For All Mankind 1x2

1. A voyage around the moonmust be made in two phases.

2. A rocket shiptaking off from the Earth's surface

3. will use almost all the fuel it will carry

4. just to attain a speed great enoughto balance the pull of gravity.

5. Here we have a scale drawing of the Earthwith the moon 240,000 miles away.

6. This is the elliptical pathwhich our rocket ship will follow

7. going out and coming back.

8. And then you will use its primary system, the AGS instead of the PGNCS,

9. for separation and ascent.

10. Copy all that, Tranquility Base?

11. Guidance control AGS. Roger, Houston.

12. We are definitelyconcerned about stability

13. once we fire the ascent enginefrom this canted position.

14. In the meantime, we're losing extra weight.

15. I don't like the margins, Wernher.

16. Getting back to vertical's gonna cost hima lot of ascent fuel.

17. I mean, they may not be ableto rendezvous with Columbia.

18. The plan is sound, Gene.

19. Tranquility, you have go for liftoff.

20. Okay, Buzz. Engine Arm on.

21. Mike, we'll see you in a bit.

22. Keep our beers cold for us.

23. Copy that, Tranquility Base.

24. Abort Stage.

25. - Engine Arm, Ascent.-Engine Arm, Ascent.

26. Here goes nothing.

27. Ignition.

28. Houston, we're definitelypicking up a little shimmy.

29. We're leveling out.

30. The Eagle has wings.

31. Excuse me...

32. Good morning, sir.

33. Green suits you, Emma.

34. Administrator Paine just arrived, sir.

35. Hope he's got good news.

36. - Could use that.-Deke.

37. I'll catch up.

38. How much longer do I have to eat shitbefore you put me back on flight status?

39. I've been cooling my heelsfor two damn months now.

40. Look, it's not only up to me.

41. You pissed off a lot of people.

42. I'm never going back up, am I?

43. Not as long as von Braun's director.

44. I'm sorry. But you made your bed.

45. So, what the hell am I supposed to do, just keep pushing paper?

46. There are worse things.

47. Yeah, I guess you'd know, wouldn't ya?

48. Watch it, Ed.

49. It's from a trusted source in the Kremlin.

50. And if this is even close to ready...

51. It's merely blueprints.

52. I have hundreds of blueprints.It means nothing.

53. We can't affordto be cautious now, Wernher.

54. This is the new front in the Cold War.

55. If the Soviets are gonna builda lunar military outpost up there,

56. the president wants one too, and he wants it first.

57. He can't be serious.

58. Frankly, I've never seen him more serious.

59. We're talking a major realignmentof priorities here.

60. We may have lost the moon, but we canstill win the race for the base.

61. "Race for the base"?

62. Catchy, right?

63. Your testimony before the committee

64. is the perfect timeto unveil NASA's new strategy.

65. Beginning with Apollo 12,

66. we will be scouting for the location

67. of a permanent military installationon the moon.

68. Absolutely not.

69. We're a scientific program, not a playground for G.I. Joe.

70. Wernher. This is a good thing.

71. Nixon's doubling down on the program.

72. Our budgets will go up exponentially.

73. We can bring in three, four more classes of astronauts.

74. What do you think, Deke?

75. Well, I could sure use the extra manpower,

76. but I don't know,12's flight is right around the corner.

77. Yeah. We may need to move that up a tad.

78. Thomas, listen to me.

79. We cannot allow this encroachment.

80. I've seen it before.

81. My Aggregat 4, it was designed for low-Earth orbit.

82. When the Wehrmacht saw its potential, it became the V-2, a terrible weapon.

83. We cannot allow spaceto become another battlefield.

84. It already is.

85. If we don't respond in kind, we'll be sitting ducks.

86. I will not watch, yet again, as my work is defiled by men with guns.

87. This isn't Germany, Wernher.

88. Dick Nixon's been fighting communistsfor 30 years,

89. and a red moon isn't somethingour nation can accept.

90. Red moon, blue moon, green moon. Enough with this nonsense.

91. This is happening.

92. I suggest you get on the trainbefore it runs you over.

93. Who does he think he is,

94. to say "no'to the President of the United States?

95. If I say put a military base on the moon, that's it.

96. End of story.

97. I want that Kraut bastard gone.

98. I'm afraid he is quite untouchable, Mr. President.

99. A beloved figure... he taught the country about space travel.

100. Well, then,

101. we'll have to get creative now, won't we?

102. I miss the barbecue back in Huntsville.

103. Maybe it's time to retire. Go back to Alabama.

104. Yeah. You could sit on your porch.

105. Smoke your pipe.

106. Maybe take up painting?

107. Besides, who would I eat lunch with?

108. I don't know.

109. Perhaps a handsome young suitor?

110. We're doing this again? You know I don't have time.

111. Yes. You're a very busy young woman.

112. I heard about this interview of yourswith Gene.

113. I was going to tell you. I just wanted—

114. Wanted to do it yourself. I know.

115. You worry too muchabout what others might think, Margo.

116. You always have.

117. The boys couldn't stop talkingabout that Apollo 11 landing.

118. Good old-fashioned controlled crash.

119. Yeah, Neil's a good stick.

120. Though I still thinkyour landing on the Kearsarge,

121. outta that Dutch roll, takes the cake.

122. So when you going back up, Ed? 15, right?

123. Well. It's unclear at the moment.

124. Sort of why I asked youto come grab a beer.

125. I've been thinking aboutmaybe moving back navy side.

126. Yeah, right.

127. Now why on God's green earthwould you wanna do something like that?

128. Pilots become astronauts, Ed. Not the other way around.

129. Well, the only thingl've been flying lately is a desk.

130. This about that article?

131. Yeah.

132. You always did have a wayof pissing off your superior officers.

133. Present company included.

134. But you're also one of the best aviatorsl've ever seen.

135. "One of"?

136. Don't be a smart-ass.

137. Navy would just about shit themselvesthough to get a guy like you back.

138. Especially now. We're making a big push in Vietnam.

139. Could be the turning point in the war.

140. And that means commanding a squadron or—

141. Squadron?

142. You'd probably get commandof an entire air wing.

143. And wait till you fly this new Phantom.

144. Puts those Pantherswe flew in Korea to shame.

145. It's a fire-breathing beast, Ed.

146. I'm sorry, Ed.

147. It's just, I can't.

148. Ed. I can't get another phone callthat your plane was shot down.

149. I mean, every time the phone rang, my heart just fell.

150. I coulda gotten killedjust as easily going up on 10.

151. Yeah. Well, at leastyou weren't being shot at.

152. It's what I signed up for, Karen.

153. No, Ed. It's what we signed up for.

154. Remember?

155. Oh, my God, would you just—

156. Cut that out.You're making a mess of things.

157. While in Washington, the political falloutfrom the Soviet moon landing continues,

158. as a joint congressional committeelooks deeper

159. into the alleged failuresof the space program.

160. Administrator Thomas Paine grilledby Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts,

161. who's quickly established himselfas a leading voice on the committee

162. questioning President Nixon's leadership.

163. And how, sir, do you justify cancelingproduction of the Saturn V rocket

164. a full year before Apollo 11?

165. It was part of a broader—

166. These were drastic reductionsof NASA's funding by President Nixon.

167. Excuse me. That's not accurate, Senator.

168. The president is fully committedto the space program.

169. Yeah.

170. Hey.

171. Where'd you put those vacuum tubes? TV's fritzing again.

172. Jesus.

173. I don't know. Maybe...

174. What time is it?

175. Tell me you're not still drunk.

176. Hey, no, baby, I'm... just beat, is all.

177. They're really working us down here.

178. You know I hatebeing away from you and the kiddos.

179. Yeah. I'm sure it's just torture.

180. Mine, give it back!

181. Hey! Daniel, Jimmy!

182. Anything you put on that floor, you will pick up. Are we clear?

183. Hey, you tell Danny that I said—

184. Listen to his mom, yeah. Tell him I said that, hon.

185. Okay.

186. Guess I'll see you soon.

187. Hey, Trace.

188. I love you.

189. Look, I know you're smart, Margo.

190. But it gets intense down there.

191. They call it the trench for a reason.

192. I need to know you're not some pogue

193. who's gonna wiltat the first sign of pressure.

194. No, sir. That wouldn't be—

195. I've had guys on FIDO, solid guys,

196. damn near piss their pantsduring a rocky re-entry.

197. Well, sir...

198. I don't wear pants.

199. That is a fact.

200. Dr. von Braun sure thinksthe world of you.

201. How do you two know each other?

202. I've known him most of my life, actually.

203. My father, he taught at the universityover in Huntsville.

204. Dr. von Braun would come over for dinnersand regale us with stories

205. about rockets to outer space, journeys to the moon.

206. Mars.

207. I'd never even been outside of Huntsville.

208. But he made me thinkanything was possible.

209. He's the reason I became an engineer.

210. I'm sorry. Am I rambling?

211. No. It's nice.

212. Tell me a bit more about yourself.

213. What do you do for fun?

214. I...

215. Relax. Margo, it's not a test.

216. Astronauts aren't the only onesallowed to have fun around here.

217. But you are not exactly a spring chicken.

218. I give you this job, you're not gonnarun off on me to start a family, are you?

219. I don't think kids are in the cards, sir.

220. Really? You don't want kids?

221. I mean...

222. it's not that I don't, it's just, right now—

223. It's okay.

224. Not every woman is cut out to be a mother.

225. Seen Aleida?

226. Aleida.

227. Papa is home.

228. Octavio.

229. I caught her doing it again.

230. Livi almost burned her hand.

231. You have to get her under control

232. or find someplace else to live.

233. No. No, Cata. Cata, wait.

234. Where is she?

235. Aleida!

236. Aleida, you need to stop doing this.

237. It's dangerous. You know that.

238. Why do you do it? Talk to me.

239. I don't know. I like it.

240. - English.-I don't want to.

241. Aleida...

242. you need to talk to me.

243. Do you rememberhow we used to talk all the time?

244. Look, I know this is hard. I know.

245. It's a new home, a new country, a—

246. But we can help each other.

247. Just leave me alone.

248. Thank God.

249. I'm so glad you called.

250. How's she doing?

251. How do you think?

252. All right. Here.

253. - Okay.-Give this to me.

254. Are you sure?

255. I will take it from here. You can go.

256. - All right.-I'll get it. Thank you, Doris.

257. Yeah.

258. - Bye-bye.-Bye.

259. Trace?

260. Hon, it's Karen. I—

261. Don't you dare make excuses for him.

262. Gordo can stay with that Cape cookiefor all I care.

263. - Okay.-I'm not letting him back in this home.

264. Yes, let's calm down, all right?

265. I could hear her!

266. She was in the room with him.

267. Maybe some of you other wivescan grin and bear it for the program,

268. but... fuck the program!

269. Trace...

270. come here.

271. You know...

272. I have this fantasyl'm married to another man.

273. Yeah?

274. Yeah, his name's Bert.

275. He's an accountant, 9:00 to 5:00, drives a Buick.

276. Does Bert have a brother?

277. Come on. Ed's a rock.

278. Believe you me, being marriedto Edward Baldwin is no picnic.

279. I'm not saying our problems are the same,

280. but that doesn't meanwe don't have problems.

281. You know...

282. I think I always knew.

283. I was just—

284. I fooled myself into— to feeling like a—

285. Christ, he's not even tryingto hide it anymore.

286. I do everything for that man, Karen.

287. I know.

288. I know it's not easy, I do.

289. Divorce.

290. I mean, that's what we're talking about.

291. That's where this leads.

292. I mean, it's—it is hard enough for any woman.

293. But for women like us, it's—

294. Do you remember Harriet and Don?

295. There were reporterscamped out in their front lawn.

296. Their kids' photos were in magazines.

297. I mean, Trace, you gotta think about those things.

298. You know, I mean,a divorced single mother of two. I—

299. How do you support yourself? I mean, what do you tell your kids?

300. Your parents?

301. I mean, you're not just leaving Gordo, you're leaving your entire life.

302. I'm sorry. I—

303. Trace, I want what's best for you, I do.

304. Look me in the eyeand tell me you don't love him.

305. Well...

306. shit.

307. Margo.

308. I thought you'd already left for DC.

309. I am disappointed in you.

310. Why? What happened?

311. You've made me look very bad.

312. I was second to the moon.

313. And now you, you will be the first womanin Mission Control.

314. You didn't have to convince him, did you?

315. I did not say a word.

316. Gene is a smart man. He could see how talented you are.

317. No, this is you alone.

318. No, it wasn't.

319. Yes.

320. Well, I...

321. I've had this for over 20 years.

322. And now I would like you to have it.

323. I was hoping for cognac.

324. Welcome to the trench,

325. - Eva von Braun!-Eva von Braun!

326. All right, people. Let's get those handover briefs started.

327. White Team is on-console in 35 minutes.

328. Don't take it personal.

329. They pull this stuffwith all the new guys.

330. Feeling like we shouldmake a little detour here, Freddie.

331. Come on, Gordo.

332. Don't you rememberthe ass-chewing we got last time?

333. Ellington Tower, NASA 963.

334. Boys, Daddy's home.

335. Hello.

336. Hey.

337. - Daddy!-Daddy!

338. Yeah!

339. I got you something. I got you this.

340. It's the biggestbecause you're the biggest.

341. Smelling good, Trace. What you cooking?

342. It's just some casserole. Hands off. It's for the barbecue.

343. - Barbecue?-Mm-hmm.

344. All right!

345. It's good to see you.

346. - You too.-Okay.

347. - That's the casserole.-Yeah.

348. Guys.

349. Hey, you. Glad you could make it.

350. Yeah, well, wouldn't miss it.

351. - Come here. Come here!-He loves those boys.

352. Yeah, I know. But this would be great for the...

353. Come on. Come on over here. Come on—

354. That's great. Great! That's great. Up here! Big smiles.

355. Buzz, take a bite of the hamburger.

356. There we go! Nice. Excellent.

357. I'm just saying, word is we're putting a base up there.

358. We wanna be on the crew, Deke.

359. Guys, drink some beer.Eat some dogs. Enjoy yourselves.

360. Her niece just got back from London,

361. and apparently all the kids over therewere wearing hammer and sickle T-shirts.

362. Can you imagine?

363. Karen, I cannot believehow well you put this all together,

364. what with all you and Edare going through.

365. Well, we do what we can.

366. Gordo! Stop it!

367. You got me all wet.

368. I wish Harry and mestill had that kind of passion.

369. Ed.

370. Plotting your escape too?

371. Yeah. Something like that.

372. Look, I know you came out hereto get away from all the questions,

373. but it's still my backyard.

374. So, spit it out.

375. Did they really make yougo through customs when you came back?

376. I got the receipt to prove it.

377. Jesus.

378. That was... a hell of a landing, Neil.

379. If you can call it that.

380. Maintaining attitude control was no joke.

381. I bet.

382. Tell you the truth?

383. I can't believe I didn't abort.

384. Well, you pulled it off.It was a good call.

385. Easy to say that looking back.

386. Couple things go different,

387. we drift a little bit furtherinto those rocks...

388. we're a smoking hole

389. and I got my nameon the biggest disaster in NASA history.

390. Then why'd you go for it?

391. I don't know. You're in flight test...

392. and, every once in a while,

393. you get to that point wherepart of your brain is saying, "Eject."

394. But another part of your brain is saying,"Go for it."

395. And you just have to make the call...

396. and hope you're not wrong.

397. There he is.

398. Ed, I want you to meetCongressman Charles Sandman.

399. He's on the committee looking at thiswhole mess, and he's a big fan of yours.

400. You know, before I headed back to Washington,

401. I told Tom here I had to meet the manwho almost won the moon for us.

402. I watched Apollo 10 on TV, Commander.

403. I mean, you boys, you came so damn close. Must have just about killed you.

404. Not exactly a secret these days, huh?

405. You know, I would love for youto come talk to the committee,

406. hear what you have to say about all this.

407. With all due respect, sir,I think my mouth has done enough damage.

408. You see?

409. The fact that you were punishedfor speaking the truth...

410. I mean, if they'd listened to you before, we wouldn't be in this mess to begin with.

411. We're at war here.

412. Well, you, you know what I'm saying, you're navy.

413. All you astronauts, you're all military, aren't you?

414. Well, technically, yes, sir. But—

415. They're on loan to NASA.

416. Still military, but they can'teven wear their uniforms in public.

417. See? What a disgrace.

418. That is exactly the kinda ticky-tack crapthat's undermining our fight for the moon.

419. I know you're not happy, Ed.

420. And I've spoken with the president. He's not happy either.

421. He wants to make some big changesat the agency, and he needs your help.

422. Come on up to DC and tell my colleaguesexactly what you told that reporter.

423. That von Braun is too cautious. That he cost us the moon.

424. I don't know.

425. Look, I don't always see eye to eyewith von Braun. But I respect him.

426. - You know, he built the Saturn V.-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

427. No, Wernher is a great man. Don't get me wrong.

428. But men like him, they don't see the tidetill they're drowning in it.

429. The president is clear-eyedabout the threat we're facing here.

430. He thinks astronautsshould be running things.

431. Men who actually know what it feels like to be in a dogfight.

432. You astronauts, you're holding all the cards.

433. I mean, hell, you're already the faceof the program. Why not be the voice too?

434. The president's real keen on this, Ed.

435. And he remembers his friends.

436. Could be your ticket back up there.

437. So, what do you say?

438. Maybe if you do what they want, thingswill go back to the way they were before.

439. Yeah.

440. I'd be back on 15...

441. headed for the Apennine Highlands.

442. Yeah. No desk duty.

443. No Vietnam.

444. You know, you said yourself thatNASA could use a good kick in the rear.

445. That's true.

446. But von Braun, he—

447. he would be...

448. Yeah.

449. Now, Commander Baldwin, if I'm not mistaken...

450. both Apollo 10 and Apollo 11lunar modules,

451. they had almost the sameamount of fuel, correct?

452. Yes, sir.

453. A little shy of 18,000 poundsin the descent stage,

454. and 5,000 in the ascent.

455. Okay. Were there any other differencesin the spacecraft?

456. Anything that would prevent youfrom landing.

457. Well, Snoopy was—

458. Wait. I'm sorry. Snoopy?

459. Yes, sir. We named our LEM Snoopy.

460. And the command module was Charlie Brown.

461. Okay.

462. Our LEM was heavier than Eagle,

463. so the concern was whether we'd haveenough thrust to re-enter lunar orbit.

464. You share in that concern?

465. Well, it wasn'twithin NASA's safety margins.

466. Uh-huh.

467. You were a naval test pilot, were you not, Commander? At Pax River.

468. I was, sir.

469. And when was playing it safepart of being a test pilot?

470. Never, sir.

471. You pushed and you pushed for Apollo 10to land on the moon, didn't you?

472. Well, during planning, yes, sir.I pushed for us to land.

473. And you were overruledby Wernher von Braun.

474. Well, it was ultimately his decision

475. to view Apollo 10 as a trial run for 11.

476. But were it not for him,

477. you would've been the first manto set foot on the moon, right?

478. It's not that simple, sir.

479. It's not— I'm sorry?

480. Well, it's true von Braun made the callon the ground, but...

481. when we were up in lunar orbit...

482. I knew I could bring the LEMsafely down to the surface.

483. I mean, we were so close.

484. Snoopy, Houston. We put youone minute ahead of the timeline.

485. Take a minuteand enjoy the view, gentlemen.

486. Roger that, Houston. We got the best seat in the house.

487. All I had to do washit Engine Arm, Descent...

488. let the burn runall the way to completion.

489. Except that wasn't your mission, Commander.

490. I mean, von Braun, you know, he made it very clear that that was not—

491. After launch, it's my ship to command.

492. There's bouldersin every one of those little—

493. little craters. You see that?

494. On the ridge.

495. Boulders are black, but whatever'sejected out of them is white.

496. White, but... still some black around them.

497. It almost looks windblowndown there, right?

498. Uh-huh.

499. What a place.

500. Snoopy, Houston.

501. Hate to rain on your parade, but that's as close as you get this trip.

502. Time to head for the barn.

503. Roger that.

504. Heading for the barn.

505. I wanna just reach down thereand scoop up a handful of moon dust.

506. Engine Arm, Ascent.

507. Engine Arm, Ascent.

508. Abort Descent Stage.

509. Three, two, one...

510. Skipper?

511. And if I would've said we can land,

512. I knew Gene would've backed me.

513. Just like he backed Neil on 11.

514. It was maybe a few seconds...

515. but I knew I could've flown herright down to the deck.

516. Abort Descent Stage.

517. Three, two, one...

518. And I almost did.

519. But I pulled back.

520. And it was my call...

521. no one else's.

522. Hang on, now.

523. You said—

524. Just hang on a minute.

525. You said— Here! Right here.

526. You said, "We don't have guts at NASAanymore. That's why we lost the moon."

527. Now what are you saying?

528. Now you're saying,"I could've landed. I just didn't"?

529. I think about it every day, sir.

530. Whether it was the right call or not.

531. Ten years ago when I was in flight test,

532. maybe I would've said, "Hell with it."

533. Brought the LEM down.

534. But up there I wasn't just some test pilottrying to break another record.

535. I was the commander of Apollo 10.

536. So if this committeeis looking for someone to blame...

537. don't look to von Braun or Neilor anyone else.

538. You look to me.

539. I lost the moon.

540. Right.

541. Thank you, Commander. That'll be all for today. Thank you.

542. Thank you, everyone.

543. The new rocket can carryover one million pounds into Earth orbit.

544. Nearly four timesthe payload of the Saturn V.

545. This is possible...

546. So you just weren't gonna tell me?

547. - What do you want me to say, Gordo?-It wasn't just your decision to make, Ed.

548. I was up there too.

549. Did it ever even occur to youto ask me what I thought?

550. Pushing the envelope. That's what all this is about.

551. Or did you just forget that?

552. Right now it should be you and medoing all these ticker tape parades.

553. Instead I'm backing up Pete Conrad on 12.

554. Hey, don't blame every bad decisionyou've ever made on me.

555. 'Cause you do enough damage yourself.

556. What do you think it sayswhen you wander into sim an hour late

557. just reeking of booze and pussy?

558. That the American dream is alive and well.

559. Yeah. Everything'sa goddamn joke to you, huh?

560. At least I own what I did.

561. And what the hell's that supposed to mean?

562. I resigned.

563. I'm going back to the navy.

564. You for real?

565. What are you doing drinking beer?

566. Hey, Pam.

567. We're gonna need a couple of whiskeys.

568. All right, all right, all right.

569. NASA will be pressing forward. Pursuing more ambitious projects.

570. Journeys to Mars, to Jupiter,

571. and perhaps, even deeper into the solar system.

572. Right, yeah. That's a veryimpressive presentation, Director.

573. But while we sit here,

574. the Soviets are pushing ahead

575. with their plansfor a lunar military foothold.

576. We cannot cede the beachhead!

577. I mean, it's not a timefor pie in the sky ideas

578. about Mars and the solar system—

579. Respectfully, Congressman.Now is precisely the time.

580. We cannot allow fear to drive usfrom our purpose.

581. What we are seekingis the key to our future.

582. We are expanding the mind of man.

583. Extending this God-given brain and theseGod-given hands to their outermost limits.

584. And in so doing, everyone will reap the harvest.

585. He's good.

586. Well, for someone who claimsnot be guided by fear,

587. your leadership created a cultureof caution after the Apollo 1 fire, right?

588. Yes, of course. We were more cautious.

589. Lives were lost.

590. We test, we retest, and we prepare.

591. Because, unlike the Soviets,

592. we care about the lives of our astronauts.

593. You must understand, Congressman, that this is not the end of the race.

594. It's simply the first stage.

595. We must keep our eyes to the future.

596. As Mr. Armstrong so aptly put it,

597. "We pick ourselves upand go back to work."

598. Well, if you had— If you—

599. Come here.

600. Okay. Sorry. Just one more thing, Director.

601. Now, you're such a familiar faceto Americans.

602. Honestly, if I didn't know any better,I'd say you were born in Alabama.

603. Unfortunately my accent gives me away, Congressman.

604. And most people know that during World War II,

605. you built the German V-2 rocket...

606. that killed thousandsof innocent Londoners.

607. Well... I, of course...

608. have great regret that my rockets,

609. which were born of idealism, much like the Saturn V,

610. had joined in the business of killing.

611. Then why—why didn't you stop manufacturing it?

612. If I may, Mr. Chairman,

613. I'm not sure how any of thisis relevant to the hearing.

614. There is—

615. Congressman, I was not a soldier, merely an engineer.

616. Well, that's interesting.

617. Because what most people don't know,

618. since, until very recently,

619. it was classifiedas part of Operation Paperclip,

620. is that you were also a member

621. of the elite Nazi organizationknown as the SS.

622. That was a matterin which I had no choice.

623. Not everybody gets invitedto a photo op with the Führer.

624. Dr. von Braun, only a few minutes ago,

625. you stated that,

626. "We care about the livesof our astronauts."

627. Yes.

628. And what about the lives of the workersfrom the Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp

629. that were, in fact, building your rockets?

630. Do you care about their lives?

631. I saw no campor any sort of thing like this—

632. You did visit the Mittelwerk factory, yeah, quite a few times.

633. I visited the factory, yes.

634. Did you not wonderwhere all these workers came from?

635. I didn't know. This was handled by others.

636. You must understandthat I had no real authority in—

637. I'm sorry. Are you saying you hadno authority over your own rocket factory?

638. Well, yes.I had authority insomuch as I was chief—

639. But I never worked there.I had only visited.

640. The camp was less than half a mile

641. from the factorywhere you made your rockets.

642. So, how could you not know?

643. You know, over 20,000 men and womendied building your V-2.

644. Ten times morethan were killed by it as a weapon.

645. They were worked to death,

646. starved, hung from machinery, shot.

647. That photograph?

648. That was taken by American soldiers

649. upon their arrival at Dora Camp.

650. That's the camp that suppliedyour workers, Director von Braun.

651. I...

652. I...

653. They paid for your scientific pursuitswith their lives, sir.

654. You knew exactly what was going on, didn't you?

655. And you did nothing.

656. I—

657. I had no authority.

658. I was... limited.

659. You—

660. You must understand—

661. Gather 'round while I sing youOf Wernher von Braun

662. A man whose allegiancels ruled by expedience

663. Call him a Nazi, he won't even frown

664. "Nazi, Schmazi" says Wernher von Braun

665. Some have harsh wordsFor this man of renown

666. But some think our attitudeShould be one of gratitude

667. Like the widows and cripplesln old London town

668. Who owe their large pensionsTo Wernher von Braun

669. You too may be a big hero

670. Once you've learnedTo count backwards to zero

671. "In German, oder Englischl know how to count down

672. Und I'm learning Chinese!"

673. Says Wernher von Braun

674. Margo.

675. Apparently, the Soviets have launched another N1...

676. right ahead of Apollo 12.

677. Imagine both of them on the moonat the same time.

678. Margo.

679. Did you know?

680. It was an ambush.

681. Nixon and his lackeys, they laid a trap for me. I—

682. But...

683. is it true?

684. How can you ask me this?

685. Sit down, Margo.

686. I had to keep my work moving forward.

687. You of all people must understand this—

688. Your work?

689. What do you expect me to say?

690. "I don't know.

691. Maybe I could have done more."

692. But then I would probably be dead.

693. And all the thingsl have spent my life building,

694. they would never have come to pass.

695. You can't know that, what might have been.

696. Something is or it isn't.

697. Remember?

698. When the war was ending...

699. we gathered everything...

700. schematics, calculations, designs...

701. and buried it in the hillsabove Peenemünde

702. so the Soviets couldn't find it.

703. I chose America to give my life's work.

704. I gave them everything.

705. And now I'm an old manand no longer indispensable.

706. They throw me to the wolves.

707. Did you know?

708. Progress is never free, Margo.

709. There's always a cost.

710. Aleida?

711. Aleida!

712. Aleida!

713. Are you okay?

714. What is wrong with you?What were you thinking?

715. I could have put it out...

716. - It's fine.-No, it's not fine!

717. Tell me, why do you keep setting these fires?

718. Aleida...

719. Tell me.

720. I want...

721. I want...

722. I want to be inside the fire.

723. But...

724. Why would you want to be inside the fire?

725. I don't know.

726. I don't know.

727. It's okay, it's okay...

728. I want to show you something.

729. Tu mamá...

730. she had a dreamof what your future could be.

731. That's why we came here.

732. I miss her.

733. I know.

734. I miss her too, mija.

735. You know, maybe one day, Aleida, you'll build a fire inside one of these.

736. I have been informedby Dr. Kissinger that,

737. thanks to our recent military operations, we may be within reach

738. of an honorable peacewith the North Vietnamese.

739. I have instructed himto begin negotiations with Lê Ðuc Tho

740. so that we may focusour efforts and resources

741. on the new challenges facing our nation.

742. And on this momentous day, as Apollo 12 readies to begin the search

743. for the locationof the first American lunar base,

744. I commit that we will dowhatever it takes.

745. We will bear any burdento secure our place in the heavens,

746. and bring the fight for freedomto the new frontier.

747. We are on time for our planned liftoffof 32 minutes past the hour.

748. Test supervisor now goingthrough some status checks.

749. Okay. Here we go.

750. Give me status, people.

751. - Booster?-Go.

752. - Retro.-Go, Flight.

753. - FIDO.-Go.

754. - GUIDO.-Go, Flight.

755. - EECOM.-Go.

756. - GNC.-Good to go, Flight.

757. Launch control, this is Houston. We are go for launch of Apollo 12.

758. Go for launch.

759. Ten, nine, eight, ignition sequence has started,

760. six, five, four, three, two, one.

761. All engines running.

762. Liftoff. We have a liftoff!

763. Thirty-two minutes past the hour.

764. Tower cleared!

765. Yeah, we got a roll program.

766. Roger! I've got the pitch and rollprogram, and this baby's really going.

767. Roger, Pete. Forty seconds.

768. Mark one, bravo.

769. First stage tank pressures, all nominal.

770. Altitude a mile and a half.

771. FIDO, how we looking?

772. FIDO is good, Flight. Right down the middle.

773. Good.

774. - Here you go.-Thanks, Karen.

775. Mm-hmm.

776. How you holding up?

777. Just fine. And how's everybody at MSC?

778. This whole von Braun messwas a real black eye.

779. And now Nixon's got us putting all handson deck for this military lunar outpost.

780. Dark days.

781. What can I do for you, Deke?

782. I brought you something.

783. Couldn't figure outwhat to do with the damn thing.

784. I almost threw it away when Leonov landed, but I couldn't quite bring myself to.

785. "Here men from the planet Earthfirst set foot upon the moon.

786. We came in peace for all mankind."

787. Presidents come and go, Ed, but we're the ones carrying the fire.

788. It took a lot of guts, what you did up there in DC.

789. I need guys like you aroundfor what's coming down the pike.

790. I'm not coming back to sit behind a desk.

791. No, you're not.

792. What exactly does that mean?

793. It means you're back on Apollo 15.

794. Wait— Are you—

795. Ed, maybe just once, shut the fuck up.

796. You're going back to the moon.

797. Yes, sir.

798. Thank you, sir.

799. I'm sorry. Hon, Deke,

800. you guys should come and see this.

801. And even now, while Apollo 12is hurtling towards the moon,

802. the Soviets have upped the antein the space race once again.

803. The video is coming in now.

804. There's the cosmonaut now, descending the ladder.

805. There we have it.

806. The cosmonaut is now on the lunar surface.

807. It's a woman.

808. Ladies and gentlemen, it's been confirmed that it's a woman.

809. Her name is Anastasia Belikova,

810. a former pilot in the Soviet Air Forces.

811. What a truly, truly historic momentfor women watching across the world.

812. The 32-year-old Soviet cosmonaut