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I believe that this nation should
commit itself to achieving the goal
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before this decade is out
of landing a man on the moon
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and returning him safely to the Earth.
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I don't think that we can
exaggerate the great advantage
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which the Soviet Union secured in
the '50s by being first in space.
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They were able to give
prestige to their system.
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They were able to give
force to their argument
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that they were an advancing society...
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... and that we were on the decline.
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Our great system will be judged
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by how we do in the field of space...
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and therefore this country.
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Both political parties
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have determined that the
United States shall be first.
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Quite obviously, if we
fail, we're humiliated,
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here and around the world.
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Aleida, my dear. Your mamma wants you.
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Still no further word
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on the progress of the spacecraft
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toward the surface of the moon.
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But we believe that it will be
touching down any minute now.
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The last official report we have said
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that the landing vehicle was
descending toward the surface...
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Mama.
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How long do we have to watch this?
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Shh.
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They just talk, talk, talk...
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Aleida. This is special.
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You'll remember this
the rest of your life.
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This is the beginning of the future.
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You can be part of that.
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Maybe even go to the moon one day.
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You should be in bed. The
doctor says you need rest...
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Never mind the doctor.
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I want to be here for this.
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With her.
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So she'll remember.
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... the spacecraft has landed.
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Can we confirm that?
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Yes.
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They are on the moon,
ladies and gentlemen.
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Radio and television
signals from the moon
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take less than two seconds
to reach us here on Earth.
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So if we do get television pictures,
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they'll be essentially
broadcasting live.
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That's right.
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Live from the moon.
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In the United Kingdom,
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we're told that Queen
Elizabeth II was awakened...
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... when first reports of the
pending moon landing was received.
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And in Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito...
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Are they down? The radio
wasn't sure if they landed or...
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They're down. They're down.
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There's no video yet, but they're down.
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At the Vatican, Pope
Paul VI positioned...
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One of the most
shocking events of my lifetime.
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This will shake things
up in this country.
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I'll tell you that right now.
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Things will never be the same.
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... are little more than guesswork.
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But experts have long
anticipated a possible viewership
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of over 500 million people.
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Is this really happening?
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I'm hearing we're getting a picture.
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Is that right? We have a picture?
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Sid, can we patch into...
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Got it.
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Ladies and gentlemen, this is
a live signal from the moon.
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Having some trouble seeing it.
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Uh... There, I see it. There it is.
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Amazing.
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Just unbelievable.
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The shock across the
nation at this event.
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Indeed, the shock across the
world is just indescribable.
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What was considered a
fantasy just a short time ago
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is coming true right before our eyes.
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I believe we're looking at
the legs of the lunar lander.
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There at the bottom of your screen
is what appears to be a ladder.
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No word yet on when someone will
be climbing down that ladder, but...
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Wait, wait. Here we go.
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I see something.
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There he is. We have him.
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Oh, my goodness. Wow.
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Can you believe it?
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After thousands of years,
ladies and gentlemen,
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gazing up in the heavens
and dreaming of this day,
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a man is about to set foot on the moon.
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Don't know what he's saying, obviously,
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but we'll get a
translation of his words,
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man's first words from
the moon, in just a minute.
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Okay, we have the translation now,
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and these are the words
that Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov,
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the first man to set foot on the moon,
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spoke just moments ago.
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"I take this step for my
country, for my people,
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and for the
Marxist-Leninist way of life.
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Knowing that today is but one small step
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on a journey that someday
will take us all to the stars".
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I'm not sure what to say.
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Perhaps there are no words.
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So, for now,
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we'll let you soak in
this historic moment...
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and reflect on what it
means for our country...
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and for the world.
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How the hell did this happen?
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Those bastards at NASA
have been acting like
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they had everything under control,
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and then they fumble the ball
right at the goddamn goal line.
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Right at the goal!
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Yes, sir, it sure looks that way.
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CIA is working up a review of
their intel over the last year
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to see if they missed any
signs of Soviet advances that...
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They missed the whole goddamn thing!
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The whole match!
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You know how the press is
gonna play this, don't you?
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The New York Times is going to say that
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Kennedy started the moon race,
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Johnson ran it,
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and then Nixon tripped at the goal line.
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That's what it's gonna be.
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They're gonna try and
hang this around my neck,
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but they're not gonna succeed.
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No, sir.
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I'll tell you that right goddamn now.
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Not Nixon.
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Shane, let's go. Shake a
leg. Bus is almost here.
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- Last day of school?
- Next week.
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One more week to go, sailor.
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Yeah, I know.
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What?
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- I mean, yes, sir.
- That's right.
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They shoulda let you land,
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then we woulda been first.
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Yeah. Well, that wasn't
my mission, buddy.
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Hey. Here's your lunch, okay?
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- Let's get going.
- Thank you.
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Hey, you have a good day, okay?
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- Yeah. Bye, Dad.
- Bye-bye.
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Love you, sweetie. Have a good day.
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- Thank you.
- Okay.
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So, how do you think it's
gonna affect the program?
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I don't know. Deke's called an
all-hands meeting this morning.
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So, I guess we'll find out then.
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I hope they still fly Apollo 15.
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Yeah.
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Me too.
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Hey, do you want me to
save this or toss it?
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Toss it.
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Okay.
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Ah...
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Save it.
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- Morning, Poppy.
- Morning.
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- Morning, sir.
- Morning.
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Apollo 11 is scheduled to
fly in two and a half weeks.
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Neil, Buzz, Mike and their backup crew
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will continue training as planned.
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Beyond that, there's
been no word from the top.
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So, training for Apollos 12 to 20
will also continue as planned...
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but not today.
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I was at the Cape with the
rest of the Mercury astronauts
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when Jim Webb came down and told us
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the Russians put the first man in space.
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Webb wanted us to put a
good face on for the press.
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So we did, but not for a while.
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First, we had to be pissed off,
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and we were.
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Gus could hardly speak. And Al...
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Glad Al Shepard's not here today.
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Al was really pissed. Even Glenn.
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Yes, believe it or not, gentlemen,
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John Glenn actually
said the word "fuck".
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So before we go back to
work, it's time to be pissed!
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All training evolutions for
today have been canceled.
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I suggest you all take the
weekend to go out, get drunk,
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kick your dog, gnash your
teeth, howl at the moon,
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or do whatever suits your purpose.
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Come Monday morning...
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we're back to work.
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That is all.
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So, Outpost?
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Last one buys.
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Ah!
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♪ Who had love that's now departed ♪
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♪ I know I've got to find ♪
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♪ Some kind of peace of mind ♪
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♪ Maybe ♪
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♪ I'm searching though I don't succeed ♪
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♪ But someone look
there's a growing need ♪
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♪ All is lost there's
no place for beginning ♪
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♪ All that's left is an unhappy ending ♪
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♪ Now what becomes
of the brokenhearted ♪
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Pam.
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♪ Who had love that's now departed ♪
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♪ I know I've got to find
some kind of peace of mind ♪
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All right. Fine.
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- Pam! Pam!
- All right!
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Come on up, Pam.
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Set it off. Set it off.
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- Pam, throw it.
- No!
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- One more round?
- Yeah!
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The president wants
answers, and he wants them now.
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We at NASA were given no indication
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the Soviets were so close to a landing.
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The intelligence provided by the
CIA was faulty and inaccurate.
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Hold on now. Wait a minute.
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Langley's not taking the fall for this.
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We did report two launches
of the Soviet N-1 rocket.
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One launch in January, and
then one this past week.
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Both launches were duly noted
in our intel reports to you.
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You said they were unmanned tests.
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We said we had a 95% confidence level
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the January vehicle was unmanned.
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But we only had 80% confidence
on the second launch.
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Only 80%.
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The president must understand
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that our technology is vastly
superior to the Russians'.
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The N-1 is a crude and
unsophisticated vehicle
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compared to the Saturn V.
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All the president cares about right now
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is getting an American on
the moon as soon as possible.
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Can you move up the launch of Apollo 11?
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The vehicle could be ready,
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but the phase of the
moon would not be correct.
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The phase of the moon? Come on.
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He's right.
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If the phase of the moon is not correct,
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there won't be enough
light on the surface.
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And we cannot land in darkness.
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Shit.
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Our program is much more robust,
more capable in every way.
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We will not only match the
Soviets, we will surpass them.
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NASA is prepared to extend manned
exploration beyond the moon.
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Mankind's journey into the
cosmos has only just begun.
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Yes?
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Deke, just last month you sent
Apollo 10 all the way to the moon
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for what you called a "dress
rehearsal" for the landing.
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But Ed Baldwin and Gordo Stevens
actually piloted the lunar module
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down to within eight
miles of the surface.
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They were so close.
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Why didn't they just land?
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If they had, we'd have beaten
the Russians by a full month.
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Landing wasn't in the mission plan.
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Apollo 10 was intended to test equipment
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and procedures for the actual landing.
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And it was a complete success.
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But they could've landed, right?
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They could've been first.
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An American,
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Edward Baldwin, could have
been the first man on the moon.
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No, this is not true.
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There was insufficient
fuel for such an attempt.
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And the spacecraft weighed
too much for a landing.
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It was never considered. Never.
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Yes?
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How we doin'?
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00:18:38,660 --> 00:18:40,578
George, good to see ya.
258
00:18:40,579 --> 00:18:41,663
- How ya feelin'?
- Hey.
259
00:18:44,166 --> 00:18:45,833
How we doing today, fellas? Huh?
260
00:18:45,834 --> 00:18:48,586
Not at all? You don't have a
comment at all about any of this?
261
00:18:48,587 --> 00:18:49,670
No comment.
262
00:18:49,671 --> 00:18:51,547
- Zero?
- Zero comment.
263
00:18:51,548 --> 00:18:53,382
- That's...
- What's there to talk about?
264
00:18:53,383 --> 00:18:55,092
I couldn't think of a thing.
265
00:18:55,093 --> 00:18:57,429
All right, I'll buy the
next round, okay? Thanks.
266
00:19:00,098 --> 00:19:01,099
What's up, big man?
267
00:19:01,934 --> 00:19:03,851
- Hey, how we doing today?
- Good, man.
268
00:19:03,852 --> 00:19:05,978
Good to see you again. Good to see you.
269
00:19:05,979 --> 00:19:07,396
- It's kinda shitty.
- Kinda shitty. Right.
270
00:19:07,397 --> 00:19:09,232
That's what I've been
hearing from everyone else.
271
00:19:09,233 --> 00:19:10,273
Can you give me something?
272
00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:12,361
You don't need that.
273
00:19:13,362 --> 00:19:14,570
Well, what about you two?
274
00:19:14,571 --> 00:19:17,823
Any thoughts from the crew
of Apollo 10 on this dark day?
275
00:19:17,824 --> 00:19:20,284
Not a one. We're just here
blowing off some steam.
276
00:19:20,285 --> 00:19:22,746
Come on. You guys were pretty close.
277
00:19:23,539 --> 00:19:25,874
Got eight miles above the surface.
278
00:19:26,959 --> 00:19:30,628
So close you just reach out
and grab a handful of moondust.
279
00:19:30,629 --> 00:19:32,923
And then NASA decides to bring you home.
280
00:19:34,091 --> 00:19:35,342
That must sting.
281
00:19:37,636 --> 00:19:38,637
Don't matter.
282
00:19:42,474 --> 00:19:45,142
That was our mission.
It was a practice run.
283
00:19:45,143 --> 00:19:46,353
Dress rehearsal.
284
00:19:47,521 --> 00:19:48,689
Wasted opportunity?
285
00:19:51,775 --> 00:19:52,901
Wouldn't go that far.
286
00:19:53,819 --> 00:19:55,109
Well, you were there.
287
00:19:55,110 --> 00:19:57,196
Are you saying there wasn't
an opportunity to land?
288
00:19:57,197 --> 00:19:59,156
Not in the mission plan.
289
00:19:59,157 --> 00:20:02,535
Yeah, okay. Fair enough. But in
retrospect, should it have been?
290
00:20:02,536 --> 00:20:04,203
I mean, knowing what you know now,
291
00:20:04,204 --> 00:20:07,082
wouldn't the smart move have been
for Apollo 10 to land on the moon?
292
00:20:12,838 --> 00:20:14,089
It's not a matter of smarts.
293
00:20:15,716 --> 00:20:16,717
Yeah.
294
00:20:17,467 --> 00:20:19,761
Yeah, I guess not. NASA's
full of smart people.
295
00:20:21,221 --> 00:20:23,014
Of course, I guess it's a moot point
296
00:20:23,015 --> 00:20:24,765
since there wasn't enough fuel on board,
297
00:20:24,766 --> 00:20:26,642
and the LEM was too
heavy to land anyway.
298
00:20:26,643 --> 00:20:27,894
Bunch of bullshit.
299
00:20:27,895 --> 00:20:29,979
Snoopy was heavier than Eagle.
300
00:20:29,980 --> 00:20:31,939
Had a little less fuel.
301
00:20:31,940 --> 00:20:34,859
But all that means is we woulda
had a little narrower safety margin
302
00:20:34,860 --> 00:20:36,485
if we'd gone for the landing.
303
00:20:36,486 --> 00:20:38,488
- Ain't that right, Ed?
- That's a fact.
304
00:20:39,823 --> 00:20:41,033
I gotta hit the head.
305
00:20:50,667 --> 00:20:52,793
So, Ed,
306
00:20:52,794 --> 00:20:54,879
if you had the right equipment
307
00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:56,631
and you had the opportunity,
308
00:20:56,632 --> 00:20:58,799
and NASA is full of smart people,
309
00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,677
what I can't figure is...
310
00:21:02,054 --> 00:21:06,808
why they didn't have
the guts to let you land.
311
00:21:07,392 --> 00:21:08,601
Huh?
312
00:21:08,602 --> 00:21:10,102
You got some balls, man.
313
00:21:10,103 --> 00:21:11,179
I'm just saying.
314
00:21:11,180 --> 00:21:12,534
I mean, NASA's always been known
315
00:21:12,535 --> 00:21:14,465
for its willingness
to push the envelope.
316
00:21:25,410 --> 00:21:27,079
I wanna just reach down there.
317
00:21:27,955 --> 00:21:30,165
Scoop up a handful of moondust.
318
00:21:39,132 --> 00:21:41,134
Not anymore.
319
00:21:43,345 --> 00:21:45,472
Come on. I've been
around you guys a lot.
320
00:21:46,098 --> 00:21:48,432
You like being on the
bleeding edge of things.
321
00:21:48,433 --> 00:21:50,643
Abort Descent Stage.
322
00:21:50,644 --> 00:21:53,772
Three, two... one...
323
00:22:07,703 --> 00:22:08,871
We used to.
324
00:22:09,997 --> 00:22:11,831
We used to be like that.
325
00:22:11,832 --> 00:22:13,541
I mean, hell, in Mercury and Gemini,
326
00:22:13,542 --> 00:22:17,295
we hung it out there over the
edge every single time we went up.
327
00:22:17,296 --> 00:22:20,048
But those days are over.
328
00:22:23,093 --> 00:22:26,305
You're right. We don't
have guts at NASA anymore...
329
00:22:29,641 --> 00:22:30,809
since the fire.
330
00:22:32,936 --> 00:22:34,104
The Apollo 1 fire.
331
00:22:36,773 --> 00:22:39,067
Okay, I loved those
guys, all right. I...
332
00:22:40,277 --> 00:22:43,947
Gus and Roger and Ed...
333
00:22:47,409 --> 00:22:49,869
I think about them every
day. I mean, we all do.
334
00:22:49,870 --> 00:22:51,163
They were good men.
335
00:22:52,664 --> 00:22:56,375
That's the thing. Good men
die in test planes all the time.
336
00:22:56,376 --> 00:22:59,089
But we don't change the
whole culture of flight test
337
00:22:59,090 --> 00:23:00,821
'cause good men die.
338
00:23:02,299 --> 00:23:05,092
We still get up there and push
the envelope every single day,
339
00:23:05,093 --> 00:23:06,970
and maybe,
340
00:23:07,763 --> 00:23:10,557
maybe today's the day
you don't come back.
341
00:23:11,266 --> 00:23:13,309
We all know that. It's always there.
342
00:23:13,310 --> 00:23:15,896
But we get up there anyway,
and we keep taking the risks.
343
00:23:17,898 --> 00:23:19,858
But we stopped taking risks at NASA.
344
00:23:24,571 --> 00:23:26,740
And that's why we lost the moon.
345
00:23:36,250 --> 00:23:37,251
Thanks, Ed.
346
00:24:05,863 --> 00:24:06,905
Aleida!
347
00:24:09,366 --> 00:24:10,784
It's time to go!
348
00:24:44,610 --> 00:24:47,029
Houston, Eagle. We have a program alarm.
349
00:24:50,616 --> 00:24:51,950
It's a 12-02.
350
00:24:53,285 --> 00:24:55,037
Copy that. 12-02.
351
00:24:58,457 --> 00:25:00,666
Stand by, Eagle. We're checking.
352
00:25:00,667 --> 00:25:04,921
In the meantime, yaw the antenna
around minus niner, yaw plus 18.
353
00:25:04,922 --> 00:25:07,674
Copy. Minus nine, plus 18.
354
00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,726
GUIDO, what's the story with that alarm?
355
00:25:18,727 --> 00:25:21,479
Uh, checking on it, Flight.
Get right back to ya.
356
00:25:48,882 --> 00:25:51,801
GUIDO, this is Margo. I
think I recognize that alarm.
357
00:25:51,802 --> 00:25:53,595
It's okay. They can still land.
358
00:25:54,221 --> 00:25:56,557
Margo, you're outta your
lane. This is a GUIDO issue.
359
00:25:59,434 --> 00:26:00,561
I know the code.
360
00:26:01,395 --> 00:26:03,747
Twelve-02 is a program
alarm for the AGC signaling
361
00:26:03,748 --> 00:26:05,381
"Executive overflow, no VAC".
362
00:26:06,024 --> 00:26:09,027
The computer is rebooting
itself, but it's not a problem.
363
00:26:16,952 --> 00:26:18,871
Houston, we need a reading on the 12-02.
364
00:26:19,496 --> 00:26:21,623
- GUIDO!
- Still don't have it, Flight.
365
00:26:25,752 --> 00:26:27,963
Okay, I'm calling it.
366
00:26:28,922 --> 00:26:30,006
Abort the landing.
367
00:26:30,007 --> 00:26:32,050
Eagle, Houston, abort.
Repeat. Abort landing.
368
00:27:00,913 --> 00:27:02,788
The fault is yours.
369
00:27:02,789 --> 00:27:04,832
Why? Because I wasn't in my lane?
370
00:27:04,833 --> 00:27:06,251
Because you hesitated.
371
00:27:07,503 --> 00:27:09,587
I wanted to double-check my answer.
372
00:27:09,588 --> 00:27:11,006
You knew the answer,
373
00:27:11,590 --> 00:27:14,425
you hesitated, and the
landing was aborted.
374
00:27:14,426 --> 00:27:15,782
You're always telling me that
375
00:27:15,783 --> 00:27:17,553
I have to respect the chain of command.
376
00:27:17,554 --> 00:27:18,930
- Yes.
- Well, in this situation,
377
00:27:18,931 --> 00:27:20,306
I felt the chain of command...
378
00:27:20,307 --> 00:27:23,309
No, not "feel". This is
not a place for feelings.
379
00:27:23,310 --> 00:27:25,978
Something is or it is
not. That is science.
380
00:27:25,979 --> 00:27:27,355
It's about fact.
381
00:27:27,356 --> 00:27:31,902
You had the facts on your
side, but you felt intimidated.
382
00:27:33,487 --> 00:27:34,488
Yes?
383
00:27:35,948 --> 00:27:37,115
- Yes?
- Yes.
384
00:27:38,700 --> 00:27:40,869
Well, that is the problem.
385
00:27:42,871 --> 00:27:44,331
You want to be a flight controller,
386
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:46,917
to be FIDO on a real mission?
387
00:27:48,961 --> 00:27:52,256
Then you must only do that
which advances the work.
388
00:27:53,257 --> 00:27:54,258
Understand?
389
00:28:03,934 --> 00:28:06,895
Yes, Herr Doktor.
390
00:28:08,105 --> 00:28:09,106
Good.
391
00:28:09,982 --> 00:28:12,233
Tell your father I'm sending
something for his birthday,
392
00:28:12,234 --> 00:28:14,528
but he won't get it until after.
393
00:28:15,654 --> 00:28:16,863
I will.
394
00:28:19,950 --> 00:28:21,158
"We were right there.
395
00:28:21,159 --> 00:28:23,008
So close you felt like
you could reach out
396
00:28:23,009 --> 00:28:25,580
and grab a handful of moondust.
397
00:28:25,581 --> 00:28:27,373
All it would've taken was some guts.
398
00:28:27,374 --> 00:28:29,792
But we don't have guts at NASA anymore.
399
00:28:29,793 --> 00:28:32,379
That's why we didn't beat
the Russians to the moon".
400
00:28:38,051 --> 00:28:40,053
You are in the shit now, my friend.
401
00:28:40,804 --> 00:28:42,013
How deep?
402
00:28:42,014 --> 00:28:43,515
Above your eyeballs.
403
00:28:45,559 --> 00:28:48,978
Von Braun wants you reassigned
to the Apollo Applications Project
404
00:28:48,979 --> 00:28:50,813
effective immediately.
405
00:28:50,814 --> 00:28:52,941
Are you taking me off Apollo 15?
406
00:28:53,650 --> 00:28:56,403
You took you off 15.
407
00:28:57,821 --> 00:28:59,947
Von Braun wanted you outta
the program completely,
408
00:28:59,948 --> 00:29:01,658
but I wouldn't let him go that far.
409
00:29:06,121 --> 00:29:07,456
Apollo Applications.
410
00:29:09,333 --> 00:29:12,503
Apollo Applications
is Siberia with a desk.
411
00:29:13,670 --> 00:29:15,338
I didn't say anything in that article
412
00:29:15,339 --> 00:29:17,590
that you and I haven't talked
about in this very office.
413
00:29:17,591 --> 00:29:20,593
- Jesus Christ.
- We have gotten too timid since the fire.
414
00:29:20,594 --> 00:29:22,180
We should be leaning forward
415
00:29:22,181 --> 00:29:23,513
instead of worrying about
every little goddamn...
416
00:29:23,514 --> 00:29:25,015
Pull your head outta your ass, Ed!
417
00:29:26,016 --> 00:29:27,683
Look around!
418
00:29:27,684 --> 00:29:30,728
You wanna cry about Apollo
15? Let me tell you something.
419
00:29:30,729 --> 00:29:33,273
There may not be an
Apollo 12, much less 15.
420
00:29:34,107 --> 00:29:35,547
What the hell are you talking about?
421
00:29:36,860 --> 00:29:39,196
The country's in shock, Eddie.
422
00:29:39,905 --> 00:29:41,573
Like Pearl Harbor shock.
423
00:29:42,324 --> 00:29:44,408
American people thought we
had this thing in the bag,
424
00:29:44,409 --> 00:29:47,329
then the Russians come along and
snatch it away at the last minute.
425
00:29:48,413 --> 00:29:50,540
Congress is talking about hearings,
426
00:29:50,541 --> 00:29:52,667
the president is looking
for someone to blame,
427
00:29:52,668 --> 00:29:55,503
and you just served up
the whole goddamn agency
428
00:29:55,504 --> 00:29:56,964
for a necktie party.
429
00:29:58,632 --> 00:30:02,427
They really might cancel
everything after 11?
430
00:30:03,262 --> 00:30:05,930
That's usually what happens
when the race is over.
431
00:30:05,931 --> 00:30:07,974
Winner collects their prize,
432
00:30:07,975 --> 00:30:09,351
loser goes home.
433
00:30:12,396 --> 00:30:15,773
Senator Edward Kennedy
of Massachusetts announced today
434
00:30:15,774 --> 00:30:19,819
that he was canceling a weekend
party on Chappaquiddick Island
435
00:30:19,820 --> 00:30:22,254
in order to return to Washington
436
00:30:22,255 --> 00:30:24,699
and confer with congressional leaders
437
00:30:24,700 --> 00:30:26,200
on the need for hearings
438
00:30:26,201 --> 00:30:30,122
into how the United States
lost the race to the moon.
439
00:30:32,165 --> 00:30:34,500
You know what Teddy's
really doing, don't you?
440
00:30:34,501 --> 00:30:36,419
That goddamn pissant's
gonna use these hearings
441
00:30:36,420 --> 00:30:38,504
to grandstand against
the administration.
442
00:30:38,505 --> 00:30:39,547
Yep...
443
00:30:39,548 --> 00:30:41,259
Gonna get up there and say how NASA
444
00:30:41,260 --> 00:30:42,967
was bolder under his brother...
445
00:30:42,968 --> 00:30:44,886
How they've lost their
edge under Nixon...
446
00:30:44,887 --> 00:30:45,887
Uh-huh.
447
00:30:45,888 --> 00:30:47,889
This is the opening of the campaign,
448
00:30:47,890 --> 00:30:50,600
Kennedy for President
in '72... just you watch.
449
00:30:50,601 --> 00:30:52,518
God help us all.
450
00:31:01,737 --> 00:31:03,864
I guess I'll start packing.
451
00:31:05,657 --> 00:31:06,700
Right?
452
00:31:07,701 --> 00:31:10,871
I mean, if you can't fly for NASA,
you'll go back to the navy.
453
00:31:12,956 --> 00:31:14,666
I don't know what I'm gonna do yet.
454
00:31:16,126 --> 00:31:17,794
Well, are you gonna sit behind a desk?
455
00:31:20,297 --> 00:31:21,964
- Hell no.
- Exactly.
456
00:31:21,965 --> 00:31:24,967
So, you'll go back to the navy,
which means we're moving.
457
00:31:24,968 --> 00:31:27,137
The next question now is where.
458
00:31:28,722 --> 00:31:31,098
I don't know, are you
gonna ask for Pax River?
459
00:31:31,099 --> 00:31:33,268
I mean, Maryland's fine.
460
00:31:34,186 --> 00:31:35,436
It beats Texas, I suppose.
461
00:31:35,437 --> 00:31:37,814
I'm sure that Shane
will grow to love it.
462
00:31:38,732 --> 00:31:41,442
Look, I doubt they're gonna have
an open slot on the flight test
463
00:31:41,443 --> 00:31:43,195
just waiting for me to waltz in.
464
00:31:46,198 --> 00:31:48,575
Okay, and if that's the case...
465
00:31:50,702 --> 00:31:53,663
you'll ask for carrier duty then, right?
466
00:31:53,664 --> 00:31:55,581
Commander of your own fighter squadron?
467
00:31:55,582 --> 00:31:58,376
Which means, based on your past,
468
00:31:58,377 --> 00:32:00,378
they will send you
back to Seventh Fleet,
469
00:32:00,379 --> 00:32:02,088
which means we'll be based out of Pearl.
470
00:32:02,089 --> 00:32:04,215
I mean, housing isn't great,
471
00:32:04,216 --> 00:32:07,093
but it's Oahu, so you
can't complain, right?
472
00:32:07,094 --> 00:32:08,636
Not that you'll see much of Oahu,
473
00:32:08,637 --> 00:32:10,483
because you'll be
commanding your squadron
474
00:32:10,484 --> 00:32:12,557
on your carrier on Yankee Station,
475
00:32:12,558 --> 00:32:14,392
flying strike missions over Vietnam.
476
00:32:14,393 --> 00:32:15,726
It's what I do, Karen.
477
00:32:15,727 --> 00:32:17,980
That is a goddamn useless thing to say.
478
00:32:28,490 --> 00:32:30,868
I didn't know it was
gonna blow up like this.
479
00:32:31,952 --> 00:32:35,288
Why? Because you
were just two guys in a bar
480
00:32:35,289 --> 00:32:37,081
talking and telling it like it is?
481
00:32:37,082 --> 00:32:38,834
- Something like that.
- To a reporter!
482
00:32:40,043 --> 00:32:43,297
I thought there was
supposed to be this code.
483
00:32:44,006 --> 00:32:46,436
The pilot's code that says
you're not supposed to talk
484
00:32:46,437 --> 00:32:48,342
about your feelings.
485
00:32:48,343 --> 00:32:51,703
Like, how you might feel
about not landing on the moon,
486
00:32:51,704 --> 00:32:55,333
or, I don't know, how you feel about
the whole damned space program.
487
00:32:56,059 --> 00:32:58,729
The code says you're not supposed
to talk about those things.
488
00:32:59,438 --> 00:33:01,189
That's what you said.
Not with your buddies,
489
00:33:01,190 --> 00:33:03,566
not with your family,
not with your wife.
490
00:33:03,567 --> 00:33:05,444
- This has nothing to do...
- I mean, who knew?
491
00:33:06,653 --> 00:33:09,739
Who knew that all it took was
a couple of drinks in a dive bar
492
00:33:09,740 --> 00:33:11,200
for you to break that code?
493
00:33:12,034 --> 00:33:13,784
I'm gonna learn to drink with the guys.
494
00:33:13,785 --> 00:33:15,581
Yeah, 'cause then I can
find out how my husband
495
00:33:15,582 --> 00:33:17,079
really feels about his job.
496
00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:20,000
Or I'll just read about it in
the newspapers with everyone else!
497
00:33:22,586 --> 00:33:23,587
Right?
498
00:34:21,687 --> 00:34:22,770
Your neck?
499
00:34:22,771 --> 00:34:25,690
Yeah. Couch is too damn small.
500
00:34:27,275 --> 00:34:28,569
I like it that way.
501
00:34:30,779 --> 00:34:31,864
Why is that?
502
00:34:34,366 --> 00:34:35,868
So there's no other choice.
503
00:35:20,204 --> 00:35:21,538
The hell y'all looking at?
504
00:35:23,916 --> 00:35:26,877
You never seen a lowly pudknocker
from Apollo Applications?
505
00:35:38,764 --> 00:35:39,972
Look, uh,
506
00:35:39,973 --> 00:35:45,686
I know there was some
dumb son of a bitch
507
00:35:45,687 --> 00:35:47,670
that shot his mouth off in the press
508
00:35:47,671 --> 00:35:50,299
and made the whole agency look bad.
509
00:35:52,528 --> 00:35:54,153
But I also know that
510
00:35:54,154 --> 00:35:55,857
the crew of Apollo 11
511
00:35:55,858 --> 00:35:57,848
is gonna make everyone
forget about all that.
512
00:35:58,534 --> 00:36:01,744
Because Neil, Buzz, Mike,
513
00:36:01,745 --> 00:36:06,500
they're the kind of guys who
don't fold when things get tough.
514
00:36:09,628 --> 00:36:12,756
They're the kinda guys that
might get knocked down...
515
00:36:14,550 --> 00:36:19,513
but then they just pick themselves
up and get back to work.
516
00:36:29,314 --> 00:36:33,484
So, I'm here to help you
boys get back to work.
517
00:36:33,485 --> 00:36:34,861
Any way I can.
518
00:36:34,862 --> 00:36:37,614
From Siberia...
519
00:36:39,741 --> 00:36:44,538
I bring you adjusted fuel and
payload calculations for the S-IVB.
520
00:36:58,051 --> 00:37:00,721
I think Siberia...
521
00:37:03,182 --> 00:37:04,558
sits over there.
522
00:37:27,539 --> 00:37:29,082
Two weeks to launch, gentlemen.
523
00:37:29,708 --> 00:37:32,210
This will be our last meeting
before 11 heads for the Cape,
524
00:37:32,211 --> 00:37:34,004
so I want final checklists on my desk.
525
00:37:42,513 --> 00:37:44,097
So, will he make the call?
526
00:37:44,932 --> 00:37:46,015
I don't know.
527
00:37:46,016 --> 00:37:48,684
Ziegler said the president wants
to call the astronauts on the moon,
528
00:37:48,685 --> 00:37:51,562
but I think they're leaving
themselves some wiggle room.
529
00:37:51,563 --> 00:37:53,186
But it's another chance to demonstrate
530
00:37:53,187 --> 00:37:55,049
the superiority of our technology.
531
00:37:55,776 --> 00:37:57,818
The Russian audio was terrible.
532
00:37:57,819 --> 00:37:59,497
We will call a man on the moon
533
00:37:59,498 --> 00:38:01,405
from a telephone. I mean, it's amazing.
534
00:38:01,406 --> 00:38:03,534
I told them. You know what Ziegler said?
535
00:38:04,409 --> 00:38:07,370
"The president doesn't usually
call the silver medalist".
536
00:38:07,371 --> 00:38:08,454
Got it!
537
00:38:11,041 --> 00:38:13,001
It wasn't easy, but I got it.
538
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:16,338
Just glad we remembered.
539
00:38:16,964 --> 00:38:20,174
Just as well. It was
always extra weight.
540
00:38:26,974 --> 00:38:28,058
Pilots.
541
00:38:28,725 --> 00:38:31,143
We should have stuck with the monkeys.
542
00:38:35,482 --> 00:38:37,108
Almost a month has passed
543
00:38:37,109 --> 00:38:40,736
since the historic landing of
a Soviet cosmonaut on the moon
544
00:38:40,737 --> 00:38:42,238
shocked the world.
545
00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:44,685
During that time, the crew of Apollo 11
546
00:38:44,686 --> 00:38:46,993
has continued to train and prepare
547
00:38:46,994 --> 00:38:49,955
for their own historic
landing on the lunar surface.
548
00:38:51,081 --> 00:38:53,875
While the Nixon administration
has made no public commitment
549
00:38:53,876 --> 00:38:55,626
to any landing beyond this one,
550
00:38:55,627 --> 00:38:58,171
multiple anonymous sources
in the White House have said
551
00:38:58,172 --> 00:39:00,548
that if Apollo 11
were to end in failure,
552
00:39:00,549 --> 00:39:03,342
the entire program would
probably be canceled.
553
00:39:29,828 --> 00:39:32,330
This is Apollo Saturn Launch Control.
554
00:39:32,331 --> 00:39:34,999
The crew are aboard the
spacecraft, the hatch is closed,
555
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:38,252
and everything seems to be
proceeding satisfactorily.
556
00:39:38,253 --> 00:39:41,339
In just a few moments, there will
be a scheduled hold in the count
557
00:39:41,340 --> 00:39:44,091
at exactly T-minus two hours.
558
00:39:44,092 --> 00:39:47,637
Built-in hold in five, four,
559
00:39:47,638 --> 00:39:51,265
three, two, one.
560
00:39:51,266 --> 00:39:52,350
Holding.
561
00:39:52,351 --> 00:39:55,311
The count has been held
at T-minus two hours.
562
00:39:55,312 --> 00:39:57,772
Flight Director Gene Kranz
is now giving last-minute...
563
00:39:57,773 --> 00:40:00,274
Jim, I want you to bring in
the backups and lock the doors.
564
00:40:00,275 --> 00:40:02,402
- Cut the video and the mics.
- You got it, Flight.
565
00:40:21,672 --> 00:40:24,633
Till a few weeks ago, I thought
I knew what today was all about.
566
00:40:26,593 --> 00:40:28,512
I thought it was about being first.
567
00:40:30,138 --> 00:40:32,349
Turns out the stakes are
much bigger than that.
568
00:40:33,934 --> 00:40:36,478
Today is about the
future of our country.
569
00:40:37,229 --> 00:40:38,397
The future of the world.
570
00:40:39,690 --> 00:40:42,608
Because if we fail in our mission today,
571
00:40:42,609 --> 00:40:45,362
the United States will
turn away from space,
572
00:40:46,363 --> 00:40:47,823
turn away from the future.
573
00:40:48,699 --> 00:40:52,286
Bogged down by war, poverty, hatred.
574
00:40:54,705 --> 00:40:55,998
And the future?
575
00:40:57,332 --> 00:40:59,376
Well, the future will
belong to the Soviet Union.
576
00:41:00,043 --> 00:41:03,589
They will be the ones reaching
into space for all of mankind.
577
00:41:05,632 --> 00:41:08,093
Now, I want you all to think
about that for a moment.
578
00:41:10,679 --> 00:41:13,264
What that means for the future,
579
00:41:13,265 --> 00:41:16,351
to look like the
"Marxist-Leninist way of life".
580
00:41:20,564 --> 00:41:22,316
But if we succeed,
581
00:41:23,525 --> 00:41:26,904
if we succeed in putting
Apollo 11 on the moon,
582
00:41:27,905 --> 00:41:29,322
we're still in this thing.
583
00:41:29,323 --> 00:41:31,532
Still in the race.
584
00:41:31,533 --> 00:41:35,454
The future will be ours
to fight for and to win.
585
00:41:37,414 --> 00:41:39,290
We put a man on the moon today,
586
00:41:39,291 --> 00:41:41,835
I guarantee we are not stopping there.
587
00:41:42,961 --> 00:41:46,172
We'll go to Mars. Saturn.
588
00:41:46,173 --> 00:41:49,176
The asteroids, the stars, deep space.
589
00:41:49,968 --> 00:41:51,094
The galaxy.
590
00:41:52,638 --> 00:41:56,517
And then, then we're getting
answers to the big questions.
591
00:41:58,268 --> 00:42:01,438
Are we alone? Is there life out there?
592
00:42:04,566 --> 00:42:08,529
I am proud to be a member of this team,
593
00:42:09,947 --> 00:42:12,866
and I know that we will
succeed today in our mission...
594
00:42:13,951 --> 00:42:18,038
in putting two Americans on the moon.
595
00:42:18,830 --> 00:42:23,085
Because in this room, in this agency,
596
00:42:23,669 --> 00:42:25,254
in this country...
597
00:42:27,339 --> 00:42:29,132
failure is not an option.
598
00:42:43,146 --> 00:42:45,566
Kennedy Launch Control,
we are go for launch.
599
00:42:46,233 --> 00:42:49,193
Copy, Houston. We are
resuming the countdown.
600
00:43:11,842 --> 00:43:14,177
Flying for almost four days,
601
00:43:14,178 --> 00:43:17,492
the American spacecraft
known as the Eagle
602
00:43:17,493 --> 00:43:19,891
is on course toward the lunar surface.
603
00:43:19,892 --> 00:43:25,271
The spacecraft carrying Neil
Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
604
00:43:25,272 --> 00:43:27,857
is now now flying on its own power.
605
00:43:27,858 --> 00:43:32,404
It should start its descent
in approximately one hour.
606
00:43:38,812 --> 00:43:41,621
Why don't you give us
an idea of the landing stage
607
00:43:41,622 --> 00:43:43,540
of the lunar module in the Eagle?
608
00:43:44,082 --> 00:43:47,960
After separation, the LEM will
perform a pitch-up maneuver,
609
00:43:47,961 --> 00:43:50,630
then the two spacecraft will
back away from one another...
610
00:43:50,631 --> 00:43:52,757
Don't get too rowdy with the boys, okay?
611
00:43:52,758 --> 00:43:54,467
Try to behave.
612
00:43:54,468 --> 00:43:56,970
Well, hey, Shane. Have a seat. Welcome.
613
00:43:57,846 --> 00:43:59,639
- Hey. Come on in.
- Thanks.
614
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:01,520
- Can I take your purse?
- No. I'll set it down.
615
00:44:02,142 --> 00:44:06,313
... a short burn, which will send
them down towards the surface.
616
00:44:06,980 --> 00:44:09,358
... attempting this dangerous landing.
617
00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:21,161
Cheers.
618
00:44:21,912 --> 00:44:24,122
To Snoopy and what might have been.
619
00:44:29,962 --> 00:44:33,131
You ever think about what you
would have said if it'd been you?
620
00:44:35,133 --> 00:44:38,303
- What's that?
- If you were the first man on the moon.
621
00:44:39,304 --> 00:44:40,763
Probably something better than
622
00:44:40,764 --> 00:44:43,934
"I'm here for the Marxist-Leninist
way of fucking life", I'm sure.
623
00:44:46,478 --> 00:44:47,688
Never thought about it.
624
00:44:49,273 --> 00:44:50,566
Come on. Never?
625
00:44:51,859 --> 00:44:53,694
- Never once.
- Oh.
626
00:44:55,779 --> 00:44:57,114
I thought about it a lot.
627
00:44:57,823 --> 00:44:59,199
- Oh, yeah?
- Mmm.
628
00:45:00,242 --> 00:45:01,785
So, what would you have said, Gordo?
629
00:45:02,286 --> 00:45:03,578
- Thanks, Pam.
- Anytime, Ed.
630
00:45:03,579 --> 00:45:06,998
Well, first I thought, you know,
maybe quote one of the classics.
631
00:45:06,999 --> 00:45:09,458
Aristotle, Plutarch, Voltaire.
632
00:45:09,459 --> 00:45:10,502
Dean Martin.
633
00:45:12,504 --> 00:45:16,299
But then I thought, no, it
should be about today. Now.
634
00:45:16,300 --> 00:45:20,428
You know, the whole world seems
like it's tearing itself apart.
635
00:45:20,429 --> 00:45:23,682
War, death, hate.
636
00:45:25,100 --> 00:45:26,768
Chicago, last year.
637
00:45:27,394 --> 00:45:29,479
Man, Chicago last year.
638
00:45:30,022 --> 00:45:32,191
I never seen anything like that before.
639
00:45:33,150 --> 00:45:34,860
I love that city.
I went to school there.
640
00:45:34,861 --> 00:45:36,903
I had a bunch of friends, you know?
641
00:45:36,904 --> 00:45:39,697
And to be back there on those
streets where I went to school
642
00:45:39,698 --> 00:45:41,407
and see it all go down like that?
643
00:45:41,408 --> 00:45:44,119
You know, the cops just
beating on those kids?
644
00:45:44,912 --> 00:45:47,122
You remember? You know?
645
00:45:47,789 --> 00:45:50,249
Just crushing their
heads with their batons
646
00:45:50,250 --> 00:45:52,210
and just blood everywhere and they...
647
00:45:52,211 --> 00:45:53,879
I just never seen that before.
648
00:45:56,131 --> 00:46:00,135
To see the hate in their eyes.
649
00:46:01,220 --> 00:46:04,889
You know, they wanted to kill those
kids. They wanted to crush them.
650
00:46:04,890 --> 00:46:07,434
Right? Like they were just bugs.
651
00:46:08,101 --> 00:46:10,478
And I thought to myself,
"You know, maybe,
652
00:46:10,479 --> 00:46:13,398
maybe a man being up on the moon...
653
00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:20,029
might make people like that
just lift their eyes for a moment
654
00:46:20,030 --> 00:46:23,408
and look past that hate
and see something bigger.
655
00:46:25,285 --> 00:46:26,411
Bigger like...
656
00:46:28,580 --> 00:46:29,665
hope".
657
00:46:34,002 --> 00:46:35,546
So, what would you have said, Gordo?
658
00:46:36,922 --> 00:46:38,882
- Hmm?
- What would you have said?
659
00:46:39,633 --> 00:46:40,801
Um...
660
00:46:42,386 --> 00:46:43,387
Uh...
661
00:46:44,263 --> 00:46:45,472
I would've said...
662
00:46:46,765 --> 00:46:49,268
I'm Gordo Stevens and I come in peace.
663
00:46:54,690 --> 00:46:56,191
Three times a night.
664
00:47:03,657 --> 00:47:05,534
You're a stupid idiot.
665
00:47:07,327 --> 00:47:10,329
You're a stupid, stupid man.
666
00:47:10,330 --> 00:47:11,498
You had me.
667
00:47:25,370 --> 00:47:26,762
Eagle, Columbia, Houston.
668
00:47:26,763 --> 00:47:29,348
All systems are looking
good for going over the hill.
669
00:47:29,349 --> 00:47:30,726
Ten seconds to LOS.
670
00:47:31,351 --> 00:47:32,476
Roger that.
671
00:47:32,477 --> 00:47:33,804
Roger that, Houston.
672
00:47:33,805 --> 00:47:35,421
Talk to you on the other side.
673
00:47:46,033 --> 00:47:49,578
Loss of signal of Apollo
11. Reacquisition in 48 minutes.
674
00:47:53,081 --> 00:47:54,583
Good time for a head call.
675
00:47:59,713 --> 00:48:03,216
It's pretty disturbing,
but it was really good.
676
00:48:03,217 --> 00:48:04,968
- Mmm.
- You know, it sticks with you.
677
00:48:06,303 --> 00:48:07,471
Jon Voight is amazing.
678
00:48:08,680 --> 00:48:10,681
What did Gordo think of this movie?
679
00:48:10,682 --> 00:48:13,518
Oh, he was just upset that it
wasn't that kind of X-rated film.
680
00:48:13,519 --> 00:48:14,685
Of course he was.
681
00:48:14,686 --> 00:48:17,480
Marge. It's so good to see you.
682
00:48:17,481 --> 00:48:18,690
Well, well, well.
683
00:48:19,274 --> 00:48:21,067
The queen has arrived.
684
00:48:21,068 --> 00:48:23,903
- I thought you said she wasn't coming.
- I assumed she wasn't.
685
00:48:23,904 --> 00:48:25,863
If I had known Deke's
wife was gonna show up,
686
00:48:25,864 --> 00:48:27,949
I would've had the butler
bring out the good silver.
687
00:48:27,950 --> 00:48:30,493
- Hello, Karen.
- Hello.
688
00:48:30,494 --> 00:48:32,286
- Tracy.
- Marge.
689
00:48:32,287 --> 00:48:33,413
Are you busy right now?
690
00:48:34,331 --> 00:48:35,414
Not at all.
691
00:48:35,415 --> 00:48:36,917
Good. Excuse us.
692
00:48:38,919 --> 00:48:40,587
- Napkin.
- Thanks.
693
00:48:40,588 --> 00:48:42,140
It's a small spacecraft
694
00:48:42,141 --> 00:48:44,192
for three grown men
to live in full-time.
695
00:48:44,842 --> 00:48:46,468
- Should we sit down?
- Sure.
696
00:48:58,397 --> 00:49:02,234
Everyone believes it would be in
the best interests of the agency...
697
00:49:03,485 --> 00:49:05,236
and the country
698
00:49:05,237 --> 00:49:07,865
for Edward to make a public denial,
699
00:49:08,574 --> 00:49:14,036
stating emphatically that he was
grossly misquoted by that reporter
700
00:49:14,037 --> 00:49:17,916
and strongly disassociating
himself from those remarks.
701
00:49:23,505 --> 00:49:26,300
I also think, in that instance,
702
00:49:27,926 --> 00:49:31,805
Deke would be able to persuade Dr.
von Braun to reinstate him on 15.
703
00:49:35,559 --> 00:49:39,104
- It's not that simple, Marge.
- Mmm.
704
00:49:44,193 --> 00:49:46,027
Eddie would never get up and lie.
705
00:49:46,028 --> 00:49:48,196
He went to Annapolis. Right?
706
00:49:48,197 --> 00:49:51,241
Duty, honor, country.
Those things matter to him.
707
00:49:52,784 --> 00:49:55,786
You don't have to go to Annapolis
to have integrity, Karen.
708
00:49:55,787 --> 00:49:59,040
No, I don't mean to imply
that, but I know my husband...
709
00:49:59,041 --> 00:50:00,626
Duty, honor, country.
710
00:50:02,085 --> 00:50:03,420
I believe in those things.
711
00:50:06,381 --> 00:50:07,424
Sometimes...
712
00:50:08,842 --> 00:50:10,427
you have to pick two.
713
00:50:19,102 --> 00:50:22,271
This is a very exciting time.
714
00:50:22,272 --> 00:50:25,650
Just one month ago, Russian
cosmonaut Alexei Leonov
715
00:50:25,651 --> 00:50:27,861
became the first man to
step foot on the moon.
716
00:50:28,779 --> 00:50:32,532
Now, American astronauts
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
717
00:50:32,533 --> 00:50:34,492
hope to do the same.
718
00:50:34,493 --> 00:50:38,579
Much preparation has
been made for this moment.
719
00:50:38,580 --> 00:50:42,209
Millions of people around
the world await their landing.
720
00:50:43,293 --> 00:50:45,712
Once they are on the moon's surface...
721
00:50:49,925 --> 00:50:51,468
Your father says he misses you.
722
00:50:53,053 --> 00:50:56,390
He says you don't call. You don't write.
723
00:50:57,850 --> 00:50:59,600
You should go home and see him.
724
00:50:59,601 --> 00:51:00,644
I'll call.
725
00:51:01,603 --> 00:51:03,230
Have you no wish to go home?
726
00:51:03,772 --> 00:51:06,733
No sentimental
attachments to Huntsville?
727
00:51:08,235 --> 00:51:10,070
To paraphrase a great man,
728
00:51:11,071 --> 00:51:15,075
"Alabama is not a place for feelings".
729
00:51:15,993 --> 00:51:18,829
Your tongue will get you
in trouble one day, Margo.
730
00:51:19,454 --> 00:51:20,706
So I've heard.
731
00:51:24,126 --> 00:51:27,420
One minute to reacquisition
of signal from Apollo 11.
732
00:51:27,421 --> 00:51:28,922
One minute to reacquisition.
733
00:51:29,965 --> 00:51:33,010
All the work was for this moment.
734
00:51:33,760 --> 00:51:37,097
We are about to land a man on the moon.
735
00:51:42,477 --> 00:51:43,478
Come.
736
00:51:50,944 --> 00:51:52,279
Godspeed, Eagle.
737
00:51:54,364 --> 00:51:56,407
Eagle has begun its final descent...
738
00:51:56,408 --> 00:51:57,451
Final approach!
739
00:51:59,953 --> 00:52:01,078
Come on now, Neil.
740
00:52:01,079 --> 00:52:03,540
You got this, buddy!
Right down the pipe!
741
00:52:04,249 --> 00:52:06,667
Okay. Gather round, gather
round. Come on, kids. Come on.
742
00:52:06,668 --> 00:52:09,378
- Come on. Sit down, Shane.
- They're heading for the landing.
743
00:52:09,379 --> 00:52:10,671
Isn't this exciting?
744
00:52:10,672 --> 00:52:14,258
... two men to descend from
orbit to the moon's surface
745
00:52:14,259 --> 00:52:15,718
and then back up again.
746
00:52:15,719 --> 00:52:16,844
Cheers.
747
00:52:16,845 --> 00:52:18,596
It is a marvel of modern engineering.
748
00:52:25,312 --> 00:52:26,592
There it is.
749
00:52:27,856 --> 00:52:29,900
There is a crossing
half a mile to the east.
750
00:52:36,031 --> 00:52:37,157
This way.
751
00:52:40,035 --> 00:52:41,786
Turn that off!
752
00:52:41,787 --> 00:52:43,288
Silence from now on!
753
00:52:51,129 --> 00:52:53,529
Beta ARM. Altitudes are a little high.
754
00:52:57,928 --> 00:53:00,973
Houston, I'm getting a little
fluctuation in the AC voltage now.
755
00:53:02,933 --> 00:53:05,476
Roger. Looks good to us. You're
still looking good at three.
756
00:53:05,477 --> 00:53:06,603
Coming up three minutes.
757
00:53:08,581 --> 00:53:10,401
Our position checks downrange
758
00:53:10,402 --> 00:53:11,966
show us to be a little long.
759
00:53:21,493 --> 00:53:24,288
AGS has gone about two feet per
second greater than it should be.
760
00:53:26,206 --> 00:53:27,822
Roger. That still looks good to us.
761
00:53:27,823 --> 00:53:29,917
You are go. You are go for landing.
762
00:53:29,918 --> 00:53:32,379
Roger. Understood. Go for landing.
763
00:53:34,631 --> 00:53:35,924
Three thousand feet.
764
00:53:37,050 --> 00:53:38,718
Eight hundred feet.
765
00:53:38,719 --> 00:53:41,054
Eight hundred feet.
Into the AGS, 47 degrees.
766
00:53:41,972 --> 00:53:43,724
Eagle, looking great. You're go.
767
00:53:45,058 --> 00:53:46,351
Thirty-five degrees.
768
00:53:47,728 --> 00:53:52,190
Thirty-five degrees.
750. Coming down to 23.
769
00:53:52,191 --> 00:53:53,400
Copy.
770
00:53:54,151 --> 00:53:56,612
Three hundred feet, down
three and a half, 47 forward.
771
00:53:58,238 --> 00:53:59,823
Altitude velocity light.
772
00:54:00,782 --> 00:54:01,992
Watch your shadow out there.
773
00:54:04,244 --> 00:54:05,579
I see the shadow.
774
00:54:06,455 --> 00:54:09,041
Wait. Got some boulders up ahead.
775
00:54:09,666 --> 00:54:10,667
Right in our path.
776
00:54:11,293 --> 00:54:14,378
I'm going long, looking
for a better site.
777
00:54:14,379 --> 00:54:15,380
Thrusting forward.
778
00:54:16,632 --> 00:54:19,133
One hundred feet, three and
a half down, nine forward.
779
00:54:19,134 --> 00:54:20,760
Five percent.
780
00:54:20,761 --> 00:54:22,429
Control, how much
fuel does he have left?
781
00:54:22,930 --> 00:54:24,014
Twenty seconds, Flight.
782
00:54:25,593 --> 00:54:27,099
Seventy-five feet.
783
00:54:27,100 --> 00:54:29,645
Rocks everywhere. Still
looking for a spot to set down.
784
00:54:30,312 --> 00:54:31,730
He's outside the safety margin.
785
00:54:33,565 --> 00:54:34,733
Should we abort?
786
00:54:37,069 --> 00:54:39,905
Neil knows the situation.
It's his spacecraft now.
787
00:54:42,407 --> 00:54:44,201
Lights on. Twenty feet.
788
00:54:45,244 --> 00:54:46,619
Kicking up some dust.
789
00:54:46,620 --> 00:54:48,538
- Lot of dust.
- Drifting right.
790
00:54:48,539 --> 00:54:49,540
Watch that one!
791
00:54:50,415 --> 00:54:51,458
Watch it!
792
00:54:52,167 --> 00:54:53,252
We've lost telemetry.
793
00:54:53,919 --> 00:54:54,920
No bioreadings!
794
00:54:55,460 --> 00:54:56,526
Lost contact.
795
00:54:56,527 --> 00:54:59,423
AGC is negative. And no data
from the onboard computer.
796
00:54:59,424 --> 00:55:00,883
Flight, I've got nothing here.
797
00:55:00,884 --> 00:55:02,484
- I've lost the whole board!
- No signal!
798
00:55:08,809 --> 00:55:10,894
Settle down, people. Settle!
799
00:55:12,980 --> 00:55:15,003
CAPCOM, see if you can raise the LEM.
800
00:55:15,858 --> 00:55:17,734
Eagle, Houston. Do you read?
801
00:55:20,028 --> 00:55:22,155
Eagle, this is Houston. Do you read?
802
00:55:27,828 --> 00:55:29,872
Eagle, this is Houston, do you copy?
803
00:55:31,456 --> 00:55:33,666
Eagle, Houston. Do you read?
804
00:55:33,667 --> 00:55:35,227
CAPCOM, see if Columbia can reach them.
805
00:55:35,878 --> 00:55:38,033
Columbia, Houston.
We've lost contact with the Eagle.
806
00:55:38,034 --> 00:55:39,197
See if you can raise them.
807
00:55:39,715 --> 00:55:41,257
Roger that, Houston.
808
00:55:41,258 --> 00:55:43,552
Eagle, Columbia. Do you read? Over.
809
00:55:45,804 --> 00:55:49,266
Eagle, this is Columbia. Can you
copy my transmission? Come back.
810
00:55:53,145 --> 00:55:54,854
Eagle, this is Columbia.
811
00:55:54,855 --> 00:55:56,064
How do you read?
812
00:56:02,696 --> 00:56:05,324
Eagle, this is Houston. Do you copy?
813
00:56:05,908 --> 00:56:06,909
Over.
814
00:56:12,998 --> 00:56:15,167
Is it possible the spacecraft exploded?
815
00:56:16,126 --> 00:56:17,960
Unlikely.
816
00:56:17,961 --> 00:56:19,462
If the LEM had exploded,
817
00:56:19,463 --> 00:56:21,422
we would have seen some precursor events
818
00:56:21,423 --> 00:56:23,424
in the telemetry stream
before we lost signal.
819
00:56:23,425 --> 00:56:26,469
They're outta fuel, so
they're definitely down.
820
00:56:26,470 --> 00:56:28,137
Maybe it was just communications.
821
00:56:28,138 --> 00:56:29,640
And all telemetry? No.
822
00:56:30,682 --> 00:56:32,541
These are independent systems.
823
00:56:32,542 --> 00:56:35,831
They could not fail
simultaneously unless
824
00:56:35,832 --> 00:56:37,696
there was a catastrophic event.
825
00:56:39,733 --> 00:56:40,859
So they crashed?
826
00:56:41,860 --> 00:56:43,153
Most likely.
827
00:56:44,947 --> 00:56:46,614
The skin on the Eagle is so thin,
828
00:56:46,615 --> 00:56:49,034
you could punch a hole
in it with a screwdriver.
829
00:56:52,579 --> 00:56:55,081
At least they were in their suits.
830
00:56:55,082 --> 00:56:57,876
So, they could've survived
a breach of the LEM's hull.
831
00:57:02,798 --> 00:57:06,008
If they are alive, what's
our contingency plan?
832
00:57:06,009 --> 00:57:07,927
There is no contingency plan.
833
00:57:07,928 --> 00:57:11,056
There is no way to effect a
rescue from the lunar surface.
834
00:57:11,974 --> 00:57:15,769
Columbia will pass over
Tranquility in 54 minutes.
835
00:57:16,562 --> 00:57:18,146
There's a telescope on board.
836
00:57:18,647 --> 00:57:20,357
Maybe Mike can see something from orbit.
837
00:57:21,441 --> 00:57:24,319
Eagle, this is Houston.
Do you copy? Over.
838
00:57:33,412 --> 00:57:36,581
I'm coming up on the
Sea of Tranquility now.
839
00:57:36,582 --> 00:57:38,792
I'm following the surface terrain.
840
00:57:39,751 --> 00:57:42,337
I think the landing site
should be coming up soon.
841
00:57:43,046 --> 00:57:45,966
Can't see anything yet. Nothing.
842
00:57:47,217 --> 00:57:50,428
Can't see... Wait. There.
843
00:57:50,429 --> 00:57:52,180
Don't know if you can see this.
844
00:57:52,181 --> 00:57:53,556
I don't see anything.
845
00:57:53,557 --> 00:57:55,224
Mike's got a better
view through the scope.
846
00:57:55,225 --> 00:57:57,518
We're just looking
at a shitty TV screen.
847
00:57:57,519 --> 00:58:00,021
I see Eagle.
848
00:58:00,022 --> 00:58:01,631
I'd say she's about
849
00:58:01,632 --> 00:58:05,151
six to eight miles southwest
to the targeted landing site.
850
00:58:05,152 --> 00:58:08,362
Seems to be in a pretty rocky area.
851
00:58:08,363 --> 00:58:10,406
Can't see any movement or activity.
852
00:58:10,407 --> 00:58:12,087
He wouldn't be able
to from that altitude.
853
00:58:12,743 --> 00:58:14,411
At least we know where they are.
854
00:58:15,287 --> 00:58:17,956
Eagle, this is Houston.
Do you copy? Over.
855
00:58:18,665 --> 00:58:21,626
Thousands have gathered
in cities across the world,
856
00:58:21,627 --> 00:58:23,600
waiting with bated breath for any word
857
00:58:23,601 --> 00:58:26,130
on the fate of Apollo 11 and its crew.
858
00:58:26,131 --> 00:58:30,051
But as more time passes,
hope is beginning to fade.
859
00:58:30,052 --> 00:58:33,244
In Rome, Pope Paul led
the faithful in prayers
860
00:58:33,245 --> 00:58:34,680
for the return of the men,
861
00:58:34,681 --> 00:58:36,182
quoting the Ninth Psalm,
862
00:58:36,183 --> 00:58:39,728
"The Lord is a stronghold
in times of trouble".
863
00:58:42,231 --> 00:58:45,165
To recap: It's been over four hours
864
00:58:45,166 --> 00:58:48,219
since radio contact with
the Eagle was lost...
865
00:58:48,737 --> 00:58:51,572
Karen, you and Louanne head
over to the Aldrin house.
866
00:58:51,573 --> 00:58:53,699
Betty and Jackie, to the Collins.
867
00:58:53,700 --> 00:58:56,077
Linda, you come with me
over to the Armstrongs.
868
00:58:56,078 --> 00:58:57,828
There's gonna be a
lot of press out there,
869
00:58:57,829 --> 00:58:59,872
but you just push past
them and say "No comment".
870
00:58:59,873 --> 00:59:01,707
Everyone else, stay here
with Tracy and the kids
871
00:59:01,708 --> 00:59:03,335
and hold down the fort, please.
872
00:59:03,836 --> 00:59:05,295
Stay by your phones.
873
00:59:06,129 --> 00:59:07,631
I think it's gonna be a long night.
874
00:59:09,716 --> 00:59:10,717
Let's go.
875
00:59:17,499 --> 00:59:18,516
Mr. President,
876
00:59:18,517 --> 00:59:21,060
after running various simulations
877
00:59:21,061 --> 00:59:22,186
it is our judgment
878
00:59:22,187 --> 00:59:24,313
that the likelihood of the astronauts
879
00:59:24,314 --> 00:59:27,358
having survived a crash of this nature
880
00:59:27,359 --> 00:59:29,068
... is very low.
881
00:59:29,069 --> 00:59:31,404
It's...
882
00:59:31,405 --> 00:59:32,738
such a tragedy.
883
00:59:32,739 --> 00:59:35,262
There is a statement
that was prepared for you
884
00:59:35,263 --> 00:59:37,034
in just this eventuality.
885
00:59:37,035 --> 00:59:38,115
Yeah, I've read it.
886
00:59:38,620 --> 00:59:39,620
I'll...
887
00:59:40,455 --> 00:59:43,417
alert the networks that I want
airtime to address the nation.
888
00:59:47,254 --> 00:59:48,839
"In ancient days..."
889
00:59:50,132 --> 00:59:52,091
... better ancient times, I think.
890
00:59:52,092 --> 00:59:54,177
"In ancient times..."
891
00:59:54,178 --> 00:59:58,599
"men looked at stars and saw their
heroes in the constellations".
892
00:59:59,558 --> 01:00:01,977
"In modern times we do much the same..."
893
01:00:02,728 --> 01:00:05,772
"but our heroes are epic
men of flesh and blood..."
894
01:00:07,024 --> 01:00:10,027
"and these men will remain
the foremost in our hearts".
895
01:00:10,777 --> 01:00:12,296
"For every human being
896
01:00:12,297 --> 01:00:15,223
who looks up at the moon
in the nights to come..."
897
01:00:16,116 --> 01:00:18,869
"will know that there is some
corner of another world..."
898
01:00:19,536 --> 01:00:21,413
"that is forever mankind".
899
01:00:23,040 --> 01:00:26,083
Okay, that's great. We'll
do it just like that.
900
01:00:59,159 --> 01:01:02,162
There's nothing left
for us to do in the back,
901
01:01:03,163 --> 01:01:04,540
so they let us go.
902
01:01:06,416 --> 01:01:08,126
There is an old superstition.
903
01:01:09,461 --> 01:01:12,256
Never drink to a success
before it happens.
904
01:01:12,881 --> 01:01:16,092
Not very scientific, but good advice.
905
01:01:16,093 --> 01:01:18,470
Doctor, we have a problem.
906
01:01:22,266 --> 01:01:24,976
Mike, I think we all
understand how you feel, but...
907
01:01:24,977 --> 01:01:28,437
All due respect, Houston, I
don't think you do understand.
908
01:01:28,438 --> 01:01:29,989
I decided a long time ago
909
01:01:29,990 --> 01:01:31,315
that if something like
this were to happen,
910
01:01:31,316 --> 01:01:33,442
that I wasn't coming home alone.
911
01:01:33,443 --> 01:01:35,152
I'm staying right where I am.
912
01:01:35,153 --> 01:01:36,572
Columbia, out.
913
01:01:37,155 --> 01:01:39,490
He doesn't get to make that decision.
914
01:01:39,491 --> 01:01:41,033
Give him a direct command. An order.
915
01:01:41,034 --> 01:01:44,078
The man's 200,000 miles away.
How you gonna enforce it?
916
01:01:44,079 --> 01:01:46,581
I am not calling the
president and telling him
917
01:01:46,582 --> 01:01:50,376
that Michael Collins
refuses to come home alone.
918
01:01:50,377 --> 01:01:52,086
Find his wife. Get her to talk to him.
919
01:01:52,087 --> 01:01:53,296
Oh, Jesus Christ.
920
01:01:53,297 --> 01:01:56,007
Please tell me we are not
gonna bring this man's wife in.
921
01:02:05,726 --> 01:02:08,811
Houston. Tranquility Base
here. Do you read? Over.
922
01:02:08,812 --> 01:02:11,189
Tranquility Base,
Houston. Neil, is that you?
923
01:02:11,190 --> 01:02:13,232
That's affirmative, Houston.
924
01:02:13,233 --> 01:02:16,319
Just wanted to let you know
that the Eagle has landed.
925
01:02:16,320 --> 01:02:18,529
She might have clipped a
feather or two on the way down,
926
01:02:18,530 --> 01:02:21,616
but she's still here, and so are we.
927
01:02:34,213 --> 01:02:35,671
Copy that, Tranquility.
928
01:02:35,672 --> 01:02:38,300
You just made a whole lot of
people very happy down here.
929
01:02:39,051 --> 01:02:40,718
Glad to hear it, Houston.
930
01:02:40,719 --> 01:02:43,472
We're pretty happy up here
too, to tell you the truth.
931
01:02:44,681 --> 01:02:46,683
I think I got this camera working, Neil.
932
01:02:49,603 --> 01:02:51,188
We have a picture, Eagle.
933
01:02:54,316 --> 01:02:55,796
Not one of my better landings.
934
01:02:56,568 --> 01:02:59,028
But like we used to say in the navy,
935
01:02:59,029 --> 01:03:01,532
any landing that you can
walk away from is a good one.
936
01:03:03,075 --> 01:03:04,325
We had a rough start,
937
01:03:04,326 --> 01:03:07,663
but we've decided to pick
ourselves up and get back to work.
938
01:03:13,043 --> 01:03:14,878
Well, we did it.
939
01:03:15,504 --> 01:03:16,922
We're on the moon.
940
01:03:18,090 --> 01:03:19,675
Now we gotta get 'em home.