 --> 00:25:54,441
I'll tell you something else, too.
224
00:25:54,567 --> 00:25:59,947
We'll climb right up that ladder,
just like we did at Langley.
225
00:26:00,072 --> 00:26:02,116
We?
226
00:26:02,241 --> 00:26:04,285
You mean you.
227
00:26:04,410 --> 00:26:06,453
Hon, we're a team!
228
00:26:06,579 --> 00:26:09,081
I move up, you move up.
229
00:26:09,206 --> 00:26:12,501
Right to the top of the old pyramid.
230
00:26:13,252 --> 00:26:14,461
Slow down, Gordo.
231
00:26:14,587 --> 00:26:16,964
Come on now, you're scaring the girls.
232
00:26:17,089 --> 00:26:21,302
You're scaring the girls. You are!
233
00:26:24,263 --> 00:26:25,472
Come on, Trudy.
234
00:26:25,598 --> 00:26:29,143
Who's the best pilot you ever saw?
235
00:26:30,102 --> 00:26:33,314
Who's the best pilot you ever saw?
236
00:26:38,777 --> 00:26:41,822
You're looking at him, baby.
237
00:26:44,950 --> 00:26:47,328
Come on, cheer up.
238
00:26:48,495 --> 00:26:51,123
Have I ever let you down?
239
00:29:29,781 --> 00:29:32,158
Hi there, pops.
240
00:29:33,701 --> 00:29:37,330
Pancho's? Damn, look who's here.
241
00:29:47,590 --> 00:29:50,843
Deke, that's 62 men...
242
00:29:50,969 --> 00:29:53,972
in the last 36 weeks.
243
00:29:54,597 --> 00:29:57,559
You know what that averages?
244
00:30:00,353 --> 00:30:03,940
Is that Gus Grissom from Langley Field?
245
00:30:04,232 --> 00:30:07,193
What is an ace like you
doing in a place like this?
246
00:30:07,318 --> 00:30:10,280
Well, if it ain't Hot Dog.
247
00:30:10,405 --> 00:30:12,490
Gordo...
248
00:30:12,615 --> 00:30:14,951
- Cooper, right?
- Yeah.
249
00:30:15,076 --> 00:30:19,289
Gordo thinks he's one of those
hot-dog pilots you hear so much about.
250
00:30:19,414 --> 00:30:21,291
You got a short memory.
251
00:30:21,416 --> 00:30:26,212
I am not one of them hot-dog pilots.
I am the Hot Dog Man himself.
252
00:30:26,337 --> 00:30:31,426
I guess you're too shy to tell this guy
how I used to wax your tail.
253
00:30:33,052 --> 00:30:35,430
Wax my tail?
254
00:30:36,222 --> 00:30:39,267
Hot Dog, you were just in my shadow.
255
00:30:39,392 --> 00:30:41,519
That's where you'll always be.
256
00:30:41,644 --> 00:30:45,106
What are you two rookies going to have?
257
00:30:45,231 --> 00:30:47,317
Rookies?
258
00:30:48,568 --> 00:30:51,279
Now hold on, sis.
259
00:30:51,404 --> 00:30:55,700
You are looking
at a whole new ballgame here now.
260
00:30:56,117 --> 00:30:58,995
In a few years I bet you're even
going to immortalize us...
261
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:03,041
by putting our pictures up there
on your wall.
262
00:31:07,754 --> 00:31:10,423
Did I say something wrong?
263
00:31:10,548 --> 00:31:14,469
I'll tell you. We got two categories
of pilots around here.
264
00:31:14,594 --> 00:31:17,931
We got your prime pilots
that get all the hot planes.
265
00:31:18,056 --> 00:31:23,061
And we got your pudknockers
who dream about getting the hot planes.
266
00:31:23,186 --> 00:31:27,440
Now what are you two pudknockers
going to have?
267
00:31:31,611 --> 00:31:33,988
Scotch.
268
00:31:34,948 --> 00:31:37,742
You know what happened!
The machine broke.
269
00:31:37,867 --> 00:31:40,328
It didn't, it's the man.
He was dead before he went up.
270
00:31:40,453 --> 00:31:43,665
Don't talk about it here.
271
00:32:03,476 --> 00:32:06,854
Good one. Now fire it in here.
272
00:32:07,355 --> 00:32:09,524
Look at old Yeager.
273
00:32:09,649 --> 00:32:13,528
On top of the pyramid
for five goddamn years.
274
00:32:13,653 --> 00:32:17,865
Every time somebody goes faster,
he just goes up again.
275
00:32:17,991 --> 00:32:21,369
He stays the fastest man alive.
276
00:32:25,790 --> 00:32:27,625
You know...
277
00:32:27,750 --> 00:32:29,794
sometimes...
278
00:32:29,919 --> 00:32:34,214
all it takes is just the sound
of a truck starting.
279
00:32:34,798 --> 00:32:36,550
I think:
280
00:32:36,675 --> 00:32:39,428
"That's the crash truck."
281
00:32:45,183 --> 00:32:46,894
Anyway...
282
00:32:47,019 --> 00:32:49,730
I'm really glad we could talk.
283
00:32:49,855 --> 00:32:54,026
I thought I was the only one
who had these nightmares.
284
00:32:54,568 --> 00:32:56,528
Yeah. Me, too.
285
00:32:56,653 --> 00:33:00,240
Nobody ever wants to talk
about anything around here.
286
00:33:00,365 --> 00:33:03,410
Everybody's always trying to...
287
00:33:03,702 --> 00:33:07,581
"maintain an even strain."
288
00:33:08,206 --> 00:33:13,712
Well, you marry a fighter jock
and you marry the military.
289
00:33:14,213 --> 00:33:16,256
I'll tell you one thing.
290
00:33:16,381 --> 00:33:19,384
The military owes me for all this.
291
00:33:19,509 --> 00:33:23,096
One day I expect the military
to make good.
292
00:33:27,059 --> 00:33:31,271
Well, it sure ain't your average dull life.
293
00:33:31,730 --> 00:33:33,565
I went East for a reunion...
294
00:33:33,690 --> 00:33:37,027
and all my friends could talk about
was their husbands' work.
295
00:33:37,152 --> 00:33:42,407
How dog-eat-dog and cutthroat it was
on Madison Avenue...
296
00:33:42,532 --> 00:33:45,118
places like that.
297
00:33:47,246 --> 00:33:49,957
Cutthroat?
298
00:33:50,749 --> 00:33:54,294
I wondered how they would have felt...
299
00:33:54,419 --> 00:33:57,798
if each time their husband
went in to make a deal...
300
00:33:57,923 --> 00:34:02,928
there was a one in four chance
he wouldn't come out of the meeting.
301
00:34:06,890 --> 00:34:10,769
I'm going home to my folks in San Diego.
302
00:34:12,896 --> 00:34:15,440
What did Gordo say?
303
00:34:15,566 --> 00:34:19,111
He "maintained an even strain."
304
00:34:23,907 --> 00:34:26,159
Look at them.
305
00:34:26,743 --> 00:34:30,372
You'd think they were talking
about sports.
306
00:34:36,420 --> 00:34:38,463
Men...
307
00:34:38,797 --> 00:34:42,968
Sometimes they're just such... assholes.
308
00:34:55,105 --> 00:34:58,483
Sometimes they sure are
handy assholes, though.
309
00:34:58,609 --> 00:35:01,111
Yeah, sometimes...
310
00:35:02,362 --> 00:35:04,823
Sometimes.
311
00:35:08,577 --> 00:35:11,121
You want a hot dog?
312
00:35:16,460 --> 00:35:19,504
I'm leaving, Gordo.
313
00:35:24,968 --> 00:35:26,678
Look at that!
314
00:35:26,803 --> 00:35:29,681
Yeah, that's the D-558 Phase Two.
315
00:35:29,806 --> 00:35:31,350
Scott Crossfield.
316
00:35:31,475 --> 00:35:35,187
It sure as hell is. Jesus!
317
00:35:37,481 --> 00:35:40,609
He scorched that one, didn't he?
318
00:35:43,153 --> 00:35:45,364
He's pushing the outside of the envelope.
319
00:35:45,489 --> 00:35:47,449
He must be going for a record.
320
00:35:47,574 --> 00:35:50,786
He's shooting for Mach 2, I heard.
321
00:35:52,704 --> 00:35:57,167
On the 50th anniversary
of the Wright Brothers' historic flight...
322
00:35:57,292 --> 00:36:00,963
another historic flight takes place
as Scott Crossfield...
323
00:36:01,088 --> 00:36:05,217
streaks across the skies
over the high desert in California.
324
00:36:05,342 --> 00:36:06,468
Mach 2.
325
00:36:06,593 --> 00:36:09,555
Almost 1,500 miles per hour...
326
00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:12,224
and a new world record!
327
00:36:12,349 --> 00:36:14,476
It's a field day for the press.
328
00:36:14,601 --> 00:36:17,312
Congratulations come
from a previous record holder...
329
00:36:17,437 --> 00:36:22,359
as he shakes the hand
of the fastest man alive, Scott Crossfield.
330
00:36:22,484 --> 00:36:25,571
And there's a comradeship of speed.
331
00:36:25,696 --> 00:36:29,825
To Scott Crossfield, the fastest man alive.
332
00:36:30,367 --> 00:36:33,495
To the D-558 Phase Two.
333
00:36:34,538 --> 00:36:36,582
I'll tell you a quick one.
334
00:36:36,707 --> 00:36:38,542
The one about the newlyweds...
335
00:36:38,667 --> 00:36:42,170
who didn't know the difference
between Vaseline and putty.
336
00:36:42,296 --> 00:36:45,298
All their windows fell out.
337
00:36:48,217 --> 00:36:51,429
Compliments of Pancho's, Scotty.
338
00:36:53,598 --> 00:36:55,600
The real test wasn't Mach 2.
339
00:36:55,725 --> 00:37:00,980
I guess that demon lives out
at about 2.3 on your Mach meter.
340
00:37:01,105 --> 00:37:03,941
Yeah, but Mach 2 was the magic number.
341
00:37:04,066 --> 00:37:09,071
Like 60 homers, like batting .400,
like the four-minute mile.
342
00:37:09,196 --> 00:37:11,449
The press likes a nice round number.
343
00:37:11,574 --> 00:37:14,785
After that, they don't care,
until the next magic number.
344
00:37:14,911 --> 00:37:18,789
You need more than speed records.
You need coverage.
345
00:37:18,915 --> 00:37:20,291
Coverage?
346
00:37:20,416 --> 00:37:24,128
You mean them root weevils
that crawl around popping off cameras?
347
00:37:24,253 --> 00:37:26,547
Those root weevils write history.
348
00:37:26,672 --> 00:37:31,594
Let them write the history,
and let the pilots fly the planes.
349
00:37:32,261 --> 00:37:34,472
Pilots.
350
00:37:57,912 --> 00:38:00,581
You know what really makes
your rocket ships go up?
351
00:38:00,706 --> 00:38:04,335
The aerodynamics would take
so long to explain to you that...
352
00:38:04,460 --> 00:38:05,461
Funding.
353
00:38:05,586 --> 00:38:07,630
That's what makes your ships go up.
354
00:38:07,755 --> 00:38:09,882
I'll tell you something.
355
00:38:10,007 --> 00:38:12,051
And you guys, too.
356
00:38:12,176 --> 00:38:15,346
No bucks, no Buck Rogers.
357
00:38:15,471 --> 00:38:18,057
Whoever gets the funding
gets the technology.
358
00:38:18,182 --> 00:38:21,102
Whoever gets the technology stays on top.
359
00:38:21,227 --> 00:38:23,604
Flyboy, let's dance.
360
00:38:23,729 --> 00:38:26,357
I'll drink to that.
361
00:38:57,847 --> 00:39:00,933
He'll be going after Crossfield soon,
won't he?
362
00:39:01,058 --> 00:39:02,351
No, he won't.
363
00:39:02,476 --> 00:39:06,856
He'll be going after that demon
that lives in the thin air.
364
00:39:46,354 --> 00:39:48,064
You got any Beemans?
365
00:39:48,189 --> 00:39:51,901
Even before you hit Mach 2,
she'll be unforgiving on you.
366
00:39:52,026 --> 00:39:54,820
So take it easy.
Wring her out a little bit this time.
367
00:39:54,946 --> 00:39:55,988
You got any gum?
368
00:39:56,113 --> 00:39:57,448
Yeah, I got me a stick.
369
00:39:57,573 --> 00:40:00,159
Loan me some. I'll pay you back later.
370
00:40:00,284 --> 00:40:02,995
- Fair enough.
- Thank you.
371
00:40:17,718 --> 00:40:19,262
Okay, drop her.
372
00:40:19,387 --> 00:40:22,598
All right, here we go again.
373
00:40:25,893 --> 00:40:27,770
Drop!
374
00:40:37,321 --> 00:40:40,074
Number 3 coming on.
375
00:40:47,248 --> 00:40:50,960
Got seven seconds on 150 right now.
376
00:41:09,603 --> 00:41:12,105
I've got you in sight, Chuck.
377
00:41:12,230 --> 00:41:14,316
Going out of sight...
378
00:41:14,441 --> 00:41:16,484
now!
379
00:41:22,240 --> 00:41:24,618
Mach 1.
380
00:41:34,085 --> 00:41:36,213
Number 4.
381
00:41:40,342 --> 00:41:42,135
Here goes Mach 2.
382
00:41:42,260 --> 00:41:46,556
- 2.1. Sorry, Scotty.
- Hey, Chuck,
383
00:41:46,681 --> 00:41:50,644
you got her now, buddy.
You can ease it on back.
384
00:41:50,769 --> 00:41:52,145
Bring it on in.
385
00:41:52,270 --> 00:41:55,023
I'm pushing the envelope.
386
00:41:55,357 --> 00:41:58,193
See where that old demon lives.
387
00:42:17,546 --> 00:42:20,590
Come in, Chuck.
388
00:42:21,591 --> 00:42:23,009
Say again. Over.
389
00:42:23,134 --> 00:42:26,054
Do you read? Over.
390
00:42:27,472 --> 00:42:30,809
Damn! He's uncorked it!
391
00:42:30,934 --> 00:42:32,352
Mayday! Mayday!
392
00:42:32,477 --> 00:42:35,355
Alert all ground crews.
393
00:42:38,984 --> 00:42:41,653
Talk to me!
394
00:42:41,778 --> 00:42:45,323
Mayday! Mayday! Alert the ground crews.
395
00:42:47,492 --> 00:42:49,578
Come in!
396
00:42:51,246 --> 00:42:54,291
Do you read me? Over.
397
00:43:04,885 --> 00:43:07,721
I'm fighting bad here.
398
00:43:08,513 --> 00:43:12,726
I'm down to 25,000 over Tehachapi.
399
00:43:15,353 --> 00:43:19,316
I don't know if I can make it
back to base or not.
400
00:43:19,524 --> 00:43:20,859
What happened?
401
00:43:20,984 --> 00:43:23,904
Think I must have bust the canopy
with my head.
402
00:43:24,029 --> 00:43:26,656
I'm getting okay now.
403
00:43:28,366 --> 00:43:32,245
We sure chased that old demon this time.
404
00:43:32,370 --> 00:43:35,457
That's as fast as a man can go.
405
00:43:36,374 --> 00:43:39,085
What's next, Ridley?
406
00:44:17,958 --> 00:44:19,167
It's called Sputnik.
407
00:44:19,292 --> 00:44:22,295
We know. Sit down.
408
00:44:27,092 --> 00:44:29,636
And as I was saying...
409
00:44:29,761 --> 00:44:33,807
whoever controls
the high ground of space...
410
00:44:33,932 --> 00:44:36,351
will control the world.
411
00:44:36,476 --> 00:44:40,855
The Roman Empire controlled
the world because it could build roads.
412
00:44:40,981 --> 00:44:45,819
Later, the British Empire was dominant
because it had ships.
413
00:44:46,194 --> 00:44:51,116
In the air stage, we were powerful
because we had the airplane.
414
00:44:51,575 --> 00:44:55,579
Now the Communists have established
a foothold in outer space.
415
00:44:55,704 --> 00:44:59,207
Soon they'll have space platforms
to drop nuclear bombs on us...
416
00:44:59,332 --> 00:45:02,043
like rocks from a highway overpass.
417
00:45:02,168 --> 00:45:05,171
How the hell did they get ahead of us?
418
00:45:05,297 --> 00:45:08,383
Gentlemen, I think we're ready.
419
00:45:12,929 --> 00:45:16,557
Is there a loose plug over there anywhere?
420
00:45:18,267 --> 00:45:20,060
Here it is. I'll get it.
421
00:45:20,185 --> 00:45:23,063
Senator Johnson's right.
This is Armageddon.
422
00:45:23,188 --> 00:45:26,066
The decisive battle
between the forces of good and evil.
423
00:45:26,191 --> 00:45:30,070
We're engaged in a struggle for survival.
424
00:45:31,447 --> 00:45:33,866
This footage was assembled from...
425
00:45:33,991 --> 00:45:36,785
sources operating under deep cover
at great risk.
426
00:45:36,911 --> 00:45:38,037
Very great!
427
00:45:38,162 --> 00:45:41,540
We're fortunate this material
did not perish with a couple of men.
428
00:45:41,665 --> 00:45:44,877
This is secret footage
of the Russian Korabl rocket...
429
00:45:45,002 --> 00:45:48,839
and these are the German scientists
that they captured after the war.
430
00:45:48,964 --> 00:45:53,177
Was it their German scientists
who got them up there first?
431
00:45:54,011 --> 00:45:55,679
No, it was not, Senator.
432
00:45:55,804 --> 00:45:59,016
Our Germans are better
than their Germans.
433
00:45:59,141 --> 00:46:02,269
That's Titov on the right
and on the left is Gagarin.
434
00:46:02,394 --> 00:46:06,273
No, Titov's on the left.
Gagarin's on the right.
435
00:46:07,024 --> 00:46:09,485
They bear a great resemblance
to each other.
436
00:46:09,610 --> 00:46:14,281
If the Soviets ever do put a man up there,
it will be one of these two.
437
00:46:14,406 --> 00:46:16,367
Most likely, the one on the left.
438
00:46:16,492 --> 00:46:18,869
- Gagarin.
- Titov.
439
00:46:19,203 --> 00:46:20,955
Isn't that their chief designer?
440
00:46:21,080 --> 00:46:22,665
We know very little about him.
441
00:46:22,790 --> 00:46:25,292
- Let us see him again.
- Here's some more of him.
442
00:46:25,417 --> 00:46:28,462
They've developed a program
of stupendous dimensions...
443
00:46:28,587 --> 00:46:32,216
and he is clearly the genius behind it.
444
00:46:33,175 --> 00:46:35,970
I, for one, do not intend to go to sleep...
445
00:46:36,095 --> 00:46:39,473
by the light of a Communist moon.
446
00:46:42,184 --> 00:46:45,396
Get that moron off of there!
447
00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:51,235
We could have orbited
a satellite a year ago...
448
00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:53,445
if we had been given a green light.
449
00:46:53,571 --> 00:46:57,324
Now we must get something up there
quick and dirty, any way at all.
450
00:46:57,449 --> 00:46:58,826
Well, what?
451
00:46:58,951 --> 00:47:03,038
By combining our available rockets,
the Redstone, the Atlas...
452
00:47:03,163 --> 00:47:06,417
I agree that we could launch a pod.
453
00:47:06,542 --> 00:47:07,668
A pot?
454
00:47:07,793 --> 00:47:09,169
A pod.
455
00:47:09,295 --> 00:47:10,588
A capsule.
456
00:47:10,713 --> 00:47:13,424
Now, we will be in full control of this pod.
457
00:47:13,549 --> 00:47:15,801
It will go up like a cannonball...
458
00:47:15,926 --> 00:47:18,679
and come down like a cannonball...
459
00:47:18,804 --> 00:47:21,390
splashing down in the ocean...
460
00:47:21,515 --> 00:47:25,853
with a parachute to spare the life
of the "specimen" inside.
461
00:47:25,978 --> 00:47:27,521
Spaceman?
462
00:47:27,646 --> 00:47:29,899
"Specimen."
463
00:47:31,108 --> 00:47:34,361
Well, what kind of "specimen"?
464
00:47:34,862 --> 00:47:37,031
A tough one.
465
00:47:37,156 --> 00:47:39,909
Responsive to orders.
466
00:47:40,284 --> 00:47:42,453
I had in mind a chimp.
467
00:47:42,578 --> 00:47:43,704
"Jimp"?
468
00:47:43,829 --> 00:47:46,040
Well, what the hell is a "jimp"?
469
00:47:46,165 --> 00:47:50,127
A chimp. A chimpanzee, Senator. An ape.
470
00:47:50,252 --> 00:47:55,132
The first American into space
is not going to be a chimpanzee.
471
00:47:55,633 --> 00:47:58,510
Who would you put into space,
Mr. President?
472
00:47:58,636 --> 00:48:02,556
We have film of some people
we think are strong candidates.
473
00:48:02,681 --> 00:48:06,894
We'd like to run it by you
and stimulate some thinking.
474
00:48:07,353 --> 00:48:11,273
These are people we felt
would be excellent in the splashdown.
475
00:48:11,398 --> 00:48:13,234
We like the one on the right.
476
00:48:13,359 --> 00:48:16,737
- No, on the left.
- On the right. Don't embarrass me!
477
00:48:16,862 --> 00:48:21,575
These people are very experienced with
machinery and have their own helmets.
478
00:48:21,700 --> 00:48:22,952
Is that a factor?
479
00:48:23,077 --> 00:48:24,828
As you'll see...
480
00:48:24,954 --> 00:48:28,874
they're quite comfortable
in conditions of flame.
481
00:48:28,999 --> 00:48:34,380
Now this is personnel
who have very well-developed equilibrium.
482
00:48:35,005 --> 00:48:37,424
Good middle ear. Also very nice people.
483
00:48:37,550 --> 00:48:38,926
Very easy to work with.
484
00:48:39,051 --> 00:48:42,054
With some work,
they could be very responsive to orders.
485
00:48:42,179 --> 00:48:45,057
This is my first choice.
The man with the hood.
486
00:48:45,182 --> 00:48:49,895
Since he works without eyesight,
his other senses are sharpened.
487
00:48:50,020 --> 00:48:53,357
In space there'll be little need
for eyeballing at any rate.
488
00:48:53,482 --> 00:48:56,360
The cannonball effect you mentioned...
489
00:48:56,485 --> 00:48:59,238
We were basically thinking about...
490
00:48:59,363 --> 00:49:01,532
putting a couple into orbit.
491
00:49:01,657 --> 00:49:04,410
Possibly adds emotional stability.
492
00:49:04,535 --> 00:49:07,913
This individual combines many
plus factors that we mentioned.
493
00:49:08,038 --> 00:49:12,084
Ease with flames, comfort at heights
and agility in the splashdown phase.
494
00:49:12,209 --> 00:49:15,629
Also, he is available as of the 15th.
495
00:49:16,964 --> 00:49:19,383
I want test pilots!
496
00:49:19,508 --> 00:49:21,677
Test pilots? No, you can't deal with them.
497
00:49:21,802 --> 00:49:25,055
I'm sure we can do better
with another type of man...
498
00:49:25,180 --> 00:49:27,057
any other type of man.
499
00:49:27,182 --> 00:49:28,892
A more manageable type.
500
00:49:29,017 --> 00:49:30,977
It will only complicate things.
501
00:49:31,102 --> 00:49:33,605
With a man we must guarantee
a safe return.
502
00:49:33,730 --> 00:49:37,317
Mr. President, I think
you'd be wise to reconsider.
503
00:49:37,442 --> 00:49:38,568
No, Lyndon.
504
00:49:38,693 --> 00:49:39,694
Test pilots?
505
00:49:39,819 --> 00:49:41,654
We'll be heading for some air bases.
506
00:49:41,779 --> 00:49:43,489
Not just some air bases.
507
00:49:43,615 --> 00:49:48,119
The one with the great test pilots.
There's only one place to go.
508
00:49:48,369 --> 00:49:52,373
I was there once before
and I hoped I'd never have to go back.
509
00:49:52,498 --> 00:49:57,295
It's a god-forsaken spot on the roof
of the high desert in California.
510
00:49:57,420 --> 00:50:01,132
Some kind of prehistoric throwback
of an airfield called Edwards.
511
00:50:01,257 --> 00:50:04,219
They've got a weird, mad-monk squadron.
512
00:50:04,344 --> 00:50:06,971
Living in rat shacks, terrible conditions.
513
00:50:07,096 --> 00:50:11,059
Corrugated tin, bare bones, low rent.
514
00:50:11,184 --> 00:50:13,144
This is the joint they hang out in.
515
00:50:13,269 --> 00:50:15,647
Pancho's Happy Bottom Riding Club.
516
00:50:15,772 --> 00:50:18,316
It's called Happy Bottom Riding Club?
517
00:50:18,441 --> 00:50:20,777
How'd it get a name like that?
518
00:50:20,902 --> 00:50:22,445
Ask Pancho.
519
00:50:22,570 --> 00:50:25,073
- Lock up?
- Yeah.
520
00:50:25,448 --> 00:50:28,868
We're meeting the Liaison Officer.
They are expecting us.
521
00:50:28,993 --> 00:50:30,703
They? Who's "they"?
522
00:50:30,828 --> 00:50:33,081
The best...
523
00:50:33,581 --> 00:50:34,666
Give me that!
524
00:50:34,791 --> 00:50:37,835
- The best test pilots in the world.
- Here?
525
00:50:37,961 --> 00:50:41,172
They got some kind of brotherhood.
526
00:50:41,297 --> 00:50:43,508
They think they got the right stuff.
527
00:50:43,633 --> 00:50:46,010
What stuff? Heroism, bravery?
528
00:50:46,135 --> 00:50:48,012
There any snakes around here?
529
00:50:48,137 --> 00:50:49,889
Yeah. In the bushes.
530
00:50:50,014 --> 00:50:54,352
Heroism and bravery are part of it.
But seems to be more to it.
531
00:50:54,477 --> 00:50:56,020
What do they say it means?
532
00:50:56,145 --> 00:50:59,107
They don't say anything.
They don't talk about it.
533
00:50:59,232 --> 00:51:01,568
They don't talk about it to outsiders?
534
00:51:01,693 --> 00:51:03,027
To each other.
535
00:51:03,152 --> 00:51:06,281
To outsiders they say even less.
536
00:51:06,489 --> 00:51:08,658
Anyway, they're all here.
537
00:51:08,783 --> 00:51:10,952
Including the ace of aces himself.
538
00:51:11,077 --> 00:51:13,121
Who's that?
539
00:51:13,246 --> 00:51:14,664
Yeager.
540
00:51:14,789 --> 00:51:17,292
Never heard of him.
541
00:51:30,346 --> 00:51:33,308
These must be our gentlemen
from Washington...
542
00:51:33,433 --> 00:51:35,894
scouting for astronauts.
543
00:51:36,019 --> 00:51:38,062
Welcome to Edwards.
544
00:51:38,187 --> 00:51:41,316
Scouting for lab rabbits, more likely.
545
00:51:41,441 --> 00:51:44,152
I didn't quite hear you.
546
00:51:45,570 --> 00:51:48,323
I said, "Lab rabbits."
547
00:51:48,531 --> 00:51:49,657
What's that mean?
548
00:51:49,782 --> 00:51:52,994
It means you don't need
honest-to-God pilots.
549
00:51:53,119 --> 00:51:57,457
What you ought to get is a lab rabbit
to curl up in your damn capsule...
550
00:51:57,582 --> 00:51:59,626
with its heart beating...
551
00:51:59,751 --> 00:52:02,503
and a wire up the kazoo.
552
00:52:04,005 --> 00:52:05,215
I don't hold with it.
553
00:52:05,340 --> 00:52:06,966
I don't either.
554
00:52:07,091 --> 00:52:09,802
You want a pilot to be a ballistic missile.
555
00:52:09,928 --> 00:52:11,846
And then splashdown.
556
00:52:11,971 --> 00:52:13,973
Possibly get lost at sea.
557
00:52:14,098 --> 00:52:16,976
There's some things you can't change.
558
00:52:17,101 --> 00:52:19,479
Some peckerwood's
got to take the beast up.
559
00:52:19,604 --> 00:52:23,316
And some peckerwood's got to land it.
560
00:52:23,441 --> 00:52:27,487
And that peckerwood is called a pilot.
561
00:52:27,612 --> 00:52:29,239
You're mighty right.
562
00:52:29,364 --> 00:52:31,991
The boys smell panic in your program.
563
00:52:32,116 --> 00:52:34,369
That's one thing they don't respond to.
564
00:52:34,494 --> 00:52:38,831
Now maybe if we talk privately
to Yeager and some of the other boys...
565
00:52:38,957 --> 00:52:40,166
That's Yeager?
566
00:52:40,291 --> 00:52:44,671
Anybody goes up in the damn thing
is gonna be Spam in a can.
567
00:52:45,171 --> 00:52:47,465
I'll drink to that!
568
00:52:49,175 --> 00:52:52,303
- Yeager doesn't fit the profile.
- Yeager doesn't fit?
569
00:52:52,428 --> 00:52:56,516
He didn't go to college.
We're only taking college personnel.
570
00:52:56,641 --> 00:53:02,355
Forget about Walker and Crossfield
and the other civilian pilots, too.
571
00:53:03,606 --> 00:53:07,360
The security clearance just takes
too long with those people.
572
00:53:07,485 --> 00:53:11,364
Besides, they seem
a little too independent.
573
00:53:11,990 --> 00:53:14,826
You mean for this space race...
574
00:53:14,951 --> 00:53:17,370
you don't want our best pilots?
575
00:53:17,495 --> 00:53:19,372
I didn't say that.
576
00:53:19,497 --> 00:53:23,877
We want the best pilots that we can get.
577
00:53:25,712 --> 00:53:27,755
Y'all want some whiskey?
578
00:53:27,881 --> 00:53:30,633
No, thanks, Fred. Just a little coffee.
579
00:53:30,758 --> 00:53:33,261
- I'd like a Coca-Cola.
- Coke?
580
00:53:33,386 --> 00:53:35,138
In a clean glass.
581
00:53:35,263 --> 00:53:39,684
There's an old saying:
"Never refuse a combat assignment."
582
00:53:41,351 --> 00:53:47,232
Well, there sure is a long line
of shit-hot rocket aces around here.
583
00:53:47,733 --> 00:53:49,985
Hot Dog.
584
00:53:50,194 --> 00:53:53,739
What the hell's "astronaut" mean anyway?
585
00:53:56,033 --> 00:53:58,410
Star voyager.
586
00:54:02,039 --> 00:54:05,083
Star voyager Gus Grissom.
587
00:54:06,543 --> 00:54:09,421
I like the sound of that.
588
00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:11,256
Now your name is?
589
00:54:11,381 --> 00:54:14,259
My name, José Jiménez.
590
00:54:15,886 --> 00:54:19,097
Who are we gonna get
to take on the Russians?
591
00:54:19,223 --> 00:54:23,936
Have you seen this José Jiménez?
He's a crack-up.
592
00:54:24,895 --> 00:54:29,942
I am the chief astronaut
of the United States Interplanetary...
593
00:54:35,906 --> 00:54:38,742
My name, José Jiménez.
594
00:54:38,867 --> 00:54:42,329
Now I see you have some
of your space equipment with you.
595
00:54:42,454 --> 00:54:45,123
What is that called? The crash helmet?
596
00:54:45,249 --> 00:54:47,167
Oh, I hope not.
597
00:54:47,292 --> 00:54:49,002
Get that guy off.
598
00:54:49,127 --> 00:54:52,506
The country's already laughing at us.
599
00:54:54,424 --> 00:54:56,343
This is the show I wanted you to see.
600
00:54:56,468 --> 00:54:58,845
Who, that kid?
601
00:55:00,973 --> 00:55:03,308
Winner of five
Distinguished Flying Crosses...
602
00:55:03,433 --> 00:55:08,313
and holder of the coast-to-coast,
nonstop, supersonic flight record...
603
00:55:08,438 --> 00:55:10,816
from the U.S. Marine Corps...
604
00:55:10,941 --> 00:55:12,276
Major John Glenn!
605
00:55:12,401 --> 00:55:14,486
That guy.
606
00:55:17,781 --> 00:55:21,201
Can you tell us what's that song?
607
00:55:22,452 --> 00:55:25,497
"Straighten Up and Fly Right".
608
00:55:33,463 --> 00:55:36,341
It's "Straighten Up and Fly Right".
609
00:55:36,466 --> 00:55:38,760
He's not dumb.
610
00:55:44,933 --> 00:55:49,479
Major, Eddie here has a little problem
with his girlfriend.
611
00:55:49,605 --> 00:55:53,066
Did you ever have a problem like that
when you were ten?
612
00:55:53,191 --> 00:55:55,444
Yes, I did, Bob.
613
00:55:55,569 --> 00:55:57,905
I liked a girl in my class, but...
614
00:55:58,030 --> 00:56:01,074
the other guys liked her, too,
and she didn't pay attention.
615
00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:04,369
But I kept after her, Eddie.
616
00:56:04,494 --> 00:56:06,830
Did you finally get her to notice you?
617
00:56:06,955 --> 00:56:08,332
Yes, I did.
618
00:56:08,457 --> 00:56:11,919
In fact, I finally got her to marry me.
619
00:56:15,839 --> 00:56:18,300
They love the guy.
620
00:56:34,524 --> 00:56:36,944
Delta Charlie 9, you are clear to land...
621
00:56:37,069 --> 00:56:39,196
at 180 degrees.
622
00:56:39,321 --> 00:56:43,158
José Jiménez on approach.
623
00:56:44,660 --> 00:56:47,371
My name, José Jiménez.
624
00:56:47,496 --> 00:56:52,292
Yeah, Shepard, I almost forgot.
You are clear at 180 degrees.
625
00:56:52,417 --> 00:56:56,213
Some boys here want to talk to you
about being an astronaut.
626
00:56:56,338 --> 00:57:00,884
They want to make me an astronaut?
Oh, I hope not.
627
00:57:11,853 --> 00:57:16,483
Are you sure the Navy's got good pilots?
628
00:57:16,775 --> 00:57:21,905
They call them aviators in the Navy.
They say they're better than pilots.
629
00:57:32,708 --> 00:57:35,794
Gentlemen, I'd like you
to meet Alan Shepard.
630
00:57:35,919 --> 00:57:36,920
What?
631
00:57:37,045 --> 00:57:39,423
I'd like you to meet Alan Shepard.
632
00:57:39,548 --> 00:57:42,509
Just the man we came to see.
633
00:57:44,011 --> 00:57:46,305
Well. Pleasure.
634
00:57:48,432 --> 00:57:50,434
You've heard about our project.
635
00:57:50,559 --> 00:57:54,104
We're going up against the Russians.
It's got the highest...
636
00:57:54,229 --> 00:57:55,605
Priority.
637
00:57:55,730 --> 00:57:57,607
It's a hazardous...
638
00:57:57,732 --> 00:58:01,777
undertaking. In fact,
it's extremely hazardous.
639
00:58:02,111 --> 00:58:06,866
It's so hazardous that
if you decide not to volunteer...
640
00:58:06,991 --> 00:58:09,869
it will not be held against you in any way.
641
00:58:09,994 --> 00:58:12,788
- Sounds dangerous.
- It is.
642
00:58:12,914 --> 00:58:15,458
Count me in.
643
00:58:18,127 --> 00:58:21,839
There's nothing to worry about.
Absolutely nothing.
644
00:58:28,888 --> 00:58:31,641
Why are you doing this to me?
645
00:58:31,766 --> 00:58:36,145
I'm afraid there's no simple way
to explain that to you.
646
00:58:58,960 --> 00:59:02,171
Thank you, Number 21.
647
00:59:14,100 --> 00:59:17,645
Number 22, please.
648
00:59:17,937 --> 00:59:20,398
You're gonna love it.
649
00:59:20,523 --> 00:59:24,277
Please. Sit right there.
Put your arm right up here.
650
00:59:28,781 --> 00:59:31,826
Excuse me, are you John Glenn?
651
00:59:32,201 --> 00:59:34,412
Scott Carpenter.
652
00:59:34,537 --> 00:59:37,415
I recognize you from those TV shows.
I like them.
653
00:59:37,540 --> 00:59:39,417
I had a good time doing them.
654
00:59:39,542 --> 00:59:43,588
I guess we're both here
for the same reason.
655
00:59:45,006 --> 00:59:47,466
You know what they've got planned?
656
00:59:47,592 --> 00:59:49,594
No. Let me check it out.
657
00:59:49,719 --> 00:59:51,637
What have you got scheduled?
658
00:59:51,762 --> 00:59:55,933
We're not really free
to reveal all the testing.
659
00:59:59,437 --> 01:00:00,688
I don't get this.
660
01:00:00,813 --> 01:00:03,983
Sending us down here
disguised as civilians.
661
01:00:04,108 --> 01:00:06,736
Come on, Gus, cut it out. What the hell.
662
01:00:06,861 --> 01:00:10,573
Hot Dog, this entire operation's
supposed to be hush-hush.
663
01:00:10,698 --> 01:00:16,412
We got top-secret orders to blend in
with the patients. So shut up.
664
01:00:18,164 --> 01:00:21,375
There might be Russian agents here.
665
01:00:24,128 --> 01:00:26,964
They don't look very Russian to me, Gus.
666
01:00:27,089 --> 01:00:30,676
All we got here is your local gentry, and...
667
01:00:30,801 --> 01:00:34,680
then you got Navy
and Marine pilots over here.
668
01:00:34,805 --> 01:00:38,309
None of these guys is up
to Air Force standards.
669
01:00:38,434 --> 01:00:42,939
I hear they got some 50-some guys
trying out for seven spots.
670
01:00:43,064 --> 01:00:46,651
After they pick us three,
there's only gonna be four spots.
671
01:00:46,776 --> 01:00:49,320
Sounds right to me. Where do we go next?
672
01:00:49,445 --> 01:00:51,989
You go in that door.
673
01:00:55,368 --> 01:00:57,787
Who are you?
674
01:01:03,417 --> 01:01:07,380
My name, José Jiménez.
675
01:01:09,757 --> 01:01:12,301
You talking to us, buddy?
676
01:01:12,426 --> 01:01:17,223
All Air Force pilots go in that door.
677
01:01:17,515 --> 01:01:20,142
When they all go in...
678
01:01:20,309 --> 01:01:22,436
they all look the same.
679
01:01:22,562 --> 01:01:25,731
But when they all come out...
680
01:01:25,857 --> 01:01:28,234
they all look different.
681
01:01:28,359 --> 01:01:30,528
How's that?
682
01:01:31,487 --> 01:01:34,323
Fellow, I said how's that?
683
01:01:34,824 --> 01:01:37,743
When they all come out...
684
01:01:38,160 --> 01:01:41,122
they all look scared.
685
01:01:50,506 --> 01:01:53,009
Buenos dias, Gonzalez.
686
01:01:53,467 --> 01:01:56,095
Buenos dias yourself.
687
01:01:56,470 --> 01:01:59,181
Would you come this way?
688
01:02:03,185 --> 01:02:05,605
That guy didn't fool me a bit.
689
01:02:05,730 --> 01:02:07,315
That Mexican guy?
690
01:02:07,440 --> 01:02:11,276
That guy's Navy all the way.
There's another swabbo.
691
01:02:11,401 --> 01:02:14,237
I'll open the box a little so you can see.
692
01:02:14,362 --> 01:02:15,739
Don't put your fingers in there.
693
01:02:15,864 --> 01:02:19,576
This thing will bite them off. It's vicious.
694
01:02:22,495 --> 01:02:25,582
Real swabbo sense of humor.
695
01:02:26,875 --> 01:02:31,046
Let's see what there is
to be scared about back here.
696
01:02:34,257 --> 01:02:39,137
The ball must be maintained
in the position between these two lines.
697
01:02:39,387 --> 01:02:41,348
You may begin... now.
698
01:02:41,473 --> 01:02:44,517
The record is 91 seconds.
699
01:04:15,859 --> 01:04:19,905
Ninety-three seconds. Read it and weep.
700
01:04:46,014 --> 01:04:47,766
Terrific, Scott. Darn good!
701
01:04:47,891 --> 01:04:50,727
You were probably
just getting warmed up.
702
01:04:50,852 --> 01:04:53,897
Next time I doubt I'd win.
703
01:04:54,064 --> 01:04:55,482
I don't know about that.
704
01:04:55,607 --> 01:04:59,152
We're competing with Archie and Jughead.
705
01:06:56,769 --> 01:07:00,231
Let me out of here! Let me out!
706
01:07:22,670 --> 01:07:26,215
Gus, I got this whole thing figured out.
707
01:07:26,340 --> 01:07:28,092
The drill here...
708
01:07:28,217 --> 01:07:30,302
Number 3.
709
01:07:30,886 --> 01:07:36,350
The drill here is to see who can drill
the brains out of Nurse Murch.
710
01:07:36,475 --> 01:07:38,185
Nineteen.
711
01:07:38,310 --> 01:07:40,229
You're nuts.
712
01:07:40,354 --> 01:07:43,816
She thinks we're all just
miserable pudknockers.
713
01:07:43,941 --> 01:07:48,070
This is one fighter jock
who is not a miserable pudknocker.
714
01:07:48,195 --> 01:07:53,075
She's a woman,
susceptible to charms like all of the rest.
715
01:07:58,330 --> 01:08:00,165
You want what in there?
716
01:08:00,291 --> 01:08:02,418
Sperm.
717
01:08:03,460 --> 01:08:04,920
What for?
718
01:08:05,045 --> 01:08:08,299
Sperm motility factors.
719
01:08:09,008 --> 01:08:11,719
Yeah, but, Nurse...
720
01:08:11,844 --> 01:08:14,805
how am I supposed to...
721
01:08:16,181 --> 01:08:20,060
The best results seem to be obtained
through fantasization...
722
01:08:20,186 --> 01:08:24,982
accompanied by masturbation,
followed by ejaculation.
723
01:08:28,235 --> 01:08:31,071
That sounds easy enough.
724
01:08:31,989 --> 01:08:33,741
I'll tell you what.
725
01:08:33,866 --> 01:08:38,787
If I get stuck, you mind coming in
and helping me out a little bit?
726
01:08:45,419 --> 01:08:48,631
Please return it to the lab.
727
01:09:08,400 --> 01:09:11,612
Cut out the humming in there.
728
01:09:38,889 --> 01:09:42,101
Okay, knock it off in there.
729
01:09:50,150 --> 01:09:53,654
Okay, Glenn, I know that's you.
730
01:09:53,779 --> 01:09:58,284
Just knock it off,
because I'm trying to concentrate in here.
731
01:10:35,446 --> 01:10:36,947
That was quick.
732
01:10:37,072 --> 01:10:39,490
There's plenty more
where that came from.
733
01:10:39,616 --> 01:10:41,784
You want to see me again?
734
01:10:41,910 --> 01:10:44,454
I'd like to meet your wife.
735
01:10:46,831 --> 01:10:47,957
My wife?
736
01:10:48,082 --> 01:10:50,627
You're married, aren't you?
737
01:10:51,377 --> 01:10:54,088
Yeah, sure, I'm married all right.
738
01:10:54,214 --> 01:10:55,798
Happily?
739
01:10:55,924 --> 01:10:59,636
Yeah. A real stable relationship, too.
740
01:10:59,761 --> 01:11:02,597
I'd like to meet your wife.
741
01:11:04,599 --> 01:11:06,226
You'd like to meet my wife?
742
01:11:06,351 --> 01:11:08,478
Tomorrow.
743
01:11:08,645 --> 01:11:10,939
Tomorrow?
744
01:11:11,773 --> 01:11:13,316
Tomorrow's no good.
745
01:11:13,441 --> 01:11:15,652
Tomorrow.
746
01:11:26,871 --> 01:11:29,666
I need you, Trudy.
747
01:11:34,504 --> 01:11:38,174
I'm talking about a whole new ballgame.
748
01:11:38,299 --> 01:11:40,009
Fresh start.
749
01:11:40,134 --> 01:11:44,973
This astronaut thing is the best way
for us to move up that ladder.
750
01:11:47,267 --> 01:11:50,186
If we play our cards right,
we go all the way to the top.
751
01:11:50,311 --> 01:11:52,856
We? You mean you.
752
01:11:53,314 --> 01:11:55,692
I mean we.
753
01:11:55,900 --> 01:11:58,486
We're a team.
754
01:12:01,865 --> 01:12:03,825
Have I ever let you down?
755
01:12:03,950 --> 01:12:05,910
Yeah.
756
01:12:13,877 --> 01:12:17,046
Who's the best pilot you ever saw?
757
01:12:22,385 --> 01:12:25,263
You're looking at him.
758
01:12:51,539 --> 01:12:56,711
You're all set. I told her you were stable,
well adjusted, attentive, persevering.
759
01:12:56,836 --> 01:12:59,464
- I lied.
- That a girl.
760
01:12:59,714 --> 01:13:00,924
What'd she say?
761
01:13:01,049 --> 01:13:02,592
She laughed.
762
01:13:02,717 --> 01:13:04,928
She knows you too well, Gordo.
763
01:13:05,053 --> 01:13:09,599
Let's face it. Some women
just have a problem with men.
764
01:13:10,099 --> 01:13:12,936
Yeah, I know.
765
01:13:18,107 --> 01:13:20,401
At secret locations throughout America...
766
01:13:20,527 --> 01:13:23,321
fifty-six of our greatest pilots
are at this moment...
767
01:13:23,446 --> 01:13:27,742
vying to be one of the first men
to go into space.
768
01:13:27,867 --> 01:13:30,495
These are the most up-to-date
tests imaginable.
769
01:13:30,620 --> 01:13:35,500
This is the most rigorous physical testing
ever done to human beings.
770
01:13:37,252 --> 01:13:42,966
They're being subjected to every stress
our doctors and engineers can invent.
771
01:13:45,927 --> 01:13:50,473
These men are preparing themselves
for the ordeal of capsule life.
772
01:13:50,598 --> 01:13:55,228
They will be guiding a new machine
through a hostile environment.
773
01:13:55,353 --> 01:13:59,023
They will be faced with emergencies
no man can foresee.
774
01:13:59,148 --> 01:14:03,152
Many are called, but few will be chosen.
775
01:14:03,611 --> 01:14:08,324
These are men who will have to face
any danger for their country.
776
01:14:09,868 --> 01:14:15,456
No individual will have ever been
so adequately prepared for an event.
777
01:14:16,332 --> 01:14:19,961
Each man knows
that whoever survives this competition...
778
01:14:20,086 --> 01:14:24,465
is destined to become
a legend in his own time.
779
01:14:37,145 --> 01:14:39,189
Here, hold this.
780
01:14:39,314 --> 01:14:41,357
And hold this like this.
781
01:14:41,482 --> 01:14:44,569
When the clamp is released,
the balloon inside you deflates.
782
01:14:44,694 --> 01:14:46,321
Deflates? Where's the john?
783
01:14:46,446 --> 01:14:51,491
Two floors up. Gonzalez will take
you there, but wait here with him.
784
01:14:56,872 --> 01:14:59,625
How's it going, Gonzalez?
785
01:15:32,115 --> 01:15:34,451
Faster!
786
01:15:47,339 --> 01:15:48,840
Good day, Commander.
787
01:15:48,966 --> 01:15:52,052
You prick!
788
01:15:55,514 --> 01:15:57,891
Push the button.
789
01:16:33,927 --> 01:16:39,224
Me and my friends think your
José Jiménez imitation is A-okay.
790
01:16:39,349 --> 01:16:42,519
But what you're doing with it is b-a-d.
791
01:16:42,644 --> 01:16:46,106
You're right, you're absolutely right.
792
01:16:47,024 --> 01:16:49,109
Open!
793
01:16:56,533 --> 01:16:59,912
You ever have any explosions doing this?
794
01:17:00,037 --> 01:17:03,081
All the time. It's a mess.
795
01:17:04,541 --> 01:17:08,253
Tell me something else, Mr. Gonzalez.
796
01:17:08,837 --> 01:17:10,589
How am I doing?
797
01:17:10,714 --> 01:17:15,552
I think you're gonna make it.
I think you're gonna be an astronaut.
798
01:17:38,909 --> 01:17:41,453
After a long...
799
01:17:41,578 --> 01:17:45,290
and unprecedented series of evaluations...
800
01:17:45,916 --> 01:17:49,378
which told our medical scientists...
801
01:17:49,503 --> 01:17:55,259
of their superb adaptability
to their upcoming flight...
802
01:17:56,051 --> 01:17:59,763
it is my pleasure to introduce to you...
803
01:17:59,888 --> 01:18:02,432
seven Americans...
804
01:18:02,558 --> 01:18:05,102
gentlemen all.
805
01:18:06,061 --> 01:18:09,773
Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom!
806
01:18:12,401 --> 01:18:15,612
Leroy G. Cooper!
807
01:18:16,363 --> 01:18:19,783
Donald K. Slayton!
808
01:18:20,242 --> 01:18:23,871
John H. Glenn, Junior!
809
01:18:24,246 --> 01:18:27,124
Malcolm S. Carpenter!
810
01:18:27,249 --> 01:18:30,627
Alan B. Shepard, Junior!
811
01:18:30,752 --> 01:18:34,965
Walter M. Schirra, Junior!
812
01:18:35,591 --> 01:18:39,928
America's Mercury astronauts!
813
01:18:53,275 --> 01:18:55,485
Holy shit!
814
01:18:55,611 --> 01:18:58,989
Smile, Gus. We're heroes.
815
01:19:00,908 --> 01:19:02,743
Yeager ought to see this.
816
01:19:02,868 --> 01:19:06,120
Seven rookies being installed
as the hottest fliers...
817
01:19:06,245 --> 01:19:11,167
and they haven't done a thing
but show up for a press conference.
818
01:19:18,132 --> 01:19:22,845
Following the distribution of the kits,
those of you who have p.m. Deadlines...
819
01:19:22,970 --> 01:19:25,431
you better dash to your phones.
820
01:19:25,556 --> 01:19:29,685
Now we'll have some questions
from the press, please.
821
01:19:31,812 --> 01:19:34,732
I'd like to know
whether your wives and children...
822
01:19:34,857 --> 01:19:38,069
had anything to say about this.
823
01:19:44,408 --> 01:19:47,036
Mine think it's fine.
824
01:19:57,797 --> 01:20:00,383
They're all for it.
825
01:20:10,852 --> 01:20:14,438
I don't think any of us could go on
with something like this...
826
01:20:14,564 --> 01:20:18,568
if we didn't have
pretty good backing at home.
827
01:20:23,197 --> 01:20:26,117
My wife's attitude towards this
has been the same...
828
01:20:26,242 --> 01:20:29,120
as it's been all along through my flying.
829
01:20:29,245 --> 01:20:32,748
If it's what I want to do,
she's behind it.
830
01:20:32,874 --> 01:20:36,919
And, by golly, my kids are, too.
100 percent.
831
01:20:44,385 --> 01:20:46,512
I don't believe this.
832
01:20:46,637 --> 01:20:50,766
But look at them out there.
They're eating it up.
833
01:20:53,186 --> 01:20:56,189
I was brought up believing
that you are placed on Earth...
834
01:20:56,314 --> 01:21:00,193
more or less with a 50-50 proposition.
835
01:21:00,318 --> 01:21:03,237
And this is what I still believe.
836
01:21:03,362 --> 01:21:06,782
We're placed here with certain talents
and capabilities...
837
01:21:06,908 --> 01:21:12,205
and it's up to each one of us
to use those talents as best we can.
838
01:21:14,540 --> 01:21:17,668
And if we use our talents properly...
839
01:21:17,793 --> 01:21:21,756
I think there is a power
greater than us that will place...
840
01:21:21,881 --> 01:21:25,134
the opportunities in our way.
841
01:21:30,681 --> 01:21:33,559
When I think of Orville
and Wilbur Wright...
842
01:21:33,684 --> 01:21:36,312
standing on a hill
at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina...
843
01:21:36,437 --> 01:21:41,651
tossing a coin to see which one
would take the first airplane flight...
844
01:21:42,151 --> 01:21:45,780
and then I think of us here today...
845
01:21:49,659 --> 01:21:51,827
I just thank God I live in a country...
846
01:21:51,953 --> 01:21:56,290
where the best and finest in a man
can be brought out.
847
01:22:08,761 --> 01:22:13,683
I'd like to second some of the things
Mr. Glenn has said here today.
848
01:22:13,850 --> 01:22:18,980
And I think that we are all
very, very fortunate...
849
01:22:19,105 --> 01:22:22,316
that we have been,
should we say, "blessed"...
850
01:22:22,441 --> 01:22:25,403
with the talents for something like this.
851
01:22:25,528 --> 01:22:29,866
And I think that we would be most remiss
in our duty indeed...
852
01:22:29,991 --> 01:22:33,995
if we did not volunteer
for something as important as this is...
853
01:22:34,120 --> 01:22:35,746
for our country...
854
01:22:35,872 --> 01:22:39,458
and to the world in general right now.
855
01:22:42,837 --> 01:22:45,673
One of our Air Force boys.
856
01:22:46,632 --> 01:22:49,343
Don't you agree, Deke?
857
01:22:49,635 --> 01:22:52,096
I agree absolutely with Gordo.
858
01:22:52,221 --> 01:22:54,807
But I don't think
we're not saying anything new here.
859
01:22:54,932 --> 01:22:57,435
I think we're just saying
the same things...
860
01:22:57,560 --> 01:23:02,899
that need to be said again
and again with fierce conviction.
861
01:23:10,364 --> 01:23:14,493
Can you tell us if any of you
go to church regularly?
862
01:23:14,869 --> 01:23:17,663
As far as church goes...
863
01:23:17,788 --> 01:23:20,415
I attend regularly.
864
01:23:23,668 --> 01:23:27,380
Which one of you will be
the first into space?
865
01:23:44,022 --> 01:23:47,234
The best will be first.
866
01:24:04,459 --> 01:24:06,920
Share it, brother.
867
01:24:07,921 --> 01:24:10,590
Fucking A, bubba.
868
01:24:12,551 --> 01:24:16,263
This is for America's Life magazine.
869
01:24:22,519 --> 01:24:27,065
These are the greatest pilots in America.
870
01:24:27,649 --> 01:24:29,734
How much do they make?
871
01:24:29,860 --> 01:24:31,903
$7,000-$8,000 a year?
872
01:24:32,028 --> 01:24:34,614
- Tops.
- At the most.
873
01:24:34,739 --> 01:24:38,451
With this one deal
I'm giving them $500,000...
874
01:24:38,577 --> 01:24:42,080
split seven ways over three years.
875
01:24:42,205 --> 01:24:44,666
How does that sound?
876
01:24:45,542 --> 01:24:50,088
Now I want them all to meet my people
who will write their true stories.
877
01:24:50,213 --> 01:24:54,301
These stories will appear in Life
under their own by-lines.
878
01:24:54,426 --> 01:24:55,677
For example...
879
01:24:55,802 --> 01:24:59,014
"by Betty Grissom..."
880
01:24:59,139 --> 01:25:00,765
or, "by...
881
01:25:00,891 --> 01:25:03,685
Virgil I. Grissom."
882
01:25:03,810 --> 01:25:06,521
- Or...
- Gus.
883
01:25:08,273 --> 01:25:09,316
What was that?
884
01:25:09,441 --> 01:25:10,442
Gus.
885
01:25:10,567 --> 01:25:14,279
Nobody calls me by that other name.
886
01:25:14,404 --> 01:25:16,239
Gus?
887
01:25:16,364 --> 01:25:19,784
An astronaut named Gus?
888
01:25:22,329 --> 01:25:23,663
What's your middle name?
889
01:25:23,788 --> 01:25:25,874
Ivan.
890
01:25:30,295 --> 01:25:32,380
Maybe...
891
01:25:33,465 --> 01:25:35,217
"Gus" isn't so bad.
892
01:25:35,342 --> 01:25:38,094
Might be something there.
893
01:25:39,346 --> 01:25:42,724
All right, you can be Gus.
894
01:25:45,685 --> 01:25:49,231
I bet for all that money
they could call you Virgil.
895
01:25:49,356 --> 01:25:52,067
They sure could me.
896
01:25:57,531 --> 01:26:00,408
Well, what's with her?
897
01:26:00,659 --> 01:26:03,245
She seems snobby.
898
01:26:03,870 --> 01:26:05,747
I don't get it.
899
01:26:05,872 --> 01:26:09,918
I get it. She's "Mrs. Clean Marine."
900
01:26:22,055 --> 01:26:25,100
I'm going to the Cape tomorrow.
901
01:26:27,227 --> 01:26:30,939
I wish to heck it wasn't off-limits to wives.
902
01:26:31,815 --> 01:26:35,819
There's so much work to do, anyway.
More tests...
903
01:26:35,944 --> 01:26:37,112
training...
904
01:26:37,237 --> 01:26:39,447
studying.
905
01:26:46,246 --> 01:26:49,457
What about after?
906
01:26:51,084 --> 01:26:53,295
After hours I'll run a lot.
907
01:26:53,420 --> 01:26:56,047
I'm going to get up to five miles a day.
908
01:26:56,172 --> 01:26:59,301
There's a beautiful, long beach there.
909
01:26:59,426 --> 01:27:02,220
It's called Cocoa Beach.
910
01:27:02,512 --> 01:27:05,056
You can run forever.
911
01:27:06,183 --> 01:27:08,727
Scott Carpenter will run with me.
912
01:27:08,852 --> 01:27:11,062
He's a good guy.
913
01:27:11,188 --> 01:27:13,899
He's real philosophical.
914
01:27:16,693 --> 01:27:19,070
What about...
915
01:27:20,697 --> 01:27:26,411
The others want to get the job done and
keep the Mickey Mouse to a minimum.
916
01:27:28,330 --> 01:27:30,916
They're good men.
917
01:27:31,666 --> 01:27:33,918
Good men.
918
01:27:34,043 --> 01:27:37,755
They'll give 100 percent
when the time comes.
919
01:27:42,718 --> 01:27:45,930
Guess they think I'm kind of a...
920
01:27:46,764 --> 01:27:49,433
gung-ho type.
921
01:27:50,267 --> 01:27:52,770
"Eddie Attaboy."
922
01:27:53,687 --> 01:27:56,232
"Harry Hair-shirt."
923
01:27:59,026 --> 01:28:01,403
What, you agree?
924
01:28:03,489 --> 01:28:04,698
You agree?
925
01:28:04,823 --> 01:28:07,159
My own wife.
926
01:28:07,952 --> 01:28:11,163
Do you think I'm a "Dudley Do-right"?
927
01:28:14,333 --> 01:28:16,794
That's me, I guess.
928
01:28:16,919 --> 01:28:18,921
A Ionely beacon of restraint...
929
01:28:19,046 --> 01:28:22,925
and self-sacrifice in a squall of car-crazies.
930
01:28:36,063 --> 01:28:40,776
It's important to America
to get a man up there first.
931
01:28:43,696 --> 01:28:47,449
I plan to be the first man
to ride the rocket.
932
01:29:20,232 --> 01:29:24,904
Four, three, two, one. Ignition.
933
01:31:38,746 --> 01:31:41,916
What is the most important thing
in rocket travel?
934
01:31:42,041 --> 01:31:45,628
To me the most important thing...
935
01:31:45,753 --> 01:31:47,962
is the blast-off.
936
01:31:48,087 --> 01:31:51,591
I always take a blast before I take off.
937
01:31:52,759 --> 01:31:55,887
Otherwise I wouldn't go near that thing.
938
01:32:02,310 --> 01:32:04,979
He loves Ed Sullivan.
939
01:32:34,968 --> 01:32:38,680
Four down, three to go.
940
01:33:17,010 --> 01:33:21,222
I don't want anything to put this program
in a bad light.
941
01:33:21,347 --> 01:33:25,643
We have the opportunity of a lifetime
and I'm sorry, but I won't stand by...
942
01:33:25,768 --> 01:33:28,813
and let other people compromise
the whole darned thing!
943
01:33:28,938 --> 01:33:32,901
You know and I know this could lead
to something very unfortunate.
944
01:33:33,026 --> 01:33:36,404
I'm talking about the playing around
that's going on.
945
01:33:36,529 --> 01:33:38,990
I'm talking about the young girls.
946
01:33:39,115 --> 01:33:40,783
I'm talking about the cookies.
947
01:33:40,909 --> 01:33:44,078
I'm talking about keeping our pants zipped
and our wicks dry.
948
01:33:44,204 --> 01:33:47,290
Mr. Glenn, you are way out of line.
949
01:33:47,415 --> 01:33:52,337
I advise you not to try to foist your
moral views on anyone else in this group.
950
01:33:52,462 --> 01:33:54,714
Each man here has volunteered
to do a job.
951
01:33:54,839 --> 01:33:57,759
Each man is devoting long hours
of training...
952
01:33:57,884 --> 01:34:01,095
and doing many things
above and beyond the call of duty...
953
01:34:01,221 --> 01:34:03,264
such as morale tours of factories...
954
01:34:03,389 --> 01:34:05,433
Such as bringing girls up to your room?
955
01:34:05,558 --> 01:34:08,061
And forgoing any orderly family life.
956
01:34:08,186 --> 01:34:11,105
Mr. Glenn, as long as
a man uses good sense...
957
01:34:11,231 --> 01:34:15,193
what he does with his wick
is his own business!
958
01:34:15,568 --> 01:34:18,279
I'm from Life magazine.
I'm not with these people.
959
01:34:18,404 --> 01:34:22,659
You can't go in.
They're discussing scientific problems.
960
01:34:25,995 --> 01:34:29,165
John's right. Whether we like it or not
we're public figures.
961
01:34:29,290 --> 01:34:31,960
Whether we deserve it or not,
people look up to us.
962
01:34:32,085 --> 01:34:34,379
We have a tremendous responsibility.
963
01:34:34,504 --> 01:34:38,716
You can't tell a pilot what to do
when he's not flying.
964
01:34:42,762 --> 01:34:44,806
Wait a minute. You got it all wrong.
965
01:34:44,931 --> 01:34:47,100
The issue here ain't pussy.
966
01:34:47,225 --> 01:34:49,978
The issue here is monkey.
967
01:34:50,436 --> 01:34:54,232
- What?
- Us. We are the monkey.
968
01:34:55,525 --> 01:34:58,319
What Gus is saying is
that we're missing the point.
969
01:34:58,444 --> 01:35:02,782
Gus is saying that we all heard rumors
they want to send a monkey up first.
970
01:35:02,907 --> 01:35:06,286
None of us wants them to send
a monkey up to do a man's work.
971
01:35:06,411 --> 01:35:08,121
What Gus is saying is that...
972
01:35:08,246 --> 01:35:12,250
what they're trying to do to us
is send a man up to do a monkey's work.
973
01:35:12,375 --> 01:35:15,461
Us. A bunch of
college-trained chimpanzees.
974
01:35:15,587 --> 01:35:19,174
What Gus is saying is that
we've got to change things around here.
975
01:35:19,299 --> 01:35:21,885
He's saying that we are pilots.
976
01:35:22,010 --> 01:35:25,305
We know more about what we need
to fly than anybody else.
977
01:35:25,430 --> 01:35:28,224
So what we have to do
is alter the experiment.
978
01:35:28,349 --> 01:35:32,103
It comes down to who is going
to control this thing from here on.
979
01:35:32,228 --> 01:35:37,108
What Gus is saying here is
that we've got to stick together on this.
980
01:36:44,174 --> 01:36:46,718
These tests were designed...
981
01:36:46,844 --> 01:36:49,888
to decondition, to desensitize...
982
01:36:50,013 --> 01:36:53,058
to adapt out fears.
983
01:36:53,267 --> 01:36:57,729
Since we have developed
a fully automated vehicle...
984
01:36:57,855 --> 01:37:00,148
all we seek from the occupants...
985
01:37:00,274 --> 01:37:02,734
of the capsule is data.
986
01:37:02,860 --> 01:37:05,487
The so-called astronaut...
987
01:37:05,612 --> 01:37:09,908
would merely be a redundant component.
988
01:37:11,869 --> 01:37:13,287
And here you can see...
989
01:37:13,412 --> 01:37:16,915
these chimps are capable of many
of the same tasks as men.
990
01:37:17,040 --> 01:37:20,294
And they are much more cooperative.
991
01:37:23,714 --> 01:37:27,509
They are being put through every phase
of the astronaut training.
992
01:37:27,634 --> 01:37:31,430
As far as we are concerned,
the question still remains:
993
01:37:31,555 --> 01:37:33,473
Which one will be first?
994
01:37:33,599 --> 01:37:35,142
The man or...
995
01:37:35,267 --> 01:37:37,394
the monkey?
996
01:37:37,519 --> 01:37:39,771
We shall see.
997
01:38:10,052 --> 01:38:12,804
Take it easy with that.
998
01:38:20,479 --> 01:38:23,524
- Where are you putting the window?
- Window?
999
01:38:23,649 --> 01:38:24,775
There is no window.
1000
01:38:24,900 --> 01:38:27,110
No window?
1001
01:38:27,444 --> 01:38:30,072
What about the hatch?
1002
01:38:30,447 --> 01:38:33,617
We need a hatch with explosive bolts,
that we can open ourselves.
1003
01:38:33,742 --> 01:38:36,203
There's something you don't understand.
1004
01:38:36,328 --> 01:38:38,789
This is the final form of the capsule.
1005
01:38:38,914 --> 01:38:40,123
No hatch.
1006
01:38:40,249 --> 01:38:43,252
What would happen
if the automatic controls went out?
1007
01:38:43,377 --> 01:38:46,672
With backups, checks,
this would not happen.
1008
01:38:46,797 --> 01:38:49,132
I said, what would happen if it did?
1009
01:38:49,258 --> 01:38:51,093
The pilot would have to fly it back.
1010
01:38:51,218 --> 01:38:54,096
This is the way it is.
1011
01:38:54,221 --> 01:38:57,432
I wonder how the press
will feel about this.
1012
01:38:57,558 --> 01:39:01,937
The press? What does the press
have to say about this?
1013
01:39:02,229 --> 01:39:06,358
Do you boys know
what makes this bird go up?
1014
01:39:06,483 --> 01:39:08,902
Funding makes this bird go up.
1015
01:39:09,027 --> 01:39:11,947
That's right. No bucks...
1016
01:39:12,072 --> 01:39:13,615
no Buck Rogers.
1017
01:39:13,740 --> 01:39:17,327
And the press over there...
1018
01:39:23,959 --> 01:39:25,961
They all want to see Buck Rogers.
1019
01:39:26,086 --> 01:39:28,088
And that's us.
1020
01:39:28,213 --> 01:39:29,756
Buck Rogers.
1021
01:39:29,882 --> 01:39:33,051
You see, those fellows over there
have been making us out...
1022
01:39:33,177 --> 01:39:37,264
as the seven finest and bravest pilots
in all America.
1023
01:39:37,389 --> 01:39:41,059
If the story would come out in the press...
1024
01:39:41,185 --> 01:39:43,604
that we are not allowed to fly as pilots...
1025
01:39:43,729 --> 01:39:46,273
We want a window.
1026
01:39:48,567 --> 01:39:50,652
There could maybe be...
1027
01:39:50,777 --> 01:39:54,948
in future capsules a window...
1028
01:39:55,490 --> 01:39:57,034
here.
1029
01:39:57,159 --> 01:39:59,995
No, that's where the hatch
with explosive bolts goes.
1030
01:40:00,120 --> 01:40:03,207
The hatch with the explosive...
1031
01:40:05,667 --> 01:40:09,129
There could be a hatch
with explosive bolts on the capsule.
1032
01:40:09,254 --> 01:40:12,049
That is a spacecraft, sir.
1033
01:40:12,174 --> 01:40:15,552
We do not refer to it as a "capsule".
1034
01:40:16,844 --> 01:40:19,222
Spacecraft.
1035
01:40:20,848 --> 01:40:23,893
A hatch with explosive bolts on the...
1036
01:40:24,018 --> 01:40:26,395
spacecraft.
1037
01:40:28,314 --> 01:40:31,984
And there will be pitch and yaw thrusters
to enable the occupant...
1038
01:40:32,109 --> 01:40:34,237
The pilot.
1039
01:40:35,279 --> 01:40:37,782
Astronaut-pilot?
1040
01:40:39,951 --> 01:40:42,203
The astronaut...
1041
01:40:42,328 --> 01:40:44,539
pilot...
1042
01:40:45,289 --> 01:40:47,250
to have some...
1043
01:40:47,375 --> 01:40:49,669
To have...
1044
01:40:51,963 --> 01:40:54,215
control...
1045
01:40:55,716 --> 01:40:58,761
of the re-entry procedures.
1046
01:41:02,598 --> 01:41:04,100
We appreciate it.
1047
01:41:04,225 --> 01:41:09,522
You wouldn't mind if we had the press
take a few photos of us, would you?
1048
01:41:42,096 --> 01:41:47,310
Which one of you is going to be
the first one to be launched into space?
1049
01:42:23,012 --> 01:42:25,056
Here he is.
1050
01:42:25,181 --> 01:42:28,100
Captain Ham.
1051
01:42:29,060 --> 01:42:32,772
Grinning like a possum
eating a sweet potato.
1052
01:42:34,398 --> 01:42:39,237
Does he look like the kind of guy
who'd put doo-doo in the capsule?
1053
01:42:39,403 --> 01:42:41,572
Ham in a can.
1054
01:42:42,949 --> 01:42:45,952
America's first astronaut. Look at him!
1055
01:42:46,077 --> 01:42:51,999
You take a monkey like this,
you can make him a democrat, a politician.
1056
01:42:53,376 --> 01:42:57,129
I think he's better looking than Crossfield.
1057
01:42:58,589 --> 01:43:03,177
How would you like to go up
with this guy as your copilot?
1058
01:44:11,787 --> 01:44:13,956
They've got a man up there. It's Gagarin.
1059
01:44:14,081 --> 01:44:16,584
We know. Sit down.
1060
01:44:50,867 --> 01:44:53,870
All right, give them a break.
1061
01:44:57,916 --> 01:45:00,919
Is it true you were ready to go
and the flight was cancelled?
1062
01:45:01,044 --> 01:45:03,255
Is it true we could've beaten the Russians?
1063
01:45:03,380 --> 01:45:07,592
Why didn't we send a man up
instead of a monkey?
1064
01:45:08,218 --> 01:45:10,095
I think we ought to be...
1065
01:45:10,220 --> 01:45:13,598
forthright, gracious,
and magnanimous and say...
1066
01:45:13,723 --> 01:45:16,351
the Russians beat the pants off us.
1067
01:45:16,476 --> 01:45:18,436
No sense in kidding ourselves about it.
1068
01:45:18,562 --> 01:45:21,606
But the space age has begun,
and there's plenty of work.
1069
01:45:21,731 --> 01:45:24,776
Who will be the second man in space?
1070
01:45:24,901 --> 01:45:29,155
You mean who will be
the first free man into space?
1071
01:45:29,281 --> 01:45:31,825
We know it'll be Glenn. Just tell us when.
1072
01:45:31,950 --> 01:45:34,119
That's a secret.
1073
01:45:34,411 --> 01:45:38,039
I'm tired of being "forthright,
gracious, and magnanimous."
1074
01:45:38,165 --> 01:45:41,084
I'm tired of stupid questions
from the press.
1075
01:45:41,209 --> 01:45:44,296
I'm tired of smocks,
of engineers telling us what we can't do.
1076
01:45:44,421 --> 01:45:46,965
I'm tired of everybody saying
we are not pilots.
1077
01:45:47,090 --> 01:45:49,134
I'm tired of monkeys.
1078
01:45:49,259 --> 01:45:53,138
Most of all, I'm sick and tired
of being second to those...
1079
01:45:53,263 --> 01:45:55,932
those darned Russians. It's time we...
1080
01:45:56,057 --> 01:45:58,643
Got someone up there!
1081
01:45:59,811 --> 01:46:00,896
Fucking A, bubba.
1082
01:46:01,021 --> 01:46:02,647
- Exactly.
- Let's talk to them.
1083
01:46:02,772 --> 01:46:04,566
Let's get this thing on the road.
1084
01:46:04,691 --> 01:46:07,485
I'm tired of messing around.
1085
01:46:07,611 --> 01:46:11,656
We'll just tell 'em we're ready.
We're ready to go.
1086
01:46:47,567 --> 01:46:51,947
In these three weeks since the Russian
Gagarin's flight surprised everybody...
1087
01:46:52,072 --> 01:46:54,616
one wretched event has followed another.
1088
01:46:54,741 --> 01:46:57,577
People have begun to say
our rockets always blow up...
1089
01:46:57,702 --> 01:46:59,830
our boys always botch it.
1090
01:46:59,955 --> 01:47:05,210
Some say this is not the time to try
desperate deeds to beat the Soviets.
1091
01:47:05,335 --> 01:47:06,711
The question really is:
1092
01:47:06,837 --> 01:47:10,173
Are we actually ready
to launch a man into space?
1093
01:47:10,298 --> 01:47:14,094
And yet out here at this very moment
sits a rocket, waiting in the night.
1094
01:47:14,219 --> 01:47:17,514
Soon, one American astronaut
will climb atop that rocket...
1095
01:47:17,639 --> 01:47:22,435
in what may be the greatest
death-defying stunt ever broadcast.
1096
01:47:24,855 --> 01:47:28,149
The identity of America's first astronaut
has been kept a secret...
1097
01:47:28,275 --> 01:47:30,277
until almost the final moment.
1098
01:47:30,402 --> 01:47:35,031
The question everyone has asked is:
Which one will be first?
1099
01:49:06,705 --> 01:49:09,333
Not very funny, John.
1100
01:49:10,709 --> 01:49:13,254
But I do appreciate it, John.
1101
01:49:13,379 --> 01:49:16,090
I surely do.
1102
01:49:17,341 --> 01:49:20,553
Vaya con Dios, José.
1103
01:49:29,645 --> 01:49:32,565
Dear Lord, please don't let me fuck up.
1104
01:49:32,690 --> 01:49:36,652
I didn't quite copy that. Say again, please.
1105
01:49:38,028 --> 01:49:39,947
I said, everything's A-okay.
1106
01:49:40,072 --> 01:49:43,576
Well, that's what I thought you said.
1107
01:49:43,909 --> 01:49:47,288
He said everything is A-okay.
1108
01:49:47,413 --> 01:49:52,251
He says everything is A-okay.
And there you have it.
1109
01:50:01,051 --> 01:50:05,264
Roger. Auto retro-jettison switch.
1110
01:50:06,473 --> 01:50:09,560
Retro-heater switch... off.
1111
01:50:10,394 --> 01:50:12,855
Retro-heater switch... off.
1112
01:50:12,980 --> 01:50:16,442
Landing-bag switch... auto.
1113
01:50:16,609 --> 01:50:21,197
Roger. Landing-bag switch... auto.
1114
01:50:21,572 --> 01:50:25,451
This is it, ladies. This is for Life magazine.
1115
01:50:28,078 --> 01:50:32,166
My God! They're going
after the diaper-service man.
1116
01:50:34,335 --> 01:50:36,629
Stop that! Stop it!
1117
01:50:38,297 --> 01:50:40,549
We don't have a diaper-service man.
1118
01:50:40,674 --> 01:50:44,428
Get back from the door.
I don't know them, really.
1119
01:50:44,678 --> 01:50:46,639
Oh, Louise, your lawn!
1120
01:50:46,764 --> 01:50:49,600
Leave those diapers alone!
1121
01:50:49,725 --> 01:50:52,186
Shut that door!
1122
01:50:52,436 --> 01:50:53,854
Why are they here?
1123
01:50:53,979 --> 01:50:55,397
What do they want?
1124
01:50:55,523 --> 01:50:58,317
We are here live at the house
of Louise Shepard...
1125
01:50:58,442 --> 01:51:03,072
wife of Astronaut Al Shepard,
who is about to go into space.
1126
01:51:07,952 --> 01:51:10,287
Wanted to keep you informed,
Mrs. Shepard.
1127
01:51:10,412 --> 01:51:13,123
Everything's A-okay.
Nothing to worry about.
1128
01:51:13,249 --> 01:51:14,667
Just some delays.
1129
01:51:14,792 --> 01:51:16,961
What kind of delays?
1130
01:51:17,086 --> 01:51:20,130
There's another hold from NASA,
another delay.
1131
01:51:20,256 --> 01:51:23,467
And Alan Shepard sits there
patiently waiting.
1132
01:51:23,592 --> 01:51:27,805
What can be going through
a man's mind at this moment?
1133
01:51:35,771 --> 01:51:37,189
I have to urinate.
1134
01:51:37,314 --> 01:51:39,525
Urinate?
1135
01:51:40,609 --> 01:51:43,153
Urinate? No. We did not think of that.
1136
01:51:43,279 --> 01:51:45,656
This is only a 15-minute flight.
1137
01:51:45,781 --> 01:51:47,992
The man's been up there for hours.
1138
01:51:48,117 --> 01:51:49,702
Could he do it in his suit?
1139
01:51:49,827 --> 01:51:52,538
It might be dangerous.
To introduce liquid...
1140
01:51:52,663 --> 01:51:56,750
into the pure oxygen of the capsule
and the pressure suit...
1141
01:51:56,876 --> 01:52:00,004
might cause a short circuit.
It could start a fire.
1142
01:52:00,129 --> 01:52:02,840
No. Tell him he cannot.
1143
01:52:06,135 --> 01:52:10,681
Listen, old buddy, they promise
we'll stop at the next gas station.
1144
01:52:10,806 --> 01:52:15,519
Request that you remain
in a holding pattern till then.
1145
01:52:25,821 --> 01:52:28,908
- You sure you just want a little smidgen?
- About a half a cup.
1146
01:52:29,033 --> 01:52:31,035
- And nothing in it?
- That's fine.
1147
01:52:31,160 --> 01:52:33,287
All right.
1148
01:52:34,413 --> 01:52:39,210
Alan had four cups of coffee
before he went to work this morning.
1149
01:52:45,341 --> 01:52:48,886
All this waiting is driving me crazy.
1150
01:52:51,347 --> 01:52:54,058
I had a little accident.
1151
01:53:11,533 --> 01:53:15,078
Request permission to relieve bladder.
1152
01:53:24,295 --> 01:53:27,757
Look, the man has got to go.
1153
01:53:28,716 --> 01:53:33,263
It's either that or we get the lug wrench
and pry him out.
1154
01:53:33,555 --> 01:53:36,099
Do it in the suit.
1155
01:53:40,228 --> 01:53:42,313
José, permission granted...
1156
01:53:42,438 --> 01:53:45,775
to wet your diapers anytime, son.
1157
01:53:57,078 --> 01:54:00,665
Suit thermometer says
Freon flow jumping from 30 to 45.
1158
01:54:00,790 --> 01:54:03,793
Left lower-chest sensor.
1159
01:54:07,255 --> 01:54:10,466
No short-out. Moving up back.
1160
01:54:13,595 --> 01:54:15,054
Well...
1161
01:54:15,180 --> 01:54:17,807
I'm a wetback now.
1162
01:54:19,267 --> 01:54:21,311
It is questionable if we can proceed.
1163
01:54:21,436 --> 01:54:26,149
I'm cooler than you are. Why don't you
fix your problems and light this candle!
1164
01:54:26,274 --> 01:54:28,818
He's right! Let's light this candle!
1165
01:54:28,943 --> 01:54:32,155
He surely is! Light the candle!
1166
01:54:32,489 --> 01:54:35,116
Resume the countdown.
1167
01:54:35,909 --> 01:54:38,203
All systems go.
1168
01:54:42,457 --> 01:54:43,833
T minus ten seconds...
1169
01:54:43,958 --> 01:54:47,795
nine, eight, seven...
1170
01:54:54,552 --> 01:54:56,679
Ignition.
1171
01:55:04,145 --> 01:55:06,439
You're on your way, José.
1172
01:55:06,564 --> 01:55:10,318
We have liftoff, and the clock is operating.
1173
01:55:18,284 --> 01:55:21,579
I think we'll be able to talk
to one of the astronauts' wives...
1174
01:55:21,704 --> 01:55:24,999
if not to Louise Shepard herself.
1175
01:55:49,482 --> 01:55:54,070
He has re-entered the Earth's atmosphere
and the g-forces should be building up.
1176
01:55:54,195 --> 01:55:57,532
Louise, he's coming down!
1177
01:55:58,408 --> 01:56:01,703
We almost missed this.
1178
01:56:05,331 --> 01:56:07,542
Eight.
1179
01:56:08,084 --> 01:56:10,461
That's nine.
1180
01:56:10,587 --> 01:56:12,964
I'm okay!
1181
01:57:02,931 --> 01:57:05,850
The Vice President,
who is Chairman of our Space Council...
1182
01:57:05,975 --> 01:57:08,937
and who bears great responsibilities
in this field...
1183
01:57:09,062 --> 01:57:11,356
the members of the House and Senate...
1184
01:57:11,481 --> 01:57:15,651
Space Committee,
who are here today to award you...
1185
01:57:16,151 --> 01:57:20,280
this decoration,
which has gone from the ground up.
1186
01:57:44,179 --> 01:57:46,807
What was Jackie like?
1187
01:57:46,932 --> 01:57:48,225
She's very nice.
1188
01:57:48,350 --> 01:57:50,561
We talked about all kinds of things.
1189
01:57:50,686 --> 01:57:52,563
My Gus goes up next.
1190
01:57:52,688 --> 01:57:54,815
I can't wait to talk to Jackie after that.
1191
01:57:54,940 --> 01:57:59,319
You'll love her. She's so nice.
We talked about the kids.
1192
01:58:16,879 --> 01:58:19,715
Mr. Shepard, sign here.
1193
01:58:23,760 --> 01:58:26,305
I never realized...
1194
01:58:26,430 --> 01:58:32,144
a gruff, mean son of a bitch like you
could be so popular.
1195
01:58:32,769 --> 01:58:35,314
How'd you get to go up before me?
1196
01:58:35,439 --> 01:58:38,317
Even before "Mr. Clean, the Marine".
1197
01:58:38,442 --> 01:58:41,487
Charm, Hot Dog. Pure charm.
1198
01:58:41,612 --> 01:58:43,989
Watch this.
1199
01:58:44,948 --> 01:58:46,825
Hey, sis, how are you doing?
1200
01:58:46,950 --> 01:58:48,994
So-so. How are you doing?
1201
01:58:49,119 --> 01:58:50,662
I ain't doing anymore.
1202
01:58:50,787 --> 01:58:54,666
Damn thing's dragging in the mud,
and I can't get it up.
1203
01:58:54,791 --> 01:58:57,878
Charm, Gus, that's pure charm.
1204
01:58:59,963 --> 01:59:02,549
How'd you like one of these?
1205
01:59:02,674 --> 01:59:05,052
I can get one of those from a dime store.
1206
01:59:05,177 --> 01:59:08,180
Not one that's been in outer space.
1207
01:59:08,305 --> 01:59:11,517
I'm taking these up with me tomorrow.
1208
01:59:11,642 --> 01:59:14,978
Would you like a souvenir
after I get written in history?
1209
01:59:15,103 --> 01:59:18,857
Well, I might, if it's been in outer space.
1210
01:59:18,982 --> 01:59:22,027
See you after outer space.
1211
01:59:32,162 --> 01:59:35,040
You got to think ahead to the future.
1212
01:59:35,165 --> 01:59:39,211
Folks have a taste for things
that have been there.
1213
01:59:41,088 --> 01:59:46,635
I'll give you one of these dimes
I'm taking up so you can play with it...
1214
01:59:46,844 --> 01:59:50,222
and dream about outer space.
1215
01:59:51,807 --> 01:59:56,353
Why don't you just make sure
you don't screw the pooch?
1216
01:59:59,356 --> 02:00:02,401
Oh, God, look at this.
1217
02:00:09,992 --> 02:00:12,452
Go get 'em, Deke!
1218
02:00:22,546 --> 02:00:25,841
Grissom has just reached the apex
of his flight into outer space...
1219
02:00:25,966 --> 02:00:28,552
and will be coming down
with the valuable data...
1220
02:00:28,677 --> 02:00:32,055
needed for the future flights
that will actually orbit the Earth.
1221
02:00:32,181 --> 02:00:36,059
He will be re-entering
the atmosphere now.
1222
02:01:16,391 --> 02:01:21,772
Liberty Bell 7, Liberty Bell 7,
this is Hunt Club 1. Over.
1223
02:01:21,897 --> 02:01:25,776
We're in orbit at this time
around the capsule.
1224
02:01:28,069 --> 02:01:31,447
Are you ready to come in
and hook on anytime?
1225
02:01:31,572 --> 02:01:34,033
Roger. This is Hunt Club 1...
1226
02:01:34,158 --> 02:01:38,037
waiting for your okay
to come in and hook on.
1227
02:01:42,500 --> 02:01:47,922
Roger. I've unplugged my suit,
so I'm kind of warm now.
1228
02:01:48,881 --> 02:01:50,925
Hunt Club 1. Roger.
1229
02:01:51,050 --> 02:01:52,593
One, roger.
1230
02:01:52,718 --> 02:01:56,639
Roger. Blow the hatch after we hook on.
1231
02:01:56,764 --> 02:02:00,935
All right, get ready.
Another 15 feet to the right.
1232
02:02:03,729 --> 02:02:06,941
If you're ready for me to blow the hatch...
1233
02:02:07,066 --> 02:02:10,111
I'll take my helmet off.
1234
02:02:10,736 --> 02:02:12,321
Say again, Liberty Bell.
1235
02:02:12,446 --> 02:02:15,908
Waiting for your okay to hook on.
1236
02:02:18,911 --> 02:02:21,622
Who designed this?
1237
02:02:21,914 --> 02:02:24,625
Say again, Liberty Bell.
We can't hear you.
1238
02:02:24,750 --> 02:02:27,295
I can't get it off.
1239
02:02:29,213 --> 02:02:31,632
Liberty Bell, say again.
1240
02:02:31,757 --> 02:02:35,386
This is Hunt Club 1, waiting for your okay.
1241
02:02:41,350 --> 02:02:43,644
What happened?
1242
02:02:45,605 --> 02:02:48,983
It's all right. He's okay. Go for the capsule.
1243
02:02:49,108 --> 02:02:51,819
Help, I'm sinking!
1244
02:02:52,195 --> 02:02:55,907
Get the capsule. He can float in that suit.
1245
02:02:58,951 --> 02:03:00,995
We need the data in the capsule.
1246
02:03:01,120 --> 02:03:03,998
Throw down a line!
1247
02:03:13,174 --> 02:03:16,844
Help! Throw down the line!
1248
02:03:18,721 --> 02:03:20,598
I'm sinking!
1249
02:03:20,723 --> 02:03:23,601
Forget the fucking capsule!
1250
02:03:26,896 --> 02:03:29,941
We can't pull it. It's full of water.
1251
02:03:30,066 --> 02:03:33,778
Help me over here!
1252
02:03:38,783 --> 02:03:39,951
We've lost it!
1253
02:03:40,076 --> 02:03:42,578
Blow the cable!
1254
02:03:45,915 --> 02:03:48,668
Come back here, damn it!
1255
02:03:58,427 --> 02:04:01,305
Throw a line down.
1256
02:04:57,653 --> 02:05:00,281
I didn't do anything.
1257
02:05:00,490 --> 02:05:02,867
I was just lying there.
1258
02:05:02,992 --> 02:05:05,369
It just blew.
1259
02:05:08,289 --> 02:05:11,042
The hatch just blew.
1260
02:05:22,803 --> 02:05:26,682
It must have been a technical malfunction.
1261
02:05:27,099 --> 02:05:29,685
The capsule was rocking around a bit.
1262
02:05:29,810 --> 02:05:34,732
There were no loose items. I don't see
how I could have hit that button.
1263
02:05:35,733 --> 02:05:38,236
I was just lying there, flat on my back...
1264
02:05:38,361 --> 02:05:40,737
and it just blew.
1265
02:05:52,916 --> 02:05:56,002
Well, what do you think?
1266
02:05:58,713 --> 02:06:02,759
Explosive hatches have been
on jet fighters for ten years.
1267
02:06:02,884 --> 02:06:05,595
The things have been wrung inside out...
1268
02:06:05,720 --> 02:06:10,308
subjected to trial by heat,
by water, by shaking, pounding.
1269
02:06:10,433 --> 02:06:16,273
We even drop them from a height
of 100 feet onto concrete...
1270
02:06:16,398 --> 02:06:21,111
and not one of them
has ever "just blown."
1271
02:07:32,349 --> 02:07:36,144
- Are we going to the White House?
- No.
1272
02:07:37,145 --> 02:07:40,190
Isn't the President coming?
1273
02:07:44,986 --> 02:07:48,365
No ticker-tape parade in New York?
1274
02:07:49,825 --> 02:07:53,370
Not even one in Mitchell, Indiana?
1275
02:07:57,999 --> 02:08:00,377
No Jackie?
1276
02:08:08,885 --> 02:08:12,722
By order of the President
of the United States...
1277
02:08:12,848 --> 02:08:15,892
the Distinguished Service Medal...
1278
02:08:16,017 --> 02:08:20,897
is awarded to Captain Virgil I. Grissom...
1279
02:08:21,857 --> 02:08:27,571
who distinguished himself by valor
above and beyond the call of duty.
1280
02:08:27,863 --> 02:08:29,948
These actions...
1281
02:08:30,073 --> 02:08:33,076
reflect great credit upon himself...
1282
02:08:33,201 --> 02:08:35,829
the Air Force...
1283
02:08:35,954 --> 02:08:39,833
and the United States of America.
1284
02:08:51,720 --> 02:08:54,097
You proud, boys?
1285
02:09:03,815 --> 02:09:08,069
Look, they filled up the refrigerator.
1286
02:09:09,988 --> 02:09:12,449
Pretty good?
1287
02:09:12,574 --> 02:09:14,242
Pretty good.
1288
02:09:14,367 --> 02:09:17,078
A full refrigerator!
1289
02:09:17,579 --> 02:09:20,624
I can see this afternoon
is shaping up just great!
1290
02:09:20,749 --> 02:09:24,002
And the rest of the day. Tomorrow, too!
1291
02:09:24,127 --> 02:09:27,005
What do they want me to do in here?
1292
02:09:27,130 --> 02:09:29,299
Cook?
1293
02:09:29,508 --> 02:09:31,968
Then risk my life and my kids'...
1294
02:09:32,093 --> 02:09:36,806
by dragging them across that highway
to the worst beach in Florida!
1295
02:09:36,932 --> 02:09:40,852
Oh, Gus, I wanted to eat
in the White House.
1296
02:09:40,977 --> 02:09:44,356
I wanted to talk to Jackie about...
1297
02:09:44,898 --> 02:09:47,150
things.
1298
02:09:47,859 --> 02:09:52,197
Well, look, I've got to go
to the Holiday Inn for some...
1299
02:09:52,322 --> 02:09:55,157
beer call with the guys.
1300
02:09:58,702 --> 02:10:02,081
All those years of test flying...
1301
02:10:02,206 --> 02:10:07,336
and all those times I waited
and all those times you weren't there!
1302
02:10:08,045 --> 02:10:10,422
The military promised...
1303
02:10:10,548 --> 02:10:15,511
and now they are welshing
on that damn compact.
1304
02:10:15,636 --> 02:10:18,639
Look, I am finally
"Mrs. Honorable Astronaut".
1305
02:10:18,764 --> 02:10:22,017
But they are treating me like I'm...
1306
02:10:22,810 --> 02:10:25,354
Honorable
"Mrs. Squirming Hatch Blower!"
1307
02:10:25,479 --> 02:10:27,523
I didn't do anything wrong!
1308
02:10:27,648 --> 02:10:32,528
The hatch just blew! It was a glitch!
It was a technical malfunction!
1309
02:10:32,653 --> 02:10:36,031
Why in hell won't anyone believe me?
1310
02:10:41,829 --> 02:10:44,540
I know that.
1311
02:10:49,003 --> 02:10:52,965
Gus, I mean are these the goodies?
1312
02:10:53,507 --> 02:10:56,969
Is this how the military pays off?
1313
02:11:01,182 --> 02:11:05,060
Oh, Gus, they owe you.
1314
02:11:07,062 --> 02:11:09,732
But they owe me, too.
1315
02:11:10,149 --> 02:11:12,318
They owe me.
1316
02:11:12,443 --> 02:11:16,071
They owe me, they owe me so much!
1317
02:11:57,071 --> 02:11:59,448
I love you.
1318
02:12:02,076 --> 02:12:07,414
We are here with Virgil I. Grissom
and his lovely wife, Betty.
1319
02:12:07,706 --> 02:12:10,334
Gus has just come back
from the second trip in space.
1320
02:12:10,459 --> 02:12:12,962
Betty, how do you feel about this trip?
1321
02:12:13,087 --> 02:12:14,964
I'm so proud of him.
1322
02:12:15,089 --> 02:12:16,799
I think he was wonderful.
1323
02:12:16,924 --> 02:12:19,134
We're all proud of Gus Grissom.
1324
02:12:19,260 --> 02:12:22,638
Gus, how do you feel about the trip?
Was it a success?
1325
02:12:22,763 --> 02:12:25,474
It was A-okay.
1326
02:12:27,059 --> 02:12:30,312
My God. He lost his capsule
but he's keeping his story.
1327
02:12:30,437 --> 02:12:32,815
To recap yesterday's dramatic events...
1328
02:12:32,940 --> 02:12:35,818
here we see America's
newest hero, Gus Grissom.
1329
02:12:35,943 --> 02:12:39,530
- He is shouting to save the capsule first.
- That a boy, Gus.
1330
02:12:39,780 --> 02:12:43,951
Pull that stuff in flight test,
it's all over, friend.
1331
02:12:44,326 --> 02:12:47,872
He screwed the pooch, partner.
Plain and simple.
1332
02:12:47,997 --> 02:12:52,084
Sometimes you get a pooch
that can't be screwed.
1333
02:12:53,043 --> 02:12:55,921
The President's got his own problems
with the Bay of Pigs.
1334
02:12:56,046 --> 02:12:58,465
He doesn't want
the astronauts' image tarnished.
1335
02:12:58,591 --> 02:13:01,510
Nothing these guys do
is going to be called a failure.
1336
02:13:01,635 --> 02:13:03,470
These astronauts are our Davids.
1337
02:13:03,596 --> 02:13:08,809
You'd think the public would know they're
just doing what monkeys have done.
1338
02:13:11,562 --> 02:13:16,442
You think a monkey knows he's sitting
on a rocket that might explode?
1339
02:13:16,567 --> 02:13:19,820
These astronauts know that.
1340
02:13:20,863 --> 02:13:22,990
I'll tell you something.
1341
02:13:23,115 --> 02:13:26,076
It takes a special man to volunteer
for a suicide mission.
1342
02:13:26,202 --> 02:13:29,038
Especially when it's on TV.
1343
02:13:32,291 --> 02:13:34,585
Old Gus, he did all right.
1344
02:13:34,710 --> 02:13:36,879
Though the capsule was lost,
our new hero...
1345
02:13:37,004 --> 02:13:39,840
Astronaut Gus Grissom, was saved.
1346
02:13:39,965 --> 02:13:44,345
Now President Kennedy has started
an even more ambitious space program.
1347
02:13:44,470 --> 02:13:46,889
Those who came before us...
1348
02:13:47,014 --> 02:13:48,807
made certain this country...
1349
02:13:48,933 --> 02:13:53,354
rode the first waves
of the industrial revolution...
1350
02:13:53,479 --> 02:13:56,065
the first waves of modern invention...
1351
02:13:56,190 --> 02:13:58,567
and the first wave of nuclear power.
1352
02:13:58,692 --> 02:14:02,112
And this generation does not intend...
1353
02:14:02,238 --> 02:14:04,490
to founder in the backwash...
1354
02:14:04,615 --> 02:14:08,368
of the coming age of space.
We mean to be a part of it.
1355
02:14:08,493 --> 02:14:11,037
We mean to lead it.
1356
02:16:07,654 --> 02:16:11,032
You know, I always hated flying.
1357
02:16:12,784 --> 02:16:18,081
When I met you, you were already a pilot,
so I never had a complaint coming.
1358
02:16:18,498 --> 02:16:22,627
When you went up in those planes,
me and the kids...
1359
02:16:26,965 --> 02:16:31,469
We never had any insurance
except a couple months' pay.
1360
02:16:32,762 --> 02:16:36,516
I always hated all that talk
about insurance.
1361
02:16:37,308 --> 02:16:40,728
The government spends
all kinds of time and money...
1362
02:16:40,854 --> 02:16:44,566
teaching pilots how to be fearless.
1363
02:16:46,276 --> 02:16:50,196
But they don't spend a penny
teaching you how to be...
1364
02:16:50,321 --> 02:16:53,700
the fearless wife of a test pilot.
1365
02:16:57,662 --> 02:17:00,540
But I guess I liked it.
1366
02:17:06,004 --> 02:17:09,549
I guess I liked the kind of man who could...
1367
02:17:09,674 --> 02:17:12,969
push the outside of the envelope.
1368
02:17:14,679 --> 02:17:16,890
Flyboy.
1369
02:17:19,017 --> 02:17:24,230
But I never could stand a man
who was one of those "remember-whens".
1370
02:17:24,355 --> 02:17:29,611
Those bitter guys that just sit around
thinking about old times.
1371
02:17:35,533 --> 02:17:38,495
If I ever see that happen...
1372
02:17:41,372 --> 02:17:44,751
I'm going right out the front door.
1373
02:17:48,087 --> 02:17:50,924
And you'll never catch me.
1374
02:17:51,549 --> 02:17:54,761
I'm a fearless man,
but I'm scared to death of you.
1375
02:17:54,886 --> 02:17:57,597
No, you're not.
1376
02:17:57,972 --> 02:18:00,558
But you ought to be.
1377
02:18:21,329 --> 02:18:23,497
Annie, what is it?
1378
02:18:23,622 --> 02:18:26,708
- Yeah?
- John, the Russians have sent Titov up.
1379
02:18:26,834 --> 02:18:28,502
Titov's up.
1380
02:18:28,627 --> 02:18:30,879
- How long?
- A day.
1381
02:18:31,004 --> 02:18:33,382
A day? A whole day?
1382
02:18:33,507 --> 02:18:36,760
- He's orbiting over our country right now.
- He's up there now.
1383
02:18:36,885 --> 02:18:39,555
We need a man in orbit, John,
or it's all over.
1384
02:18:39,680 --> 02:18:42,724
We're scrapping the Redstone
and going with the Atlas.
1385
02:18:42,850 --> 02:18:44,852
You know what that means.
1386
02:18:44,977 --> 02:18:47,855
We haven't had too much luck
with that rocket.
1387
02:18:47,980 --> 02:18:50,941
We're not going to be able to take
all the precautions we'd like.
1388
02:18:51,066 --> 02:18:52,818
- It's going to be extremely dangerous.
- We're ready.
1389
02:18:52,943 --> 02:18:54,653
I said it's going to be
extremely dangerous.
1390
02:18:54,778 --> 02:18:59,366
- I said we're ready. 100 percent.
- Thank you, John.
1391
02:19:11,378 --> 02:19:15,591
Inside this trim,
modest suburban home is Annie Glenn...
1392
02:19:15,716 --> 02:19:18,010
wife of Astronaut John Glenn...
1393
02:19:18,135 --> 02:19:22,806
sharing the anxiety and pride
of the world at this tense moment...
1394
02:19:22,931 --> 02:19:27,936
but in a private and crucial way
that only she can understand.
1395
02:19:33,734 --> 02:19:37,446
The Vice President would like
to see Mrs. Glenn.
1396
02:19:37,571 --> 02:19:40,282
He's asking for you again.
1397
02:19:40,407 --> 02:19:42,618
Tell them no.
1398
02:19:42,743 --> 02:19:44,745
I'm sorry, she says no.
1399
02:19:44,870 --> 02:19:47,039
You don't understand. It is very important.
1400
02:19:47,164 --> 02:19:50,250
The Vice President must see her.
1401
02:19:51,752 --> 02:19:54,213
We are told after the mission's success...
1402
02:19:54,338 --> 02:19:58,091
the Vice President will come here
and speak with Annie Glenn.
1403
02:19:58,217 --> 02:20:01,470
Meanwhile, John Glenn waits
for the weather to clear...
1404
02:20:01,595 --> 02:20:04,681
so he can undertake this historic mission.
1405
02:20:04,807 --> 02:20:07,935
You know what the Russians want?
1406
02:20:09,478 --> 02:20:13,273
They want our peckers in their pockets.
1407
02:20:15,734 --> 02:20:18,237
She still says no.
1408
02:20:19,238 --> 02:20:23,283
Didn't you tell her I'll bring in ABC-TV...
1409
02:20:23,408 --> 02:20:27,079
NBC-TV, CBS-TV?
1410
02:20:27,204 --> 02:20:31,458
Her words, and mine,
will be heard by millions.
1411
02:20:40,467 --> 02:20:43,095
Where are they going?
1412
02:20:44,179 --> 02:20:46,265
I think the flight's been cancelled.
1413
02:20:46,390 --> 02:20:48,684
Cancelled?
1414
02:20:50,435 --> 02:20:52,187
That's perfect.
1415
02:20:52,312 --> 02:20:57,192
I will go in and console her
on nationwide TV.
1416
02:20:57,317 --> 02:21:00,362
I'll pay her a sympathy call.
1417
02:21:28,015 --> 02:21:33,187
The Vice President would like to make
a sympathy call if he could.
1418
02:21:35,689 --> 02:21:38,567
- No? What do you mean, "No"?
- I mean, "No."
1419
02:21:38,692 --> 02:21:41,069
What do you mean, "No"?
1420
02:21:41,195 --> 02:21:43,363
Somebody get NASA on the line.
1421
02:21:43,489 --> 02:21:48,744
I'm going to lean on NASA.
I'm going right to the top!
1422
02:21:48,952 --> 02:21:50,913
- To the top.
- Damn right!
1423
02:21:51,038 --> 02:21:54,708
They better tell her to play ball!
1424
02:22:02,549 --> 02:22:04,426
There's a problem with your wife.
1425
02:22:04,551 --> 02:22:06,345
- Is it serious?
- We think it is.
1426
02:22:06,470 --> 02:22:10,140
There's a phone hookup,
we've got her on it.
1427
02:22:15,729 --> 02:22:17,731
Annie?
1428
02:22:17,856 --> 02:22:19,900
It's me. Are you all right?
1429
02:22:20,025 --> 02:22:21,777
Tell me what's wrong?
1430
02:22:21,902 --> 02:22:24,613
Johnson...
1431
02:22:25,280 --> 02:22:27,991
wants... me...
1432
02:22:28,116 --> 02:22:33,747
on... T... V.
1433
02:22:33,872 --> 02:22:35,040
Vice President?
1434
02:22:35,165 --> 02:22:37,792
Tell her to let him in with the networks.
1435
02:22:37,917 --> 02:22:40,336
It's coverage, you know.
1436
02:22:43,756 --> 02:22:45,758
It's important, John.
1437
02:22:45,883 --> 02:22:49,470
It means a lot. Go ahead.
That's it.
1438
02:22:49,595 --> 02:22:51,681
Annie...
1439
02:22:53,224 --> 02:22:55,893
Listen to me.
Are you listening?
1440
02:22:56,352 --> 02:22:59,355
If you don't want the Vice President...
1441
02:22:59,480 --> 02:23:03,192
or the networks, or anybody else
to come into the house, then that's it!
1442
02:23:03,317 --> 02:23:06,112
As far as I'm concerned,
they are not coming in!
1443
02:23:06,237 --> 02:23:10,658
And I will back you up 100 percent,
and you tell them that!
1444
02:23:11,534 --> 02:23:16,664
I don't want Johnson or the others
to even put a toe in our house.
1445
02:23:22,378 --> 02:23:27,842
You tell them that Astronaut John Glenn
told you to say that.
1446
02:23:35,391 --> 02:23:38,269
I'll talk to you soon.
1447
02:23:42,482 --> 02:23:43,983
You can't do that!
1448
02:23:44,108 --> 02:23:46,194
The Vice President's head of the program!
1449
02:23:46,319 --> 02:23:48,112
You must think of the program!
1450
02:23:48,237 --> 02:23:49,655
You are out of line!
1451
02:23:49,780 --> 02:23:52,909
- I'm out of line?
- Yes, sir!
1452
02:23:53,075 --> 02:23:54,327
I run the show here.
1453
02:23:54,452 --> 02:23:56,454
We'll see about that!
1454
02:23:56,579 --> 02:24:00,791
And I'm thinking of changing
the order of flight assignments!
1455
02:24:00,917 --> 02:24:02,460
Who will you get?
1456
02:24:02,585 --> 02:24:05,630
You heard what he said.
1457
02:24:10,218 --> 02:24:12,136
Take it easy, fellows.
1458
02:24:12,261 --> 02:24:14,806
Step aside, pal.
1459
02:24:25,775 --> 02:24:28,152
Pilots!
1460
02:24:30,613 --> 02:24:33,658
Pansies! Cows!
1461
02:24:35,284 --> 02:24:36,994
Gladiolas!
1462
02:24:37,119 --> 02:24:42,041
Isn't there anybody
who can deal with a housewife?
1463
02:25:07,150 --> 02:25:09,861
"Waltzing Matilda",
I thought Hank Williams wrote it.
1464
02:25:09,986 --> 02:25:11,863
We don't know who wrote it.
1465
02:25:11,988 --> 02:25:14,740
It's Australian, right?
1466
02:25:22,498 --> 02:25:25,209
Who are you guys?
1467
02:25:27,628 --> 02:25:30,089
We're aborigines.
1468
02:25:34,677 --> 02:25:35,720
Who are you?
1469
02:25:35,845 --> 02:25:37,930
Me?
1470
02:25:39,432 --> 02:25:41,893
I'm an astronaut.
1471
02:25:44,854 --> 02:25:48,024
Well, what do you do here, Astronaut?
1472
02:25:48,149 --> 02:25:52,904
I'm here because a buddy of mine
is getting ready to...
1473
02:25:53,029 --> 02:25:56,073
fly overhead. Up in outer space.
1474
02:25:56,199 --> 02:25:59,827
And I'll be talking to him on that dish.
1475
02:25:59,952 --> 02:26:01,829
Fly over?
1476
02:26:01,954 --> 02:26:04,373
You blokes do that, too?
1477
02:26:04,499 --> 02:26:06,542
You do that yourself?
1478
02:26:06,667 --> 02:26:09,337
Not me, mate.
1479
02:26:09,462 --> 02:26:12,215
See that old bloke there?
1480
02:26:12,798 --> 02:26:13,925
He know.
1481
02:26:14,050 --> 02:26:16,260
He know the moon.
1482
02:26:16,385 --> 02:26:18,805
He know the star.
1483
02:26:18,930 --> 02:26:21,265
And he know the Milky Way.
1484
02:26:21,390 --> 02:26:24,268
He'll give you a hand.
1485
02:26:24,393 --> 02:26:26,604
He know.
1486
02:26:29,732 --> 02:26:33,611
We're gonna need all the help we can get.
1487
02:27:02,597 --> 02:27:06,309
Stand by for final ten-second count.
1488
02:28:06,828 --> 02:28:09,372
The clock is operating.
1489
02:28:09,498 --> 02:28:12,375
We're underway!
1490
02:28:16,671 --> 02:28:21,551
Good Lord, ride all the way.
Godspeed, John Glenn.
1491
02:29:35,250 --> 02:29:38,795
Zero-g, and I feel fine.
1492
02:29:39,588 --> 02:29:42,966
The capsule is turning around.
1493
02:29:45,427 --> 02:29:47,512
The view is tremendous!
1494
02:29:47,637 --> 02:29:52,017
I can see clear back,
a big cloud pattern, towards the Cape.
1495
02:29:52,142 --> 02:29:54,311
It's a beautiful sight!
1496
02:29:54,436 --> 02:29:59,941
Roger, Friendship 7.
You have a go, at least seven orbits.
1497
02:30:03,445 --> 02:30:06,490
Roger, Al. Understand,
go at least seven orbits.
1498
02:30:06,615 --> 02:30:09,326
This is Friendship 7.
1499
02:30:34,518 --> 02:30:39,064
Speed is 17,500 miles per hour...
1500
02:30:46,154 --> 02:30:49,533
and we're moving into night.
1501
02:31:09,426 --> 02:31:12,304
Full moon rising.
1502
02:31:15,349 --> 02:31:18,227
I can almost touch it.
1503
02:31:32,700 --> 02:31:36,579
Friendship 7, come in. Do you read?
1504
02:31:39,165 --> 02:31:41,417
Friendship 7, come in, please.
1505
02:31:41,542 --> 02:31:43,377
This sure was a short day.
1506
02:31:43,502 --> 02:31:45,588
Say again, over, please.
1507
02:31:45,713 --> 02:31:48,757
That was the shortest day I've run into.
1508
02:31:48,883 --> 02:31:51,677
Kind of passes rapidly?
1509
02:31:51,802 --> 02:31:53,888
Yes, sir.
1510
02:31:55,139 --> 02:31:58,893
I can see some lights down there
in Australia, Gordo.
1511
02:31:59,018 --> 02:32:00,769
Where are they from?
1512
02:32:00,895 --> 02:32:06,192
All of Perth and Rockingham
have turned their lights on for you, and...
1513
02:32:06,317 --> 02:32:10,821
Well, we have a few other lights
turned on here and there.
1514
02:32:15,242 --> 02:32:17,495
They show up very well.
1515
02:32:17,620 --> 02:32:20,789
Thank everybody for turning them on,
will you?
1516
02:32:20,915 --> 02:32:24,793
We sure will, John. We sure will.
1517
02:32:40,768 --> 02:32:43,646
Heading towards daybreak.
1518
02:33:21,851 --> 02:33:25,187
Lot of cloud coverage today.
1519
02:33:31,902 --> 02:33:34,697
Man, it's beautiful.
1520
02:33:48,836 --> 02:33:51,046
Possibly it's the heat shield.
1521
02:33:51,172 --> 02:33:53,382
It's loose.
1522
02:33:55,092 --> 02:34:00,055
- If it comes off...
- If the heat shield comes off, he'll burn up.
1523
02:34:00,181 --> 02:34:03,392
He'll fry when he tries to re-enter.
1524
02:34:17,364 --> 02:34:19,909
Muchea, this is Cape.
1525
02:34:20,034 --> 02:34:21,952
We're showing some trouble here.
1526
02:34:22,077 --> 02:34:25,289
We've got a warning light.
Possibly a loose heat shield.
1527
02:34:25,414 --> 02:34:28,792
Check your status lights immediately.
1528
02:34:46,769 --> 02:34:49,271
He's coming, mate.
1529
02:34:50,022 --> 02:34:52,650
John, can you hear me?
1530
02:34:54,109 --> 02:34:56,278
Friendship 7, come in, please.
1531
02:34:56,403 --> 02:34:58,072
Let's try something. Anything.
1532
02:34:58,197 --> 02:35:00,574
Friendship 7, come in.
1533
02:35:34,399 --> 02:35:39,112
This is Friendship 7.
Do you read me? Over.
1534
02:35:39,946 --> 02:35:42,490
Wait a second.
1535
02:35:42,907 --> 02:35:45,285
I see something strange out here.
1536
02:35:45,410 --> 02:35:49,622
My goodness gracious,
what the heck is that?
1537
02:35:49,747 --> 02:35:53,126
Sparks and needles of some kind
all over the sky!
1538
02:35:53,251 --> 02:35:56,629
This is Friendship 7.
Let me tell you what I'm in up here.
1539
02:35:56,754 --> 02:35:59,340
I'm in a mass of very small particles...
1540
02:35:59,466 --> 02:36:02,802
that are brilliantly lit up.
Like they're luminescent.
1541
02:36:02,927 --> 02:36:05,305
I never saw anything like it.
1542
02:36:05,430 --> 02:36:07,432
The whole shower of them
coming by me now.
1543
02:36:07,557 --> 02:36:10,643
They're bright-bright yellow.
They swirl around the capsule...
1544
02:36:10,768 --> 02:36:14,481
and they're brilliantly lighted.
1545
02:36:14,606 --> 02:36:18,485
You don't think these things
could be alive, do you?
1546
02:36:19,486 --> 02:36:24,491
I know it sounds ridiculous,
but they look like fireflies or something.
1547
02:36:26,701 --> 02:36:29,996
Maybe some Air Force experiment
went amuck or something.
1548
02:36:30,121 --> 02:36:32,665
Or our astronomers have been wrong?
1549
02:36:32,790 --> 02:36:36,544
Hello, CapCom, do you read me?
This is miraculous!
1550
02:36:36,669 --> 02:36:40,340
Could it be those fireflies,
or whatever they are?
1551
02:36:40,465 --> 02:36:43,510
Of course not. Fireflies?
1552
02:36:45,094 --> 02:36:47,847
Roger, Friendship 7.
1553
02:36:48,056 --> 02:36:51,976
Will you correlate the actions of the
particles surrounding your spacecraft...
1554
02:36:52,101 --> 02:36:55,563
with the action of your control jets,
do you read, over?
1555
02:36:55,688 --> 02:36:57,690
Negative.
1556
02:36:57,816 --> 02:37:02,362
I do not think they were coming from
my control jets. That's a negative, over.
1557
02:37:02,487 --> 02:37:04,447
I'll tell you
what I'm gonna try to do.
1558
02:37:04,572 --> 02:37:07,367
I'm gonna try to get some pictures
of these little guys.
1559
02:37:07,492 --> 02:37:09,494
Sounds like a good idea, Friendship 7.
1560
02:37:09,619 --> 02:37:13,081
You guys probably think I'm nuts
down there.
1561
02:37:13,206 --> 02:37:15,375
They're very beautiful.
1562
02:37:15,500 --> 02:37:17,502
They look like fireflies
on a summer night.
1563
02:37:17,627 --> 02:37:20,463
They just dance around.
1564
02:37:57,000 --> 02:37:59,461
Get out of here!
1565
02:38:01,421 --> 02:38:04,549
Get out of here, you gadgets!
1566
02:38:06,134 --> 02:38:08,720
Heading into daybreak now. Another day.
1567
02:38:08,845 --> 02:38:11,097
Leaving the fireflies behind.
1568
02:38:11,222 --> 02:38:14,225
I have no idea what they were.
1569
02:38:14,350 --> 02:38:17,061
This is Friendship 7.
1570
02:38:17,187 --> 02:38:19,772
That was some night.
That was really exciting.
1571
02:38:19,898 --> 02:38:21,608
He's going into his third orbit.
1572
02:38:21,733 --> 02:38:25,111
How much longer are you going
to keep him in the dark?
1573
02:38:25,236 --> 02:38:26,488
What are we going to tell him?
1574
02:38:26,613 --> 02:38:30,742
He's a pilot. You tell him
the condition of his craft.
1575
02:38:34,871 --> 02:38:37,081
John Glenn is in his third orbit...
1576
02:38:37,207 --> 02:38:40,335
and the flight is going
pretty much as planned.
1577
02:38:40,460 --> 02:38:44,547
No human individual has ever been
so well prepared in advance.
1578
02:38:44,672 --> 02:38:48,384
So far the keyword
on this textbook flight is "operational".
1579
02:38:48,510 --> 02:38:51,304
Everything is A-okay.
1580
02:38:52,305 --> 02:38:55,308
We haven't been too lucky
with the Atlas rocket.
1581
02:38:55,433 --> 02:38:59,020
Some say we haven't taken all
the safety precautions we'd like to.
1582
02:38:59,145 --> 02:39:00,313
Is this true?
1583
02:39:00,438 --> 02:39:02,649
No, it's absolutely not true.
1584
02:39:02,774 --> 02:39:05,777
The only critical point is the re-entry.
1585
02:39:05,902 --> 02:39:08,696
If the capsule is not at the correct angle...
1586
02:39:08,822 --> 02:39:12,826
with the blunt end and heat shield down,
it will burn up.
1587
02:39:12,951 --> 02:39:15,036
There is only one hope.
1588
02:39:15,161 --> 02:39:18,039
It might be possible to leave
the retro-rocket package...
1589
02:39:18,164 --> 02:39:20,416
which covers the heat shield, on.
1590
02:39:20,542 --> 02:39:25,922
The straps may be strong enough
to hold the heat shield in place.
1591
02:39:26,047 --> 02:39:28,925
But if this fails...
1592
02:39:29,551 --> 02:39:33,512
John, you're going to
fly-by-wire for re-entry.
1593
02:39:33,637 --> 02:39:37,975
We recommend you do the best
you can to keep a zero angle. Over.
1594
02:39:38,100 --> 02:39:40,310
Re-entry only three orbits? Over.
1595
02:39:40,435 --> 02:39:41,937
That is correct. Over.
1596
02:39:42,062 --> 02:39:44,481
Do you have a reason for this? Over.
1597
02:39:44,606 --> 02:39:49,111
Not at this time.
This is the judgment of Cape Flight.
1598
02:39:50,237 --> 02:39:52,030
Roger.
1599
02:39:52,156 --> 02:39:56,535
Do you have a time for going
to jettison retro? Over.
1600
02:39:56,660 --> 02:39:57,870
John...
1601
02:39:57,995 --> 02:40:01,540
we are not sure your landing bag
is deployed.
1602
02:40:01,665 --> 02:40:05,461
We feel it is possible to re-enter
with the retro-package on.
1603
02:40:05,586 --> 02:40:09,089
We see no difficulty at this time
with that type of re-entry.
1604
02:40:09,214 --> 02:40:11,425
Do you read?
1605
02:40:11,550 --> 02:40:13,886
Roger.
1606
02:40:14,178 --> 02:40:16,722
Understand.
1607
02:40:17,014 --> 02:40:21,143
I'll start lining up as carefully as I can
in a minute.
1608
02:40:21,268 --> 02:40:26,857
See whether scanners will pick up
and correct it for good retro-fire attitude.
1609
02:40:26,982 --> 02:40:28,734
If not...
1610
02:40:28,859 --> 02:40:32,279
I'll correct it myself. Over.
1611
02:40:32,404 --> 02:40:35,115
Roger, Friendship 7.
1612
02:40:42,498 --> 02:40:45,709
All right, we're lined up.
1613
02:40:45,834 --> 02:40:48,253
Here we go.
1614
02:41:25,916 --> 02:41:27,751
What's that sound?
1615
02:41:27,876 --> 02:41:29,378
Humming. It's him.
1616
02:41:29,503 --> 02:41:32,548
It's all right. He does that.
1617
02:42:40,115 --> 02:42:41,992
- John...
- He can't hear you.
1618
02:42:42,117 --> 02:42:45,162
He's hit the ionization blackout.
1619
02:42:45,287 --> 02:42:49,416
No communications are possible
for a few minutes.
1620
02:42:51,084 --> 02:42:53,670
Then we'll know.
1621
02:43:01,970 --> 02:43:05,682
Friendship 7, this is Cape. Do you read?
1622
02:43:09,978 --> 02:43:11,688
Friendship 7...
1623
02:43:11,814 --> 02:43:15,025
this is Cape. Do you read?
1624
02:43:18,654 --> 02:43:22,449
Friendship 7, this is Cape. Do you read?
1625
02:43:22,574 --> 02:43:27,496
Automatic systems are not functioning.
He's in fly-by...
1626
02:44:29,640 --> 02:44:31,559
Finally showed up.
1627
02:44:31,684 --> 02:44:35,021
The one with the big engine.
1628
02:44:35,688 --> 02:44:39,775
Boy, if we'd only had
one of those a few years back.
1629
02:44:39,942 --> 02:44:45,239
The bad news is the entire program's
probably going to be scrapped.
1630
02:44:45,364 --> 02:44:49,952
From now on, the astronaut boys
in Houston have got the only ticket.
1631
02:44:50,077 --> 02:44:54,791
Barring, of course, some unforeseen event.
1632
02:45:15,478 --> 02:45:18,648
The Russians set a new record
of 114,000 feet...
1633
02:45:18,773 --> 02:45:20,775
going straight off the ground.
1634
02:45:20,900 --> 02:45:24,195
Nobody cares about
that kind of record anymore.
1635
02:45:24,320 --> 02:45:28,491
All they want now
is capsules up in outer space.
1636
02:45:30,618 --> 02:45:35,832
I get a feeling this plane might be able
to beat that Russian record.
1637
02:45:37,708 --> 02:45:40,336
You might be right.
1638
02:46:27,091 --> 02:46:30,052
And here they come!
1639
02:46:38,769 --> 02:46:42,857
Looky here what I brought you!
1640
02:46:52,325 --> 02:46:55,536
Mr. and Mrs. John Glenn.
1641
02:46:59,582 --> 02:47:02,376
Alan Shepard.
1642
02:47:05,797 --> 02:47:08,925
Gus Grissom.
1643
02:47:10,468 --> 02:47:13,596
Scott Carpenter.
1644
02:47:14,931 --> 02:47:18,059
Deke Slayton.
1645
02:47:19,602 --> 02:47:22,688
Wally Schirra.
1646
02:47:22,814 --> 02:47:25,274
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Cooper.
1647
02:47:25,399 --> 02:47:27,610
Smile, hon.
1648
02:47:27,735 --> 02:47:30,613
My fellow citizens...
1649
02:47:32,240 --> 02:47:37,537
America's Mercury astronauts!
1650
02:47:46,921 --> 02:47:51,425
My friends, welcome to Houston,
your new home.
1651
02:47:51,551 --> 02:47:57,348
Your neighbors here and I...
we'd like to give you this little barbecue...
1652
02:47:58,850 --> 02:48:01,434
Texas style!
1653
02:48:43,810 --> 02:48:48,482
Since you're relocating here,
to show appreciation for all you've done...
1654
02:48:48,607 --> 02:48:51,401
Mr. Sharp is contributing the land...
1655
02:48:51,526 --> 02:48:53,612
the contractors the homes...
1656
02:48:53,737 --> 02:48:57,240
and the department stores,
all the furnishings.
1657
02:48:57,365 --> 02:48:58,992
- That's wonderful.
- Thank you.
1658
02:48:59,117 --> 02:49:01,787
- Which one are you?
- Shepard.
1659
02:49:03,663 --> 02:49:07,334
Which one's Glenn? I want to meet him.
1660
02:49:07,959 --> 02:49:09,669
He's over there.
1661
02:49:09,795 --> 02:49:11,880
Excuse me.
1662
02:49:12,172 --> 02:49:14,257
Excuse me, too.
1663
02:49:18,845 --> 02:49:23,141
I'm going to the moon,
I swear to God, I'm on my way.
1664
02:49:25,727 --> 02:49:28,730
Hi, little gal.
Damned glad to meet you, too.
1665
02:49:28,855 --> 02:49:33,568
I heard an awful lot of good things
about you, gal.
1666
02:49:36,363 --> 02:49:37,572
- Howdy.
- How are you?
1667
02:49:37,697 --> 02:49:40,367
I want to meet you, too.
1668
02:49:40,492 --> 02:49:41,993
Sorry, little lady.
1669
02:49:42,119 --> 02:49:43,537
We got it.
1670
02:49:43,662 --> 02:49:47,582
Steak. All the trimmings.
1671
02:49:48,416 --> 02:49:51,419
Just like Pancho's.
1672
02:49:53,213 --> 02:49:55,882
Steak tastes about the same...
1673
02:49:56,007 --> 02:49:59,928
only there's a lot
more trimmings now, Gus.
1674
02:50:01,513 --> 02:50:03,974
You know, it's funny.
1675
02:50:04,099 --> 02:50:09,312
Here I am, I got $25,000 a year
for a magazine contract.
1676
02:50:09,437 --> 02:50:12,023
I got a free house with all the furnishings.
1677
02:50:12,149 --> 02:50:14,776
Got me a Corvette.
1678
02:50:14,901 --> 02:50:19,322
I got a free lunch from one end of America
to the other...
1679
02:50:19,447 --> 02:50:22,826
and I ain't even been up there yet.
1680
02:50:23,994 --> 02:50:25,036
I noticed that.
1681
02:50:25,162 --> 02:50:29,708
Oh, you noticed that?
You noticed I hadn't been up there yet?
1682
02:50:31,460 --> 02:50:34,963
They're saving the best for last.
1683
02:50:36,047 --> 02:50:39,759
Yeah, I guess so, Hot Dog. I guess so.
1684
02:50:41,178 --> 02:50:44,556
Just watch you don't screw the pooch.
1685
02:51:03,241 --> 02:51:08,872
We're talking to Gordon Cooper.
He will be the next to orbit the Earth.
1686
02:51:09,748 --> 02:51:14,586
Since you're the last of the original seven
and the least well known...
1687
02:51:14,711 --> 02:51:20,217
could you begin by telling us
who was the best pilot you ever saw?
1688
02:51:20,342 --> 02:51:23,804
Who is the best pilot I ever saw?
1689
02:51:30,143 --> 02:51:33,814
Who is the best pilot I ever saw?
1690
02:51:37,192 --> 02:51:38,902
I'll tell you.
1691
02:51:39,027 --> 02:51:43,740
I've seen a lot of them, and
most of them were pictures on a wall...
1692
02:51:43,865 --> 02:51:44,950
Excuse me, what'd you say?
1693
02:51:45,075 --> 02:51:50,330
I said, "pictures on a wall,"
back at some place that...
1694
02:51:51,540 --> 02:51:54,709
doesn't even exist anymore.
1695
02:51:56,837 --> 02:51:58,338
Some of them are...
1696
02:51:58,463 --> 02:52:01,508
right here in this room.
1697
02:52:02,134 --> 02:52:04,553
And some of them are...
1698
02:52:04,678 --> 02:52:08,849
they're still out there somewhere,
doing what they always do.
1699
02:52:08,974 --> 02:52:12,352
Going up each day
in a hurtling piece of machinery...
1700
02:52:12,477 --> 02:52:15,604
putting their hides out on the line...
1701
02:52:15,729 --> 02:52:18,232
hanging it out over the edge...
1702
02:52:18,357 --> 02:52:23,195
pushing back the outside
of that envelope and hauling it back.
1703
02:52:24,238 --> 02:52:26,282
But there was...
1704
02:52:26,407 --> 02:52:30,953
one pilot I once saw who I think
truly did have the right...
1705
02:52:31,078 --> 02:52:35,207
How close did you ever come
to not hauling it back?
1706
02:52:39,503 --> 02:52:42,047
Who is the best pilot I ever saw?
1707
02:52:42,173 --> 02:52:45,384
Well, you're looking at him.
1708
02:52:59,648 --> 02:53:01,734
Hey, Ridley!
1709
02:53:02,568 --> 02:53:05,446
You got any Beemans?
1710
02:53:05,946 --> 02:53:07,656
I might have me a stick.
1711
02:53:07,781 --> 02:53:11,577
Loan me some. I'll pay you back later.
1712
02:53:12,286 --> 02:53:14,705
Fair enough.
1713
02:53:15,039 --> 02:53:19,251
Think I see a plane over here
with my name on it.
1714
02:53:20,503 --> 02:53:23,255
Now you're talking.
1715
02:53:36,894 --> 02:53:38,521
What's that?
1716
02:53:38,646 --> 02:53:41,607
Anyone got clearance?
1717
02:53:44,318 --> 02:53:47,613
What kind of a plane is that?
1718
02:53:52,493 --> 02:53:56,372
Aircraft on ramp, did you file a flight plan?
1719
02:53:56,497 --> 02:54:00,126
Aircraft on ramp, did you file a flight plan?
1720
02:54:00,251 --> 02:54:03,921
I'm taking her up to wring her out a bit.
Any objections?
1721
02:54:04,046 --> 02:54:06,465
It's Yeager.
1722
02:54:07,842 --> 02:54:09,552
No objections.
1723
02:54:09,677 --> 02:54:12,638
You are clear to taxi.
1724
02:54:13,180 --> 02:54:15,391
He must have clearance. Right?
1725
02:54:15,516 --> 02:54:18,060
Yeah. Sure, he must.
1726
02:54:18,185 --> 02:54:20,813
It's here someplace.
1727
02:56:24,937 --> 02:56:27,439
Now, in honor of...
1728
02:56:27,565 --> 02:56:31,734
these, the greatest pilots
in the history of mankind...
1729
02:56:31,860 --> 02:56:36,364
it gives me great pleasure, great pride,
to present to you...
1730
02:56:36,489 --> 02:56:39,367
Miss Sally Rand!
1731
02:59:31,331 --> 02:59:33,917
Stretch it! Stretch it!
1732
02:59:34,042 --> 02:59:36,544
You can do it!
1733
02:59:37,170 --> 02:59:41,716
Just a little bit more. 104,000, here you go.
1734
02:59:46,095 --> 02:59:48,765
Christ Almighty!
1735
03:03:07,171 --> 03:03:09,965
Sir, over there.
1736
03:03:11,425 --> 03:03:13,927
Is that a man?
1737
03:03:16,054 --> 03:03:19,266
Yeah, you're damn right it is!
1738
03:04:24,873 --> 03:04:28,293
We hate to disturb you, buddy, but...
1739
03:04:28,418 --> 03:04:31,046
we've got a launch.
1740
03:04:33,048 --> 03:04:36,969
There's millions of people watching,
and we thought maybe...
1741
03:04:37,094 --> 03:04:40,764
Yep. Well, no sweat. Let's go.
1742
03:04:40,889 --> 03:04:45,144
I'm ready when you are, John, 100 percent.
1743
03:04:49,940 --> 03:04:52,985
Ten, nine...
1744
03:05:34,275 --> 03:05:37,153
Go.
1745
03:05:43,618 --> 03:05:46,996
Go, Hot Dog, go!
1746
03:05:50,792 --> 03:05:53,753
"Up we go into the wild blue yonder."
1747
03:05:53,878 --> 03:05:57,548
Thirty seconds and fuel is go,
oxygen is go...
1748
03:05:57,673 --> 03:06:02,011
cabin pressure on the top peg.
Altimeter is working.
1749
03:06:02,804 --> 03:06:05,848
Have a good ride, buddy. Go!
1750
03:06:09,519 --> 03:06:13,064
The sun is coming through the window.
1751
03:06:13,815 --> 03:06:17,860
Oh, Lord, what a heavenly light.
1752
03:06:29,872 --> 03:06:32,542
The Mercury program was over.
1753
03:06:32,667 --> 03:06:35,962
Four years later,
Astronaut Gus Grissom was killed...
1754
03:06:36,087 --> 03:06:38,840
along with Astronauts White and Chaffee...
1755
03:06:38,965 --> 03:06:42,969
when fire swept through
their Apollo capsule.
1756
03:06:43,094 --> 03:06:47,223
But on that glorious day in May, 1963...
1757
03:06:47,348 --> 03:06:51,060
Gordo Cooper went higher, farther...
1758
03:06:51,185 --> 03:06:54,063
and faster than any other American.
1759
03:06:54,188 --> 03:06:57,233
Twenty-two complete orbits
around the world.
1760
03:06:57,358 --> 03:07:01,195
He was the last American
ever to go into space alone.
1761
03:07:01,320 --> 03:07:03,448
And for a brief moment...
1762
03:07:03,573 --> 03:07:09,704
Gordo Cooper became the greatest pilot
anyone had ever seen.
1763
03:07:10,000 --> 03:07:10,500
Adjustment:
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1764
03:07:10,501 --> 03:07:11,000
Adjustment:
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1765
03:07:11,001 --> 03:07:11,500
Adjustment:
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1766
03:07:11,501 --> 03:07:12,000
Adjustment:
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1767
03:07:12,001 --> 03:07:12,500
Adjustment:
.:: MehdiRCM ::.
1768
03:07:12,501 --> 03:07:13,000
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.:: MehdiRCM ::.
1769
03:07:13,001 --> 03:07:13,500
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.:: MehdiRCM ::.
1770
03:07:13,501 --> 03:07:14,000
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.:: MehdiRCM ::.
1771
03:07:14,001 --> 03:07:14,500
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.:: MehdiRCM ::.
1772
03:07:14,501 --> 03:07:15,000
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.:: MehdiRCM ::.
1773
03:07:15,001 --> 03:07:15,500
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.:: MehdiRCM ::.
1774
03:07:15,501 --> 03:07:16,000
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.:: MehdiRCM ::.
1775
03:07:16,001 --> 03:07:16,500
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.:: MehdiRCM ::.
1776
03:07:16,501 --> 03:07:17,000
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.:: MehdiRCM ::.
1777
03:07:17,001 --> 03:07:22,500
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