1. We have the crew
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by the late President Kennedy,
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risen to the challenge of what he called...
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dangerous and greatest adventure...
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has ever embarked."
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years with our manned space program,
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after that sudden and horrible fire...
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during a routine test...
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Gus Grissom, - Fire in the cockpit!
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- Get us outta here!
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could beat the Russians to the moon.
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after the tragedy of Apollo 1,
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as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin...
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just a moment ago.
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the spacecraft permission...
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9:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
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and this is you,
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In the LEM.
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around, smokin' like chimneys.
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have puppies. Jim Lovell.
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This is Tracey.
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Tracey? This is the man.
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They were the first around the moon.
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on the wheel. Make yourselves at home.
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Where have you been?
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in Houston.
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Everything else all right?
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Looks okay. Hey! Cadet Lovell.
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ice. Make sure it gets cold.
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this week? I'm on vacation.
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tonight. God, who wouldn't.
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Our day's comin'.
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the program before number 14.
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cousin called. Uh-huh.
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get on Jim Lovell's crew. Yeah.
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make sure he got the best.
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48. - What network do we want?
- Come on! Walt! Hey! Put on Walter!
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Jules Bergman!
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putting on the spacesuits and the boots.
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landing.
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Hell, damn near heroic...
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backup for this historic moon walk,
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Ken Mattingly and Fred Haise.
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Everybody quiet down!
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- He still has time to get out.
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to wave him off. Pull up, Neil!
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those pictures. Wow.
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at the foot of the ladder.
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- Armstrong is on the moon.
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38-year-old American,
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Let's sell the house.
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lookin' up at us.
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get a wink of sleep tonight.
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side on 8, I didn't sleep at all.
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over and over again.
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90. Christopher Columbus, Charles
Lindbergh and Neil Armstrong.
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on the face of it.
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only the most visible member...
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down to the guy sweeping the floor...
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100. What did the man say? "Give me a
lever long enough and I'll move the world"?
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This is divine inspiration.
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the belief that anything is possible.
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can fit into a single room...
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of information,
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106. This is the actual launch vehicle
that will be taking Alan Shepard...
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of the Apollo 13 mission.
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108. When are you
going up again, Jim?
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109. I'm slated to be the commander of
Apollo 14 sometime late next year.
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110. Attention, all
personnel. Clear level three.
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to the bathroom in space?
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it's a highly technical process...
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114. of cranking down the window
and looking for a gas station, which, uh...
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seven astronauts, ladies and gentlemen.
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118. Now he's our boss. He hands out
the astronauts' flight assignments,
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119. so naturally we kick back
part of our salaries to Deke.
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120. How much this month? Can I have
a minute? Something's come up.
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121. Sure, you b... Uh, Henry?
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123. Anybody home? I'm not
being a cheerleader, Mom!
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124. You don't understand!
I worked so hard on this!
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125. Maybe I don't understand, but you are
not wearing that out in this neighborhood.
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126. She's not even wearing a bra!
You can see everything! Shut up!
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127. Hey, everybody.
Marilyn, trick or treat. Jim.
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128. You know that Easter vacation
trip we had planned for Acapulco?
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129. Uh-oh. I was thinkin' there might
be a slight change in destination.
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130. Really?
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132. Al Shepard's ear infection
has flared up,
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133. and we've all been bumped up
to the prime crew of Apollo 13.
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134. Straight to the head of the line
and the Fra Mauro highlands.
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135. - I gotta get over there. We're gonna have to get up to speed.
- Go. Go.
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136. I'm gonna walk
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137. I know.
I can't believe it.
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138. Naturally, it's 13.
Why 13?
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13, you are go for docking.
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and on the line.
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142. Okay, S-4B is stable,
slot panels are drifting free.
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The docking target is clear.
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144. Okay, I'm comin' up
on that now. Two... one... mark.
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on 'em. We'll see what he does.
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I can't translate up.
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148. Houston, we are drifting
down and away.
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149. Wanna back off and take
another run? No, I got it.
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and get it stable here.
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They're all gray.
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155. Capture. That's it!
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156. That's it.
Sweet move, Ken. Beautiful.
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157. Gentlemen, that is the way we
do that. Man, that woke me up.
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158. Apollo 13 backup
crew, you're up in the simulator.
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159. - Nice job, gentlemen.
- That's three hours of boredom...
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160. followed by seven seconds
of sheer terror.
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161. Good job, guys. You just
won the Christmas turkey.
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162. Nice try, Frank. You
really outfoxed 'em, brother.
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163. Yeah, but it wasn't perfect. Used up
too much fuel. You're above the curve.
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164. Not by much.
Listen, guys, I wanna work it again.
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165. Hey, we gotta be up with the dawn
patrol headed for Bethpage, what, 0700?
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166. Wheels up at 0700.
Yeah, I know,
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167. but my rate of turn
is still a little slow.
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168. I really think
we should work it again.
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169. - Well, let's get it right.
- Okay, set it up again, Frank.
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170. Okay, 13
backup crew. It'll have to wait.
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171. Prime crew's up for
another run. Yeah, baby.
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we show S-4B shutdown...
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175. and when you get
in the LEM, two forward.
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177. Hey, we got a problem.
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178. - Ken, get your helmet on!
- I can't get it locked!
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take to get to the moon?
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But that's pretty fast.
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the Saturn 4B booster,
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away from the earth...
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from a gun...
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actually grabs us and pulls us...
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the lunar module, this spidery-lookin' guy.
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it's just for landin' on the moon.
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and I steer it around...
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attitude there, pitch, roll...
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Way better than Pete Conrad.
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the astronauts in the fire?
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198. Yeah. Yeah, I did. I knew the
astronauts in the fire. All of 'em.
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get it open when they needed to get out.
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We fixed it.
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schedule coming up. Yeah?
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Yeah.
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not going to the launch.
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these kids for a while now.
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from comin' to the other launches.
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She's just had this stroke. Mom's fine.
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The other wives have not done three.
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a hell of a show.
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220. We have that scheduled
for 0900 hours tomorrow.
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221. That's not gonna work, Walter.
Why?
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the lunar surface experiments tomorrow...
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back in the simulator.
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224. We're gonna be goin' over
the flight plan tonight.
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225. Gonna pay a visit to this machine
after you're hard down. Thanks.
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227. We just got some blood work back from
the lab. Charlie Duke has the measles.
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229. You've all been exposed to
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two days before the launch...
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read the tone of each other's voices?
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236. Jack Swigert has been
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I understand how you feel.
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238. We can do one of two things. We can
either scrub Mattingly and go with Swigert,
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240. Jim, if you hold out for Ken,
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244. ? Before the thing could answer me well
someone took the lamp away? Yes. Yes, sir.
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245. ? I looked all around A lousy candle
was all I found? Uh-uh, I understand.
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246. ? Well, you don't know what?
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248. ? What we can see?
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252. I mean, I know it's their ass if I
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254. You sure about this?
Why don't I talk to Deke?
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255. I'm sure we can work this out.
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257. Must've been a tough one.
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258. Look, I don't have the measles.
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259. I'm not gonna get the measles.
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260. Shoot. Ken, wait up.
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400,000 feet passing entry interphase.
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263. Reentry data is
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264. What's the story here?
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265. I got a corridor light.
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266. I'm goin' to manual.
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267. Houston, switching
to S.C.S. Roger, Thirteen.
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268. Okay, we're at three Gs.
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270. We're comin' in too steep. I'm gonna stay
in this roll, see if I can pull us out.
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271. We're at eight Gs.
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273. - We're at 12 Gs.
- Twelve Gs. We're burnin' up.
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275. I gave 'em a false indicator
light at entry interphase.
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276. Even Mattingly didn't
get it the first time.
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to get our switches reset.
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279. Jim, could we have a word?
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280. Oh, sure, Deke.
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281. We're
going to drop offline and debrief.
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283. if I had a dollar for every
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284. I wouldn't have
to work for you, Deke.
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285. Well, we have two days.
We'll be ready.
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286. Let's do it again.
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287. Do it again.
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288. Margaret, get them!
Fred, Stephen, come here!
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289. Daddy! Watch out! You'll fall!
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290. We can't go across that road.
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291. We don't want Daddy to get our
germs and get sick in outer space.
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292. Hey, boys. Not givin' your
mom a hard time, are ya?
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295. Well, hey, that
looks like Marilyn Lovell.
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296. But it can't be. She's
not coming to the launch.
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297. - I heard it was gonna be a hell of a show.
- Who told you that?
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299. You can't live without me.
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Good night!
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burn system? Check.
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restraint ring? Check.
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What?
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Aw, sorry.
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310. I'm gonna give these guys a
beautiful ride. Sure you will, Jack.
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312. You want some apple?
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Mary.
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315. You're not just about
to pop, are you?
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316. No. I got 30 days
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317. This is for Gene.
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318. Mrs. Kranz has pulled out
the needle and thread again.
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319. The last one looked like
he bought it off a gypsy.
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320. Well, you can't argue
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326. I like it. I like that one,
Gene. Sharp, Gene.
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328. Very sharp.
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we can go now.
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331. Apollo 13 flight controllers,
listen up.
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- We're go, Flight.
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335. - Guidance.
- Guidance go. - Surgeon.
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337. We're go, Flight. GNC. We're go.
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338. Control. Go. Go, Flight.
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339. - Procedures.
- Go.
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340. - Go. - FAO.
- We are go.
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341. Network. Recovery. Go. Go.
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Houston. We are go for launch.
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by. Roger.
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348. Fuel pumps.
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349. This is it. A few bumps
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350. Control, this is
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360. We have lift-off!
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361. Houston, we
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362. Okay, guys, we got it.
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363. Come on, baby.
Come on.
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366. Roll complete.
We are pitching.
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368. - how we lookin'?
- Looks good, Flight. Right down the middle.
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369. We see your
B. P. C. Is clear, Thirteen.
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We show the same.
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confirm that cutoff?
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what's that going to do?
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379. Stand by, Flight. I need to know if
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on engine five?
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381. We're still go. We'll be all right as
long as we don't lose another one.
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382. - Roger that.
- Thirteen, we're not sure why the inboard was out,
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383. but the other engines are go, so
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385. Roger that.
Our gimbals are good.
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389. S-2 shutdown.
S-4B ignition.
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390. Thrust looks good, Flight.
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391. Flight, S-4B cutoff
in ten seconds.
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392. Thirteen, this is Houston.
Predicted cutoff is 12 plus 34, over.
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393. Coming up on 12 minutes 34.
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394. - And...
- SECO!
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395. Shutdown.
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396. And that, gentlemen,
is how we do that.
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397. T.L.I. is on the money.
Looks good, Flight.
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398. Roger, FIDO:
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399. Okay, guys.
We're goin' to the moon.
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400. Okay, let's get turned
around and pick up the lunar module.
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401. Odyssey, you're
go for pyro arm and docking,
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402. and we recommend you secure
cabin pressurization.
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403. Roger that.
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404. Okay, Swigert,
command module pilot,
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405. she's all yours.
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406. Houston, we've
got a good separation.
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407. The S-4B is
stable. Translation looks good.
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408. We confirm that, Thirteen.
We're gonna start to pitch around...
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409. to line up with the LEM.
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410. And pitching up.
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411. Pitch rate,
2.5 degrees per second.
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412. Roger, Jack.
We see you pitching around.
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413. Keep an eye on that telemetry.
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414. Roger that. If Swigert can't dock
this thing, we don't have a mission.
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415. Thrusting forward.
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416. One hundred feet.
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417. Watch the alignment, now.
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418. Ah, don't worry, guys.
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419. I'm on top of it.
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420. FIDO: let me know
when you're ready. Okay, let's uplink that.
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421. How we lookin'? We're
not there yet. Forty feet.
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422. Twenty.
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423. Come on, rookie,
park that thing.
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424. Ten feet.
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425. - Capture.
- That's it.
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426. Talk back is barber pole.
Go ahead and retract.
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427. Houston, we have hard dock.
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428. Roger, understand.
That's a good deal, Jack.
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429. Let's start
back up with procedure 17.
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430. Okay, Houston,
we have LEM extraction.
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431. We copy that, Thirteen.
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432. Now you're off
to the Fra Mauro highlands.
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433. We got a smooth one,
huh? By the numbers so far.
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434. We just ran a minimum load test on
the cooling system. Let me clean this up.
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435. See you tomorrow.
Take care.
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436. It's too bad we can't demonstrate
this on TV.
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437. What a shame.
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438. Okay. Overboard dump
comin' up.
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439. Here it comes,
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440. the constellation "Urion."
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441. Now, that's a beautiful sight.
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442. Okay, uh, good evening, America,
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443. and welcome aboard Apollo 13.
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444. I'm Jim Lovell, and we're
broadcasting to you tonight...
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445. from an altitude of almost 200,000 miles...
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446. away from the face of the earth,
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447. and we have a pretty good
show in store for you tonight.
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448. We are going
to show you just what...
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449. Susan. Barbara. Our life
is like for the three of us...
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450. in the vast expanse of outer
space. Double!
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451. One of the first things
we'd like to do...
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452. is provide you with the
appropriate background music.
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453. ?
Hello, world!
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454. That, uh, was supposed
to be the theme to 2001,
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455. in honor of
our command module Odyssey,
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456. ? but there seems to have
been a change in the program.
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457. When I go up on 19, I'm gonna take
my entire collection of Johnny Cash along.
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458. Hey, Marilyn.
Where's their broadcast?
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459. All the networks dumped us.
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460. One of them said we made goin' to the
moon as exciting as a trip to Pittsburgh.
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461. My son's supposed to be on.
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462. He's in outer space.
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463. This is all the channels
we get, Mrs. Lovell.
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464. It's that damn TV Guide again.
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465. We'll tell them
when they get back.
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466. ?
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467. Well, folks, as you can
probably tell,
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468. the Aquarius isn't much bigger
than a couple of telephone booths.
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469. The skin of the LEM
in some places...
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470. is only as...
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471. as thick as a couple of layers...
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472. of tinfoil, and that's all that
protects us from the vacuum of space.
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473. We get away with this because the LEM
is designed only for flight in outer space.
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474. Fred Haise, Renaissance man.?
We'll go honky tonkin' 'round this town?
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475. Okay, we'll head back up the
tunnel now and back into the Odyssey.
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476. Stand by one, Houston.
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477. Gotcha!
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478. Houston, that bang you heard was
Fred Haise on the cabin repress valve.
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479. He gets our hearts goin'
every time with that one.
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480. Okay, we're, uh, about
to close out the Aquarius...
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481. and, uh, return to the Odyssey.
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482. Our next broadcast will be from
Fra Mauro on the surface of the moon.
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483. So, uh, this is the crew
of the Apollo 13...
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484. wishing everyone
back on earth a...
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485. a pleasant evening.
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486. All right.
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487. Daddy was funny.
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488. They might air a few minutes of it
on the news tonight. You'd think so.
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489. I'd say that was a pretty
successful broadcast.
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490. - That was an excellent show.
- Thank you very much, Houston.
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491. We've got a couple of
housekeeping procedures.
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492. We'd like you to roll right
to 0-6-0 and null your rates.
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493. Roger that.
Rolling right, 0-6-0.
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494. And then if you could give
your oxygen tanks a stir.
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495. Roger that.
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496. Hey, we've got a problem here.
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497. What did you do?
Nothing. I stirred the tanks.
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498. Whoa!
Hey!
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499. Uh, this is Houston.
Say again please.
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500. Houston, we have a problem.
We have a main bus B undervolt.
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501. - We've got a lot of thruster activity here.
- What's with the computer now?
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502. It just went offline.
There's another master alarm.
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503. I'm checking the
quad. That was no repress valve.
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504. Maybe it's in quad C. I'm gonna reconfigure
the R.C.S. We've got a computer restart.
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505. We've got a ping light. The
way these are firing doesn't make sense.
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506. We've got multiple caution and warning,
Houston. We've got to reset and restart.
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507. I'm going to S.C.S.
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508. — Jesus.
Flight, their heart rates are skyrocketing.
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509. - what's your data telling you?
- O2 tank two not reading at all.
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510. Tank one is at 725 psi
and falling.
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511. Fuel cells one and three
are, uh...
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512. Oh, boy, what's going on here?
Flight, let me get back to you.
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513. Flight, GNC. They're all
over the place. Go, GNC.
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514. - They keep yawing close to gimbal lock.
- I keep losing radio signal.
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515. Flight, their antennae
must be flipped around.
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516. They're gonna have to do it manually if
they do it at all. One at a time, people.
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517. Is this an instrumentation problem
or are we looking at real power loss?
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518. It's reading a quadruple
failure. That can't happen.
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519. It's got to be instrumentation.
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520. Let's get the hatch buttoned. The LEM
might have been hit by a meteor. Yep.
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521. The tunnel's really torquin'
with all this movement.
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522. Houston, we had a pretty large bang
there associated with a master alarm.
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523. Damn, it's main bus A.
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524. Main bus A undervolt?
Main bus A undervolt down to...
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525. It's reading 25 and a half.
Main bus B is reading zip now.
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526. We got a wicked shimmy up here.
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527. These guys are talking about bangs and
shimmies. Doesn't sound like instrumentation.
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528. - You are breaking up, Thirteen.
- Can't get this hatch to seal.
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529. Just stow it. If we'd been hit by
a meteor, we'd be dead by now.
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530. I'm gonna try to get us
out of this lurch.
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531. Houston, did you say
switch to Omni Bravo?
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532. - Roger that, Thirteen.
- The signal strength went way down.
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533. It's fighting me. What's the story?
We keep flirting with gimbal lock.
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534. We need a confirmation.
What systems do you have down?
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535. I'm having a hard time,
Rick. S.M.R.C.S. Helium one.
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536. Did you say switch to Omni
Charlie? A and C are barber pole.
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537. Houston, I'm switching over
quad C to main A.
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538. - Roger that, Thirteen.
- Okay, Houston, fuel cell one, fuel cell three.
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539. We got a main bus B undervolt,
cryo pressure, suit compressor.
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540. What don't we have?
A. C. bus one, A. C. bus two,
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541. command module computer
and O2 flow high.
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542. I don't know. Maybe this is
a caution and warning failure.
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543. Houston, we are venting
something out into space.
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544. I can see it outside
of window one right now.
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545. It's definitely, uh...
a gas of some sort.
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546. It's got to be the oxygen.
Copy !req
547. Roger, Odyssey.
We copy your venting.
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548. Give me an alignment. Let's think
about the kind of things we can connect.
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549. Let's start right back at the
beginning. Anything look abnormal?
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550. Okay, listen
up. Quiet down, people.
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551. Quiet down. Quiet down.
Let's stay cool, people.
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552. Procedures, I need another
computer up in the R.T.C.C.
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553. I want everybody to alert
your support teams.
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554. Wake up anybody you need
and get them in here.
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555. Let's work the problem, people.
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556. Let's not make things worse
by guessin'.
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557. Thirteen, this is Houston. We are going
around the room. We're gonna get you answers.
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558. We keep venting, we're gonna
keep hitting the edge of that deadband.
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559. Take a look at the O2
on number one.
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560. 200 pounds and falling.
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561. O2 tank two still zero.
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562. Tank one: 218 psi and falling.
Is that what you're gettin'? Confirm.
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563. We're seeing the same,
Thirteen. Can we review our status, Sy?
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564. Let's look at this thing
from a standpoint of status.
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565. What have we got
on the spacecraft that's good?
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566. I'll get back to you, Gene.
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567. We're not gonna have
power much longer.
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568. The ship's bleedin' to death.
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569. Flight? Yeah. Go, EECOM:
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570. Um, Flight, I recommend we shut
down the reactant valves of the fuel cells.
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571. What the hell good
is that gonna do?
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572. If that's where the leak is,
we can isolate it.
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573. We can isolate it there, save what's left in
the tanks, and we can run on the good cell.
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574. You close 'em,
you can't open 'em again.
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575. You can't land on the moon
with one healthy fuel cell.
Copy !req
576. Gene, the Odyssey is dying.
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577. From my chair here,
this is the last option.
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578. Yeah. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. Okay, Sy.
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579. CAPCOM: let's have
them close the reactant valves.
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580. Thirteen, this is Houston.
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581. We want you to close react valves
on cells one and three. Do you copy?
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582. Are you saying you want
the whole smash?
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583. Closing down the react
valves for fuel cells shut down?
Copy !req
584. Shutting down the fuel
cells? Did I hear you right?
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585. Yeah, they heard me right.
Copy !req
586. Tell them we think that's the only way
they can stop the leak.
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587. Yeah, Jim. We think that closing
the react valves may stop the leak.
Copy !req
588. - Did he copy that?
- Do you copy, Jim?
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589. Yes, Houston, we copy.
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590. We just lost the moon.
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591. Okay, Freddo, shut those down.
Copy !req
592. Let's see what this does.
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593. If this doesn't work,
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594. we're not gonna have enough
power left to get home.
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595. - Nuts!
- Damn it!
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596. Uh, Houston,
O2 on one is still falling.
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597. Freddo, how long does it take
to power up the LEM?
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598. Three hours by the checklist.
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599. We don't have that much time.
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600. Okay, now, Jack, before the
batteries completely die on us in here,
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601. let's power down everything so we
can save as much as we can for reentry.
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602. Fifteen minutes of oxygen and that's
it. The command module will be dead.
Copy !req
603. Okay. Okay, guys,
listen up. Here's the drill.
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604. We're moving the astronauts over to the
LEM. We've got to get some oxygen up there.
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605. Control, I want an emergency power
procedure; the essential hardware only.
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606. we're gonna be shutting
down the command module at the same time.
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607. We'll have to transfer the guidance
system from one computer to the other,
Copy !req
608. so I want those numbers up and
ready when our guys are in position.
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609. We've gotta transfer all control data over the
LEM computer before the command module dies.
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610. The lunar module
just became a lifeboat.
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611. Odyssey, this is Houston. We
need you to power down immediately.
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612. You're gonna have to power up the LEM at the
same time, so you better get somebody over there.
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613. We already have Freddo
in the LEM, Houston.
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614. We've got serious time pressure.
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615. You've got to get the
guidance program transferred,
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616. and you've got to do it before you're
out of power in the command module...
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617. or you're not gonna be able
to navigate up there.
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618. How much time?
Can you give me a number?
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619. Well, we're looking at less than 15
minutes of life support in the Odyssey.
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620. We've got 15 minutes, Freddo.
It's worse than I thought.
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621. Houston, be aware I've moved from
the command module into the LEM.
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622. If Jack can't get that guidance computer
data transferred before they go dead...
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623. They won't even know which
way they're pointed. That's right.
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624. That's a bad way to fly.
I'll be in 210 if you need me.
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625. Houston, this is
Thirteen. Are you back with me now?
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626. Aquarius, this is Houston. You now
have about 12 minutes to power up.
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627. I can't see any stars. Man, there's a
lot of debris floatin' around out there.
Copy !req
628. Okay, Houston, I have completed
the steps on page 15.
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629. Now I'm ready
to power down the computer.
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630. I'm gonna need
your gimbal angles, Jack,
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631. before you shut down
the computer!
Copy !req
632. Okay, Jim.
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633. I need this back to me before
they power down. Those numbers...
Copy !req
634. All right, all right.
I got it. Hold on.
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635. - Houston, our computer is up.
- Roger. Stand by.
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636. Jack, we need to proceed with
steps 12 through 17 quickly.
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637. You're down to about
eight minutes remaining.
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638. Fuel cell pump's
off. O2 fans, tank two off.
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639. Okay, Houston, check me. I have
completed these gimbal conversions,
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640. but, uh, I need a double check
of the arithmetic.
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641. - Yeah, you can go, Jim.
- Okay, the roll CAL angle is minus two.
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642. Lunar module roll is 355.57.
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643. 1678... Correction.
167.78.
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644. Yaw is 351.87. Stand
by. We're checking it.
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645. We've got negative
visibility in our star field,
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646. and if this paperwork isn't right, who
knows where we'll end up out here?
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647. Looks good, Flight.
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648. It's all right.
Good here.
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649. - He's good, Andy.
- We'll go on those numbers.
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650. You're
good. Log 'em in, Freddo.
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651. Jack, turn off
the I. M. U. Switch to S. C.S.
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652. Stand by to turn off
the thrusters. Over.
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653. Hey, speaking of girl watching, did you know that our
first bachelor astronaut is on his way to the moon?
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654. Is it Swigert? Yeah, first bachelor.
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655. He's the kind, they say, has a girl
in every port. He has that reputation.
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656. I think he's sort of foolishly optimistic,
taking nylons and Hershey bars to the moon.
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657. Uh, I... Colonel Borman is h...
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658. An A BC New...
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659. Here is ABC science editor
Jules Bergman.
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660. The Apollo 13 spacecraft
has lost all electrical power,
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661. and astronauts Jim Lovell,
Fred Haise and Jack Swigert...
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662. are making their way through the tunnel to
the lunar module, using it as a lifeboat,
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663. so they'll have electrical power
for their radios on the command module.
Copy !req
664. Apollo 13 is apparently also losing
breathing oxygen... Slow down.
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665. An electrical
failure. What exactly does that mean?
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666. The emergency has ruled out
any chance of a lunar landing...
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667. and could endanger the lives
of the astronauts themselves...
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668. if the LEM oxygen supply, plus whatever
is left of the command module's oxygen,
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669. can't last them until
they can get back to Earth.
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670. What do you mean there's
no immediate danger?
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671. I just heard they're losing
oxygen. Can they get back?
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672. - We want to switch control to the Aquarius now.
- Roger that.
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673. We're all out of whack. I'm trying to
pitch down, but we're yawing to the left.
Copy !req
674. - Why can't I null this out?
- She wasn't designed to fly attached like this.
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675. It's like flying with
a dead elephant on our back.
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676. Flight, Guidance. We're getting
awfully close to center here.
Copy !req
677. Watch that middle gimbal. We
don't want you tumbling off into space.
Copy !req
678. Freddo, inform Houston I'm well
aware of the goddamn gimbals!
Copy !req
679. Roger that, Houston.
Copy !req
680. I don't need
to hear the obvious.
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681. I've got the frappin' eight-ball in
front of me! Andy, we're on VOX.
Copy !req
682. Aquarius, this is Houston.
We've got you both on VOX.
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683. You want what?
You want us to go to VOX?
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684. You have a hot mike.
We are reading everything you say.
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685. Sorry, Jim.
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686. It's only by a very narrow margin...
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687. that we're going to get Lovell,
Haise and Swigert back alive.
Copy !req
688. Jeffrey?
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689. Why are so many people here?
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690. Oh, well, you know...
your dad's flying his mission.
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691. He said he was going
to get me a moon rock.
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692. Right.
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693. Well...
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694. something broke
on your daddy's spaceship,
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695. and he's gonna have to turn around
before he even gets to the moon.
Copy !req
696. Was it the door?
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697. Thirteen, Houston. We still
show that venting pushing you around.
Copy !req
698. How you doing?
Houston, Aquarius.
Copy !req
699. We've had to learn how to fly all
over again, but we are doing better now.
Copy !req
700. Uh, roger that,
Aquarius. Have him close it out.
Copy !req
701. Jack, we can
close out your procedure now.
Copy !req
702. Computer off.
We're clear.
Copy !req
703. We're go on the LEM.
Copy !req
704. We confirm shutdown, Jack.
Lunar module now in control.
Copy !req
705. Roger that, Houston.
This is Odyssey signing off.
Copy !req
706. Freddo, we're gonna have to execute some
sort of burn. It's just a matter of when.
Copy !req
707. - Did they shut us all down in there?
- Yeah.
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708. Didn't think we'd
be back in here so soon.
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709. Houston, how far off course
do you project we are? Over.
Copy !req
710. Okay, people, listen up!
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711. Gentlemen, I want you all
to forget the flight plan.
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712. From this moment on, we are
improvising a new mission.
Copy !req
713. Oh, come on. Sorry about that.
Copy !req
714. We'll get somebody to look at
that. Find a bulb around here.
Copy !req
715. How do we get our people home?
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716. They are here.
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717. - Do we turn 'em around, straight back, direct abort?
- Yes!
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718. Gene... I can't
guarantee the burn yet.
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719. No, sir, no, sir, no, sir!
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720. We get them
on a free-return trajectory.
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721. It's the option with the fewest
question marks for safety.
Copy !req
722. I agree with Jerry. We use the
moon's gravity to slingshot them around.
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723. - The LEM will not support three guys for that amount of time.
- It barely holds two.
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724. We've got to do a direct abort. We do an
about-face. We bring the guys right home.
Copy !req
725. Get 'em back soon.
Absolutely.
Copy !req
726. We don't even know if
the Odyssey's engine's working.
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727. If there's been serious damage to this
spacecraft... They blow up and they die!
Copy !req
728. That is not the argument!
We are talking about time!
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729. Let's hold it down.
Let's hold it down, people.
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730. The only engine with enough power for a direct
abort is the S.P.S. on the service module.
Copy !req
731. From what Lovell has told us, it could
have been damaged in an explosion,
Copy !req
732. so let's consider
that engine dead.
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733. We light that thing up,
could blow the whole works.
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734. It's just too risky. We're
not gonna take that chance.
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735. About the only thing the command
module is good for is reentry.
Copy !req
736. That leaves us with the LEM,
which means free-return trajectory.
Copy !req
737. Once we get the guys
around the moon,
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738. we'll fire up the LEM engine,
make a long burn,
Copy !req
739. pick up some speed and get
'em home as quick as we can.
Copy !req
740. So let's get to work.
Let's lay it out, okay?
Copy !req
741. Expect loss
of signal in less than one minute.
Copy !req
742. When we pick you back up, we will have
your P. C. plus two burn data.
Copy !req
743. Roger that, Houston. We'll hear
from you again at acquisition of signal.
Copy !req
744. You wanna look?
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745. Oh, look at that.
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746. Wow.
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747. Aquarius,
that's 30 seconds until loss of signal.
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748. Mare Tranquillitatis.
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749. Neil and Buzz's
old neighborhood.
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750. Aquarius, this is Houston.
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751. We expect loss of signal
in approximately ten seconds.
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752. So long, Earth.
Catch you on the flip side.
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753. When you go
into the shadow of the moon...
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754. and the moon is
between you and the sun,
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755. then you see stars that are more
brilliant than anything you've ever seen...
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756. on the clearest nights
here on Earth.
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757. And then you pass into the lunar
sunrise over the lunar surface.
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758. It must be
an awe-inspiring sight.
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759. I-I-I can't wait
to see it myself.
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760. The problem now is not so much a
question of an adequate oxygen supply,
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761. but it is the rate
of consumption of water,
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762. which is vitally needed
for the cooling operations.
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763. Look, it's Fra Mauro.
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764. I can see our landing site.
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765. Wow.
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766. Look at the Tsiolkovskii crater.
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767. I can't believe how bright
the ejecta blanket is.
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768. It's like
snow. It's beautiful.
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769. That's Mare Imbrium
to the north.
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770. Thirteen, this is Houston.
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771. We're reading your telemetry.
It's good to see you again.
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772. Good to see you too, Houston.
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773. We are picking you up at
a velocity of 7,062 feet per second...
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774. at a distance from the moon
of 56 nautical miles.
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775. Stand by for your
P. C. plus two burn data.
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776. Gotta tell you, I had an itch to
take this baby down, do some prospectin'.
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777. Damn, we were close.
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778. Gentlemen,
what are your intentions?
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779. I'd like to go home.
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780. We got a burn coming up.
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781. We're gonna need a contingency
if we lose comm with Houston.
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782. Freddo, let's get an idea where
we stand on the consumables.
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783. Jack, get into the Odyssey and bag up all
the water you can before it freezes in there.
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784. Let's go home.
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785. Aquarius, we got some
P. C. plus two burn data for you fellas.
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786. So you're telling me you can
only give our guys 45 hours?
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787. That brings them to about there.
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788. Gentlemen,
that's not acceptable.
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789. Gene,
Gene, we've got to talk about power.
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790. Whoa, whoa, guys!
Power is everything!
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791. Power is everything.
What do you mean?
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792. Without it, they don't talk to us,
they don't correct their trajectory,
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793. they don't turn
the heat shield around.
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794. We gotta turn everything off. Now.
They're not gonna make it to reentry.
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795. What do you mean, "everything"? With
everything on, the LEM draws 60 amps.
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796. At that rate, in 16 hours
the batteries are dead, not 45.
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797. And so is the crew.
We gotta get them down to 12 amps.
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798. Twelve amps?
How many?
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799. You can't run a vacuum cleaner on
12 amps, John. That's not gonna work.
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800. We gotta turn off... We have to
turn off the radars, cabin heater,
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801. instrument displays, the guidance
computer, the whole smash.
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802. Whoa! Guidance computer. What
if they need to do another burn?
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803. They won't even know
which way they're pointed.
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804. The more time we talk, the more juice they waste.
I've been lookin' at the data. That's the deal?
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805. That's the deal.
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806. Okay, John. The minute we finish
the burn, we'll power down the LEM.
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807. All right.
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808. Now in the meantime, we're gonna
have a frozen command module up there.
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809. We're gonna have to power it up
using nothing but the reentry batteries.
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810. - That's never been tried.
- Hell, we've never even simulated it before, Gene.
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811. Well, we're gonna
have to figure it out.
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812. I want people in our simulators
working reentry scenarios.
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813. I want you guys to find every engineer
who designed every switch, every circuit,
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814. and every light bulb
that's up there.
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815. Then talk to the guy in the
assembly line who actually built the thing.
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816. Find out how to squeeze every amp
out of both of these goddamn machines.
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817. I want this mark all the way
back to Earth with time to spare.
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818. We never lost
an American in space.
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819. We're sure as hell not
gonna lose one on my watch.
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820. Failure is not an option.
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821. You see this ammeter rise over 20
at any point, power-up is no good.
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822. We see it spike, that's sayonara
for the guidance computer.
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823. Our guys can't reenter.
Okay?
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824. How much power do we have
to play with?
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825. Barely enough to run this coffee pot
for nine hours. John.
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826. Go. Yeah, Ken
Mattingly just got here.
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827. Copy.
He's here.
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828. They've been losing heat
since the accident.
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829. They're gonna start getting a lot of
water condensation on the control panels.
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830. Ken, glad you're here. You know what's
going on? John's brought me up to speed.
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831. What do we have left in the
batteries? We don't really know.
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832. We gotta get started on some shortcuts
for power-up. You know how short?
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833. It's all in the sequencing. If we can
skip whatever we don't absolutely need...
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834. and turn things on in the
right order, maybe... I agree.
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835. You started on a procedure? The
engineers have tried, but it's your ship.
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836. We gotta get you in there. Okay.
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837. Frank, I need the sim
cold and dark.
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838. Give me the exact same
conditions they've got in there now.
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839. And I need present status of
every instrument. You got it.
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840. I need a flashlight. That's
not what they have up there.
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841. Don't give me anything
they don't have on board.
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842. Let's get this show on the road.
Put him in space, fellas.
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843. Aquarius, we don't want you
to make any more waste dumps.
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844. The venting may
push you off course.
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845. Oh, cripes. What's up?
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846. No more waste dumps. We're
just gonna have to store it.
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847. Jack, we're gonna need
some more urine bags.
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848. Okay, Houston, that leaves us
with just the computer,
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849. which I'm shutting down now.
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850. And that's it.
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851. We just put Sir Isaac Newton
in the driver's seat.
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852. Gene, we have a situation
brewing with the carbon dioxide.
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853. We got a CO2 filter problem
on the lunar module.
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854. Five filters on the LEM. Meant
for two guys for a day and a half.
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855. I told the doc... They're already
up to eight on the gauges.
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856. Anything over 15 and you get
impaired judgment, blackouts,
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857. beginnings of brain asphyxia. What about
the scrubbers on the command module?
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858. They take square cartridges.
The ones on the LEM are round.
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859. Tell me this isn't
a government operation.
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860. This just isn't a contingency
we've remotely looked at.
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861. Those CO2 levels
are gonna be getting toxic.
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862. Well, I suggest you gentlemen invent a way to
put a square peg in a round hole... rapidly.
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863. Okay, people, listen up.
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864. The people upstairs have handed us
this one, and we gotta come through.
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865. We gotta find a way
to make this...
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866. fit into the hole for this...
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867. using nothing but that.
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868. Let's get it organized.
Okay, let's build a filter.
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869. Better get some coffee
going too, someone.
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870. ? When you are sad and lonely?
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871. ? Bring along some dough And
we'll go honky tonkin'? Hey, Freddo.
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872. That's a nice one of Mary.
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873. You don't look too
good, Freddo. I'll survive.
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874. There's some aspirin in
the medical kit. I took some.
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875. Jim, I'm all right.
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876. I wonder if it's a boy or a girl.
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877. You're gonna find out
soon enough.
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878. Sure.
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879. I never dreamed I'd ever get
to do something like this:
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880. come up here on a real mission.
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881. Most of the guys
I graduated high school with...
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882. never even left home,
and here I am.
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883. Oh, yeah... here you are.
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884. Listen, um... I've been
going... over some stuff,
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885. and I'm a little worried
about this cold...
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886. affecting our battery efficiency.
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887. We quit heatin' the glycol to save
water and power, so that's not helping.
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888. So it could cost us
amp hours on the back end?
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889. That's a possibility. I've been
goin' over the numbers again.
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890. Have they called up
with a reentry plan yet?
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891. We're comin' in too shallow and
fast. We're workin' on something.
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892. Just hold on. I can't remember
the ratio to temperature.
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893. We got no references on board. Let's
see if Houston can pull up the mill specs.
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894. Listen, listen, listen! They gave us too
much Delta V. They had us burn too long.
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895. At this rate we're gonna skip right out of the
atmosphere, and we're never gonna get back.
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896. They've got half the Ph.D.s on the planet
working on this. Houston says we're on the money.
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897. What if they made a mistake and there was no
way to reverse it? Do you think they'd tell us?
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898. There's no reason to tell us.
What do you mean? That's garbage!
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899. There's a thousand things
that have to happen in order.
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900. We are on number eight.
You're talking about number 692.
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901. In the meantime, I'm trying to
tell you we're coming in too fast.
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902. I think they know it, and that's why
we don't have a goddamn reentry plan.
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903. That's duly noted.
Thank you, Jack.
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904. Ow!
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905. Goddamn this piece of junk! Hey!
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906. This piece of junk's gonna
get you home. All right.
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907. That's because that's the
only thing we got left, Jack!
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908. What are you saying, Fred? I
think you know what I'm saying.
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909. Now wait a minute. All I
did was stir those tanks.
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910. What was that gauge reading
before you hit the switch?
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911. Don't tell me how to fly the damn
C.M.! You don't know, do you?
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912. They brought me in to do a job! They asked me
to stir the tanks, and I stirred the tanks!
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913. - Jack, stop kicking yourself in the ass.
- This is not my fault!
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914. No one is saying it is.
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915. If I'm in the left-hand seat when
the call comes up, I stir the tanks.
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916. - Yeah, well, tell him that.
- I just asked you what the gauge was readin',
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917. - and you don't know!
- Look, we're not doing this. We are not gonna do this.
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918. We're not gonna go bouncing
off the walls for ten minutes...
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919. because we're just gonna end up
right back here with the same problems!
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920. Try to figure out how
to stay alive!
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921. Aquarius, this is Houston.
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922. Are we on VOX?
No, we're not on VOX.
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923. Yeah, Houston,
this is Aquarius. Go ahead.
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924. Yeah, Jim, could you
check your CO2 gauge for us?
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925. Yeah, Houston,
we were just looking at that.
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926. Our CO2 measurement has jumped
four notches in the last hour.
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927. That can't be right. I went
over those numbers three times.
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928. Jim, that sounds
about right. We were expecting that.
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929. That's very comforting, Houston.
What do we do about it?
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930. We're working on
a procedure down here for you.
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931. Do you copy?
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932. Oh, Christ. All right, Houston, we're
standing by for those procedures.
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933. Christ. I know why
my numbers are wrong.
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934. I only figured it
for two people.
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935. Maybe I should just
hold my breath.
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936. The deadly CO2 gas is poisoning the
astronauts with every breath in and out.
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937. Heads up. Heads up.
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938. Oh! Go, go, go, go!
Someone get that. Damn.
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939. Heads up, people.
Look out now.
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940. What's this?
That's what they gotta make.
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941. Well, I hope you got the
procedures for me. Right here.
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942. That's it?
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943. All right,
Aquarius, this is Houston.
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944. Do you have a flight plan? Affirmative,
Andy. Jack's got one right here.
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945. Okay, we have an unusual
procedure for you here.
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946. We need you
to rip the cover off.
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947. He wants you to rip the cover
off the flight plan.
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948. With pleasure.
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949. The other materials
you're gonna need here are...
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950. a lithium hydroxide
canister... Two, two.
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951. Two lithium hydroxide canisters.
I'm sorry.
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952. A roll of gray tape.
Duct tape.
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953. Duct tape. You need
an L. C. G. bag... Two L. C. G. bags.
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954. The red suit hoses, and you've
got the flight plan cover.
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955. While the astronauts appear to have
enough oxygen to keep them alive,
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956. one thing they have too much of
is carbon dioxide.
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957. With each breath,
the three men expel...
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958. more of the poisonous gas
into the lunar module cockpit,
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959. and the scrubbers intended to keep the atmosphere
breathable are quickly becoming saturated.
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960. Oh, nuts.
I tore it.
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961. Houston, what do we do if we
ripped the bag? Can we tape it?
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962. They just tore the bag.
Oh, no.
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963. Uh, stand by. What should I tell 'em
to do? They should have one more.
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964. But they've still got
a long way to come.
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965. They are now working on their backup
facilities, their emergency facilities.
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966. The problem is, if anything more
goes wrong, they're in real trouble.
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967. As most of you are aware, there is
no rescue possible in space flight.
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968. Any rescue system the space
agency has long since calculated...
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969. Hold this a minute.
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970. Since any rescue system
the space agency calculated...
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971. One sock. Once
you have the sock in place,
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972. we're gonna want you
to bungee... Work it in.
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973. The entire filter assembly
to the bulkhead,
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974. - right above the LEM canister.
- We're getting close to 15.
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975. So how does this flight compare to
other emergency situations you've faced?
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976. I'd have to say that this is
the most serious situation...
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977. we've ever encountered
in manned space flight.
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978. Houston, filter's in
place. Cabin gas return to egress.
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979. Suit circuit relief to close.
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980. CO2 canister select
to secondary. All right.
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981. Here goes.
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982. I can hear air moving.
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983. Just breathe normal, fellas.
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984. Aquarius,
please advise on CO2 status.
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985. Yeah, Houston, we're taking
a look at those numbers now.
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986. We're still holding
close to 15, Houston.
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987. Roger
that. Standing by.
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988. Houston, the CO2 level
has dropped to nine...
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989. and it is still falling.
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990. Yes! Great. Good job, you guys.
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991. That is good to hear, Aquarius.
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992. And you, sir,
are a steely-eyed missile man.
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993. Okay, spacecraft control
to computer.
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994. Damn!
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995. Damn.
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996. We overloaded.
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997. We used way too much power. There must be
a sneak circuit between step seven and ten.
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998. - Which one has the leak?
- Don't know that yet, John.
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999. The sequence was wrong. We just
have to go back and try 'em one at a time.
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1000. You need a break, Ken?
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1001. If they don't get one,
I don't get one.
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1002. Well, if it won't
work, get me another one.
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1003. My son's supposed to
be on. I know, Mrs. Lovell.
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1004. - Hi, Blanch.
- They can't fix a damn thing in this place.
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1005. Blanch, it's Marilyn.
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1006. Hi, Grandma.
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1007. I was gonna see Jimmy.
I know. I know.
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1008. We came to tell you something.
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1009. There's been an accident.
Jimmy's okay... he's all right...
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1010. But he's not gonna get
to walk on the moon.
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1011. Well, they said he was.
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1012. I know.
I know.
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1013. Um...
that was before.
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1014. Now there's been an explosion.
And they're all okay...
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1015. They're all right... but
now they're just going to...
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1016. try to figure out
a way to get them home.
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1017. And...
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1018. And it's a little bit dangerous.
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1019. Oh, sweetie.
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1020. Are you scared?
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1021. Well, don't you worry, honey.
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1022. If they could get
a washing machine to fly,
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1023. my Jimmy could land it.
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1024. ? You saw me standing alone?
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1025. ? Without a dream in my heart?
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1026. ?
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1027. Tell them they have to sleep.
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1028. Haise is running a fever of 104.
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1029. Thirteen, we've had another request from the
flight surgeon that you fellas get more sleep.
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1030. He doesn't like
his readings down here.
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1031. Let's see how
he feels about this.
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1032. I am sick and tired
of the entire western world...
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1033. knowing how my kidneys
are functioning!
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1034. Flight, I just lost Lovell!
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1035. Uh, Thirteen, this is Houston.
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1036. Jim, we just had a dropout
on your bio-med sensors.
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1037. I'm not wearing
my bio-med sensors, Houston.
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1038. Okay, Jim.
Copy that.
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1039. Flight, now
I'm losing all three of 'em!
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1040. It's just a
little medical mutiny, Doc.
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1041. I'm sure the guys
are still with us.
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1042. Let's cut 'em some slack, okay?
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1043. It's not the velocity,
it's the angle.
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1044. I mean, maybe they're still venting
something that's throwing off the trajectory,
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1045. but we are definitely
shallowing again.
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1046. We are up to a 5.9.
Damn it.
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1047. At this rate, they nick the earth's
atmosphere and bounce off into space.
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1048. We need another burn to get them back
in the corridor. Definitely another burn.
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1049. Another burn. Copy that. Fire
the engines and get 'em on course.
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1050. Aquarius, this is Houston.
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1051. Houston, Aquarius.
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1052. Jim, we've got
another course correction for you.
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1053. What's up?
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1054. Something about another
course correction.
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1055. Uh, we copy, Houston.
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1056. Be advised it's gonna take Freddo
and I a while to power up the computer...
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1057. for the alignment platform
if we have to fire the engine.
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1058. Negative on that, Jim.
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1059. We can't spare power
for the computer.
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1060. We gotta do this blind?
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1061. Without the computer, what
do we use for orientation?
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1062. We've got to be able
to give these guys something.
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1063. Without the power, we
can't give them a reading.
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1064. I'm not talking about power,
I'm talking about reference.
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1065. No, there's no references.
We have debris up there.
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1066. Houston, what's the story
with this burn?
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1067. We're trying to hash
something out down here, Aquarius.
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1068. Stand by.
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1069. Well, now, look, Houston. All we need to
hold attitude is one fixed point in space.
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1070. Is that not correct?
Yeah. Roger that, Jim.
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1071. Well, Houston, we've got one.
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1072. If we can keep the earth
in the window, flying manually,
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1073. the co-ax cross hairs
right on its terminator,
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1074. all I have to know is: how long
do we need to burn the engine?
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1075. - The shorter, the better.
- Roger that, Jim.
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1076. Can they fly it manually
and still shut it down...
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1077. on time without the computer?
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1078. I guess that's
the best we can do.
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1079. We're out of time.
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1080. They're gonna burn
the engines and steer it manually,
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1081. attempting to keep the earth in
the window. They're doing a burn.
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1082. Okay, this is gonna take
all three of us.
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1083. Freddo...
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1084. You handle the pitch.
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1085. Put on the translation
controllers, all backwards.
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1086. So if the earth starts
drifting down,
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1087. you need to thrust aft,
not forward.
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1088. I'll do the same on mine
with everything else.
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1089. We're going to burn at ten
percent thrust for 39 seconds.
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1090. Jack, you time us? Got it.
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1091. Give us a count of the
last ten seconds up to 39.
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1092. Let's not miss this.
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1093. You up to this, Freddo?
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1094. I'm with you.
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1095. Standing by
for corridor control burn.
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1096. Okay, Jim,
you can fire when ready.
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1097. You are go for the manual burn.
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1098. Okay, X plus button at ten
seconds. Mark.
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1099. Come on, baby.
One more burn. Nine, eight,
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1100. seven, six, five,
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1101. Four, three, Ullage is go.
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1102. Two, one, ignition!
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1103. She's burnin'!
Oh, yeah.
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1104. - Master arm off.
- Okay, here we go.
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1105. Helium regulator on.
R. C.S. is go, ten percent thrust.
Copy !req
1106. - Bring her around, Freddo.
- I'm tryin', but it's draggin'.
Copy !req
1107. - Ten seconds.
- All right, drop it down, Freddo.
Copy !req
1108. We're driftin'!
No, hold what you got.
Copy !req
1109. I'll roll it. Back off.
I can't get it stable.
Copy !req
1110. She's dancin'
all over the place!
Copy !req
1111. Come to the right a little bit,
a little bit. Fifteen seconds.
Copy !req
1112. She's driftin'.
I'm losin' attitude.
Copy !req
1113. Hold it right there.
That's it. No, Freddo, back!
Copy !req
1114. Jim! I'm losin' it!
Bring the earth up.
Copy !req
1115. Forward, Fred.
Come on. Forward.
Copy !req
1116. Jim, I lost it!
Where is it? Where is it?
Copy !req
1117. 7:00.
Helium regulator's closed.
Copy !req
1118. Bring it down, Freddo.
Just nose it down.
Copy !req
1119. Okay, uh, okay, I
got it! Thirty seconds.
Copy !req
1120. Little farther. Ease your
touch! Okay, she's comin'in.
Copy !req
1121. Damn it! Damn it, that's
mine. That's me. Around.
Copy !req
1122. A little more. Come on, baby.
Come on, that's it. Hold it. Damn it!
Copy !req
1123. Back, back! That's it! Hold it!
Steady. ... seven, eight, nine!
Copy !req
1124. Shutdown!
Copy !req
1125. Houston, we have shutdown.
Copy !req
1126. That's close
enough, Jim. Good work.
Copy !req
1127. Thirteen, stand by. We're evaluating
our power usage on that burn.
Copy !req
1128. Well, let's hope we don't
have to do that again.
Copy !req
1129. Gentlemen, you've given our guys
enough to survive 'til reentry.
Copy !req
1130. Well done.
Copy !req
1131. Now we gotta get 'em in, so tell
me about the power-up procedures.
Copy !req
1132. Here's the order
of what I want to do.
Copy !req
1133. I want to power up Guidance,
E.C.S., Communications,
Copy !req
1134. warm up the pyros for the parachutes
and the command module thrusters.
Copy !req
1135. The thrusters are gonna
put you over budget on amps.
Copy !req
1136. Well, they've been sitting at 200 below
for four days, John. They gotta be heated.
Copy !req
1137. Fine. Then trade off
the parachutes, something.
Copy !req
1138. Well, if the chutes
don't open, what's the point?
Copy !req
1139. You're telling me what you need. I'm telling
you what we have to work with at this point.
Copy !req
1140. - I'm not making this stuff up.
- They're gonna need all these systems, John.
Copy !req
1141. We do not have the power, Ken.
We just don't have it.
Copy !req
1142. Okay, I'm gonna go back and
reorganize the sequencing again...
Copy !req
1143. and find more power.
Copy !req
1144. Let's start from scratch.
Clear the board.
Copy !req
1145. I don't know where the hell
we're gonna find it.
Copy !req
1146. Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell
has more time in space,
Copy !req
1147. almost 24 days already,
than any other man,
Copy !req
1148. and I asked him recently
if he ever was scared.
Copy !req
1149. I've had an engine flame
out a few times in an aircraft...
Copy !req
1150. and was curious as to whether it was going
to light up again, things of that nature,
Copy !req
1151. but, uh, they seem to work out.
Copy !req
1152. Is there an instance in an
airplane emergency when you can recall fear?
Copy !req
1153. Uh, well,
I remember this one time,
Copy !req
1154. I'm in a Banshee at night in combat conditions,
so there's no running lights on the carrier.
Copy !req
1155. It was the Shangri-la,
and we were in the Sea of Japan.
Copy !req
1156. My radar had jammed,
and my homing signal was gone...
Copy !req
1157. because somebody in Japan was
actually using the same frequency,
Copy !req
1158. and so it was leading me away
from where I was supposed to be.
Copy !req
1159. I'm looking down at a big, black
ocean, so I flip on my map light.
Copy !req
1160. Then, suddenly, zap, everything
shorts out right there in my cockpit.
Copy !req
1161. All my instruments are gone. My lights are gone
and I can't even tell what my altitude is.
Copy !req
1162. Uh, I know I'm running out of fuel, so
I'm thinking about ditching into the ocean.
Copy !req
1163. I look down there
and then, in the darkness,
Copy !req
1164. there's this, uh...
There's this green trail.
Copy !req
1165. It's like a long carpet that's just laid
out right beneath me. It was the algae.
Copy !req
1166. It was that phosphorescent stuff that
gets churned up in the wake of a big ship.
Copy !req
1167. It was, it was, it was
just leading me home.
Copy !req
1168. Now, if my cockpit lights hadn't shorted out,
there's no way I'd have ever been able to see that.
Copy !req
1169. So, uh, you, uh,
you never know...
Copy !req
1170. what, what events are going
to transpire to get you home.
Copy !req
1171. Okay. Spacecraft commander Jim
Lovell, no stranger to emergency is he.
Copy !req
1172. - How's it going, Fred?
- I'm okay.
Copy !req
1173. What
the hell was that?
Copy !req
1174. Let's hope it was
just a burst disk.
Copy !req
1175. Houston, can you confirm a burst
helium disk? We confirm that.
Copy !req
1176. Houston, is that going to
affect our, uh, entry angle at all?
Copy !req
1177. Uh, negative. Your
entry angle is holding at 6.24, Aquarius.
Copy !req
1178. Houston, uh...
Copy !req
1179. we, we sure could use...
Copy !req
1180. the reentry procedure up here.
Copy !req
1181. When can we expect that?
Copy !req
1182. Uh, that's coming
real soon, Aquarius.
Copy !req
1183. Uh, Houston, we, we...
Copy !req
1184. We just can't throw this
together at the last minute.
Copy !req
1185. So, here's what you're gonna do.
Copy !req
1186. You're gonna get the
procedure up to us, whatever it is,
Copy !req
1187. and we're gonna go over it step
by step, so there's no foul-ups.
Copy !req
1188. I don't have to tell you we're
all a little tired up here.
Copy !req
1189. The world's getting awfully big
in the window.
Copy !req
1190. - Jim, this is Deke.
- It's Deke.
Copy !req
1191. They don't know how to do it.
Copy !req
1192. - Maybe Jack's right.
- Hello there, Deke. What's the story?
Copy !req
1193. We're gonna get that
power-up procedure to you.
Copy !req
1194. We're gonna get it
as soon as we possibly can.
Copy !req
1195. Ken Mattingly's
in the simulator right now.
Copy !req
1196. Ken's working on it?
Copy !req
1197. Look...
Copy !req
1198. I know this sequence works,
John.
Copy !req
1199. The sequence looks good. We're
just over budget on the amperage.
Copy !req
1200. By how
much? Three or four amps.
Copy !req
1201. Damn it, John!
Is it three or four?
Copy !req
1202. Four.
Four!
Copy !req
1203. Four more amps.
Copy !req
1204. We know they have some power
left in the LEM batteries, right?
Copy !req
1205. Yeah.
Copy !req
1206. We have an umbilical that provides
power from the command module to the LEM.
Copy !req
1207. Right. It's backup for the
LEM power supply. I'm listening.
Copy !req
1208. So... reverse it.
Copy !req
1209. Reverse the flow and see
if we can draw these four amps...
Copy !req
1210. from the LEM batteries
before we cut it lose.
Copy !req
1211. - Why can't we do that?
- We don't have a procedure for that, do we?
Copy !req
1212. You're gonna lose a lot
in the transfer, Ken.
Copy !req
1213. Yeah, yeah, but all we're
talking about here is four amps.
Copy !req
1214. I want whatever you guys got
on these power procedures.
Copy !req
1215. Gene, they're already... I don't want
the whole bible, just a couple of chapters.
Copy !req
1216. We've got to get something up to
these guys. They're working on it.
Copy !req
1217. I'll call the simulator and
get an estimate. Goddamn it!
Copy !req
1218. I don't want another estimate!
I want the procedures... now!
Copy !req
1219. I.M.U. is up.
Copy !req
1220. How am I
reading? Fine, so far.
Copy !req
1221. - Say again?
- You're under the limit. Keep going.
Copy !req
1222. Okay.
Floodlights to fixed.
Copy !req
1223. Okay, I'm bringing up
the guidance.
Copy !req
1224. Here we go.
Copy !req
1225. C.M.C. attitude I.M.U.
Copy !req
1226. C. M. C. source.
Copy !req
1227. C.M.C. mode, auto,
and we're on the computer.
Copy !req
1228. Ken?
Copy !req
1229. Go ahead.
Is your computer on now?
Copy !req
1230. Up and running.
How do we look?
Copy !req
1231. John?
Copy !req
1232. I think we got it, buddy.
Copy !req
1233. Arthur, my notes are clear on
that last sequence, right? Yeah.
Copy !req
1234. Excuse me, gentlemen. I
was getting a little blurry there.
Copy !req
1235. Here's Ken.
Here's John.
Copy !req
1236. It's good to see you, Ken.
Copy !req
1237. This is the sequence.
Copy !req
1238. Was it tried on the hardware
yet? We didn't have time.
Copy !req
1239. Aquarius, Houston.
Do you read?
Copy !req
1240. Yeah, we read you, Ken.
Copy !req
1241. Are the flowers blooming
in Houston?
Copy !req
1242. Uh, that's a negative, Jim.
I don't have the measles.
Copy !req
1243. Jim,
is Jack in there with you?
Copy !req
1244. Uh, yeah, stand by one.
We gotta get him on comm.
Copy !req
1245. Put those on the table.
Oh, damn it. Thanks, Jackie.
Copy !req
1246. I think it would
really help if you could...
Copy !req
1247. just distract her when
the heavy predictions come in.
Copy !req
1248. Yeah, yeah. We'll
give it a shot. Thanks.
Copy !req
1249. Blanch.
Copy !req
1250. Blanch, these nice, young men are
gonna watch the television with you.
Copy !req
1251. This is Neil Armstrong, and this
is Buzz Aldrin. Nice to meet you.
Copy !req
1252. Hi. Are you boys in
the space program too?
Copy !req
1253. Okay, Jack, give me a read-back
on that last procedure.
Copy !req
1254. Uh, stand by, Ken.
Copy !req
1255. Ken, um, I'm... I'm having trouble
reading my own writing.
Copy !req
1256. I guess I'm a little more tired
than I thought.
Copy !req
1257. Uh, don't worry, Jack.
I'll talk you through it.
Copy !req
1258. Okay, find the main
bus breakers on panel 11.
Copy !req
1259. Yeah, main bus breakers.
Copy !req
1260. Got it.
Close main bus B.
Copy !req
1261. Ken, there's an awful lot
of condensation on these panels.
Copy !req
1262. What's the word on these
things shorting out?
Copy !req
1263. Uh, we'll just take that
one at a time, Jack.
Copy !req
1264. It's like tryin' to drive
a toaster through a car wash.
Copy !req
1265. Main bus B is closed.
Copy !req
1266. Okay, Thirteen,
we're coming up on entry interface.
Copy !req
1267. Flight, we're still shallowing
up a bit in the reentry corridor.
Copy !req
1268. It's almost like
they're underweight.
Copy !req
1269. Now how could they be underweight?
We didn't land on the moon.
Copy !req
1270. Rocks?
That's affirm.
Copy !req
1271. Uh, one more thing, Jim.
Copy !req
1272. While Jack's working on the
power-up, we'd like you and Freddo...
Copy !req
1273. to transfer some ballast
over to the command module.
Copy !req
1274. Uh, say again, Houston.
Ballast?
Copy !req
1275. Um, that's affirm.
We got to get the weight right.
Copy !req
1276. We were expecting you to be toting a
couple hundred pounds of moon rocks.
Copy !req
1277. Right, Houston.
Copy !req
1278. Now, Jack.
Yeah, go ahead, Ken.
Copy !req
1279. Okay, now, uh, panel five.
Copy !req
1280. Circuit breaker caution
and warning main B closed.
Copy !req
1281. Main B closed.
Copy !req
1282. Master alarm off.
Copy !req
1283. Okay, Jack, uh, on panel seven,
B-MAG number two, power to warm-up.
Copy !req
1284. B-MAG number two, power to
warm-up done.
Copy !req
1285. Sequential logic one and two on.
Copy !req
1286. Sequential logic... two on.
Copy !req
1287. C. M. R. C.S. pressure on.
Copy !req
1288. C. M. R. C.S. pressurization.
Copy !req
1289. As her husband prepares
to jettison his lunar module lifeboat,
Copy !req
1290. Marilyn Lovell waits with her
children, her neighbors...
Copy !req
1291. and, we are told, Apollo 11 astronauts
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
Copy !req
1292. Only the Lovell's eldest son,
Jay, is absent...
Copy !req
1293. as he holds vigil
with his classmates...
Copy !req
1294. at the St. John's Military
Academy in Wisconsin.
Copy !req
1295. A BC News
science editor Jules Bergman.
Copy !req
1296. With a crippled command module, and
surviving by using the LEM's systems,
Copy !req
1297. there can be no easy maneuver.
Copy !req
1298. Their LEM lifeboat is doing
things and working longer...
Copy !req
1299. than it was ever intended to.
Copy !req
1300. It's a race against time
until splashdown.
Copy !req
1301. Okay, Jack, we're ready
to see if the computer will accept...
Copy !req
1302. uplink of the reentry data now.
Okay, the I.M.U. is up.
Copy !req
1303. We got our eight-balls
back. Copy that.
Copy !req
1304. Okay, Ken, uh, uplink telemetry,
command module to accept, right?
Copy !req
1305. That's affirm.
Go ahead and try it.
Copy !req
1306. Come on.
Copy !req
1307. Uplink completed.
Copy !req
1308. Yeah. That's more like it.
We're back in business.
Copy !req
1309. Yeah.
Okay, let's go.
Copy !req
1310. Look at
your amps. How we doin'?
Copy !req
1311. We got her back up, Ken.
Copy !req
1312. Boy, I wish
you were here to see it.
Copy !req
1313. I'll bet you do.
Copy !req
1314. Way to go, Jack.
Copy !req
1315. Flight, this is RETRO:
Go, RETRO:
Copy !req
1316. Flight, we are looking
at a typhoon warning...
Copy !req
1317. on the edge of the prime
recovery zone. Say again, RETRO:
Copy !req
1318. Flight, we are looking at a typhoon warning
on the edge of the prime recovery area.
Copy !req
1319. This is just a warning.
It could miss them.
Copy !req
1320. Only if their luck changes.
Copy !req
1321. Jim, we're ready
for S.M. jettison!
Copy !req
1322. All right, Jack, on three!
Copy !req
1323. One... two...
Copy !req
1324. upward thrust.
We're loose!
Copy !req
1325. Reverse thrust!
Copy !req
1326. We have service module jettison.
Copy !req
1327. Okay, Houston,
service module is free.
Copy !req
1328. We're gonna take a look
at what we have here.
Copy !req
1329. Copy that.
Copy !req
1330. There it is.
I see it!
Copy !req
1331. Oh.
Copy !req
1332. Houston, we're getting our first
look at the service module now.
Copy !req
1333. One whole side
of the spacecraft is missing.
Copy !req
1334. Right by the high gain antennae
a whole panel is blown out,
Copy !req
1335. right up, right up
to our heat shield.
Copy !req
1336. Uh, copy that, Aquarius.
Copy !req
1337. It looked like it got the engine
bell too. Can you see that?
Copy !req
1338. Oh, man, that's incredible.
Copy !req
1339. The heat shield.
Copy !req
1340. The heat will build up to as much
as 3,000 or 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Copy !req
1341. On a lunar reentry flight, the heat approaches
4,000 degrees. So, uh, Blanch?
Copy !req
1342. Blanch? Did Jim make
Eagle Scout or not?
Copy !req
1343. Yes, he did.
He did.
Copy !req
1344. If the heat shield
is even slightly cracked,
Copy !req
1345. the extreme cold
could have split it wide open.
Copy !req
1346. Worst of all, if the pyrotechnics
that control the parachutes...
Copy !req
1347. have been damaged,
the chutes may not open at all,
Copy !req
1348. causing the spacecraft to hit the
water not at a gentle 20 miles per hour,
Copy !req
1349. but at a suicidal 300.
Copy !req
1350. Perhaps
never in human history...
Copy !req
1351. has the entire world been
united by such a global drama.
Copy !req
1352. In New York City, thousands
of people have gathered...
Copy !req
1353. to watch updates of the mission
in Times Square.
Copy !req
1354. In Rome, Pope Paul
led 50,000 people...
Copy !req
1355. in prayers for the safe
return of the astronauts.
Copy !req
1356. In Jerusalem,
prayers at the Wailing Wall.
Copy !req
1357. Uh, it's about time to bail
out of this ship, Freddo.
Copy !req
1358. Freddo?
Copy !req
1359. You okay?
Copy !req
1360. I'm, uh... I'm
freezing.
Copy !req
1361. Can you hold out
just a little longer?
Copy !req
1362. Long as I have to.
Aw, come on.
Copy !req
1363. It won't be long. Just a
little while longer, Freddo.
Copy !req
1364. Just a little while longer. We're
gonna hit that water in the South Pacific.
Copy !req
1365. Open up that hatch.
Copy !req
1366. It's 80 degrees out
there. Eighty degrees.
Copy !req
1367. You are a mess.
Y-Yeah.
Copy !req
1368. Odyssey, Houston.
Uh, how we doin', guys?
Copy !req
1369. We're closing in
on lunar module jettison.
Copy !req
1370. As you know,
that is time critical.
Copy !req
1371. We should be making our move
into the command module.
Copy !req
1372. Let's get that hatch
buttoned up,
Copy !req
1373. and, when you get a chance, let us
know how you're doing. Roger that.
Copy !req
1374. Here, let me
give you a hand there, Freddo.
Copy !req
1375. We're coming
up on LEM jettison.
Copy !req
1376. Is everyone strapped
in, Ken? We're getting real close.
Copy !req
1377. Uh, copy that, Flight. Uh, Thirteen,
Houston. Uh, we're coming up on LEM jettison.
Copy !req
1378. Stand by.
Copy !req
1379. Okay, Odyssey, I want to
double check some reentry procedures...
Copy !req
1380. right after we jettison the LEM,
which is coming up in 30 seconds.
Copy !req
1381. What is that?
Copy !req
1382. Oh, I was getting
a little punchy,
Copy !req
1383. and I didn't want to cut the
LEM loose with you guys still in it.
Copy !req
1384. That's good thinking.
Copy !req
1385. Stand by, Houston.
Copy !req
1386. We have lunar module jettison.
Copy !req
1387. She sure was a good ship.
Copy !req
1388. Farewell,
Aquarius, and we thank you.
Copy !req
1389. Mary?
Copy !req
1390. It's almost time, honey.
Copy !req
1391. Flight 9-6-6-4-0-6...
Copy !req
1392. Let me put it this way. The trajectory
may be off. Their thrusters may be frozen.
Copy !req
1393. Their guidance system might be malfunctioning.
Their heat shield could be cracked.
Copy !req
1394. And their parachutes
might be three blocks of ice.
Copy !req
1395. Clearly, we have some obstacles
to overcome. Yeah, okay,
Copy !req
1396. but now I'm asking you,
when will we know?
Copy !req
1397. Well, blackout lasts
for three minutes.
Copy !req
1398. If they're not back
in four, we'll know.
Copy !req
1399. Flight, they're still shallowing a bit
up there. Do you want to tell 'em?
Copy !req
1400. Is there anything we can do
about it? Not now, Flight.
Copy !req
1401. Then they don't need to know,
do they? Copy that.
Copy !req
1402. RETRO says the typhoon is still a
presence in the splashdown area?
Copy !req
1403. Yeah. We got the
parachute situation,
Copy !req
1404. the heat shield, the angle
of trajectory and the typhoon.
Copy !req
1405. There's so many variables, I'm a little
at a loss... I know what the problems are.
Copy !req
1406. This could be the worst disaster
NASA's ever experienced.
Copy !req
1407. With all due respect, sir, I believe
this is going to be our finest hour.
Copy !req
1408. Okay.
Copy !req
1409. Expect entry interface
in 45 seconds.
Copy !req
1410. And on my mark, your velocity...
Copy !req
1411. will be 35,245 feet per second.
Copy !req
1412. Mark 35 seconds
to entry interface.
Copy !req
1413. Gentlemen...
Copy !req
1414. it's been a privilege
flying with you.
Copy !req
1415. Flight, we have loss
of radio contact.
Copy !req
1416. Roger that.
Copy !req
1417. Expect to regain signal
in three minutes.
Copy !req
1418. It all depends
on the heat shield.
Copy !req
1419. Back to the IwoJima
and our live cameras there.
Copy !req
1420. The Navy recovery and rescue
helicopters already airborne,
Copy !req
1421. circling, waiting
for first radar contact.
Copy !req
1422. Coming up now on three
minutes until time of drogue deployment.
Copy !req
1423. Standing by for any reports
of acquisition.
Copy !req
1424. One minute and 30
seconds to end of blackout.
Copy !req
1425. No reentering
ship has ever taken longer...
Copy !req
1426. than three minutes
to emerge from blackout.
Copy !req
1427. This is the critical moment.
Will the heat shield hold?
Copy !req
1428. Will the command module survive
the intense heat of reentry?
Copy !req
1429. If it doesn't,
there'll only be silence.
Copy !req
1430. Mommy, you're squishing
me. Oops, sorry, sweetie.
Copy !req
1431. It's okay.
Copy !req
1432. Okay, Flight,
that's three minutes.
Copy !req
1433. - We are standing by for acquisition.
- Copy that.
Copy !req
1434. Odyssey,
Houston. Do you read me?
Copy !req
1435. Odyssey, this is Houston.
Do you read?
Copy !req
1436. Expected time of reacquisition,
Copy !req
1437. the time when the astronauts were
expected to come out of blackout,
Copy !req
1438. has come and gone.
Copy !req
1439. About all any of us can do now
is just listen and hope.
Copy !req
1440. We're about to learn whether
or not that heat shield,
Copy !req
1441. which was damaged
by the explosion three days ago,
Copy !req
1442. has withstood
the inferno of reentry.
Copy !req
1443. Odyssey, this is
Houston. Do you read me?
Copy !req
1444. Odyssey, Houston.
Do you read?
Copy !req
1445. Three minutes,
30 seconds. Standing by.
Copy !req
1446. Odyssey,
Houston. Do you read?
Copy !req
1447. Odyssey, this is Houston.
Do you read me?
Copy !req
1448. That's four minutes.
Standing by.
Copy !req
1449. Odyssey, uh,
Houston. Do you read?
Copy !req
1450. Hello, Houston, this is Odyssey.
Copy !req
1451. It's good to see you
again.
Copy !req
1452. Odyssey, Houston.
Welcome home.
Copy !req
1453. We're glad to see you.
Copy !req
1454. Good job, Ken.
Good job. Thank you.
Copy !req
1455. They made it.
They made it.
Copy !req
1456. Yeah! Lunney.
Copy !req
1457. Houston, we're at stable one.
The ship is secure.
Copy !req
1458. This is Apollo 13 signing off.
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1459. Good job.
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1460. Our mission was
called a successful failure,
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1461. in that we returned safely,
but never made it to the moon.
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1462. In the following months,
it was determined...
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1463. that a damaged coil built
inside the oxygen tank...
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1464. sparked during our cryo stir and caused
the explosion that crippled the Odyssey.
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1465. It was a minor defect that occurred two years
before I was even named the flight's commander.
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1466. Fred Haise was going back
to the moon on Apollo 18,
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1467. but his mission was canceled
because of budget cuts.
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1468. He never flew in space again.
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1469. Nor did Jack Swigert,
who left the astronaut corps...
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1470. and was elected to Congress
from the state of Colorado.
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1471. But he died of cancer before
he was able to take office.
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1472. Ken Mattingly orbited the moon as
command module pilot of Apollo 16...
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1473. and flew the space shuttle,
having never gotten the measles.
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1474. Gene Kranz retired as Director of
Flight Operations just not long ago.
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1475. And many other members of Mission
Control have gone on to other things,
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1476. but some are still there.
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1477. And as for me...
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1478. the seven extraordinary days
of Apollo 13 were my last in space.
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1479. I watched other men walk
on the moon and return safely,
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1480. all from the confines of Mission
Control and our house in Houston.
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1481. I sometimes catch myself
looking up at the moon,
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1482. remembering the changes
of fortune in our long voyage,
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1483. thinking of the thousands of people
who worked to bring the three of us home.
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1484. I look up at the moon
and wonder...
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1485. when will we be going back...
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1486. and who will that be?
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