For All Mankind 1x1

1. I believe that this nation shouldcommit itself to achieving the goal

2. before this decade is outof landing a man on the moon

3. and returning him safely to the Earth.

4. I don't think that we can exaggeratethe great advantage

5. which the Soviet Union secured in the '50sby being first in space.

6. They were able to give prestigeto their system.

7. They were able to give forceto their argument

8. that they were an advancing society,

9. and that we were on the decline.

10. Our great system will be judged

11. by how we do in the field of space...

12. and therefore this country.

13. Both political parties have determinedthat the United States shall be first.

14. Quite obviously, if we fail, we're humiliated,

15. here and around the world.

16. Aleida, my dear. Your mamma wants you.

17. Still no further wordon the progress of the spacecraft

18. toward the surface of the moon.

19. But we believe thatit will be touching down any minute now.

20. The last official report we have said

21. that the landing vehicle was descendingtoward the surface...

22. Mama.

23. How long do we have to watch this?

24. They just talk, talk, talk...

25. Aleida. This is special.

26. You'll remember thisthe rest of your life.

27. This is the beginning of the future.

28. You can be part of that.

29. Maybe even go to the moon one day.

30. You should be in bed. The doctor says you need rest—

31. Never mind the doctor.

32. I want to be here for this.

33. With her.

34. So she'll remember.

35. the spacecraft has landed.

36. Can we confirm that?

37. Yes.

38. They are on the moon, ladies and gentlemen.

39. Radio and television signals from the moon

40. take less than two secondsto reach us here on Earth.

41. So if we do get television pictures,

42. they'll be essentially broadcasting live.

43. That's right.

44. Live from the moon.

45. In the United Kingdom, we're toldthat Queen Elizabeth II was awakened

46. when first reportsof the pending moon landing was received.

47. And in Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito...

48. Are they down? The radio wasn't sure if they landed or—

49. They're down. They're down.

50. There's no video yet, but they're down.

51. At the Vatican, Pope Paul VI positioned—

52. One of the most shocking eventsof my lifetime.

53. This will shake things up in this country.I'll tell you that right now.

54. Things will never be the same.

55. are little more than guesswork.

56. But experts have long anticipateda possible viewership

57. of over 500 million people.

58. Is this really happening?

59. I'm hearing we're getting a picture.

60. Is that right? We have a picture?

61. Sid, can we patch into...

62. Got it.

63. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a live signal from the moon.

64. Having some trouble seeing it.

65. There, I see it. There it is.

66. Amazing.

67. Just unbelievable.

68. The shock across the nation at this event.

69. Indeed, the shock across the worldis just indescribable.

70. What was considered a fantasyjust a short time ago

71. is coming true right before our eyes.

72. I believe we're looking at the legsof the lunar lander.

73. There at the bottom of your screenis what appears to be a ladder.

74. No word yet on when someone will beclimbing down that ladder, but—

75. Wait, wait. Here we go.

76. I see something.

77. There he is. We have him.

78. Oh, my goodness. Wow.

79. Can you believe it?

80. After thousands of years, ladies and gentlemen,

81. gazing up in the heavensand dreaming of this day,

82. a man is about to set foot on the moon.

83. Don't know what he's saying, obviously,

84. man's first words from the moon, in just a minute.

85. Okay, we have the translation now,

86. and these are the wordsthat Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov,

87. the first man to set foot on the moon,

88. spoke just moments ago.

89. "I take this step for my country, for my people,

90. and for the Marxist-Leninist way of life.

91. Knowing that today is but one small step

92. on a journey that somedaywill take us all to the stars."

93. I'm not sure what to say.

94. Perhaps there are no words.

95. So, for now,

96. we'll let you soak inthis historic moment...

97. and reflect on what it meansfor our country...

98. and for the world.

99. How the hell did this happen?

100. Those bastards at NASA have been actinglike they had everything under control,

101. and then they fumble the ballright at the goddamn goal line.

102. Right at the goal!

103. Yes, sir, it sure looks that way.

104. CIA is working up a review of their intelover the last year

105. to see if they missed any signsof Soviet advances that—

106. They missed the whole goddamn thing!

107. The whole match!

108. You know how the press is gonna play this, don't you?

109. The New York Times is going to say that

110. Kennedy started the moon race,

111. Johnson ran it,

112. and then Nixon tripped at the goal line.

113. That's what it's gonna be.

114. They're gonna try and hang thisaround my neck,

115. but they're not gonna succeed.

116. No, sir.

117. I'll tell you that right goddamn now.

118. Not Nixon.

119. Shane, let's go. Shake a leg. Bus is almost here.

120. - Last day of school?-Next week.

121. One more week to go, sailor.

122. Yeah, I know.

123. What?

124. - I mean, yes, sir.-That's right.

125. They shoulda let you land,

126. then we woulda been first.

127. Yeah. Well, that wasn't my mission, buddy.

128. Hey. Here's your lunch, okay?

129. - Let's get going.-Thank you.

130. Hey, you have a good day, okay?

131. - Yeah. Bye, Dad.-Bye-bye.

132. Love you, sweetie. Have a good day.

133. - Thank you.-Okay.

134. So, how do you thinkit's gonna affect the program?

135. I don't know. Deke's calledan all-hands meeting this morning.

136. So, I guess we'll find out then.

137. I hope they still fly Apollo 15.

138. Yeah.

139. Me too.

140. Hey, do you want meto save this or toss it?

141. Toss it.

142. Okay.

143. Save it.

144. - Morning, Poppy.-Morning.

145. - Morning, sir.-Morning.

146. Apollo 11 is scheduled to flyin two and a half weeks.

147. Neil, Buzz, Mike and their backup crewwill continue training as planned.

148. Beyond that, there's been no word from the top.

149. So, training for Apollos 12 to 20will also continue as planned...

150. but not today.

151. I was at the Capewith the rest of the Mercury astronauts

152. when Jim Webb came down and told usthe Russians put the first man in space.

153. Webb wanted usto put a good face on for the press.

154. So we did, but not for a while.

155. First, we had to be pissed off,

156. and we were.

157. Gus could hardly speak. And Al...

158. Glad Al Shepard's not here today.

159. Al was really pissed. Even Glenn.

160. Yes, believe it or not, gentlemen,

161. John Glenn actually said the word "fuck."

162. So before we go back to work, it's time to be pissed!

163. All training evolutions for todayhave been canceled.

164. I suggest you all take the weekendto go out, get drunk,

165. kick your dog, gnash your teeth, howl at the moon,

166. or do whatever suits your purpose.

167. Come Monday morning...

168. we're back to work.

169. That is all.

170. So, Outpost?

171. Last one buys.

172. Who had love that's now departed

173. I know I've got to find

174. Some kind of peace of mind

175. Maybe

176. I'm searching though I don't succeed

177. But someone lookThere's a growing need

178. All is lostThere's no place for beginning

179. All that's left is an unhappy ending

180. Now what becomes of the brokenhearted

181. Pam.

182. Who had love that's now departed

183. I know I've got to find

184. Some kind of peace of mind

185. All right. Fine.

186. - Pam! Pam!-All right!

187. Come on up, Pam.

188. Set it off. Set it off.

189. - Pam, throw it.-No!

190. - One more round?-Yeah!

191. The president wants answers, and he wants them now.

192. We at NASA were given no indicationthe Soviets were so close to a landing.

193. The intelligence provided by the CIAwas faulty and inaccurate.

194. Hold on now. Wait a minute.

195. Langley's not taking the fall for this.

196. We did report two launchesof the Soviet N-1 rocket.

197. One launch in January, and then one this past week.

198. Both launches were duly notedin our intel reports to you.

199. You said they were unmanned tests.

200. We said we had a 95% confidence levelthe January vehicle was unmanned.

201. But we only had 80% confidenceon the second launch.

202. Only 80%.

203. The president must understand

204. that our technology is vastly superiorto the Russians'.

205. The N-1 is a crudeand unsophisticated vehicle

206. compared to the Saturn V.

207. All the president cares about right now

208. is getting an American on the moonas soon as possible.

209. Can you move up the launch of Apollo 11?

210. The vehicle could be ready,

211. but the phase of the moonwould not be correct.

212. The phase of the moon? Come on.

213. He's right.

214. If the phase of the moon is not correct,

215. there won't be enough lighton the surface.

216. And we cannot land in darkness.

217. Shit.

218. Our program is much more robust, more capable in every way.

219. We will not only match the Soviets, we will surpass them.

220. NASA is prepared to extendmanned exploration beyond the moon.

221. Mankind's journey into the cosmoshas only just begun.

222. Yes?

223. Deke, just last month you sent Apollo 10all the way to the moon

224. for what you called a "dress rehearsal'for the landing.

225. But Ed Baldwin and Gordo Stevensactually piloted the lunar module

226. down to within eight miles of the surface.

227. They were so close.

228. Why didn't they just land?

229. If they had, we'd have beaten the Russiansby a full month.

230. Landing wasn't in the mission plan.

231. Apollo 10 was intended to test equipmentand procedures for the actual landing.

232. And it was a complete success.

233. But they could've landed, right?

234. They could've been first.

235. An American, Edward Baldwin, could have been the first man on the moon.

236. No, this is not true.

237. There was insufficient fuelfor such an attempt.

238. And the spacecraft weighed too muchfor a landing.

239. It was never considered. Never.

240. Yes?

241. How we doin'?

242. George, good to see ya.

243. - How ya feelin'?-Hey.

244. How we doing today, fellas?

245. Not at all? You don't have a commentat all about any of this?

246. No comment.

247. - Zero?-Zero comment.

248. - That's... -What's there to talk about?

249. I couldn't think of a thing.

250. All right, I'll buy the next round, okay? Thanks.

251. What's up, big man?

252. - Hey, how we doing today?-Good, man.

253. Good to see you again. Good to see you.

254. - It's kinda shitty.-Kinda shitty. Right.

255. That's what I've been hearingfrom everyone else.

256. Can you give me something?

257. You don't need that.

258. Well, what about you two?

259. Any thoughts from the crew of Apollo 10on this dark day?

260. Not a one. We're just here blowing off some steam.

261. Come on. You guys were pretty close.

262. Got eight miles above the surface.

263. So close you just reach outand grab a handful of moondust.

264. And then NASA decides to bring you home.

265. That must sting.

266. Don't matter.

267. That was our mission.It was a practice run.

268. Dress rehearsal.

269. Wasted opportunity?

270. Wouldn't go that far.

271. Well, you were there. Are you sayingthere wasn't an opportunity to land?

272. Not in the mission plan.

273. Yeah, okay. Fair enough. But in retrospect, should it have been?

274. I mean, knowing what you know now,

275. wouldn't the smart move have beenfor Apollo 10 to land on the moon?

276. It's not a matter of smarts.

277. Yeah.

278. Yeah, I guess not. NASA's full of smart people.

279. Of course, I guess it's a moot point

280. since there wasn't enough fuel on board, and the LEM was too heavy to land anyway.

281. Bunch of bullshit.

282. Snoopy was heavier than Eagle.

283. Had a little less fuel.

284. But all that means is we woulda hada little narrower safety margin

285. if we'd gone for the landing.

286. - Ain't that right, Ed?-That's a fact.

287. I gotta hit the head.

288. So, Ed,

289. if you had the right equipment

290. and you had the opportunity,

291. and NASA is full of smart people,

292. what I can't figure is...

293. why they didn't have the gutsto let you land.

294. You got some balls, man.

295. I'm just saying.

296. I mean, NASA's always been knownfor its willingness to push the envelope.

297. I wanna just reach down there.

298. Scoop up a handful of moondust.

299. Not anymore.

300. Come on. I've been around you guys a lot.

301. You like beingon the bleeding edge of things.

302. Abort Descent Stage.

303. Three, two... one...

304. We used to.

305. We used to be like that.

306. I mean, hell, in Mercury and Gemini,

307. we hung it out there over the edgeevery single time we went up.

308. But those days are over.

309. You're right. We don't have guts at NASA anymore...

310. since the fire.

311. The Apollo 1 fire.

312. Okay, I loved those guys, all right. I...

313. Gus and Roger and Ed...

314. I think about them every day.I mean, we all do.

315. They were good men.

316. That's the thing. Good men die in test planes all the time.

317. But we don't change the whole cultureof flight test 'cause good men die.

318. We still get up thereand push the envelope every single day,

319. and maybe,

320. maybe today's the day you don't come back.

321. We all know that. It's always there.

322. But we get up there anyway, and we keep taking the risks.

323. But we stopped taking risks at NASA.

324. And that's why we lost the moon.

325. Thanks, Ed.

326. Aleida!

327. It's time to go!

328. Houston, Eagle. We have a program alarm.

329. It's a 12-02.

330. Copy that. 12-02.

331. Stand by, Eagle. We're checking.

332. In the meantime, yaw the antennaaround minus niner, yaw plus 18.

333. Copy. Minus nine, plus 18.

334. GUIDO, what's the story with that alarm?

335. Checking on it, Flight. Get right back to ya.

336. GUIDO, this is Margo.I think I recognize that alarm.

337. It's okay. They can still land.

338. Margo, you're outta your lane. This is a GUIDO issue.

339. I know the code.

340. Twelve-02 is a program alarm for the AGCsignaling "Executive overflow, no VAC."

341. The computer is rebooting itself, but it's not a problem.

342. Houston, we need a reading on the 12-02.

343. - GUIDO!-Still don't have it, Flight.

344. Okay, I'm calling it.

345. Abort the landing.

346. Eagle, Houston, abort. Repeat. Abort landing.

347. The fault is yours.

348. Why? Because I wasn't in my lane?

349. Because you hesitated.

350. I wanted to double-check my answer.

351. You knew the answer,

352. you hesitated, and the landing was aborted.

353. You're always telling me thatl have to respect the chain of command.

354. - Yes.-Well, in this situation,

355. I felt the chain of command—

356. No, not "feel."This is not a place for feelings.

357. Something is or it is not. That is science.

358. It's about fact.

359. You had the facts on your side, but you felt intimidated.

360. Yes?

361. - Yes?-Yes.

362. Well, that is the problem.

363. You want to be a flight controller,

364. to be FIDO on a real mission?

365. Then you must only do that which advances the work.

366. Understand?

367. Yes, Herr Doktor.

368. Good.

369. Tell your fatherl'm sending something for his birthday,

370. but he won't get it until after.

371. I will.

372. "We were right there.

373. So close you felt like you could reach outand grab a handful of moondust.

374. All it would've taken was some guts.

375. But we don't have guts at NASA anymore.

376. That's why we didn't beat the Russiansto the moon."

377. You are in the shit now, my friend.

378. How deep?

379. Above your eyeballs.

380. Von Braun wants you reassignedto the Apollo Applications Project

381. effective immediately.

382. Are you taking me off Apollo 15?

383. You took you off 15.

384. Von Braun wanted yououtta the program completely,

385. but I wouldn't let him go that far.

386. Apollo Applications.

387. Apollo Applications is Siberiawith a desk.

388. I didn't say anything in that article

389. that you and I haven't talked aboutin this very office.

390. - Jesus Christ.-We have gotten too timid since the fire.

391. We should be leaning forward insteadof worrying about every little goddamn—

392. Pull your head outta your ass, Ed!

393. Look around!

394. You wanna cry about Apollo 15? Let me tell you something.

395. There may not be an Apollo 12, much less 15.

396. What the hell are you talking about?

397. The country's in shock, Eddie.

398. Like Pearl Harbor shock.

399. American people thoughtwe had this thing in the bag,

400. then the Russians come alongand snatch it away at the last minute.

401. Congress is talking about hearings,

402. the president is lookingfor someone to blame,

403. and you just served upthe whole goddamn agency

404. for a necktie party.

405. They really mightcancel everything after 11?

406. That's usually what happenswhen the race is over.

407. Winner collects their prize,

408. loser goes home.

409. Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusettsannounced today

410. that he was canceling a weekend partyon Chappaquiddick Island

411. in order to return to Washingtonand confer with congressional leaders

412. on the need for hearings

413. into how the United Stateslost the race to the moon.

414. You know what Teddy's really doing, don't you?

415. That goddamn pissant'sgonna use these hearings

416. to grandstand against the administration.

417. Yep...

418. Gonna get up there and say how NASA wasbolder under his brother...

419. How they've lost their edge under Nixon...

420. Uh-huh.

421. This is the opening of the campaign,

422. Kennedy for President in '72 —just you watch.

423. God help us all.

424. I guess I'll start packing.

425. Right?

426. I mean, if you can't fly for NASA, you'll go back to the navy.

427. I don't know what I'm gonna do yet.

428. Well, are you gonna sit behind a desk?

429. - Hell no.-Exactly.

430. So, you'll go back to the navy, which means we're moving.

431. The next question now is where.

432. I don't know, are you gonna ask for Pax River?

433. I mean, Maryland's fine.

434. It beats Texas, I suppose.

435. I'm sure that Shane will grow to love it.

436. Look, I doubt they're gonna havean open slot on the flight test

437. just waiting for me to waltz in.

438. Okay, and if that's the case...

439. you'll ask for carrier duty then, right?

440. Commander of your own fighter squadron?

441. Which means, based on your past,

442. they will send you back to Seventh Fleet,

443. which means we'll be based out of Pearl.

444. I mean, housing isn't great,

445. but it's Oahu, so you can't complain, right?

446. Not that you'll see much of Oahu,

447. because you'll be commanding your squadronon your carrier on Yankee Station,

448. flying strike missions over Vietnam.

449. It's what I do, Karen.

450. That is a goddamn useless thing to say.

451. I didn't knowit was gonna blow up like this.

452. Why? Because you werejust two guys in a bar

453. talking and telling it like it is?

454. - Something like that.-To a reporter!

455. I thought there wassupposed to be this code.

456. The pilot's code that says you're notsupposed to talk about your feelings.

457. Like, how you might feelabout not landing on the moon,

458. or, I don't know, how you feelabout the whole damned space program.

459. The code says you're not supposedto talk about those things.

460. That's what you said. Not with your buddies,

461. not with your family, not with your wife.

462. - This has nothing to do—I mean, who knew?

463. Who knew that all it tookwas a couple of drinks in a dive bar

464. for you to break that code?

465. I'm gonna learn to drink with the guys.

466. Yeah, 'cause then I can find outhow my husband really feels about his job.

467. Or I'll just read about it in the newspapers with everyone else!

468. Right?

469. Your neck?

470. Yeah. Couch is too damn small.

471. I like it that way.

472. Why is that?

473. So there's no other choice.

474. The hell y'all looking at?

475. You never seen a lowly pudknockerfrom Apollo Applications?

476. Look,

477. I know there was some dumb son of a bitch

478. that shot his mouth off in the pressand made the whole agency look bad.

479. But I also know that

480. the crew of Apollo 11 is gonna makeeveryone forget about all that.

481. Because Neil, Buzz, Mike,

482. they're the kind of guyswho don't fold when things get tough.

483. They're the kinda guysthat might get knocked down...

484. but then they just pick themselves upand get back to work.

485. So, I'm here to help you boysget back to work.

486. Any way I can.

487. From Siberia...

488. I bring you adjusted fueland payload calculations for the S-IVB.

489. I think Siberia...

490. sits over there.

491. Two weeks to launch, gentlemen.

492. This will be our last meetingbefore 11 heads for the Cape,

493. so I want final checklists on my desk.

494. So, will he make the call?

495. I don't know.

496. Ziegler said the president wants to callthe astronauts on the moon,

497. but I think they'releaving themselves some wiggle room.

498. But it's another chance to demonstratethe superiority of our technology.

499. The Russian audio was terrible.

500. We will call a man on the moonfrom a telephone. I mean, it's amazing.

501. I told them. You know what Ziegler said?

502. "The president doesn't usually callthe silver medalist."

503. Got it!

504. It wasn't easy, but I got it.

505. Just glad we remembered.

506. Just as well. It was always extra weight.

507. Pilots.

508. We should have stuck with the monkeys.

509. Almost a month has passed

510. since the historic landingof a Soviet cosmonaut on the moon

511. shocked the world.

512. During that time, the crew of Apollo 11has continued to train and prepare

513. for their own historic landingon the lunar surface.

514. While the Nixon administration has madeno public commitment

515. to any landing beyond this one,

516. multiple anonymous sourcesin the White House have said

517. that if Apollo 11 were to end in failure,

518. the entire programwould probably be canceled.

519. This is Apollo Saturn Launch Control.

520. The crew are aboard the spacecraft, the hatch is closed,

521. and everything seemsto be proceeding satisfactorily.

522. In just a few moments, there will bea scheduled hold in the count

523. at exactly T-minus two hours.

524. Built-in hold in five, four,

525. three, two, one.

526. Holding.

527. The count has been heldat T-minus two hours.

528. Flight Director Gene Kranzis now giving last-minute...

529. Jim, I want you to bring in the backupsand lock the doors.

530. - Cut the video and the mics.-You got it, Flight.

531. Till a few weeks ago,I thought I knew what today was all about.

532. I thought it was about being first.

533. Turns outthe stakes are much bigger than that.

534. Today is about the future of our country.

535. The future of the world.

536. Because if we fail in our mission today,

537. the United States willturn away from space,

538. turn away from the future.

539. Bogged down by war, poverty, hatred.

540. And the future?

541. Well, the future will belongto the Soviet Union.

542. They will be the onesreaching into space for all of mankind.

543. Now, I want you all to think about thatfor a moment.

544. What that means for the future,

545. to look likethe "Marxist-Leninist way of life."

546. But if we succeed,

547. if we succeedin putting Apollo 11 on the moon,

548. we're still in this thing.

549. Still in the race.

550. The future will be oursto fight for and to win.

551. We put a man on the moon today,

552. I guarantee we are not stopping there.

553. We'll go to Mars. Saturn.

554. The asteroids, the stars, deep space.

555. The galaxy.

556. And then, then we're getting answersto the big questions.

557. Are we alone? Is there life out there?

558. I am proud to be a member of this team,

559. and I know that we will succeed todayin our mission...

560. in putting two Americans on the moon.

561. Because in this room, in this agency,

562. in this country...

563. failure is not an option.

564. Kennedy Launch Control, we are go for launch.

565. Copy, Houston. We are resuming the countdown.

566. Flying for almost four days,

567. the American spacecraft known as the Eagleis on course toward the lunar surface.

568. The spacecraft carryingNeil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

569. is now now flying on its own power.

570. It should start its descentin approximately one hour.

571. Why don't you give us an ideaof the landing stage

572. of the lunar module in the Eagle?

573. After separation, the LEM will perform a pitch-up maneuver,

574. then the two spacecraft willback away from one another...

575. Don't get too rowdy with the boys, okay?

576. Try to behave.

577. Well, hey, Shane. Have a seat. Welcome.

578. - Hey. Come on in.-Thanks.

579. - Can I take your purse?-No. I'll set it down.

580. a short burn, which will send themdown towards the surface.

581. attempting this dangerous landing.

582. Cheers.

583. To Snoopy and what might have been.

584. You ever think aboutwhat you would have said if it'd been you?

585. - What's that?-If you were the first man on the moon.

586. Probably something better than

587. "I'm here for the Marxist-Leninistway of fucking life," I'm sure.

588. Never thought about it.

589. Come on. Never?

590. Never once.

591. I thought about it a lot.

592. Oh, yeah?

593. So, what would you have said, Gordo?

594. - Thanks, Pam.-Anytime, Ed.

595. Well, first I thought, you know, maybe quote one of the classics.

596. Aristotle, Plutarch, Voltaire.

597. Dean Martin.

598. But then I thought, no, it should be about today. Now.

599. You know, the whole world seemslike it's tearing itself apart.

600. War, death, hate.

601. Chicago, last year.

602. Man, Chicago last year.

603. I never seen anything like that before.

604. I love that city. I went to school there.I had a bunch of friends, you know?

605. And to be back there on those streetswhere I went to school

606. and see it all go down like that?

607. You know, the cops just beating on those kids?

608. You remember? You know?

609. Just crushing their headswith their batons

610. and just blood everywhere and they—

611. I just never seen that before.

612. To see the hate in their eyes.

613. You know, they wanted to kill those kids. They wanted to crush them.

614. Right? Like they were just bugs.

615. And I thought to myself, "You know, maybe,

616. maybe a man being up on the moon...

617. might make people like that just lift their eyes for a moment

618. and look past that hateand see something bigger.

619. Bigger like...

620. hope."

621. So, what would you have said, Gordo?

622. What would you have said?

623. I would've said...

624. I'm Gordo Stevens and I come in peace.

625. Three times a night.

626. You're a stupid idiot.

627. You're a stupid, stupid man.

628. You had me.

629. Eagle, Columbia, Houston.

630. All systems are looking goodfor going over the hill.

631. Ten seconds to LOS.

632. Roger that.

633. Roger that, Houston.Talk to you on the other side.

634. Loss of signal of Apollo 11. Reacquisition in 48 minutes.

635. Good time for a head call.

636. It's pretty disturbing, but it was really good.

637. You know, it sticks with you.

638. Jon Voight is amazing.

639. What did Gordo think of this movie?

640. He was just upsetthat it wasn't that kind of X-rated film.

641. Of course he was.

642. Marge. It's so good to see you.

643. Well, well, well.

644. The queen has arrived.

645. - I thought you said she wasn't coming.-I assumed she wasn't.

646. If I had knownDeke's wife was gonna show up,

647. I would've had the butlerbring out the good silver.

648. - Hello, Karen.-Hello.

649. - Tracy.-Marge.

650. Are you busy right now?

651. Not at all.

652. Good. Excuse us.

653. - Napkin.-Thanks.

654. It's a small spacecraftfor three grown men to live in full-time.

655. - Should we sit down?-Sure.

656. Everyone believes it would bein the best interests of the agency...

657. and the country

658. for Edward to make a public denial,

659. stating emphatically thathe was grossly misquoted by that reporter

660. and strongly disassociating himselffrom those remarks.

661. I also think, in that instance,

662. Deke would be able to persuadeDr. Von Braun to reinstate him on 15.

663. It's not that simple, Marge.

664. Eddie would never get up and lie.

665. He went to Annapolis. Right?

666. Duty, honor, country. Those things matter to him.

667. You don't have to go to Annapolisto have integrity, Karen.

668. No, I don't mean to imply that, but I know my husband—

669. Duty, honor, country.

670. I believe in those things.

671. Sometimes...

672. you have to pick two.

673. This is a very exciting time.

674. Just one month ago, Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov

675. became the first manto step foot on the moon.

676. Now, American astronautsNeil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

677. hope to do the same.

678. Much preparation has been madefor this moment.

679. Millions of people around the worldawait their landing.

680. Once they are on the moon's surface...

681. Your father says he misses you.

682. He says you don't call. You don't write.

683. You should go home and see him.

684. I'll call.

685. Have you no wish to go home?

686. No sentimental attachments to Huntsville?

687. To paraphrase a great man,

688. "Alabama is not a place for feelings."

689. Your tongue will get you in troubleone day, Margo.

690. So I've heard.

691. One minute to reacquisition of signalfrom Apollo 11.

692. One minute to reacquisition.

693. All the work was for this moment.

694. We are about to land a man on the moon.

695. Come.

696. Godspeed, Eagle.

697. Eagle has begun its final descent...

698. Final approach!

699. Come on now, Neil.

700. You got this, buddy! Right down the pipe!

701. Okay. Gather round, gather round. Come on, kids. Come on.

702. - Come on. Sit down, Shane.-They're heading for the landing.

703. Isn't this exciting?

704. two men to descend from orbitto the moon's surface

705. and then back up again.

706. Cheers.

707. It is a marvel of modern engineering.

708. There it is.

709. There is a crossinghalf a mile to the east.

710. This way.

711. Turn that off!

712. Silence from now on!

713. Beta ARM. Altitudes are a little high.

714. Houston, I'm getting a little fluctuationin the AC voltage now.

715. Roger. Looks good to us.You're still looking good at three.

716. Coming up three minutes.

717. Our position checks downrangeshow us to be a little long.

718. AGS has gone about two feet per secondgreater than it should be.

719. Roger. That still looks good to us.You are go. You are go for landing.

720. Roger. Understood. Go for landing.

721. Three thousand feet.

722. Eight hundred feet.

723. Eight hundred feet. Into the AGS, 47 degrees.

724. Eagle, looking great. You're go.

725. Thirty-five degrees.

726. Thirty-five degrees.750. Coming down to 23.

727. Copy.

728. Three hundred feet, down three and a half, 47 forward.

729. Altitude velocity light.

730. Watch your shadow out there.

731. I see the shadow.

732. Wait. Got some boulders up ahead.

733. Right in our path.

734. I'm going long, looking for a better site.

735. Thrusting forward.

736. One hundred feet, three and a half down, nine forward.

737. Five percent.

738. Control, how much fuel does he have left?

739. Twenty seconds, Flight.

740. Seventy-five feet.

741. Rocks everywhere. Still looking for a spot to set down.

742. He's outside the safety margin.

743. Should we abort?

744. Neil knows the situation.It's his spacecraft now.

745. Lights on. Twenty feet.

746. Kicking up some dust.

747. - Lot of dust.-Drifting right.

748. Watch that one!

749. Watch it!

750. We've lost telemetry.

751. No bioreadings!

752. Lost contact.

753. AGC is negative. And no data from the on board computer.

754. Flight, I've got nothing here.

755. - I've lost the whole board!-No signal!

756. Settle down, people. Settle!

757. CAPCOM, see if you can raise the LEM.

758. Eagle, Houston. Do you read?

759. Eagle, this is Houston. Do you read?

760. Eagle, this is Houston, do you copy?

761. Eagle, Houston. Do you read?

762. CAPCOM, see if Columbia can reach them.

763. Columbia, Houston. We've lost contactwith the Eagle. See if you can raise them.

764. Roger that, Houston.

765. Eagle, Columbia. Do you read? Over.

766. Eagle, this is Columbia. Can you copy my transmission? Come back.

767. Eagle, this is Columbia.

768. How do you read?

769. Eagle, this is Houston. Do you copy?

770. Over.

771. Is it possible the spacecraft exploded?

772. Unlikely.

773. If the LEM had exploded,

774. we would have seen some precursor events

775. in the telemetry streambefore we lost signal.

776. They're outta fuel, so they're definitely down.

777. Maybe it was just communications.

778. And all telemetry? No.

779. These are independent systems.

780. They could not fail simultaneouslyunless there was a catastrophic event.

781. So they crashed?

782. Most likely.

783. The skin on the Eagle is so thin,

784. you could punch a hole in itwith a screwdriver.

785. At least they were in their suits.

786. So, they could've surviveda breach of the LEM's hull.

787. If they are alive, what's our contingency plan?

788. There is no contingency plan.

789. There is no way to effect a rescuefrom the lunar surface.

790. Columbia will pass over Tranquilityin 54 minutes.

791. There's a telescope on board.

792. Maybe Mike can see something from orbit.

793. Eagle, this is Houston. Do you copy? Over.

794. I'm coming upon the Sea of Tranquility now.

795. I'm following the surface terrain.

796. I think the landing siteshould be coming up soon.

797. Can't see anything yet. Nothing.

798. Can't see— Wait. There.

799. Don't know if you can see this.

800. I don't see anything.

801. Mike's got a better viewthrough the scope.

802. We're just looking at a shitty TV screen.

803. I see Eagle.

804. I'd say she's about six to eight milessouthwest to the targeted landing site.

805. Seems to be in a pretty rocky area.

806. Can't see any movement or activity.

807. He wouldn't be able to from that altitude.

808. At least we know where they are.

809. Eagle, this is Houston. Do you copy? Over.

810. Thousands have gatheredin cities across the world,

811. waiting with bated breath for any wordon the fate of Apollo 11 and its crew.

812. But as more time passes, hope is beginning to fade.

813. In Rome, Pope Paul led the faithfulin prayers for the return of the men,

814. quoting the Ninth Psalm,

815. "The Lord is a strongholdin times of trouble."

816. To recap: It's been over four hours sinceradio contact with the Eagle was lost...

817. Karen, you and Louannehead over to the Aldrin house.

818. Betty and Jackie, to the Collins.

819. Linda, you come with meover to the Armstrongs.

820. There's gonna be a lot of press out there,

821. but you just push past themand say "No comment."

822. Everyone else, stay here with Tracy and the kids

823. and hold down the fort, please.

824. Stay by your phones.

825. I think it's gonna be a long night.

826. Let's go.

827. Mr. President,

828. after running various simulations

829. it is our judgment

830. that the likelihood of the astronauts

831. having survived a crash of this nature

832. is very low.

833. It's...

834. such a tragedy.

835. There is a statement that was preparedfor you in just this eventuality.

836. Yeah, I've read it.

837. I'll...

838. alert the networks that I wantairtime to address the nation.

839. "In ancient days..."

840. —better ancient times, I think.

841. "In ancient times..."

842. "men looked at stars and saw theirheroes in the constellations."

843. "In modern times we do much the same..."

844. "but our heroes are epic menof flesh and blood..."

845. "and these men will remainthe foremost in our hearts."

846. "For every human being who looks upat the moon in the nights to come..."

847. "will know that there is some cornerof another world..."

848. "that is forever mankind."

849. Okay, that's great. We'll do it just like that.

850. There's nothing leftfor us to do in the back,

851. so they let us go.

852. There is an old superstition.

853. Never drink to a successbefore it happens.

854. Not very scientific, but good advice.

855. Doctor, we have a problem.

856. Mike, I think we all understandhow you feel, but...

857. All due respect, Houston,I don't think you do understand.

858. I decided a long time ago thatif something like this were to happen,

859. that I wasn't coming home alone.

860. I'm staying right where I am.

861. Columbia, out.

862. He doesn't get to make that decision.

863. Give him a direct command. An order.

864. The man's 200,000 miles away.How you gonna enforce it?

865. I am not calling the presidentand telling him

866. that Michael Collins refusesto come home alone.

867. Find his wife. Get her to talk to him.

868. Jesus Christ. Please tell mewe are not gonna bring this man's wife in.

869. Houston. Tranquility Base here.Do you read? Over.

870. Tranquility Base, Houston. Neil, is that you?

871. That's affirmative, Houston.

872. Just wanted to let you know that the Eagle has landed.

873. She might have clipped a feather or twoon the way down,

874. but she's still here, and so are we.

875. Copy that, Tranquility.

876. You just made a whole lot of peoplevery happy down here.

877. Glad to hear it, Houston.

878. We're pretty happy up here too, to tell you the truth.

879. I think I got this camera working, Neil.

880. We have a picture, Eagle.

881. Not one of my better landings.

882. But like we used to say in the navy,

883. any landing that you can walk away fromis a good one.

884. We had a rough start,

885. but we've decided to pick ourselves upand get back to work.

886. Well, we did it.

887. We're on the moon.