1. I'm here in PasadenaCopy !req
2. with the NASA
Mission Control teamCopy !req
3. as they celebrate
scientific history...Copy !req
4. the first close-up photographic
transmissions of MarsCopy !req
5. from the Viking observer
spacecraft...Copy !req
6. photos that have created
something of a stirCopy !req
7. by revealing surprising
geologic information...Copy !req
8. the presence
of large amounts of waterCopy !req
9. locked in Mars' polar ice caps,
water that some speculateCopy !req
10. could have possibly
sustained life on the planet.Copy !req
11. Even more controversial is
one image of a land formation...Copy !req
12. a formation that looks
like a sculpted human face.Copy !req
13. However,
NASA officials are denying itCopy !req
14. as an indication
of an alien civilization.Copy !req
15. No, it's nothing more than
a trick of light and shadows...Copy !req
16. a geologic anomaly.Copy !req
17. I'm afraid
the only sculptors at workCopy !req
18. are the solar winds that blow
across the surface of MarsCopy !req
19. at 300 miles an hour,
ten months a year.Copy !req
20. I'm seeing... I've got...Copy !req
21. How's it going out there?Copy !req
22. There's something out here!Copy !req
23. Can you repeat that,
Commander Belt?Copy !req
24. It's coming at me!Copy !req
25. Holy God!Copy !req
26. Pick up terminal sequence, NPS.Copy !req
27. You have a go to proceed.Copy !req
28. Booster hydraulic power
units have started.Copy !req
29. This is Shuttle Launch ControlCopy !req
30. with T-minus one minute,
15 seconds and counting.Copy !req
31. OTC to CDR, how do you read?Copy !req
32. Loud and clear, OVCC.Copy !req
33. - Go ahead.
- Roger that.Copy !req
34. OVCC verified.Copy !req
35. Port set up, two zero.Copy !req
36. Copy set up, two zero.Copy !req
37. CDR Houston, how do you read?Copy !req
38. Loud and clear.Copy !req
39. Side hatch close out
and white roomCopy !req
40. configuration is complete.Copy !req
41. Retracting orbiter arm.Copy !req
42. OMS pressure on.Copy !req
43. - Cabin vent complete.
- Roger, we see that.Copy !req
44. All systems go for APU start.Copy !req
45. Transfer to internal power now.Copy !req
46. Pre-start complete.
APU to inhibit.Copy !req
47. Oxygen vent hood retracted.Copy !req
48. External tank
is at flight pressure.Copy !req
49. Lock your visors
and initiate your O2 flow.Copy !req
50. Y'all have a good trip.Copy !req
51. Roger that.Copy !req
52. T-minus 20 seconds and counting.Copy !req
53. Go for auto-sequence start.Copy !req
54. Booster hydraulic power units
have started.Copy !req
55. Go for main engine start.Copy !req
56. T-minus ten, nine, eight,Copy !req
57. seven, six, five,Copy !req
58. four, three...Copy !req
59. Abort liftoff.
Abort liftoff.Copy !req
60. System failure.
Abort liftoff.Copy !req
61. we have
an abort liftoffCopy !req
62. at T-minus
three seconds.Copy !req
63. What did the note say?Copy !req
64. Just that they worked for NASA.Copy !req
65. They wanted to talk to somebodyCopy !req
66. from the FBI.Copy !req
67. Why the cloak-and-dagger
routine?Copy !req
68. I have no idea.Copy !req
69. Think it's a crank?Copy !req
70. It's beginning to look that way.Copy !req
71. My name is Michelle Generoo.Copy !req
72. Fox Mulder.Copy !req
73. I sent you the note.Copy !req
74. Hi. Special Agent
Dana Scully.Copy !req
75. I'm sorry to have
to take these precautions.Copy !req
76. I flew up from Houston
this morning.Copy !req
77. I work
at the space center there.Copy !req
78. In what capacity?Copy !req
79. I'm the Mission Control
communications commanderCopy !req
80. for the space shuttle program.Copy !req
81. What brings you to Washington?Copy !req
82. I have reason to believe
that there may beCopy !req
83. a saboteur at work inside NASA.Copy !req
84. You have evidence of sabotage?Copy !req
85. I don't know. I may.Copy !req
86. Two weeks agoCopy !req
87. a shuttle mission was scrubbed
three seconds before liftoffCopy !req
88. when an auxiliary
power unit valve malfunctioned.Copy !req
89. If the flight
had not been aborted,Copy !req
90. there was a great chanceCopy !req
91. the liquid fuel system
and the orbiterCopy !req
92. would have exploded
on the launchpad.Copy !req
93. This was sent to me in the mail.Copy !req
94. It's a material analysis
that shows deep-groovedCopy !req
95. scoring marks inside
this APU valve...Copy !req
96. marks that could have
caused a malfunction.Copy !req
97. Evidence of tampering?Copy !req
98. That's what
it looks like, but...Copy !req
99. according to the person
who gave me your names,Copy !req
100. you have expertiseCopy !req
101. in unexplained phenomena.Copy !req
102. And what's unexplainableCopy !req
103. is how and when anybody
could have done it.Copy !req
104. How do you mean?Copy !req
105. The valve is made
of ferrocarbon titanium.Copy !req
106. To score that material would
take extreme temperatures...Copy !req
107. launchpad temperatures.Copy !req
108. If anyone at NASA were to
take a look at that analysis,Copy !req
109. they would say
that it would be impossibleCopy !req
110. for anyone to do
that type of damage undetected.Copy !req
111. Do you have any idea
who may have sent that to you?Copy !req
112. No, no idea, but I can tell you
that the official analysisCopy !req
113. of the malfunction was
simple mechanical failure.Copy !req
114. Does anybody share
your suspicions?Copy !req
115. If they do,Copy !req
116. they're not talking to the FBI.Copy !req
117. I believe in the space program,Copy !req
118. I believe in the people
who run it,Copy !req
119. but there's
another launch window tomorrow.Copy !req
120. And my reasons
may sound selfish,Copy !req
121. but my fiancé is
a shuttle commanderCopy !req
122. on that mission.Copy !req
123. Why would
somebody want to sabotageCopy !req
124. the space shuttle?Copy !req
125. Well, if you were a terrorist,Copy !req
126. there probably isn't
a more potent symbolCopy !req
127. of American progress
and prosperity,Copy !req
128. and if you're an opponent
of Big Science,Copy !req
129. NASA itself represents
a vast money trenchCopy !req
130. that exists outside
the crucible and debateCopy !req
131. of the democratic process.Copy !req
132. And, of course,
there are those futuristsCopy !req
133. who believe the space shuttle
is a rusty old bucketCopy !req
134. that should be mothballed,Copy !req
135. a dinosaur spacecraft
built in the '70sCopy !req
136. by scientists
setting their sights on spaceCopy !req
137. in an ever-declining scale.Copy !req
138. And we thought
we could rest easyCopy !req
139. with the fall
of the Soviet Union.Copy !req
140. Not to mention
certain fringe elementsCopy !req
141. who accuse our government itself
of space sabotage...Copy !req
142. the failure
of the Hubble TelescopeCopy !req
143. and the Mars ObserverCopy !req
144. are directly connected
to a conspiracyCopy !req
145. to deny us evidence.Copy !req
146. Evidence of what?Copy !req
147. Alien civilizations.Copy !req
148. Oh, of course.Copy !req
149. Wow, look at that...
Gemini Eight.Copy !req
150. What?Copy !req
151. The man we're going to see...Copy !req
152. Colonel Marcus Aurelius Belt...Copy !req
153. nearly died on that mission,
had to make an emergency landingCopy !req
154. right in the middle
of the Pacific Ocean.Copy !req
155. You remember all that stuff?Copy !req
156. You never wanted
to be an astronautCopy !req
157. when you were a kid, Scully?Copy !req
158. Guess I missed that phase.Copy !req
159. Come in.Copy !req
160. Colonel Belt.Copy !req
161. I'm Special Agent Dana Scully.Copy !req
162. And this is...Copy !req
163. Colonel Belt.Copy !req
164. Fox Mulder. I'm a big fan.Copy !req
165. It's an honor to meet you.Copy !req
166. You, you were a big hero to meCopy !req
167. - when I was a kid.
- Thank you.Copy !req
168. I-I stayed up all
night when I was 14Copy !req
169. to watch your spacewalk.Copy !req
170. Well, now it's like
a stroll around the block.Copy !req
171. So... how can I help you?Copy !req
172. This found its way to the FBI.Copy !req
173. Do you recognize it?Copy !req
174. Sure. It's an auxiliary
power unit valve.Copy !req
175. Do you have
any reason to believeCopy !req
176. that the damage done to itCopy !req
177. was in an effort to sabotage
the space shuttle program?Copy !req
178. No.Copy !req
179. Do you have any reason
to suspect sabotage at all?Copy !req
180. No reason whatsoever.Copy !req
181. And if you have any respect
for this programCopy !req
182. and for the people who have
devoted their lives to it,Copy !req
183. you'll be careful to whom
you make those accusations.Copy !req
184. Looking at this evidence, sir,Copy !req
185. would you consider postponing
the shuttle flightCopy !req
186. until a full investigationCopy !req
187. could be conducted?Copy !req
188. Look, I don't know where
you got this specious artifact,Copy !req
189. but I can assure you
every precaution has been takenCopy !req
190. to rectify the problem.Copy !req
191. We've been waiting two weeksCopy !req
192. for a window to
initiate this mission.Copy !req
193. We've got a payload to deliver.Copy !req
194. Colonel Belt,
has an internal investigationCopy !req
195. ever been done on this matter?Copy !req
196. The part you have hereCopy !req
197. has been installed,
inspected, and designedCopy !req
198. by over 100
highly trained technicians.Copy !req
199. With the security measures
we take,Copy !req
200. it would be virtually impossibleCopy !req
201. for one man working
by himself...Copy !req
202. or two or four men...Copy !req
203. to do what you're suggesting.Copy !req
204. I can assure you there isn't
a person in this facilityCopy !req
205. that doesn't want to see
that shuttle go into space,Copy !req
206. complete its mission,Copy !req
207. and come back
like winged victory herself.Copy !req
208. And in about ten
hours, God willing,Copy !req
209. you're going to see just that.Copy !req
210. Do you think
there'd be a problemCopy !req
211. with us watching the liftoff
from Mission Control?Copy !req
212. Well, being that you'd probably
go over my head anyway,Copy !req
213. please be my guest.Copy !req
214. It was an honor, sir.Copy !req
215. Thank you.Copy !req
216. Didn't you want to
get his autograph?Copy !req
217. Where did you say you got this?Copy !req
218. It came to us anonymously.Copy !req
219. Well, this is
an APU valve, all right.Copy !req
220. This doesn't make sense.Copy !req
221. What doesn't make sense?Copy !req
222. This scoring here.Copy !req
223. This valve is made out
of ferrocarbon titanium.Copy !req
224. It's...Copy !req
225. You didn't order the analysis?Copy !req
226. No, I've never seen this before,Copy !req
227. but we're on outside contract
to NASA.Copy !req
228. - They may have ordered it.
- But as a matterCopy !req
229. of course, wouldn't you order
a material analysisCopy !req
230. if a part malfunctioned?Copy !req
231. Every shuttle has flown
with that same APU valve.Copy !req
232. We haven't had a problem.Copy !req
233. To do an analysis and redesignCopy !req
234. would delay the program
for months,Copy !req
235. not to mention the cost.Copy !req
236. Is it conceivable that,
in order to avoid these delays,Copy !req
237. the program
is being pushed aheadCopy !req
238. without proper
safety precaution?Copy !req
239. Look, there are
about 17,000 thingsCopy !req
240. that can go wrong
with the shuttleCopy !req
241. and about 17,000 people
who make sure they don't.Copy !req
242. And who makes
the final determinationCopy !req
243. as to its safety?Copy !req
244. We make a recommendation,Copy !req
245. but ultimately the decision
is Colonel Belt's.Copy !req
246. - Thank you.
- Thank you.Copy !req
247. What do you think?Copy !req
248. I can't believe how much faith
we put in machines.Copy !req
249. You think Colonel Belt
knows more than he's saying?Copy !req
250. That he lied about his knowledge
of a saboteur?Copy !req
251. I can't believe
that Colonel BeltCopy !req
252. would endanger the lives
of those astronauts,Copy !req
253. knowing that something
might go wrong.Copy !req
254. He was an astronaut himself.Copy !req
255. So you think
this X ray is bogus?Copy !req
256. God, I hope so.Copy !req
257. This is Shuttle
Launch Control with T-minusCopy !req
258. one minute, 40 seconds
and counting.Copy !req
259. TC is go for orbiter
access arm retract.Copy !req
260. OTC, OVCC verified.Copy !req
261. Roger that.
OVCC verified.Copy !req
262. Here we go.Copy !req
263. This is Shuttle Launch ControlCopy !req
264. with T-minus one minute 30
and counting.Copy !req
265. Final purge sequence;
main engine check.Copy !req
266. Copy purge sequence;
main engine check.Copy !req
267. Switching off
orbiter's ground supply.Copy !req
268. Port fuel cells, check.Copy !req
269. Roger, OTC.Copy !req
270. Pick up terminal sequence MPS.Copy !req
271. Copy that.Copy !req
272. - OTC to CDR, how do you read?
- Loud and clear.Copy !req
273. Charge capacitor
energy storage banksCopy !req
274. are all at 241.Copy !req
275. OTC to CDR, how do you read?Copy !req
276. Loud and clear.Copy !req
277. CDR Houston, how do you read?Copy !req
278. Loud and clear.Copy !req
279. Side hatch closeout,Copy !req
280. and white room configuration
complete.Copy !req
281. Retracting orbiter arm.Copy !req
282. All systems go for APU start.Copy !req
283. Go with APU start.Copy !req
284. BBSR power down
and ready for launch.Copy !req
285. Transfer to internal power.Copy !req
286. Transfer to internal power.Copy !req
287. Gimbaling of
main engines complete.Copy !req
288. Aero surfaces
in launch position.Copy !req
289. MPDR assembled;
military recorder is running.Copy !req
290. Okay. Copy.Copy !req
291. Oxygen vent hood retracted.Copy !req
292. External tank is
at flight pressure.Copy !req
293. Okay, CDR, lock your visorsCopy !req
294. and initiate your O2 flow.Copy !req
295. Y'all have a good one.Copy !req
296. Roger that.Copy !req
297. Go for auto-sequence start.Copy !req
298. Booster hydraulic units
have started.Copy !req
299. Go for main engine start.Copy !req
300. T-minus ten and counting...
nine...Copy !req
301. eight, seven,Copy !req
302. six, five,Copy !req
303. four, three, two, one, zero.Copy !req
304. Ignition.Copy !req
305. We have liftoff
of the shuttle orbiter.Copy !req
306. CDR Houston,Copy !req
307. bet y'all have never seen
a more beautiful sight.Copy !req
308. Roger that. 10-4.Copy !req
309. Roger, Max Q.
Lower throttle back.Copy !req
310. Main engine at 65%.Copy !req
311. Go at throttle up.Copy !req
312. Roger.
Throttle at 110%.Copy !req
313. Over SRB separation.Copy !req
314. Roger, OTC.Copy !req
315. I have to admit that fulfilled
one of my boyhood fantasies.Copy !req
316. Yeah, it ranks right up there
with getting a ponyCopy !req
317. and learning how to braid
my own hair.Copy !req
318. Come on, Scully, you have to
admit that was exciting...Copy !req
319. Mission Control, countdown...Copy !req
320. Mulder!Copy !req
321. Wait!Copy !req
322. - Something's gone wrong.
- What happened?Copy !req
323. Something's wrong
with the shuttle.Copy !req
324. We had some trouble
with the solid rocket boosters,Copy !req
325. but we were able to fix it.Copy !req
326. We changed watch, I went home
to try to get some sleep.Copy !req
327. I got a phone call
20 minutes ago.Copy !req
328. Communication with the shuttle
had gone down.Copy !req
329. Come on, we've got
to get back to Houston.Copy !req
330. They have a press blackout
in effect... chances areCopy !req
331. the media doesn't know about it.Copy !req
332. You think this is sabotage?Copy !req
333. I don't know.Copy !req
334. Things go wrong all the time.Copy !req
335. Yeah, but they usually
fix them, right?Copy !req
336. Usually.Copy !req
337. She's turning.Copy !req
338. Michelle!Copy !req
339. I can see her.Copy !req
340. Michelle!Copy !req
341. - Help!
- You all right?Copy !req
342. I'm stuck!Copy !req
343. Can you move?Copy !req
344. Just get me out of here!Copy !req
345. I'm wedged in.Copy !req
346. You all right?Copy !req
347. I'm wedged in.Copy !req
348. Come here.Copy !req
349. Can you push with your legs?Copy !req
350. Be careful.Copy !req
351. Just get me out of here!
I can't...Copy !req
352. Okay, all right.Copy !req
353. Come on... okay...Copy !req
354. Come on.Copy !req
355. Okay.Copy !req
356. It's okay.Copy !req
357. Okay...Copy !req
358. Let's do it.Copy !req
359. Now, don't try to move.Copy !req
360. Oh, I got to get back
to Houston.Copy !req
361. - What happened?
- I don't know.Copy !req
362. Something came at me in the fogCopy !req
363. and next thing I knew,
I was upside down.Copy !req
364. Was it some kind of an animal?Copy !req
365. No, it... it had a face.Copy !req
366. It was...Copy !req
367. it was grotesque.Copy !req
368. I don't know what it was.Copy !req
369. You okay?Copy !req
370. Yeah.Copy !req
371. That's right, sir.Copy !req
372. The charge capacitor energy
storage unit...Copy !req
373. Orbiter, this is Houston.
Do you copy?Copy !req
374. Your transmission
is breaking up, Houston.Copy !req
375. What's happening?Copy !req
376. We have a malf in the OMS
and RCF systems.Copy !req
377. They can't get the orbiter
into attitude rotation.Copy !req
378. Temperature in the cabin
is approachingCopy !req
379. 103 degrees, and they have
downlink transmission problems.Copy !req
380. What happened to you?Copy !req
381. I had an accident.Copy !req
382. What's their position?Copy !req
383. Just over eastern Africa.Copy !req
384. Try patching them into
the Seychelles tracking station.Copy !req
385. All right.Copy !req
386. Hang in there, OTC.Copy !req
387. The orbiter maneuvering system
is malfunctioning.Copy !req
388. Without it, they can't
rotate the shuttle.Copy !req
389. They need to rotate it
away from the sun,Copy !req
390. to keep the orbiter cool.Copy !req
391. We've got a drop
in cabin pressure...Copy !req
392. 21 kilopascals and declining.Copy !req
393. They're going to burn up.Copy !req
394. - Where's Colonel Belt?
- He's on his way.Copy !req
395. Damn it! What happened
when they went to backup?Copy !req
396. Backup system failed to respond.Copy !req
397. I don't know...
what about telemetry?Copy !req
398. Can we auto-activate
their systems from down here?Copy !req
399. We cannot auto-activate.Copy !req
400. It's like someone'sCopy !req
401. interfering with the telemetry,Copy !req
402. screwing with the uplinkCopy !req
403. communications from this end.Copy !req
404. Can you trace it?Copy !req
405. It'd have to be
a digital processor.Copy !req
406. They'd have to be
in the data banks.Copy !req
407. - Where's that?
- Come on.Copy !req
408. Mulder?Copy !req
409. I'm a Federal agent.Copy !req
410. Come on out of there.Copy !req
411. What are you doing in here?Copy !req
412. I work here.Copy !req
413. Let me see your clearance.Copy !req
414. A sensor went off...
there was a malfunctionCopy !req
415. in one of
the telemetry processors.Copy !req
416. Did you find it?Copy !req
417. No.Copy !req
418. Did you see anybody else
in here?Copy !req
419. Okay. Call security.Copy !req
420. I want a search of the premises.Copy !req
421. I don't want anybody coming
in or out of this buildingCopy !req
422. who doesn't have
proper clearance.Copy !req
423. I'm breaking up, OTC.Copy !req
424. What's the attitude
of the orbiter?Copy !req
425. They're flying tail first, sirCopy !req
426. with their belly
towards the sun.Copy !req
427. The flash evaporator system
is workingCopy !req
428. but it's not enough
to cool them down.Copy !req
429. Cabin temperature
climbing to 116.Copy !req
430. Where's...?Copy !req
431. Somebody's jamming
our transmissions.Copy !req
432. What do you mean?Copy !req
433. Somebody or somethingCopy !req
434. is interfering with
our ground communicationsCopy !req
435. and scrambling
our uplink telemetry.Copy !req
436. The shuttle is not respondingCopy !req
437. to override signals.Copy !req
438. I'm going to let them
fly by wire.Copy !req
439. I'm cutting off telemetry.Copy !req
440. It might not work.Copy !req
441. We might lose contact for good.Copy !req
442. We have to give it a chance
to work.Copy !req
443. We have to try
to bring them down.Copy !req
444. We have to give them
control of the ship,Copy !req
445. take a chance they'll be ableCopy !req
446. to perform
that rotation maneuverCopy !req
447. and deliver the payload.Copy !req
448. What if they can't?Copy !req
449. We could be stranding them
up there.Copy !req
450. Abandon telemetry.Copy !req
451. Go to fly by wire mode.Copy !req
452. They're cutting off ground
control to the orbiter.Copy !req
453. The astronauts will be flying
the shuttle all by themselves.Copy !req
454. Is it going to work?Copy !req
455. OTC, this is Houston.Copy !req
456. How's the weather up there?Copy !req
457. Sunny and warm, Houston.Copy !req
458. What's the forecast?Copy !req
459. OTC, we're going
to fly by wire mode.Copy !req
460. We're going to abort ground
control momentarily,Copy !req
461. to see if you can bring
those systems back up.Copy !req
462. Roger that, Houston.Copy !req
463. And leave the driving to us.Copy !req
464. David...Copy !req
465. you take care.Copy !req
466. What just happened?Copy !req
467. They cut off contact
with the shuttle.Copy !req
468. Negative. We pulled off
the MPG; we are manual...Copy !req
469. 45 seconds.Copy !req
470. If they were able to execute,Copy !req
471. they'd have done it by now.Copy !req
472. Standing by.Copy !req
473. 60 seconds.Copy !req
474. Go to reestablish
uplink communication.Copy !req
475. Video signal's failed now.Copy !req
476. OTC, this is Houston.Copy !req
477. Do you copy?Copy !req
478. OTC, this is Houston.Copy !req
479. Where are you?Copy !req
480. Howdy-do, Houston.Copy !req
481. Looks like we finally
got this bird to fly right.Copy !req
482. OTC, do you hear that?Copy !req
483. Music to our ears.Copy !req
484. Cabin temperatureCopy !req
485. stabilizing.Copy !req
486. OTC, this is Mark Belt
in Houston.Copy !req
487. How's the crew holding up?Copy !req
488. They're looking good, sir.Copy !req
489. And you all get some rest.Copy !req
490. We'll get back to workCopy !req
491. at about 0700.Copy !req
492. Roger that, Houston.Copy !req
493. Let's get to workCopy !req
494. on that telemetry problem.Copy !req
495. We got a big day ahead of us.Copy !req
496. Let's just let
the electronic pressCopy !req
497. get their sound equipment set.Copy !req
498. Are we set up in here?Copy !req
499. Do you want to test this mike?Copy !req
500. I know you have
a lot of questions,Copy !req
501. and I'll get to them.Copy !req
502. How did he know what he did
was going to work?Copy !req
503. He didn't.
They could've died up there,Copy !req
504. and there would've been nothingCopy !req
505. we could've done.Copy !req
506. They'd have been a ghost ship,
stuck in orbit.Copy !req
507. They on schedule?Copy !req
508. Why would he take that risk?Copy !req
509. Bring those men back without
delivering that payload?Copy !req
510. You're talking millions
of wasted dollars.Copy !req
511. That's all Congress would need
to shut down NASA.Copy !req
512. As of 2200 hours,Copy !req
513. the crew has been conducting
on board tests and tasksCopy !req
514. and resting up for their first
full day in space tomorrow.Copy !req
515. I'm happy to say,Copy !req
516. after a beautiful night launch,Copy !req
517. the shuttle orbiterCopy !req
518. has performed magnificently.Copy !req
519. So much for your boyhood hero.Copy !req
520. Colonel Belt?
Colonel Belt?Copy !req
521. Can I talk to you for a moment?Copy !req
522. You want to know
why I lied to them.Copy !req
523. You're asking yourself
if this means I'd lie to you.Copy !req
524. You know what it means
to be an astronaut, sir?Copy !req
525. You risk your lifeCopy !req
526. every time you get into
your spacecraftCopy !req
527. for nothing moreCopy !req
528. than the good progress
of mankind.Copy !req
529. You've got no argument
from me, sir.Copy !req
530. You're true American heroes.Copy !req
531. Heroes...?Copy !req
532. We used to make headlines
when we did our job right.Copy !req
533. Now they bury you
in the back of the paper.Copy !req
534. Name me two astronauts
on the last shuttle mission.Copy !req
535. You make the front page todayCopy !req
536. only if you screw up.Copy !req
537. They only know your nameCopy !req
538. if you're the unlucky S.O.B.
sitting on 500 tons of dynamite.Copy !req
539. That's what they're
really waiting for.Copy !req
540. Sir, I have to ask.Copy !req
541. I'm sorry, it's my job.Copy !req
542. Do you think someone
is sabotaging the shuttle?Copy !req
543. My answer to you, sir,Copy !req
544. will be to bring those men back
safely to Earth.Copy !req
545. OTC... I've got...Copy !req
546. How's it going out there?Copy !req
547. There's something out here.Copy !req
548. Can you repeat that,
Commander Belt?Copy !req
549. It's coming at me.Copy !req
550. Holy God!Copy !req
551. Uh, Houston, we just heard
something weird up here.Copy !req
552. OTC Houston,
can you describe it?Copy !req
553. Sort of a dull thump,
like something bumped the ship.Copy !req
554. You got any ideas about that?Copy !req
555. There it is again.Copy !req
556. taking a look
at it now.Copy !req
557. Pull it out?Copy !req
558. - Yeah.
- ... on this side as well?Copy !req
559. That one right there.Copy !req
560. Got in the, uh, matrix.Copy !req
561. They've got an oxygen leak
on board the orbiter.Copy !req
562. Our O2 gauges
are going all screwy, Houston.Copy !req
563. We got problems.Copy !req
564. We've got an O2 leak
in the main tank.Copy !req
565. What did they say happened?Copy !req
566. They don't know.Copy !req
567. They just said it was a thump.Copy !req
568. Stand by.Copy !req
569. Uh, we have an astronomer
in WinnipegCopy !req
570. who just spotted a gaseous cloudCopy !req
571. about a mile long,
trailing in our orbit.Copy !req
572. That's the liquid O2
leaking out into space.Copy !req
573. The exact same thing
happened to Colonel BeltCopy !req
574. but on an Apollo mission.Copy !req
575. How much time do they have?Copy !req
576. Well, that's hard to know
without accurate telemetry data,Copy !req
577. We're doing the calculations,Copy !req
578. but it'll just be a guesstimate.Copy !req
579. I need some answers.Copy !req
580. And where is Colonel Belt?Copy !req
581. We can't find him.Copy !req
582. He was due here 90 minutes agoCopy !req
583. to begin payload deployment.Copy !req
584. Uh, Houston, we're up hereCopy !req
585. kind of wonderingCopy !req
586. when do we have
to start holding our breath?Copy !req
587. We're working on it, OTC.Copy !req
588. I need those calculations and
I need a worst-case scenario.Copy !req
589. We don't know if one or bothCopy !req
590. of the O2 tanks
have been damaged.Copy !req
591. Worst-case scenario!Copy !req
592. And then I want someone
to find Colonel Belt.Copy !req
593. We'll find Colonel Belt.Copy !req
594. They've got
30 minutes of backup oxygen.Copy !req
595. Beyond that,
it's anybody's guess.Copy !req
596. Why does she need Belt?Copy !req
597. She doesn't know how
serious the leak is.Copy !req
598. It's an oxygen leak.Copy !req
599. Even I can
figure out what happensCopy !req
600. when you run out of oxygen.Copy !req
601. Colonel Belt's been up there
in the same situation before.Copy !req
602. He'll know better than
anybody else what to do.Copy !req
603. He's got to make the decisions.Copy !req
604. Where the hell is he?Copy !req
605. Colonel Belt?Copy !req
606. Colonel Belt!Copy !req
607. I'm going to go get Security.Copy !req
608. Colonel Belt.Copy !req
609. Are you all right?Copy !req
610. Yeah.Copy !req
611. I wasn't feeling well.Copy !req
612. They need you down
at Mission Control, sir.Copy !req
613. There's been another accident.Copy !req
614. OTC,Copy !req
615. is your orbital maneuvering
system still operational?Copy !req
616. Roger, Houston.Copy !req
617. Now we're ready for reentry.Copy !req
618. Just say the word.Copy !req
619. How bad's the leak?Copy !req
620. We have no way to determine.Copy !req
621. OTC...Copy !req
622. what's the condensation
on your cabin?Copy !req
623. Windows are getting
a little steamy.Copy !req
624. Carbon dioxide buildup.Copy !req
625. Okay, OTC.Copy !req
626. Everything's going to be fine.Copy !req
627. I want you
to get in your spacesuitsCopy !req
628. and depressurize your cabin.Copy !req
629. And then I want you
to vent that CO2.Copy !req
630. Roger, Houston.
And then what?Copy !req
631. I want you to stay
in your suits.Copy !req
632. And then I want you
to prepare to useCopy !req
633. your emergency oxygen systems.Copy !req
634. And then I want you...Copy !req
635. to...Copy !req
636. deliver your payload.Copy !req
637. Those are men up there.Copy !req
638. You're out of line.Copy !req
639. You want to tell me
how to do my job?Copy !req
640. I've been up there
in that situation, Ms. Generoo.Copy !req
641. There's more at risk hereCopy !req
642. than your personal life.Copy !req
643. And if you can't accept that...Copy !req
644. or operate effectively
in these circumstances,Copy !req
645. then maybe you better
leave the decisionsCopy !req
646. to people in this room who can.Copy !req
647. OTC...Copy !req
648. do you copy?Copy !req
649. Roger, Houston.Copy !req
650. We're waiting
on those O2 calculations.Copy !req
651. Michelle!Copy !req
652. They're going to die.Copy !req
653. You don't know that.Copy !req
654. That's absolutely unconscionableCopy !req
655. putting that payload
before those men's lives.Copy !req
656. I think she's right, Mulder.Copy !req
657. You saw him in there.
He's losing it.Copy !req
658. He saved their lives earlier.Copy !req
659. Did he, or did he put their
lives in unnecessary jeopardy?Copy !req
660. If he can't deliver that payloadCopy !req
661. Congress is gonna kill
the space program.Copy !req
662. Oh, and you think
killing those astronautsCopy !req
663. isn't going to have
the same effect?Copy !req
664. Look, Mulder,
I think somebody must haveCopy !req
665. sabotaged the space shuttleCopy !req
666. because too many things
have gone wrong.Copy !req
667. I think Colonel Belt
knows about itCopy !req
668. and he's known
about it from the beginning.Copy !req
669. We've got to stop him.Copy !req
670. We've got to pull them
out of orbit!Copy !req
671. He doesn't want
those men to die.Copy !req
672. How do you know?Copy !req
673. I know it.
I'm sure of it.Copy !req
674. He's the one that
put them up there.Copy !req
675. And he may be the only person
who can get them down alive.Copy !req
676. And how can you be certain
that what he's doingCopy !req
677. isn't the right thing?Copy !req
678. That what he's doing isn't
gonna save their lives?Copy !req
679. Now, I need access
to your recordsCopy !req
680. in a hurry.Copy !req
681. I need everything
on the Hubble telescopeCopy !req
682. the Mars Observer,
the shuttle ChallengerCopy !req
683. and the current orbiter mission.Copy !req
684. You're talking about
tens of thousands of documents.Copy !req
685. What exactly are we looking for?Copy !req
686. X rays, diagrams, schematics...Copy !req
687. any proof that Belt
knew about a sabotage.Copy !req
688. A needle in a haystack.Copy !req
689. Payload deployment initiated.Copy !req
690. Roger that, OTC.Copy !req
691. Tracking it now.Copy !req
692. Looks good from here.Copy !req
693. Payload delivery is complete,
Houston.Copy !req
694. We're awaiting your order.Copy !req
695. System check
for reentry deorbit burn.Copy !req
696. Holy God! There's something
outside the ship!Copy !req
697. Th... There's someone
outside the ship!Copy !req
698. Can you repeat that, OTC?Copy !req
699. There's some kind of... ghost
outside the ship!Copy !req
700. No.Copy !req
701. No, no, no.Copy !req
702. No, no.Copy !req
703. No. No! No!Copy !req
704. No, no!Copy !req
705. No!Copy !req
706. Mulder,Copy !req
707. I found it.Copy !req
708. This is the same diagram
that was sent to Michelle.Copy !req
709. Ordered by Colonel Belt.Copy !req
710. Which means he knew
about the faulty valve.Copy !req
711. This is from the Challenger.Copy !req
712. It's the O-ring fitting
that failed.Copy !req
713. Dated January 21, 1986.Copy !req
714. That's one week before
the space shuttle blew up.Copy !req
715. The analysis was ordered
by colonel belt.Copy !req
716. Are you saying
he might have knownCopy !req
717. about the Challenger defect?Copy !req
718. Something weird
is going on here, Scully.Copy !req
719. Colonel Belt's collapsed.Copy !req
720. - Where is he?
- He's in his office.Copy !req
721. He was just here.Copy !req
722. Oh, my God.Copy !req
723. What's wrong with him?Copy !req
724. Get a doctor.Copy !req
725. Help me...Copy !req
726. Help me.Copy !req
727. How can we help you, Colonel?Copy !req
728. He's having some kind
of a seizure, Mulder.Copy !req
729. Come on!
Come on, come on!Copy !req
730. Oh, it's tearing...
it's tearing me apart!Copy !req
731. See if I can get a bus.Copy !req
732. Help me. Oh, help me.Copy !req
733. I'm bringingCopy !req
734. that shuttle down.Copy !req
735. - Sir, we need to...
- No!Copy !req
736. It's out there!Copy !req
737. Come on, let's put him down.Copy !req
738. - Spacesuits!
- Easy. Easy.Copy !req
739. - Strap him down!
- There you go.Copy !req
740. Give him ten milligrams
of diazepam.Copy !req
741. - No.
- He's going to hurt himself, Mulder.Copy !req
742. He's trying
to tell us something.Copy !req
743. - I got his legs.
- Colonel Belt.Copy !req
744. I got... I got... I got...Copy !req
745. Those men
are running out of oxygen.Copy !req
746. They don't have to die.Copy !req
747. Colonel Belt,
I want you to focus.Copy !req
748. Focus your breathing.Copy !req
749. Focus your pain.Copy !req
750. Right here.Copy !req
751. Blood pressure's 174 over 120.Copy !req
752. - Spacesuit! Spacesuit!
- Vitals are rising.Copy !req
753. Mulder, you're risking
an aneurysm.Copy !req
754. Focus.Copy !req
755. Now you're focused.Copy !req
756. Right here.Copy !req
757. Now, you're going
to save those astronautsCopy !req
758. and you're going to tell me
how to do it.Copy !req
759. The shuttle
can't survive reentry.Copy !req
760. - No. He's lying.
- How do you know it can't survive?Copy !req
761. The fuselage...
the fuselage is damaged.Copy !req
762. The s... silicone tiles
are destroyed.Copy !req
763. How does he know?Copy !req
764. How has it been damaged?Copy !req
765. I'm responsible.Copy !req
766. Did you sabotage the shuttle?Copy !req
767. No, but I couldn't stop them.Copy !req
768. - Nobody can stop them.
- Stop who?Copy !req
769. - Pulse is 194.
- You're gonna kill him, Mulder.Copy !req
770. - Stop who?
- They don't want us to know.Copy !req
771. They don't want us to know.Copy !req
772. Who?Copy !req
773. It came to me.Copy !req
774. It lives in me.Copy !req
775. It's coming at me!Copy !req
776. It's coming at me!Copy !req
777. Get me out of here!Copy !req
778. It's attacking me!Copy !req
779. Get me out!Copy !req
780. Get it out.Copy !req
781. Help me.Copy !req
782. It's coming back.Copy !req
783. That's the face
I saw in the fog.Copy !req
784. We're losing him.
Defib.Copy !req
785. Here you go.Copy !req
786. Clear.Copy !req
787. Hit it.Copy !req
788. They just ran out of oxygen.Copy !req
789. They've got exactlyCopy !req
790. 30 minutes left in the
emergency backup system.Copy !req
791. They're going to suffocate
up there.Copy !req
792. I've got no choice
but to bring them down.Copy !req
793. It's the only chance I've got.Copy !req
794. Again.Copy !req
795. Okay, we got O2 standing by...Copy !req
796. Hold on.Copy !req
797. We've got vitals.
We got a pulse.Copy !req
798. We've got to get him
to a hospital.Copy !req
799. OTC, this is Houston
Mission Control.Copy !req
800. Do you copy?Copy !req
801. Roger, Houston.Copy !req
802. We've got some spooky stuff
up here.Copy !req
803. OTC, we're going
to bring you down.Copy !req
804. We want you to instigate
deorbit burnCopy !req
805. and begin deceleration.Copy !req
806. Roger, Houston. Kind of hoping
you were going to say that.Copy !req
807. Activating OMS rockets.Copy !req
808. All systems go for reentry.Copy !req
809. They're bringing
the shuttle down.Copy !req
810. You said the shuttle
would burn up on reentry.Copy !req
811. Is there anything
we can do to save it?Copy !req
812. Change the trajectory.Copy !req
813. Change the trajectory to what?Copy !req
814. Change the reentry trajectory
to 35 degrees.Copy !req
815. T-minus 35 seconds
to ionosphere reentry.Copy !req
816. Change the reentry trajectory.Copy !req
817. What?Copy !req
818. You've got to
change it to 35 degrees.Copy !req
819. T-minus 30 seconds
to ionosphere reentry.Copy !req
820. - Colonel Belt...
- I can't.Copy !req
821. 25 seconds.Copy !req
822. It's your only shot.Copy !req
823. We'd have
to change landing site;Copy !req
824. we'd have to
inform them before the blackout.Copy !req
825. 15 seconds to blackout.Copy !req
826. I want to know whatCopy !req
827. the weather conditions are
in Albuquerque.Copy !req
828. Are we go
for an emergency landing?Copy !req
829. Weather in Albuquerque?Copy !req
830. Landing conditions go
in Albuquerque.Copy !req
831. T-minus five seconds
to blackout.Copy !req
832. OTC, this is Houston.Copy !req
833. I want you to change
your re-entry trajectoryCopy !req
834. to 35 degrees.Copy !req
835. You'll be landing at Kirtland
Field in Albuquerque.Copy !req
836. Do you copy?Copy !req
837. Ionosphere reentry.
Temporary blackout in effect.Copy !req
838. Did they get that transmission?Copy !req
839. Two minutes to reestablish.Copy !req
840. Damn it.Copy !req
841. How much oxygen do they have?Copy !req
842. 16 minutes.Copy !req
843. OTC, this is Houston.Copy !req
844. Come in, OTC.Copy !req
845. OTC, this is Houston.Copy !req
846. Come in, OTC!Copy !req
847. Anything?Copy !req
848. What's the point of
their new reentry?Copy !req
849. 500 miles west of Hawaii.Copy !req
850. - See if Hawaii can get me...
- Hawaii's picked the shuttle upCopy !req
851. on radar.Copy !req
852. They made it.Copy !req
853. Not necessarily.Copy !req
854. Albuquerque, do you have
radar confirmation?Copy !req
855. Negative, Houston.
Nothing on the screen.Copy !req
856. OTC, this is Houston.Copy !req
857. Come in, OTC.Copy !req
858. OTC, this is Houston!Copy !req
859. Come in, OTC!Copy !req
860. Houston, this is OTC.Copy !req
861. You know a good place to eat
in Albuquerque?Copy !req
862. We all want to meet for dinner.Copy !req
863. OTC, welcome home.Copy !req
864. Welcome home, OTC.Copy !req
865. You're looking real good.Copy !req
866. Yes!Copy !req
867. The space shuttle
touched down todayCopy !req
868. at 10:56 Central Standard Time.Copy !req
869. The orbiter
delivered its payloadCopy !req
870. after just 13 orbitsCopy !req
871. and returned to Earth...Copy !req
872. without incident.Copy !req
873. We at NASA are looking forward
to our next shuttle missionCopy !req
874. and to future successful
explorations of spaceCopy !req
875. for mankindCopy !req
876. and for the future of mankind.Copy !req
877. No... no...!Copy !req
878. No, no!Copy !req
879. No more!Copy !req
880. I just heard.Copy !req
881. Something had possessed him...Copy !req
882. something he must have seen
out there in space.Copy !req
883. The doctors who examined himCopy !req
884. said he was experiencing
severe dementia.Copy !req
885. I don't think
he ever really knewCopy !req
886. exactly how it was
working through himCopy !req
887. or that he ever knew
that he was...Copy !req
888. responsible for his own actions.Copy !req
889. He ordered those X rays
of the damaged parts.Copy !req
890. You saw what I saw, Scully.Copy !req
891. I think he was trying
to warn her.Copy !req
892. I think that he sent Michelle
those X raysCopy !req
893. like he was trying
to reach out to herCopy !req
894. without quite knowing why,Copy !req
895. as if his own
instinctual impulseCopy !req
896. was to save those men.Copy !req
897. While simultaneously
trying to kill them?Copy !req
898. Scully, we send those men
up into spaceCopy !req
899. to unlock the doors
of the universeCopy !req
900. and we don't even know
what's behind them.Copy !req
901. I think whatever it was,
he took it with him.Copy !req
902. And in the end,
that was the only wayCopy !req
903. he knew how to stop it.Copy !req
904. There's an investigation,
you know.Copy !req
905. They haven't ruled out
foul play.Copy !req
906. He gave his own life.Copy !req
907. As an astronaut,Copy !req
908. that was something
he was prepared to do.Copy !req
909. for Colonel
Marcus Aurelius BeltCopy !req
910. devoted his life
to the explorationCopy !req
911. and understanding of space...Copy !req
912. learning its mysteries
and experiencing itCopy !req
913. not just for himself,
but for humanity.Copy !req
914. Lord, take this man's soulCopy !req
915. and let it rise up
to your HeavenCopy !req
916. higher than he could ever go
as a man.Copy !req
917. Let him know
the true nature of the universeCopy !req
918. that he sought to learn.Copy !req