1 00:01:19,475 --> 00:01:21,578 20 seconds to drop. 2 00:01:22,980 --> 00:01:25,347 Arm switch light, check. 3 00:01:26,417 --> 00:01:28,415 Brakes out, check. 4 00:01:31,789 --> 00:01:32,954 What's your mixing chambers? 5 00:01:32,956 --> 00:01:34,487 Real rough up here, 6 00:01:34,490 --> 00:01:36,625 fluctuating a half degree on each side. 7 00:01:36,627 --> 00:01:39,027 I see that. 8 00:01:40,563 --> 00:01:42,164 Ten seconds. 9 00:01:53,009 --> 00:01:54,877 Good on track, 15... 10 00:03:26,837 --> 00:03:29,240 a visual estimate of your location? 11 00:03:31,110 --> 00:03:32,675 Okay. 140,000 feet. 12 00:03:32,677 --> 00:03:34,611 On your way down. 13 00:03:42,888 --> 00:03:44,954 Approaching 115,000 feet. 14 00:03:44,956 --> 00:03:47,658 Should be regaining aerodynamic controls. 15 00:03:49,094 --> 00:03:50,960 Right turn. 16 00:03:57,870 --> 00:03:59,739 We show you ballooning, not turning. 17 00:04:08,348 --> 00:04:09,812 Altitude rising. 18 00:04:09,814 --> 00:04:11,783 A lot more right. 19 00:04:14,121 --> 00:04:16,086 Neil, you're bouncing off the atmosphere. 20 00:04:21,459 --> 00:04:24,995 The altitude's still rising, Neil. 21 00:05:25,192 --> 00:05:26,790 You're gonna have to 22 00:05:26,793 --> 00:05:27,827 stretch out your glide. 23 00:05:32,066 --> 00:05:33,667 You seem to be a tad short. 24 00:05:41,740 --> 00:05:43,677 Stow your flaps down, Neil. 25 00:06:08,403 --> 00:06:10,170 I'm down. 26 00:06:12,939 --> 00:06:14,408 Roger. 27 00:06:39,901 --> 00:06:41,367 All right, let's get him out. 28 00:06:44,173 --> 00:06:45,170 I'll step up in there. 29 00:06:45,173 --> 00:06:46,173 You okay? 30 00:06:49,478 --> 00:06:51,843 Yeah. 31 00:06:51,846 --> 00:06:53,215 Okay, Neil. 32 00:06:56,519 --> 00:06:58,983 Kid's a good engineer. 33 00:06:58,985 --> 00:07:01,353 But he's distracted. 34 00:07:01,355 --> 00:07:04,023 He got home, Chuck. He bounced off the atmosphere 35 00:07:04,024 --> 00:07:05,524 and still figured out how to get home. 36 00:07:05,526 --> 00:07:07,528 Third mishap this month. 37 00:07:07,529 --> 00:07:10,298 Bikle should ground him before he hurts himself. 38 00:07:52,975 --> 00:07:54,375 There you go. 39 00:07:55,911 --> 00:07:57,545 It's okay. 40 00:07:57,547 --> 00:07:59,946 It's okay, sweetheart. 41 00:07:59,947 --> 00:08:01,783 It's okay. Come here, come here. 42 00:08:02,884 --> 00:08:04,016 Okay. 43 00:08:15,930 --> 00:08:17,867 What's that? 44 00:08:21,237 --> 00:08:23,038 Look. Who's that? 45 00:08:29,978 --> 00:08:31,781 Is that a kite? 46 00:08:33,316 --> 00:08:35,316 Does that fly in the sky? 47 00:08:35,317 --> 00:08:37,183 Yeah. 48 00:08:37,186 --> 00:08:39,187 How? 49 00:08:41,890 --> 00:08:43,460 ♪ I see the Moon 50 00:08:45,394 --> 00:08:48,462 ♪ The Moon sees me 51 00:08:48,465 --> 00:08:50,965 ♪ Down through the leaves 52 00:08:50,966 --> 00:08:54,304 ♪ Of the old oak tree 53 00:08:55,938 --> 00:08:58,272 ♪ Please let the light 54 00:08:58,274 --> 00:09:01,912 ♪ That shines on me 55 00:09:03,614 --> 00:09:08,251 ♪ Shine on the one I love. 56 00:09:09,620 --> 00:09:11,118 Maybe I should talk 57 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:12,620 to Dr. Johns about it. 58 00:09:12,623 --> 00:09:14,322 Who? 59 00:09:14,325 --> 00:09:16,956 Dr. Harold Johns. 60 00:09:16,958 --> 00:09:19,360 He developed a procedure in Saskatchewan. 61 00:09:19,363 --> 00:09:21,529 So you'd go to Canada? 62 00:09:21,532 --> 00:09:24,166 I guess I would take some time off. 63 00:09:24,168 --> 00:09:26,168 Why don't you talk to the hospital? 64 00:09:26,169 --> 00:09:29,203 - See if the tumor might be... - I spoke to them already. 65 00:09:29,206 --> 00:09:30,639 I'm sorry, Neil. 66 00:09:30,642 --> 00:09:32,673 I wish I had more to offer. 67 00:09:32,676 --> 00:09:34,142 That's okay, Jack. 68 00:09:34,144 --> 00:09:35,576 Uh, appreciate it. 69 00:09:35,578 --> 00:09:37,913 - Of course. - Give my love to June. 70 00:09:37,914 --> 00:09:39,313 - You got it. - Okay. 71 00:09:39,316 --> 00:09:40,514 - Bye, now. - Bye. 72 00:09:59,302 --> 00:10:02,004 Now, who made that? You or Grace? 73 00:10:02,005 --> 00:10:03,105 Grace did. 74 00:10:03,106 --> 00:10:04,673 I'll take it, then. 75 00:10:04,676 --> 00:10:07,008 - Thank you. - Thank you. 76 00:10:07,009 --> 00:10:08,710 Dick Day called from Houston. 77 00:10:08,711 --> 00:10:10,446 He was asking after you. 78 00:10:10,447 --> 00:10:12,347 That about Gemini? 79 00:10:12,350 --> 00:10:14,116 They're looking for pilots 80 00:10:14,119 --> 00:10:16,217 with a solid background in engineering. 81 00:10:17,688 --> 00:10:21,389 Well, maybe once Karen starts feeling better. 82 00:10:21,392 --> 00:10:24,528 Just, you know, I wouldn't want to move her until then. 83 00:10:26,697 --> 00:10:29,331 Well, it would be nice to keep you around. 84 00:10:29,333 --> 00:10:31,735 - Enjoy the casserole. - Thank you. 85 00:10:31,736 --> 00:10:33,370 You're welcome. 86 00:10:34,471 --> 00:10:35,738 Joe. 87 00:10:35,740 --> 00:10:37,072 Hey, Jan. 88 00:10:37,075 --> 00:10:38,707 You, uh, hanging in? 89 00:10:38,710 --> 00:10:41,178 Oh, you know. 90 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:44,647 It's nice of you to come by. 91 00:10:44,649 --> 00:10:46,418 Of course. 92 00:10:49,287 --> 00:10:50,953 Night, now. 93 00:11:56,654 --> 00:11:58,788 - Thank you so much. - Absolutely. 94 00:12:11,169 --> 00:12:12,772 Dad, want to come play? 95 00:12:16,743 --> 00:12:18,778 I should, um... 96 00:12:20,113 --> 00:12:22,181 I have to help your mother. 97 00:13:50,437 --> 00:13:53,105 I thought I might go to work. 98 00:13:57,912 --> 00:14:00,380 Okay. 99 00:14:17,530 --> 00:14:18,664 They're gonna use VTOL technology. 100 00:14:18,667 --> 00:14:19,865 They won't even have figured out 101 00:14:19,868 --> 00:14:22,336 how to get there yet. I'm not gonna waste my time on... 102 00:14:24,205 --> 00:14:25,506 Morning. 103 00:14:27,607 --> 00:14:29,676 Neil. 104 00:14:29,677 --> 00:14:33,211 You can take a few days off, you know. 105 00:14:33,213 --> 00:14:34,947 I know. 106 00:14:34,950 --> 00:14:39,921 I'm just getting up to speed on the new delta wing in the UK. 107 00:14:41,690 --> 00:14:43,591 Bikle canceled the trip. 108 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:46,960 He wants you focused on writing up 109 00:14:46,961 --> 00:14:49,398 the pilot report from your last flight. 110 00:14:56,437 --> 00:14:57,806 Am I grounded, Joe? 111 00:15:00,775 --> 00:15:03,210 Write up the report on the bounce, okay? 112 00:15:19,828 --> 00:15:21,529 Thank you, sir. 113 00:16:02,004 --> 00:16:04,672 Civilian? 114 00:16:04,673 --> 00:16:07,607 - Yeah. - Yeah. Me, too. 115 00:16:07,610 --> 00:16:09,475 Elliot. 116 00:16:09,477 --> 00:16:10,477 Neil. 117 00:16:12,548 --> 00:16:14,313 Tough morning, huh? 118 00:16:14,316 --> 00:16:17,518 I barely lasted two minutes in that ice bath. 119 00:16:17,519 --> 00:16:19,754 Course, I suppose NASA's more interested 120 00:16:19,756 --> 00:16:21,456 in the psychological reaction. 121 00:16:22,557 --> 00:16:24,557 Well... 122 00:16:24,559 --> 00:16:28,364 I think I made it pretty clear that I thought it was cold. 123 00:16:31,701 --> 00:16:32,701 Armstrong. 124 00:16:34,836 --> 00:16:37,340 - Good luck. - You, too. 125 00:16:41,576 --> 00:16:43,376 Another egghead. 126 00:16:43,379 --> 00:16:44,745 Neil, we've been chatting 127 00:16:44,746 --> 00:16:46,413 with candidates about the program. 128 00:16:46,414 --> 00:16:50,049 As you know, our decision to forgo direct ascent 129 00:16:50,052 --> 00:16:51,751 in favor of a lunar orbit rendezvous approach 130 00:16:51,754 --> 00:16:53,020 to the eventual Moon mission 131 00:16:53,023 --> 00:16:55,356 has had a major impact on Gemini. 132 00:16:55,359 --> 00:16:57,859 Do you have any thoughts on that decision? 133 00:16:57,860 --> 00:17:01,028 Well, even considering von Braun's initial criticism, 134 00:17:01,030 --> 00:17:03,097 it seems that the payload saved 135 00:17:03,100 --> 00:17:05,700 by parking the primary vehicle in orbit 136 00:17:05,701 --> 00:17:08,769 and sending a smaller ship down to the lunar surface 137 00:17:08,770 --> 00:17:11,006 is well worth the resulting challenges. 138 00:17:11,008 --> 00:17:12,473 What do you see as the challenges? 139 00:17:12,476 --> 00:17:14,407 Cislunar navigation, for one. 140 00:17:14,410 --> 00:17:16,076 And rendezvous and docking. 141 00:17:16,078 --> 00:17:17,881 Why do you think space flight's important? 142 00:17:20,415 --> 00:17:23,518 I had a few, uh, opportunities in the X-15 143 00:17:23,519 --> 00:17:26,721 to observe the atmosphere. 144 00:17:26,722 --> 00:17:30,926 It was so thin, such a small part of the Earth, 145 00:17:30,929 --> 00:17:32,827 you could barely see it at all. 146 00:17:32,829 --> 00:17:34,528 And when you're down here in the crowd 147 00:17:34,530 --> 00:17:36,698 and you look up, it... it looks pretty big, 148 00:17:36,700 --> 00:17:38,532 and you don't think about it too much. 149 00:17:38,535 --> 00:17:41,702 But when you get a different vantage point, 150 00:17:41,704 --> 00:17:44,740 it changes your perspective. 151 00:17:46,509 --> 00:17:50,846 I don't know what space exploration will uncover, 152 00:17:50,847 --> 00:17:53,082 but I don't think it'll be exploration 153 00:17:53,084 --> 00:17:55,983 just for the sake of exploration. 154 00:17:55,986 --> 00:18:01,656 I think it'll be more the fact that it allows us to see things 155 00:18:01,659 --> 00:18:05,527 that maybe we should have seen a long time ago 156 00:18:05,528 --> 00:18:09,599 but just haven't been able to until now. 157 00:18:13,070 --> 00:18:15,604 - Does anyone have anything else? - Yeah. 158 00:18:15,605 --> 00:18:17,808 Neil, I was sorry to hear about your daughter. 159 00:18:20,644 --> 00:18:23,645 I'm sorry, is there a question? 160 00:18:23,647 --> 00:18:27,717 Um, what I... what I mean is, uh, 161 00:18:27,719 --> 00:18:29,621 do you think it will have an effect? 162 00:18:33,557 --> 00:18:36,926 I think it would be unreasonable to assume 163 00:18:36,929 --> 00:18:39,596 that it wouldn't have some effect. 164 00:18:40,964 --> 00:18:42,597 All right, Neil. 165 00:18:42,599 --> 00:18:44,500 Thank you. That's fine. 166 00:18:44,501 --> 00:18:46,134 Thank you. 167 00:18:46,136 --> 00:18:48,573 Thank you for your time. 168 00:18:55,780 --> 00:18:57,448 Hello? 169 00:18:58,682 --> 00:18:59,785 Yeah, sure. Neil. 170 00:19:00,885 --> 00:19:01,884 Hello? 171 00:19:01,885 --> 00:19:02,984 Can I go play outside? 172 00:19:02,987 --> 00:19:04,890 Yeah. 173 00:19:06,125 --> 00:19:07,825 Yes, sir. 174 00:19:10,494 --> 00:19:11,931 Thank you, sir. 175 00:19:16,167 --> 00:19:18,103 I got it. 176 00:19:24,609 --> 00:19:26,544 It's a fresh start. 177 00:19:27,813 --> 00:19:29,647 Are you sure? 178 00:19:31,116 --> 00:19:32,683 Yeah. 179 00:19:37,822 --> 00:19:39,457 Hey. 180 00:19:40,558 --> 00:19:42,528 It'll be an adventure. 181 00:19:59,677 --> 00:20:02,078 Since the time of Jules Verne, 182 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,982 man has imagined traveling to the Moon. 183 00:20:04,984 --> 00:20:07,684 The old idea of how to get to the Moon 184 00:20:07,686 --> 00:20:10,922 was to send one spacecraft all the way there and back. 185 00:20:10,923 --> 00:20:14,590 However, NASA engineers have developed a modern approach 186 00:20:14,593 --> 00:20:17,095 where one rocket contains several ships 187 00:20:17,096 --> 00:20:19,696 that will make the journey together. 188 00:20:19,699 --> 00:20:21,631 Just as Columbus took a rowboat 189 00:20:21,633 --> 00:20:24,669 from the Santa María to the shore of the New World, 190 00:20:24,671 --> 00:20:27,070 the astronauts will take a smaller spacecraft 191 00:20:27,073 --> 00:20:30,074 from the mother ship down to the lunar surface. 192 00:20:30,076 --> 00:20:32,076 When it's time to return, 193 00:20:32,077 --> 00:20:34,778 the smaller craft will lift off from the surface 194 00:20:34,780 --> 00:20:36,646 and dock with the mother ship, 195 00:20:36,648 --> 00:20:39,083 which will then power the crew back to Earth. 196 00:20:39,085 --> 00:20:41,885 Thus, thanks to the brilliant minds of NASA, 197 00:20:41,887 --> 00:20:44,621 the age-old dream of going to the Moon 198 00:20:44,623 --> 00:20:46,960 will soon be achieved. 199 00:20:55,201 --> 00:20:57,634 Sputnik, Sputnik 2, 200 00:20:57,636 --> 00:21:00,338 Vostok, Gagarin. 201 00:21:00,340 --> 00:21:02,073 The Soviets have beaten us 202 00:21:02,075 --> 00:21:04,642 at every single major space accomplishment. 203 00:21:04,644 --> 00:21:06,377 Our program couldn't compete. 204 00:21:06,380 --> 00:21:09,614 So we've chosen to focus on a job so difficult, 205 00:21:09,615 --> 00:21:12,317 requiring so many technological developments, 206 00:21:12,318 --> 00:21:15,752 that the Russians are gonna have to start from scratch. 207 00:21:15,755 --> 00:21:17,258 As will we. 208 00:21:21,094 --> 00:21:22,326 Hi. 209 00:21:22,328 --> 00:21:23,627 - Hi. - I'm Pat. 210 00:21:23,630 --> 00:21:24,962 Got here about a week before you, 211 00:21:24,964 --> 00:21:26,330 so welcome to the neighborhood. 212 00:21:26,333 --> 00:21:28,834 Oh, that's so nice of you. 213 00:21:28,836 --> 00:21:30,134 - Well, it's... - I'm Janet. 214 00:21:30,136 --> 00:21:32,237 - Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you. 215 00:21:32,239 --> 00:21:34,974 So, instead of here, we go... 216 00:21:41,382 --> 00:21:42,982 Hey. 217 00:21:56,130 --> 00:21:57,328 Here. 218 00:21:57,330 --> 00:21:59,964 That's to scale. Check it. 219 00:21:59,967 --> 00:22:02,067 That's my husband, Ed, and that's Eddie Junior. 220 00:22:02,068 --> 00:22:04,068 I don't know where Bonnie is. 221 00:22:04,070 --> 00:22:06,071 - You've got two? - I do. 222 00:22:06,074 --> 00:22:08,339 I see... Is this your first one? 223 00:22:08,342 --> 00:22:09,807 Oh, no, no. 224 00:22:09,809 --> 00:22:11,376 We've got a boy, Rick. 225 00:22:11,378 --> 00:22:12,979 How old is he? 226 00:22:12,980 --> 00:22:14,712 He's five and a half. 227 00:22:14,714 --> 00:22:15,980 Oh, well, we should get them together. 228 00:22:15,982 --> 00:22:17,883 If we want to get this done, 229 00:22:17,884 --> 00:22:19,451 we need to prove that two ships 230 00:22:19,453 --> 00:22:22,855 can find each other in orbit and dock without crashing. 231 00:22:22,856 --> 00:22:25,090 That's the primary mission of Project Gemini. 232 00:22:25,093 --> 00:22:26,924 When we think you're ready, 233 00:22:26,926 --> 00:22:30,096 each of you will be assigned a flight with a specific task. 234 00:22:30,097 --> 00:22:31,797 Only after we master all these tasks 235 00:22:31,798 --> 00:22:33,465 do we move on to Apollo, 236 00:22:33,468 --> 00:22:35,801 consider trying to land on the Moon. 237 00:22:35,804 --> 00:22:37,302 - It's nice to meet you. - And you, Pat. 238 00:22:37,305 --> 00:22:39,738 - Bye. - Bye. 239 00:22:39,740 --> 00:22:41,773 - Eddie, you put that down. - Gus. 240 00:22:41,776 --> 00:22:43,242 Eddie Junior, don't you dare... 241 00:22:43,244 --> 00:22:44,311 You got anything to add? 242 00:22:45,447 --> 00:22:47,313 Just do your job. 243 00:22:47,315 --> 00:22:48,849 Yes, sir. 244 00:22:50,184 --> 00:22:52,018 Almost to scale. 245 00:22:52,019 --> 00:22:53,920 The Multi-Axis Trainer 246 00:22:53,922 --> 00:22:57,789 was designed to replicate roll coupling on three axes, 247 00:22:57,791 --> 00:23:01,194 the kind you might encounter in space. 248 00:23:01,196 --> 00:23:03,863 The challenge is to stabilize the machine 249 00:23:03,865 --> 00:23:06,065 before you pass out. 250 00:23:06,067 --> 00:23:08,903 First victim, Armstrong. 251 00:24:55,345 --> 00:24:57,144 White, you're up. 252 00:24:57,146 --> 00:24:59,013 Yeah, I got it. 253 00:24:59,016 --> 00:25:00,182 I'm okay. 254 00:25:03,252 --> 00:25:04,820 Let's go again. 255 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:31,613 Oh, fuck. 256 00:25:47,597 --> 00:25:50,298 Gentlemen, welcome to Basic Rocket Physics. 257 00:25:50,299 --> 00:25:53,669 We'll just be covering the first chapter tonight. 258 00:25:53,671 --> 00:25:56,471 When using a multi-stage launch vehicle, 259 00:25:56,473 --> 00:25:58,240 it's necessary to determine 260 00:25:58,241 --> 00:26:00,976 what the right sizing is of those stages. 261 00:26:39,349 --> 00:26:41,986 - Hi. - Hi. 262 00:26:44,955 --> 00:26:46,188 You okay? 263 00:26:46,190 --> 00:26:47,691 Yeah. 264 00:26:47,692 --> 00:26:50,358 Just thinking about this lecture. 265 00:26:50,361 --> 00:26:52,498 It's kind of neat. 266 00:26:54,732 --> 00:26:56,933 What's neat about it? 267 00:26:59,104 --> 00:27:03,373 Well, it was about how to rendezvous with the Agena. 268 00:27:03,375 --> 00:27:05,976 If you thrust, it-it actually slows you down, 269 00:27:05,978 --> 00:27:07,576 because it puts you into a higher orbit, 270 00:27:07,578 --> 00:27:09,278 so you have to reduce thrust 271 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,515 and drop into a lower orbit in order to catch up. 272 00:27:11,517 --> 00:27:14,483 It's-it's backwards from what they teach you as a pilot, 273 00:27:14,486 --> 00:27:19,258 but if you work the math, it-it-it follows. 274 00:27:20,625 --> 00:27:22,161 It's kind of neat. 275 00:27:24,028 --> 00:27:26,127 Yeah. 276 00:27:26,130 --> 00:27:27,431 What's funny? 277 00:27:27,432 --> 00:27:29,934 No, it's not funny. It's just... 278 00:27:31,436 --> 00:27:33,672 It's kind of neat. 279 00:27:57,362 --> 00:27:59,198 Do you remember this? 280 00:28:00,432 --> 00:28:02,365 Yeah. 281 00:28:02,366 --> 00:28:04,703 I'm surprised that you remember it. 282 00:28:55,488 --> 00:28:58,189 ♪ If you miss the train I'm on... ♪ 283 00:28:58,191 --> 00:29:00,826 Let's see. I want to make ten. 284 00:29:00,827 --> 00:29:03,294 Before you panic... 285 00:29:03,296 --> 00:29:04,695 There we go. 286 00:29:04,698 --> 00:29:06,365 Great. Thank you. 287 00:29:06,366 --> 00:29:07,498 Thank you for having us. 288 00:29:07,500 --> 00:29:09,232 It's a pleasure. 289 00:29:09,234 --> 00:29:10,602 Carrie. 290 00:29:10,604 --> 00:29:12,371 Here you go. Would you like some salad? 291 00:29:12,373 --> 00:29:14,337 - Thank you. - That's a lovely piano, Pat. 292 00:29:14,339 --> 00:29:16,842 - Do you play? - Bonnie's taking lessons. 293 00:29:16,844 --> 00:29:18,845 - Mm. - Well, perhaps we'll sing 294 00:29:18,846 --> 00:29:20,380 for our supper. 295 00:29:21,815 --> 00:29:23,181 Neil plays piano? 296 00:29:23,182 --> 00:29:24,583 Neil knows all kinds of show tunes. 297 00:29:24,585 --> 00:29:27,151 - Janet. - Oh, come on. 298 00:29:27,153 --> 00:29:28,420 He was musical director at his fraternity in college. 299 00:29:28,422 --> 00:29:29,721 - Honey. - Yeah, he wrote the musical 300 00:29:29,722 --> 00:29:31,589 for the all-student revue. 301 00:29:31,592 --> 00:29:33,156 - I didn't write the music. - Yeah, you did. 302 00:29:33,159 --> 00:29:36,361 No, I... We used music from Gilbert and Sullivan. 303 00:29:36,363 --> 00:29:38,162 Well, he wrote all new lyrics. 304 00:29:38,163 --> 00:29:40,866 "The Land of Egelloc." 305 00:29:40,868 --> 00:29:42,701 It was quite funny. 306 00:29:42,703 --> 00:29:46,171 "The Land of Egelloc"? 307 00:29:46,173 --> 00:29:47,439 - Egelloc. - Mm-hmm. 308 00:29:47,441 --> 00:29:48,775 You've never heard of it? 309 00:29:48,777 --> 00:29:50,541 I-I haven't. 310 00:29:50,544 --> 00:29:53,177 Oh, I'm surprised. Uh, uh, it's a distant land, 311 00:29:53,180 --> 00:29:54,846 but, uh, it's a magical place. 312 00:29:54,848 --> 00:29:56,450 It's "college" spelled backwards. 313 00:30:00,287 --> 00:30:01,488 Seriously? 314 00:30:02,623 --> 00:30:03,890 Yep. 315 00:30:08,362 --> 00:30:10,762 You're, uh, backup on Five, huh? 316 00:30:10,765 --> 00:30:12,332 - Yeah. - Well, don't worry. 317 00:30:12,334 --> 00:30:13,699 You'll get your own mission soon. 318 00:30:13,701 --> 00:30:15,334 How's training going on Four? 319 00:30:15,336 --> 00:30:16,367 It's good. 320 00:30:16,369 --> 00:30:17,737 I think we're close on E.V.A. 321 00:30:17,739 --> 00:30:19,939 First man to walk in space. 322 00:30:19,941 --> 00:30:22,173 - That'd be something, huh? - Yeah. 323 00:30:22,175 --> 00:30:24,344 Well, you know the walking's the easy part. 324 00:30:24,346 --> 00:30:26,679 - It's getting back inside that's tough. - Mm. 325 00:30:26,681 --> 00:30:28,280 It'd be a hell of a ride 326 00:30:28,282 --> 00:30:29,715 to come back with my tail hanging out. 327 00:30:29,718 --> 00:30:30,717 Oh, I think McDivitt 328 00:30:30,719 --> 00:30:32,751 will cut the cord before that ever happens. 329 00:30:32,753 --> 00:30:34,721 Whoa, whoa, whoa. You throttle back there, Armstrong. 330 00:30:34,722 --> 00:30:35,822 Ed! 331 00:30:35,824 --> 00:30:37,221 - Yeah? - Phone for you. 332 00:30:37,223 --> 00:30:38,790 - Yeah, who is it? - It's Deke. 333 00:30:38,792 --> 00:30:40,326 Okay, hang on. 334 00:30:40,327 --> 00:30:41,607 I think that's Castor and Pollux. 335 00:30:42,865 --> 00:30:45,365 I was testing you, and you passed. 336 00:30:45,366 --> 00:30:47,432 I thought about letting it fly, but... 337 00:30:47,434 --> 00:30:48,635 Yeah. 338 00:30:48,637 --> 00:30:50,136 Yeah. 339 00:30:53,441 --> 00:30:55,942 Uh, no, uh, let me turn it on right now. 340 00:30:55,943 --> 00:30:57,076 Hey, guys. 341 00:30:57,078 --> 00:30:59,846 With a Soviet pressure suit, 342 00:30:59,848 --> 00:31:01,713 we're told, that was designed for the lunar surface. 343 00:31:01,715 --> 00:31:03,816 - I'll call you back. - This is, of course, 344 00:31:03,817 --> 00:31:04,852 mankind's first E.V.A., 345 00:31:04,854 --> 00:31:07,386 or extravehicular activity. 346 00:31:07,388 --> 00:31:09,622 Within the American space program, 347 00:31:09,624 --> 00:31:12,558 E.V.A. is seen as one of the crucial tests 348 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:15,560 the astronauts must master if they are to successfully 349 00:31:15,563 --> 00:31:17,765 carry out their mission to the Moon. 350 00:31:17,767 --> 00:31:19,967 Astronaut Ed White was scheduled 351 00:31:19,969 --> 00:31:22,434 to perform the first E.V.A. 352 00:31:22,436 --> 00:31:23,903 during Gemini 4. 353 00:31:23,905 --> 00:31:26,239 So this is yet another major victory 354 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:28,776 for the Soviet Union in the Space Race. 355 00:31:35,284 --> 00:31:36,616 Check valves are clear. 356 00:31:36,618 --> 00:31:37,917 Okay. I'll get on the edge. 357 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:41,320 - We got it from here. - Thanks. 358 00:31:41,323 --> 00:31:43,324 Thanks, Elliot. 359 00:31:51,299 --> 00:31:52,799 Eight days up there. 360 00:31:52,801 --> 00:31:54,903 To be honest, I'm kind of glad we didn't get this one. 361 00:31:54,904 --> 00:31:57,373 Hope they don't kill each other. 362 00:31:59,041 --> 00:32:00,741 At least it'd be quieter around here. 363 00:32:10,653 --> 00:32:12,619 Neil. 364 00:32:12,622 --> 00:32:13,987 Go ahead. 365 00:32:13,989 --> 00:32:17,290 Neil Armstrong, our backup commander. 366 00:32:17,292 --> 00:32:18,425 Buzz Aldrin. 367 00:32:18,428 --> 00:32:19,759 Roger Chaffee. 368 00:32:19,761 --> 00:32:20,961 Couple of greenhorns from third group. 369 00:32:20,963 --> 00:32:22,496 They'll be at blockhouse for launch. 370 00:32:22,498 --> 00:32:24,766 Listen, can I speak to you for a minute? 371 00:32:24,768 --> 00:32:26,535 Fellas. 372 00:32:31,373 --> 00:32:34,041 We're putting you in command of Gemini 8. 373 00:32:34,044 --> 00:32:36,944 Dave Scott is gonna be your pilot. 374 00:32:36,947 --> 00:32:40,381 We get the Agena back online, 375 00:32:40,383 --> 00:32:42,685 you're probably gonna be the first to dock. 376 00:32:49,424 --> 00:32:50,657 Don't worry about Elliot. 377 00:32:50,660 --> 00:32:52,527 We'll put that brain of his to work. 378 00:32:52,528 --> 00:32:54,628 We've got a big E.V.A. planned for Eight. 379 00:32:54,631 --> 00:32:56,397 Dave's a workhorse. 380 00:32:57,500 --> 00:32:58,866 Yes, sir. 381 00:32:58,868 --> 00:33:00,971 - I'll talk to you later today. - Thank you. 382 00:33:14,416 --> 00:33:15,415 My eye! 383 00:33:15,417 --> 00:33:17,384 Oh, my eye! 384 00:33:17,386 --> 00:33:18,621 My eye! 385 00:33:18,623 --> 00:33:21,056 Mr. Armstrong. 386 00:33:21,057 --> 00:33:22,423 When did you start swimming? 387 00:33:22,424 --> 00:33:23,490 I don't remember exactly. 388 00:33:23,492 --> 00:33:25,492 - I think school. - In high school? 389 00:33:25,494 --> 00:33:27,797 Yeah, and we had a... we, uh... 390 00:33:27,798 --> 00:33:29,597 like, a summer house in northern Wisconsin, 391 00:33:29,599 --> 00:33:32,067 and I just used to go to the lake and, uh, fish. 392 00:33:32,068 --> 00:33:34,434 And I just used to swim for miles and miles. 393 00:33:34,436 --> 00:33:36,073 I've-I've always loved it. 394 00:33:37,874 --> 00:33:39,842 Nothing quite compares 395 00:33:39,844 --> 00:33:41,109 to your terrible life. 396 00:33:44,015 --> 00:33:45,580 Oh... 397 00:33:45,583 --> 00:33:46,951 You got it coming. 398 00:33:52,656 --> 00:33:55,023 It's the longest bridge in the world, but there's no... 399 00:33:55,026 --> 00:33:57,424 It's the second-largest suspension bridge in the world, 400 00:33:57,426 --> 00:33:58,895 but these cables are the longest... 401 00:34:00,631 --> 00:34:02,565 - Hey, Ed. - Oh, hi. 402 00:34:02,567 --> 00:34:04,432 Uh, can I speak with Neil? 403 00:34:04,434 --> 00:34:06,001 Yeah, sure. Why don't you come on in? 404 00:34:06,003 --> 00:34:07,568 You're soaked. 405 00:34:07,570 --> 00:34:09,838 No, I'll-I'll... I'll wait here. 406 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,007 Thanks. 407 00:34:12,010 --> 00:34:13,576 You could fly under there. 408 00:34:13,577 --> 00:34:15,710 That would hurt if you jumped under it. 409 00:34:15,713 --> 00:34:17,545 - What's that? - That would hurt 410 00:34:17,547 --> 00:34:20,181 if you jumped over it. 411 00:34:20,184 --> 00:34:22,052 Yeah. 412 00:34:22,054 --> 00:34:23,518 Uh, here are the sky pieces. 413 00:34:23,521 --> 00:34:24,887 Neil, Ed's outside. 414 00:34:24,889 --> 00:34:26,088 Okay. 415 00:34:26,090 --> 00:34:27,525 Excuse me, son. 416 00:34:29,460 --> 00:34:30,992 Hi. 417 00:34:30,994 --> 00:34:32,695 You want to come in? 418 00:34:32,697 --> 00:34:34,465 Some bad news about Elliot. 419 00:34:38,802 --> 00:34:41,469 No, I know. Deke told me he bumped him, but with... 420 00:34:41,472 --> 00:34:42,905 Neil, Elliot and Charlie were flying 421 00:34:42,907 --> 00:34:44,539 into St. Louis this morning. 422 00:34:44,541 --> 00:34:46,777 Their T-38 crashed on approach. 423 00:34:52,117 --> 00:34:53,751 Oh. 424 00:34:58,090 --> 00:35:00,025 There was a lot of fog. 425 00:35:14,606 --> 00:35:17,541 So, did you really fly under that bridge? 426 00:35:23,681 --> 00:35:26,048 Was it fun? 427 00:35:26,050 --> 00:35:28,550 Were you scared? 428 00:35:28,552 --> 00:35:31,054 Ricky. Honey. 429 00:35:31,056 --> 00:35:33,990 Why don't you go and get your homework so I can check it? 430 00:35:33,992 --> 00:35:35,527 Yes, ma'am. 431 00:35:41,867 --> 00:35:43,768 Who was it? 432 00:35:54,146 --> 00:35:56,914 Shit. How the hell did this happen? 433 00:35:58,818 --> 00:36:02,085 Cernan told me cloud cover was down to 500 feet. 434 00:36:02,088 --> 00:36:04,088 Probably never saw the building. 435 00:36:04,090 --> 00:36:06,090 Clearly, the error was the approach. 436 00:36:06,092 --> 00:36:08,094 He was coming in too slow to reach the runway. 437 00:36:13,032 --> 00:36:14,634 What? 438 00:36:16,268 --> 00:36:18,235 You know Deke had his doubts about him. 439 00:36:18,237 --> 00:36:21,572 That's why he moved Elliot off Eight. 440 00:36:21,574 --> 00:36:24,009 Deke gave Elliot his own command. 441 00:36:24,010 --> 00:36:25,842 Elliot wasn't aggressive enough. 442 00:36:25,844 --> 00:36:27,844 You of all people have to know that. 443 00:36:27,847 --> 00:36:30,014 No, I don't. 444 00:36:30,016 --> 00:36:32,849 I didn't investigate the crash. 445 00:36:32,851 --> 00:36:34,818 I didn't study the flight trajectory. 446 00:36:34,820 --> 00:36:37,153 And I wasn't the one flying the plane. 447 00:36:37,155 --> 00:36:39,958 So I wouldn't pretend to know anything. 448 00:36:43,996 --> 00:36:46,766 We'll never be a hundred percent sure. 449 00:37:34,047 --> 00:37:36,148 Can we go? 450 00:37:36,150 --> 00:37:38,784 Uh... uh, not right now. 451 00:37:38,786 --> 00:37:41,153 I want to help Marilyn clear all this up. 452 00:37:41,155 --> 00:37:44,023 I don't want to have her do it after we're gone. 453 00:37:49,128 --> 00:37:50,731 Neil? 454 00:37:59,007 --> 00:38:00,373 I'm sorry. 455 00:38:00,375 --> 00:38:02,275 I hate to be a bother. 456 00:38:02,277 --> 00:38:04,342 - Oh, Jan, it's no bother. - Oh, Jan. 457 00:38:04,344 --> 00:38:06,311 Yeah, no. 458 00:38:06,313 --> 00:38:08,282 Neil's, uh... 459 00:38:12,985 --> 00:38:16,222 There was a year when we were at Edwards... 460 00:38:16,224 --> 00:38:17,858 Four pilots died. 461 00:38:21,829 --> 00:38:23,762 We got good at funerals that year. 462 00:38:25,766 --> 00:38:28,335 We haven't been to one in a while. 463 00:38:31,771 --> 00:38:34,074 Does he ever talk to you about Karen, Ed? 464 00:38:35,710 --> 00:38:38,045 Not really. No. 465 00:38:41,317 --> 00:38:43,384 Does he talk to you about her? 466 00:38:44,818 --> 00:38:46,355 No. 467 00:38:48,289 --> 00:38:50,088 Never. 468 00:39:24,726 --> 00:39:26,061 Hey, buddy. 469 00:39:28,463 --> 00:39:30,697 You know, you should be with Jan. 470 00:39:32,367 --> 00:39:34,867 Neil, you should be playing with your kids. 471 00:39:34,869 --> 00:39:37,971 You know, putting them into bed. 472 00:39:37,972 --> 00:39:39,840 - Times like these... - Do you think I'm standing 473 00:39:39,842 --> 00:39:41,509 out here in the backyard 474 00:39:41,510 --> 00:39:44,344 'cause I want to talk to somebody, Ed? 475 00:39:44,346 --> 00:39:46,916 I'm sorry? 476 00:39:48,351 --> 00:39:50,016 Do you think I left there 477 00:39:50,018 --> 00:39:52,289 'cause I want to talk to somebody? 478 00:40:13,375 --> 00:40:15,074 T-minus one minute 479 00:40:15,077 --> 00:40:17,280 and counting on the Atlas-Agena launch. 480 00:40:46,309 --> 00:40:47,543 Liftoff. 481 00:40:47,545 --> 00:40:49,777 Agena is go. 482 00:40:52,215 --> 00:40:54,081 Flight dynamics for unmanned. 483 00:40:54,083 --> 00:40:56,851 Agena target vehicle looking good. 484 00:40:56,853 --> 00:40:59,257 Stand by for Gemini launch. 485 00:41:22,913 --> 00:41:23,914 Yeah. 486 00:41:38,561 --> 00:41:40,596 Okay. 487 00:41:40,597 --> 00:41:42,099 All right. 488 00:41:44,635 --> 00:41:47,168 Guaymas, read you loud and clear. 489 00:41:47,170 --> 00:41:50,438 We have S band track. We have just locked up on TM. 490 00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:51,507 All right. Yeah, what's that? 491 00:41:51,509 --> 00:41:53,141 - What's-what's happening? - Uh, did you say 492 00:41:53,143 --> 00:41:54,076 - all systems go on TM? - Yeah, yeah. 493 00:41:54,077 --> 00:41:55,577 Let me see. All right. 494 00:41:55,579 --> 00:41:57,112 All right, hold still. Hold still. 495 00:41:57,114 --> 00:41:58,347 - What is that? - Hold on. 496 00:41:58,349 --> 00:42:00,581 Scoot... Can you scoot down at all? 497 00:42:00,583 --> 00:42:02,550 All right. 498 00:42:02,552 --> 00:42:03,952 - Hey. - What are you doing? 499 00:42:03,954 --> 00:42:05,454 Has anybody got a Swiss Army knife? 500 00:42:05,456 --> 00:42:07,956 - Hold on, hold on a sec. - What'd you say? 501 00:42:07,958 --> 00:42:10,059 - See if this will do the trick. - Yeah. - A Swiss Army knife? 502 00:42:10,061 --> 00:42:12,061 Yeah. Yeah, yeah. 503 00:42:12,063 --> 00:42:13,996 - It's just a little... - Are you kidding me? 504 00:42:13,998 --> 00:42:15,565 - There we go. - You got it. - A little lower. 505 00:42:15,567 --> 00:42:18,400 - Good Lord. - Guaymas, Agena is go. 506 00:42:18,402 --> 00:42:20,170 Roger, Guaymas. 507 00:43:35,047 --> 00:43:36,612 Switching to HF. 508 00:43:36,614 --> 00:43:38,181 One, two, three, four, five. 509 00:43:38,182 --> 00:43:40,317 Five, four, three, two, one. Check out. 510 00:43:40,318 --> 00:43:42,418 Copy. T-minus two minutes. 511 00:43:42,420 --> 00:43:45,422 - Engines to start. - Ground power removal. 512 00:43:45,425 --> 00:43:46,590 Stage two prevalves coming open. 513 00:43:46,592 --> 00:43:47,759 Five seconds. 514 00:44:37,811 --> 00:44:39,710 T-minus 20 seconds. Mark. 515 00:44:49,322 --> 00:44:53,090 Ten, nine, 516 00:44:53,092 --> 00:44:57,161 eight, seven, six, 517 00:44:57,164 --> 00:44:59,664 five, four, 518 00:44:59,666 --> 00:45:02,601 three, 519 00:45:02,603 --> 00:45:05,269 two, one. 520 00:45:05,271 --> 00:45:07,641 Ignition. 521 00:45:14,447 --> 00:45:16,083 Liftoff. 522 00:45:24,724 --> 00:45:28,360 Clock is running. Got a roll program in. 523 00:45:28,362 --> 00:45:29,628 Roger. Roll. 524 00:45:29,630 --> 00:45:31,161 Good liftoff, Eight. 525 00:45:41,173 --> 00:45:42,806 - Pitch program. - Roger. Pitch program. 526 00:45:53,221 --> 00:45:55,387 DCS update received. 527 00:45:55,389 --> 00:45:56,724 Roger. DCS. 528 00:46:05,833 --> 00:46:08,166 Stage two tanks look good. 529 00:46:08,168 --> 00:46:10,103 That's about three and a half g's. 530 00:46:47,240 --> 00:46:49,742 Go from the ground for staging. 531 00:46:49,744 --> 00:46:51,547 Roger. 532 00:47:04,927 --> 00:47:07,594 Fuel cells are solid. 533 00:47:07,596 --> 00:47:09,929 Gemini 8. Mark. 534 00:47:09,931 --> 00:47:13,666 V over Vr is, uh, .08. 535 00:47:13,668 --> 00:47:15,771 Okay. Mode three. 536 00:47:21,943 --> 00:47:23,780 We had SECO. 537 00:48:10,994 --> 00:48:15,762 "Fear that someone will break in 538 00:48:15,764 --> 00:48:18,000 and steal all of my..." 539 00:48:18,001 --> 00:48:19,867 Okay, we're all set. 540 00:48:19,869 --> 00:48:21,802 "Hank Williams..." 541 00:48:21,804 --> 00:48:23,838 Transmitting maneuver load. 542 00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:26,907 It's a height adjust. 543 00:48:26,909 --> 00:48:29,978 Height adjust. Got DCS. 544 00:48:29,980 --> 00:48:33,380 Roger. And are you ready to copy the update? Over. 545 00:48:33,382 --> 00:48:35,382 Okay. Go with the update, Hawaii. 546 00:48:35,385 --> 00:48:40,288 Roger. G.E.T. B-13437. 547 00:48:40,289 --> 00:48:42,989 Delta-V, two-decimal-nine. 548 00:48:42,992 --> 00:48:45,525 Burn time, zero plus zero-five... 549 00:48:48,398 --> 00:48:50,731 Hey, Mom, can I get you anything? 550 00:48:50,733 --> 00:48:51,869 He's doing good. 551 00:48:53,637 --> 00:48:55,469 "Constant." 552 00:48:55,472 --> 00:48:58,039 "How can you do push-ups 553 00:48:58,041 --> 00:49:00,675 when your nose gets in the way?" 554 00:49:00,677 --> 00:49:02,677 Roger, Hawaii. Got it. 555 00:49:02,679 --> 00:49:03,911 This is Paul Haney 556 00:49:03,914 --> 00:49:05,414 at Gemini Control Houston. 557 00:49:05,416 --> 00:49:07,849 Our display chart shows Gemini 8 in orbit. 558 00:49:07,851 --> 00:49:09,416 The crew will now attempt 559 00:49:09,418 --> 00:49:11,353 to find the unmanned Agena spacecraft 560 00:49:11,355 --> 00:49:13,320 and dock with it. 561 00:49:31,742 --> 00:49:33,409 - Burn end. - Good burn. 562 00:49:47,458 --> 00:49:49,559 Shouldn't we have a visual on the Agena by now? 563 00:49:54,130 --> 00:49:56,565 Houston, I think we overdid it a little. 564 00:49:56,567 --> 00:49:57,632 We should have stopped early. 565 00:49:57,635 --> 00:49:58,934 Uh, roger. 566 00:49:58,936 --> 00:50:00,802 Uh, Eight, stand by for a correction. 567 00:50:02,005 --> 00:50:03,405 So we're getting the difference. 568 00:50:03,407 --> 00:50:04,572 I'm on that. 569 00:50:04,574 --> 00:50:05,974 FIDO, Flight. How we doing? 570 00:50:05,976 --> 00:50:08,043 Okay, we got a solid track on both vehicles. 571 00:50:08,045 --> 00:50:09,610 Calculating for the burn. 572 00:50:09,612 --> 00:50:12,414 FIDO, Agena. Do you have what you need from us? 573 00:50:12,416 --> 00:50:14,751 FIDO, did you copy that? 574 00:50:14,753 --> 00:50:16,885 Roger, Flight. I copy. 575 00:50:16,887 --> 00:50:18,653 - You guys getting this? - We just have some 576 00:50:18,655 --> 00:50:20,391 ratty data with the Gemini computer. 577 00:50:22,527 --> 00:50:24,626 Need the correction, gentlemen. Let's go. 578 00:50:24,628 --> 00:50:25,894 - Sending it up now. - Okay, CAPCOM, 579 00:50:25,896 --> 00:50:27,130 let's get it up to them. 580 00:50:27,132 --> 00:50:28,697 This is Houston CAPCOM. 581 00:50:28,699 --> 00:50:30,833 Uh, we're gonna need you to do another burn here 582 00:50:30,835 --> 00:50:32,668 very shortly, so stand by to copy. 583 00:50:32,670 --> 00:50:36,806 Uh, G.E.T. B-030341. 584 00:50:36,807 --> 00:50:40,844 Uh, Delta-V is two seconds posigrade. 585 00:50:40,846 --> 00:50:42,543 Two feet... 586 00:50:42,545 --> 00:50:46,048 Uh, Delta-V is two feet posigrade. 587 00:50:46,050 --> 00:50:48,751 Uh, Eight, do you copy? 588 00:50:52,556 --> 00:50:53,891 Mark. 589 00:50:53,893 --> 00:50:55,123 Two feet posigrade... 590 00:50:55,126 --> 00:50:56,626 Give that back, Mark. Give that back. 591 00:50:56,628 --> 00:50:58,561 Put it back on the table. Give me it. 592 00:50:58,563 --> 00:51:00,530 Honey, give me it. 593 00:51:00,532 --> 00:51:02,130 It's really important. 594 00:51:02,132 --> 00:51:04,168 Give that back to Mom right now. 595 00:51:04,170 --> 00:51:06,168 Do you copy? 596 00:51:06,170 --> 00:51:09,139 Mark Armstrong, if you don't give me that back... 597 00:51:09,141 --> 00:51:10,708 Eight, do you copy? 598 00:51:10,710 --> 00:51:12,208 I'm not joking, Mark. 599 00:51:12,210 --> 00:51:14,777 I'm getting a horrendous 600 00:51:14,778 --> 00:51:17,447 20 to 25 feet per second down, Neil. 601 00:51:17,449 --> 00:51:19,782 I can't see any possible reason for that. 602 00:51:19,784 --> 00:51:21,550 - Where are we on the plot? - We're above it. 603 00:51:21,552 --> 00:51:22,920 Right, but what does it look like if... 604 00:51:22,922 --> 00:51:24,920 I can't. I'm sorry. I have to... 605 00:51:24,922 --> 00:51:26,956 - I have to look at this. - Okay. 606 00:51:26,958 --> 00:51:29,025 Eight, can you give us a status? 607 00:51:29,027 --> 00:51:31,228 No. I got too much to do. 608 00:51:31,230 --> 00:51:33,197 Copy. Standing by. 609 00:51:35,735 --> 00:51:38,168 Okay, we're gonna go with a closed loop. 610 00:51:38,170 --> 00:51:42,106 25 forward, eight left, three up, 611 00:51:42,108 --> 00:51:44,175 and I'm going to rate command. 612 00:51:47,713 --> 00:51:50,947 Three, two, one. 613 00:51:50,949 --> 00:51:52,115 Burn. 614 00:52:33,726 --> 00:52:35,193 Could be a planet. 615 00:52:35,195 --> 00:52:37,563 Could be. 616 00:52:41,900 --> 00:52:43,701 This is Houston. 617 00:52:43,702 --> 00:52:46,070 We have your ground TPI backup when you're ready to copy. 618 00:52:46,072 --> 00:52:47,273 Uh, stand by. 619 00:52:47,275 --> 00:52:49,039 We have a visual on the Agena. 620 00:52:49,041 --> 00:52:52,710 At least something we think looks like the Agena. 621 00:52:52,713 --> 00:52:55,813 Understand. Possible visual on the Agena. 622 00:52:55,815 --> 00:52:58,217 - We're getting a little out of plane now. - Uh, yeah. 623 00:52:58,219 --> 00:53:00,784 Uh, we gotta get three aft and two and a half up. 624 00:53:00,786 --> 00:53:01,952 I'm going to start braking. 625 00:53:01,954 --> 00:53:03,755 Give me a digital range and rate. 626 00:53:09,128 --> 00:53:10,628 I better back off a bit. 627 00:53:10,630 --> 00:53:12,998 6,000 feet, 31 feet per second. 628 00:53:16,737 --> 00:53:18,135 Put in a little to the left. 629 00:53:18,137 --> 00:53:20,137 1,680 feet. 630 00:53:26,713 --> 00:53:29,648 That's unbelievable. 631 00:53:29,650 --> 00:53:32,119 Would you look at that? 632 00:53:41,262 --> 00:53:43,228 You tell 'em. 633 00:53:47,101 --> 00:53:49,833 Houston, we're station-keeping on the Agena 634 00:53:49,835 --> 00:53:52,338 about 150 feet. 635 00:53:52,340 --> 00:53:54,706 Okay, stay focused, gentlemen. 636 00:53:54,708 --> 00:53:56,976 - We're only halfway there. - Nice job, guys. 637 00:53:56,978 --> 00:54:00,378 - Thanks for the extra hands. - Let's do this, huh? 638 00:54:04,253 --> 00:54:05,987 Stay focused, gentlemen. 639 00:54:27,208 --> 00:54:29,208 Man, it flies easy. 640 00:54:29,210 --> 00:54:30,976 Does it really? 641 00:54:30,978 --> 00:54:33,746 The station-keeping, it's just... 642 00:54:33,748 --> 00:54:35,849 it's like nothing. 643 00:54:44,791 --> 00:54:47,427 Uh, RKV, this is Eight. 644 00:54:47,429 --> 00:54:49,829 We're sitting about two feet out. 645 00:54:49,831 --> 00:54:51,130 Uh, roger. 646 00:54:51,132 --> 00:54:53,199 Uh, stand by for a couple of minutes here. 647 00:54:53,202 --> 00:54:55,034 Roger. 648 00:54:55,036 --> 00:54:56,769 Okay, Gemini 8, 649 00:54:56,771 --> 00:54:58,237 uh, we have TM solid. 650 00:54:58,239 --> 00:54:59,737 You're looking good on the ground. 651 00:54:59,739 --> 00:55:01,842 Go ahead and dock. 652 00:55:18,260 --> 00:55:21,762 Okay. We're gonna cycle our Rigid-Stop switch now. 653 00:55:46,389 --> 00:55:48,255 Flight, we are docked. 654 00:55:58,501 --> 00:56:00,766 Someone call Cronkite! 655 00:56:00,768 --> 00:56:03,771 Have him tell the Soviets that they can go screw! 656 00:56:03,773 --> 00:56:06,005 Get him on the phone, man. 657 00:56:06,007 --> 00:56:07,375 Hey, Pete! Hey, call those idiots 658 00:56:07,376 --> 00:56:08,976 at Congress while you're at it. 659 00:56:08,978 --> 00:56:11,978 - Yeah, I'll start with Rhode Island. - Huh? 660 00:56:11,980 --> 00:56:14,916 Oh, damn. 661 00:56:14,918 --> 00:56:16,418 Well done. Let's go ahead and get 662 00:56:16,420 --> 00:56:18,418 a state vector on the combined spacecraft. 663 00:56:18,420 --> 00:56:20,755 Gemini 8, this is Houston CAPCOM. 664 00:56:20,757 --> 00:56:21,889 Please stand by to copy. 665 00:56:21,891 --> 00:56:22,956 Check out my room like this. 666 00:56:22,958 --> 00:56:24,925 - But I don't think... - Look at all these papers. 667 00:56:24,927 --> 00:56:26,126 I know. 668 00:56:26,128 --> 00:56:28,396 I spent days trying to work on that, 669 00:56:28,398 --> 00:56:30,364 and now it's crumpled up. 670 00:56:30,365 --> 00:56:32,900 - Look at my drawer! - I know. 671 00:56:32,902 --> 00:56:34,469 I had all my crayons in that, 672 00:56:34,471 --> 00:56:36,503 and now look at all the crayons. 673 00:56:36,505 --> 00:56:38,306 But, Ricky, are you telling me the full story? 674 00:56:38,307 --> 00:56:40,141 'Cause I'm not sure your brother would do that unless... 675 00:56:40,143 --> 00:56:41,876 Yes, I am telling you! Look at this! 676 00:56:41,878 --> 00:56:43,545 Now, don't you get angry with me. 677 00:56:43,547 --> 00:56:45,213 Don't get upset. 678 00:56:45,215 --> 00:56:46,882 Uh, Eight, this is Houston. 679 00:56:46,884 --> 00:56:48,916 Uh, I've got a nodal update for you. Stand by. 680 00:56:48,918 --> 00:56:50,784 Anybody try calling about the appointment? 681 00:56:50,786 --> 00:56:52,820 Okay, go ahead. 682 00:56:52,822 --> 00:56:54,222 - Rick! - Roger. 683 00:56:54,224 --> 00:56:56,358 Node 070447... 684 00:56:56,360 --> 00:56:58,460 Okay. Out here now. 685 00:56:58,461 --> 00:57:00,027 Out here now. 686 00:57:00,028 --> 00:57:01,829 Against 51552 right ascension. 687 00:57:01,831 --> 00:57:04,132 Gemini 8, we're about to have a loss of signal. 688 00:57:04,134 --> 00:57:05,967 - Where have you gone? - We'll pick you up 689 00:57:05,969 --> 00:57:07,902 over the hill for Dave's E.V.A. 690 00:57:15,445 --> 00:57:19,248 Well, that's peculiar. 691 00:57:19,250 --> 00:57:21,282 Oh, good. 692 00:57:21,284 --> 00:57:23,985 I'm hoping that's just excess hydrogen. 693 00:57:23,987 --> 00:57:25,954 I think I'm gonna save mine for later. 694 00:57:27,190 --> 00:57:28,391 Little treat. 695 00:57:33,396 --> 00:57:35,266 Uh, Neil, we're in a bank. 696 00:57:42,905 --> 00:57:45,239 We're not doing it. It's-it's not us. It must be... 697 00:57:45,242 --> 00:57:47,509 Shut off the Agena's control systems. 698 00:57:47,510 --> 00:57:51,114 Code 400, Agena control system shutdown. 699 00:58:15,072 --> 00:58:17,039 Cycle the Agena. 700 00:58:17,041 --> 00:58:18,172 Turning it on. 701 00:58:18,175 --> 00:58:20,108 Turning it off. 702 00:58:44,936 --> 00:58:46,637 I'm gonna cycle the ACME 703 00:58:46,639 --> 00:58:49,105 and the propellant motor valves. 704 00:58:49,106 --> 00:58:51,239 Switching ADL to pitch. 705 00:58:51,242 --> 00:58:53,211 RL to pitch. 706 00:58:59,583 --> 00:59:01,018 Roll meter 200 and rising. 707 00:59:04,923 --> 00:59:05,987 Separate from the Agena. 708 00:59:08,193 --> 00:59:11,027 Setting Agena to allow remote command. 709 00:59:11,030 --> 00:59:12,528 Switching on the DAC. 710 00:59:12,530 --> 00:59:14,063 Make sure you give it extra thrust 711 00:59:14,065 --> 00:59:15,398 so we don't smash into the Agena. 712 00:59:15,400 --> 00:59:16,934 On my mark, undock. 713 00:59:19,137 --> 00:59:22,039 Two. One. 714 00:59:37,289 --> 00:59:39,724 OAMS propellant, 13%. 715 00:59:39,726 --> 00:59:41,692 It's not the Agena. It's us. 716 01:00:04,150 --> 01:00:08,686 Gemini 8, coming back into range in three, two, one. 717 01:00:08,688 --> 01:00:11,021 This is CSQ, checking our comm link. 718 01:00:11,023 --> 01:00:12,623 How do you read? 719 01:00:14,126 --> 01:00:17,027 Gemini 8, how do you read? 720 01:00:17,030 --> 01:00:18,996 We have serious problems. 721 01:00:18,998 --> 01:00:21,132 We're tumbling end over end up here. 722 01:00:21,134 --> 01:00:22,733 We're disengaged from the Agena. 723 01:00:22,735 --> 01:00:25,168 Okay, we got your spacecraft 724 01:00:25,170 --> 01:00:27,304 free indication here. 725 01:00:27,306 --> 01:00:29,373 What seems to be the problem? 726 01:00:29,375 --> 01:00:32,210 We're rolling up, and we can't turn anything off. 727 01:00:32,211 --> 01:00:34,012 We're continuously increasing in a left roll. 728 01:00:34,014 --> 01:00:35,344 CSQ, Flight. 729 01:00:35,347 --> 01:00:36,681 Go ahead, Flight. 730 01:00:36,682 --> 01:00:39,583 Did he say he cannot turn the Agena off? 731 01:00:39,585 --> 01:00:42,420 Uh, no, he says he's separated from the Agena 732 01:00:42,422 --> 01:00:45,523 and he's in a roll and he can't stop it. 733 01:00:45,525 --> 01:00:48,259 Flight, their roll meter reads 270 and rising. 734 01:00:48,260 --> 01:00:49,693 At that rate, they'll be passing out 735 01:00:49,695 --> 01:00:51,530 in about 40 seconds. 736 01:00:52,632 --> 01:00:53,699 Paul. 737 01:00:54,800 --> 01:00:56,635 Paul. 738 01:00:58,472 --> 01:01:00,637 Trying to stop the rates. 739 01:01:00,639 --> 01:01:02,677 We certainly have... 740 01:01:52,760 --> 01:01:54,295 We can't... 741 01:02:16,284 --> 01:02:18,617 Close the RCS breakers. 742 01:02:21,757 --> 01:02:24,623 - Dave! - Gemini 8, did you say 743 01:02:24,625 --> 01:02:27,661 you are closing RCS breakers? 744 01:02:27,663 --> 01:02:31,664 Are you initiating RCS? 745 01:02:31,666 --> 01:02:36,769 Gemini 8, again, did you say you are closing RCS breakers? 746 01:02:36,771 --> 01:02:39,873 You will not be able to control your attitude. 747 01:03:06,635 --> 01:03:07,833 Okay. 748 01:03:07,835 --> 01:03:10,269 We're regaining control of the spacecraft. 749 01:03:10,271 --> 01:03:12,237 Slowly in RCS direct. 750 01:03:13,943 --> 01:03:16,208 Roger. 751 01:03:16,210 --> 01:03:17,677 Roger. Copy. 752 01:03:17,679 --> 01:03:19,179 We're pulsing the RCS slowly. 753 01:03:19,181 --> 01:03:20,512 It's all roll right. 754 01:03:20,514 --> 01:03:23,315 We're trying to kill our roll rate here. 755 01:03:31,693 --> 01:03:34,561 Move us back to one ring. 756 01:03:34,563 --> 01:03:35,594 Copy. 757 01:03:45,875 --> 01:03:47,641 I want emergency landing options. 758 01:03:47,643 --> 01:03:50,244 Wait until you find out how much fuel they have left. 759 01:03:51,847 --> 01:03:54,313 Bob, what do you think? 760 01:03:54,315 --> 01:03:56,318 I think they'd better land now. 761 01:04:00,623 --> 01:04:03,693 Deke, Jan's outside. 762 01:04:19,509 --> 01:04:21,677 Jan, the ship is stable. They're gonna be all right. 763 01:04:21,679 --> 01:04:23,543 He's okay, Jan. 764 01:04:23,545 --> 01:04:24,945 I need you to go home. 765 01:04:24,947 --> 01:04:26,614 Fine. Turn the box back on. 766 01:04:26,615 --> 01:04:28,016 - I'll see what I can do... - Now. 767 01:04:28,018 --> 01:04:31,585 Turn the box back on now. 768 01:04:31,586 --> 01:04:32,920 Well, there's security protocol in place. 769 01:04:32,922 --> 01:04:34,489 Well, I don't give a damn. 770 01:04:34,490 --> 01:04:36,389 I've got a dozen cameras on my front lawn, Deke. 771 01:04:36,391 --> 01:04:37,925 Do you want me telling them what's going on? 772 01:04:37,927 --> 01:04:39,827 Jan, you have to trust us. 773 01:04:39,829 --> 01:04:41,394 We've got this under control. 774 01:04:41,396 --> 01:04:43,297 - No, you don't. - We've... 775 01:04:43,298 --> 01:04:44,733 All these protocols and procedures 776 01:04:44,735 --> 01:04:47,467 to make it seem like you have it under control. 777 01:04:47,469 --> 01:04:49,536 But you're a bunch of boys 778 01:04:49,539 --> 01:04:51,373 making models out of balsa wood. 779 01:04:51,375 --> 01:04:53,574 You don't have anything under control. 780 01:04:58,449 --> 01:05:00,313 Naha Rescue One will be 781 01:05:00,315 --> 01:05:04,452 on station at splashdown with a flotation collar. 782 01:05:04,454 --> 01:05:06,822 Did you get the call signs? 783 01:05:06,824 --> 01:05:08,356 Uh, yeah. 784 01:05:08,358 --> 01:05:10,693 It's Naha Rescue One, Naha Search One. 785 01:05:12,929 --> 01:05:14,829 Well, I'd like to argue with them 786 01:05:14,831 --> 01:05:17,632 about the going home, but I'm... 787 01:05:17,634 --> 01:05:19,603 not sure how we can. 788 01:05:21,304 --> 01:05:23,436 Yeah. 789 01:05:23,438 --> 01:05:28,579 I just keep thinking, is there anything else that we forgot? 790 01:05:29,947 --> 01:05:32,315 We did everything, as far as I know. 791 01:05:45,461 --> 01:05:48,329 Gemini 8 saw two complex vehicles 792 01:05:48,331 --> 01:05:50,565 launched on the same day on time. 793 01:05:51,869 --> 01:05:54,036 We saw flawless rendezvous and docking. 794 01:05:54,038 --> 01:05:56,838 All of which is tended to be overshadowed 795 01:05:56,840 --> 01:05:59,807 by the malfunction, but, uh, 796 01:05:59,809 --> 01:06:02,043 I think we should focus on the progress 797 01:06:02,045 --> 01:06:03,945 resulting from the mission. 798 01:06:03,947 --> 01:06:06,380 The board would like to focus 799 01:06:06,382 --> 01:06:07,717 on the malfunction. 800 01:06:07,719 --> 01:06:09,786 Neil, walk us through the decision 801 01:06:09,788 --> 01:06:12,420 to separate from the Agena. 802 01:06:14,425 --> 01:06:16,559 You mentioned that the rate of revolution 803 01:06:16,561 --> 01:06:18,425 was more than once a second. 804 01:06:18,427 --> 01:06:20,362 How near were you to being unconscious? 805 01:06:20,364 --> 01:06:22,065 Did you think to use the Agena 806 01:06:22,067 --> 01:06:23,364 to stabilize the combined craft? 807 01:06:23,367 --> 01:06:24,733 We did. 808 01:06:24,735 --> 01:06:27,737 This was, uh, not successful. 809 01:06:27,739 --> 01:06:29,972 As I said, we initially assumed 810 01:06:29,974 --> 01:06:32,574 that the anomaly was with the Agena control system. 811 01:06:32,577 --> 01:06:34,443 'Cause there was no way to know that a thruster 812 01:06:34,445 --> 01:06:36,077 was causing the... 813 01:06:36,079 --> 01:06:41,050 If we could have, uh, isolated each of Gemini's thrusters, 814 01:06:41,052 --> 01:06:43,619 if we'd had that capability in the moment... 815 01:06:45,456 --> 01:06:47,856 Agence France. Did you have any feeling of anxiety 816 01:06:47,858 --> 01:06:50,425 after the failure of the thrusters? 817 01:06:50,427 --> 01:06:52,496 In the midst of the spinning, did you seem to realize 818 01:06:52,498 --> 01:06:55,932 or feel the presence of God closer than other times? 819 01:06:55,934 --> 01:06:57,967 With this so hot on the heels of the loss 820 01:06:57,969 --> 01:06:59,668 of Charlie Bassett and Elliot See, 821 01:06:59,670 --> 01:07:01,804 do you question whether the program's worth the cost? 822 01:07:01,806 --> 01:07:02,974 In money and in lives? 823 01:07:15,554 --> 01:07:17,153 All right, thanks, guys. 824 01:07:17,155 --> 01:07:18,922 We've got a lot to discuss, and we'll be 825 01:07:18,923 --> 01:07:20,090 back in touch with you soon. 826 01:07:20,092 --> 01:07:21,824 Thank you. 827 01:07:23,494 --> 01:07:25,128 Mm-mm. 828 01:07:25,130 --> 01:07:27,864 No, so we're using our thumb now, honey. 829 01:07:27,867 --> 01:07:28,965 - Oh. - Okay. 830 01:07:33,206 --> 01:07:34,972 "Our Wild Ride in Space"? 831 01:07:34,974 --> 01:07:36,840 It's marketing, Mr. Armstrong. 832 01:07:36,842 --> 01:07:38,809 NASA approval numbers are dropping. 833 01:07:38,811 --> 01:07:40,577 - We need to... - Well, that's not my concern. 834 01:07:40,579 --> 01:07:42,512 Almost. Okay, I'm gonna finish, uh, 835 01:07:42,514 --> 01:07:44,114 wrapping your brother's present. I'll be back. 836 01:07:44,117 --> 01:07:46,516 - You practice that one. - I'll try. 837 01:07:47,952 --> 01:07:49,452 I'm not interested in how 838 01:07:49,454 --> 01:07:51,456 other magazines are framing the story. 839 01:08:05,070 --> 01:08:07,139 Okay. Keep going. 840 01:08:08,842 --> 01:08:10,708 If it's any consolation, 841 01:08:10,710 --> 01:08:12,943 Ed was a zombie for weeks after Gemini 4. 842 01:08:12,945 --> 01:08:14,510 - Yeah? - Mm-hmm. 843 01:08:15,815 --> 01:08:17,546 Yeah. 844 01:08:17,548 --> 01:08:21,586 I guess it must be, uh, disorienting for them. 845 01:08:21,587 --> 01:08:23,988 Certainly. 846 01:08:23,989 --> 01:08:26,059 Yeah. 847 01:08:27,827 --> 01:08:30,028 God, Pat. 848 01:08:30,029 --> 01:08:34,166 I married Neil 'cause I wanted a normal life. 849 01:08:35,567 --> 01:08:37,770 I know. I know. 850 01:08:40,106 --> 01:08:42,573 He was just so different from all the other boys on campus. 851 01:08:42,574 --> 01:08:43,574 Mmm. 852 01:08:44,844 --> 01:08:47,845 He'd been through the war. You know. 853 01:08:47,846 --> 01:08:50,648 He knew what he wanted to do. 854 01:08:50,649 --> 01:08:52,752 He just seemed so stable. 855 01:08:54,954 --> 01:08:57,556 I guess all I wanted was stability. 856 01:09:03,563 --> 01:09:06,596 I've got a sorority sister with a normal life. 857 01:09:06,599 --> 01:09:09,268 - Yeah? - She married a dentist. 858 01:09:09,270 --> 01:09:10,769 Dentist. 859 01:09:10,770 --> 01:09:12,304 Sounds good. 860 01:09:12,305 --> 01:09:15,640 He's home by 6:00 every night, and every few months, 861 01:09:15,643 --> 01:09:17,743 she calls to say she wishes he weren't. 862 01:09:25,819 --> 01:09:27,654 Yeah. 863 01:09:32,592 --> 01:09:34,226 Still working, I see. 864 01:09:34,229 --> 01:09:35,828 Yeah. 865 01:09:35,829 --> 01:09:38,796 Well, I was, uh, 866 01:09:38,798 --> 01:09:41,234 gonna go grab a beer at Dave's. 867 01:09:47,007 --> 01:09:48,673 Yeah, all right. Fine. 868 01:09:48,676 --> 01:09:50,911 I could use a beer. 869 01:09:54,914 --> 01:09:58,583 ♪ Sure, so sure, so sure... 870 01:09:58,586 --> 01:10:01,287 You know, I will say one thing. 871 01:10:01,288 --> 01:10:05,356 It's all I can think about, is getting back up there. 872 01:10:05,359 --> 01:10:07,658 Just caught a rough break. 873 01:10:07,661 --> 01:10:09,828 Well, you boys did everything right. 874 01:10:09,831 --> 01:10:12,765 Everything. You know, I was talking about it with Gus, 875 01:10:12,766 --> 01:10:13,798 and we both agreed. 876 01:10:13,801 --> 01:10:15,001 I did hear a little rumor 877 01:10:15,002 --> 01:10:17,036 that you and Gus have been hanging out. 878 01:10:17,037 --> 01:10:18,069 You did? 879 01:10:18,072 --> 01:10:19,104 Mm-hmm. 880 01:10:19,106 --> 01:10:20,172 Hey. 881 01:10:20,175 --> 01:10:22,609 Is it true? 882 01:10:22,610 --> 01:10:24,645 Is what true? 883 01:10:27,948 --> 01:10:29,614 Deke pulled me aside and told me 884 01:10:29,617 --> 01:10:31,319 that him and Gus want me on the crew. 885 01:10:33,087 --> 01:10:34,987 Of the first Apollo? 886 01:10:34,988 --> 01:10:36,823 Yeah. 887 01:10:36,824 --> 01:10:39,024 Yeah. Holy shit. 888 01:10:39,027 --> 01:10:40,159 That's huge. 889 01:10:40,162 --> 01:10:42,627 Congratulations. 890 01:10:42,630 --> 01:10:44,631 I gotta shake your hand. 891 01:10:44,632 --> 01:10:46,300 - Thanks, man. - Wow. 892 01:10:46,301 --> 01:10:47,900 That Saturn's a monster. 893 01:10:47,903 --> 01:10:49,668 You're in for one heck of a ride. 894 01:10:49,671 --> 01:10:51,904 - It is. - Oh, hey, uh, uh, 895 01:10:51,907 --> 01:10:53,273 you know Deke wants Gus to be 896 01:10:53,274 --> 01:10:54,974 the first one on the Moon, so... 897 01:10:54,975 --> 01:10:58,011 Hey, that puts you in the LEM with him for the landing. 898 01:10:58,014 --> 01:10:59,779 - Oh, no, no, no, let's not... - Ed. 899 01:10:59,780 --> 01:11:01,280 - Let's not get carried away. - All right. 900 01:11:01,283 --> 01:11:03,350 Get out of my house. I gotta go to bed. 901 01:11:03,351 --> 01:11:06,985 I'm not kidding. Get out of my house. 902 01:11:08,090 --> 01:11:09,225 Neil. 903 01:11:11,193 --> 01:11:12,725 Hey, Neil. Don't bother sitting. 904 01:11:12,726 --> 01:11:14,194 It's going to be a short meeting. 905 01:11:14,197 --> 01:11:16,329 We've talked it through. We think it's pretty clear. 906 01:11:16,332 --> 01:11:18,765 If you hadn't kept cool, you wouldn't be here, 907 01:11:18,766 --> 01:11:20,733 and we'd still be asking what the hell happened. 908 01:11:20,734 --> 01:11:22,801 So would Congress. It's a showstopper. 909 01:11:22,804 --> 01:11:24,170 This mission was a success. 910 01:11:24,171 --> 01:11:26,039 We're full steam ahead for Apollo. 911 01:11:26,042 --> 01:11:27,807 You good with that? 912 01:11:27,810 --> 01:11:29,908 - Yes, sir. - I trust you won't mind 913 01:11:29,911 --> 01:11:31,779 representing us at the White House. 914 01:11:34,350 --> 01:11:36,951 - No, sir. - Good. 915 01:11:36,953 --> 01:11:39,055 - Thank you. - Thank you. 916 01:11:40,256 --> 01:11:42,055 Thank you. 917 01:11:42,057 --> 01:11:44,190 "Interface problems and develop 918 01:11:44,193 --> 01:11:46,826 operational techniques for the most efficient use of," 919 01:11:46,828 --> 01:11:50,096 uh, "on board capabilities." 920 01:11:50,099 --> 01:11:51,998 What? 921 01:11:54,170 --> 01:11:56,237 No, it's not... 922 01:11:56,238 --> 01:11:58,273 I got one. 923 01:11:58,274 --> 01:12:00,173 - I got one. - No! No! 924 01:12:00,176 --> 01:12:01,708 I got one. 925 01:12:01,711 --> 01:12:02,610 I don't know why you're laughing. 926 01:12:02,613 --> 01:12:03,676 He's gonna do that to you in a minute. 927 01:12:03,679 --> 01:12:06,380 This time, I'm gonna put this one in the freezer. 928 01:12:06,381 --> 01:12:08,015 - You need a hand? - Yeah. 929 01:12:08,016 --> 01:12:09,917 - Okay, in you go. - Can you open the freezer? 930 01:12:09,918 --> 01:12:11,284 Let's keep him for longer, 931 01:12:11,287 --> 01:12:13,354 and then he won't let... In you go. In you go. 932 01:12:24,167 --> 01:12:27,335 I got one. I got one. 933 01:12:27,337 --> 01:12:28,435 Because I want to. 934 01:12:28,438 --> 01:12:29,970 Who did... who did what? 935 01:12:29,971 --> 01:12:31,905 - Me. - Have you seen his room? 936 01:12:31,908 --> 01:12:33,844 Son, go stand in the corner. 937 01:12:38,347 --> 01:12:40,414 It's not funny. 938 01:12:43,020 --> 01:12:44,886 Thanks a lot, Mark! 939 01:12:44,887 --> 01:12:46,987 - Stop laughing. - You're lying! 940 01:12:46,988 --> 01:12:48,256 Just, you stop it. 941 01:12:48,257 --> 01:12:50,158 You're the reason he's upset. 942 01:12:50,159 --> 01:12:51,893 - Your mother's not laughing. - I'm not laughing. 943 01:12:51,895 --> 01:12:53,027 - I'm... crying. - She's crying. 944 01:12:53,029 --> 01:12:54,163 It's not yours! 945 01:12:57,967 --> 01:13:00,135 I gotta tell you, 946 01:13:00,136 --> 01:13:02,002 Eddie's started asking questions 947 01:13:02,005 --> 01:13:04,439 - about the new command module. - Is that right? 948 01:13:04,442 --> 01:13:07,007 Yeah, he wants to... wants to know if it's gonna 949 01:13:07,010 --> 01:13:08,877 fly any different to Gemini. 950 01:13:08,878 --> 01:13:11,345 If the little buttons are gonna be in the same place. 951 01:13:12,815 --> 01:13:14,417 - Oh, boy. - Yeah. 952 01:13:14,418 --> 01:13:17,319 You got yourself a little engineer there. 953 01:13:17,320 --> 01:13:21,259 I tell you, though, I love that he's interested. 954 01:13:23,159 --> 01:13:26,429 Came in the other morning, he did. 955 01:13:26,430 --> 01:13:29,463 Comes running up, and he says, "Daddy", 956 01:13:29,466 --> 01:13:32,969 "if you go to the Moon, are you gonna be lonely out there? 957 01:13:32,970 --> 01:13:35,305 So far away from the Earth." 958 01:13:38,042 --> 01:13:40,011 "All of us back here at home." 959 01:13:42,479 --> 01:13:45,483 This-this whole thing is expanding his horizons. 960 01:13:47,351 --> 01:13:49,786 It, uh, gives me faith. 961 01:13:51,189 --> 01:13:53,155 It make sense? 962 01:13:56,894 --> 01:13:59,895 Walkers got a new swing set. 963 01:14:01,431 --> 01:14:03,368 Yeah, I noticed that. 964 01:14:13,176 --> 01:14:17,515 We had a swing like that back up in Juniper Hills. 965 01:14:22,052 --> 01:14:24,855 Karen really loved it. 966 01:14:27,458 --> 01:14:29,260 That's your daughter? 967 01:14:38,436 --> 01:14:40,935 Guess I ought to be getting home. 968 01:15:31,524 --> 01:15:33,158 Closing hatches now. 969 01:15:40,399 --> 01:15:41,597 Okay, that's all of 'em. 970 01:15:41,600 --> 01:15:42,935 Thanks, Ed. 971 01:15:45,204 --> 01:15:47,436 Ablative hatch closed. 972 01:15:47,439 --> 01:15:50,342 Closing the boost protective cover. 973 01:15:51,444 --> 01:15:52,511 And plugs out. 974 01:15:54,011 --> 01:15:56,014 - Confirm boost hatch sealed. - Okay. 975 01:16:03,655 --> 01:16:05,390 Ready for oxygen purge. 976 01:16:07,059 --> 01:16:08,426 Okay, we're going to pick up, 977 01:16:08,427 --> 01:16:09,993 but we'll stay in this configuration 978 01:16:09,996 --> 01:16:12,529 that we're involved for the rest of the run. 979 01:16:12,532 --> 01:16:14,297 Roger that. 980 01:16:14,300 --> 01:16:16,634 Okay, tell everybody to be aware that, uh... 981 01:16:16,636 --> 01:16:18,368 Uh, you want to hold down the chatter? 982 01:16:18,371 --> 01:16:20,137 We're on open mic. 983 01:16:20,140 --> 01:16:22,041 Uh, let's hold the countdown. 984 01:16:26,112 --> 01:16:27,645 Sorry, guys. We'll get this squared. 985 01:16:27,648 --> 01:16:30,148 Shit, we're gonna be here all night. 986 01:16:30,149 --> 01:16:31,448 Gus, we didn't get that. 987 01:16:31,451 --> 01:16:32,751 Course you didn't. 988 01:16:35,121 --> 01:16:37,591 Glad you think this is funny. 989 01:16:45,164 --> 01:16:46,663 We finished strong with Gemini, 990 01:16:46,666 --> 01:16:48,734 and we're very, very bullish on Apollo, Senator. 991 01:16:48,735 --> 01:16:51,737 I should hope so, given the time we've spent developing it. 992 01:16:51,738 --> 01:16:54,337 Half the country doesn't think it's worth it anymore. 993 01:16:54,340 --> 01:16:57,042 Uh, well... 994 01:16:57,043 --> 01:17:00,377 we... we learned to fly only 60 years ago, 995 01:17:00,380 --> 01:17:04,315 so if you consider the technological developments 996 01:17:04,318 --> 01:17:06,117 in the context of history, it's really not... 997 01:17:06,118 --> 01:17:08,487 I'm considering it in the context of taxpayer dollars. 998 01:17:08,488 --> 01:17:10,756 And so are we, Senator. 999 01:17:10,757 --> 01:17:13,024 Between us, we're doing some final tests 1000 01:17:13,025 --> 01:17:14,693 on the new command module today. 1001 01:17:14,694 --> 01:17:17,295 I'm sure Mr. Gilruth will be happy to tell you about it. 1002 01:17:17,296 --> 01:17:19,163 Let me introduce you to Bob. Come on. 1003 01:17:19,166 --> 01:17:20,434 Okay. 1004 01:17:24,505 --> 01:17:26,572 I'd like a photo, sir. 1005 01:17:26,573 --> 01:17:29,141 How about you boys? 1006 01:17:40,453 --> 01:17:42,587 Well, I haven't talked yet. How's this? 1007 01:17:42,590 --> 01:17:45,157 One, two, three, four, five, 1008 01:17:45,158 --> 01:17:47,693 four, three, two, one? 1009 01:17:54,301 --> 01:17:56,068 Uh, we need another minute 1010 01:17:56,069 --> 01:17:57,302 to get it sorted. 1011 01:17:57,305 --> 01:17:59,203 How are we gonna get to the Moon 1012 01:17:59,206 --> 01:18:01,507 if we can't talk between three buildings? 1013 01:18:01,510 --> 01:18:03,744 They can't hear a thing you're saying. 1014 01:18:05,179 --> 01:18:06,546 Jesus Christ. 1015 01:18:06,547 --> 01:18:08,145 Say again? 1016 01:18:08,148 --> 01:18:09,716 I said, how are we gonna get to the Moon 1017 01:18:09,717 --> 01:18:11,597 if we can't talk between two or three buildings? 1018 01:18:13,555 --> 01:18:15,555 You tell 'em, Gus. You tell 'em. 1019 01:18:15,556 --> 01:18:16,756 Mickey Mouse shit. 1020 01:18:16,757 --> 01:18:19,391 I got a surge in the AC bus two voltage. 1021 01:18:19,394 --> 01:18:20,760 Try resetting the meter. 1022 01:18:20,761 --> 01:18:23,127 You getting this, Gus? 1023 01:18:23,130 --> 01:18:25,096 Rog. 1024 01:18:25,099 --> 01:18:27,332 You picking anything up on the dials? 1025 01:18:36,778 --> 01:18:38,811 Hey, we got a fire in the cockpit. 1026 01:18:44,720 --> 01:18:47,255 Hey, we got a bad fire! 1027 01:18:51,225 --> 01:18:52,694 We're burning up in here! 1028 01:19:03,203 --> 01:19:04,871 Mr. Armstrong? 1029 01:19:04,872 --> 01:19:06,840 I have Deke Slayton on the phone for you. 1030 01:19:06,841 --> 01:19:08,408 Oh. 1031 01:19:08,411 --> 01:19:09,845 Right this way. 1032 01:19:17,686 --> 01:19:19,252 Thank you. 1033 01:19:19,253 --> 01:19:21,255 Well, I'm glad you called. 1034 01:19:21,256 --> 01:19:23,623 I'm not sure if I'm helping or hurting over here. 1035 01:19:23,626 --> 01:19:25,926 Neil, we had a problem with the plugs-out test. 1036 01:19:25,927 --> 01:19:28,662 Well, that's why we have tests, right? 1037 01:19:28,663 --> 01:19:30,530 We'll figure it out. 1038 01:19:30,533 --> 01:19:32,368 There was a fire. 1039 01:19:33,869 --> 01:19:36,904 God, there's no easy way to say this. 1040 01:19:36,905 --> 01:19:39,908 Ed, Gus and Roger... 1041 01:19:39,909 --> 01:19:41,844 they're gone. 1042 01:19:45,916 --> 01:19:47,715 We think it was a wiring issue. 1043 01:19:47,716 --> 01:19:49,682 A spark in all that oxygen. 1044 01:19:49,685 --> 01:19:51,720 It happened very quickly. 1045 01:19:51,721 --> 01:19:54,721 Now, listen, we need you guys to head back to the hotel. 1046 01:19:54,724 --> 01:19:56,489 The press is gonna be all over this. 1047 01:19:56,492 --> 01:19:59,525 Congress is gonna be calling for investigations. We... 1048 01:19:59,528 --> 01:20:04,264 We just don't want you guys in the middle of all that. 1049 01:20:04,265 --> 01:20:06,135 Do you understand? 1050 01:20:07,904 --> 01:20:09,573 Yeah. 1051 01:20:11,673 --> 01:20:13,408 All right, then. 1052 01:20:15,811 --> 01:20:17,479 Okay. 1053 01:20:49,412 --> 01:20:50,945 A lot of people forget about 1054 01:20:50,948 --> 01:20:52,246 the influence that the lunar program has 1055 01:20:52,247 --> 01:20:54,882 on the raising of our young people in the country. 1056 01:20:54,885 --> 01:20:57,284 I think that if a civilization doesn't look out, 1057 01:20:57,287 --> 01:20:59,953 if it doesn't try to expand its horizons, 1058 01:20:59,956 --> 01:21:04,492 then we're not going to progress as a nation. 1059 01:21:04,493 --> 01:21:06,929 At 10:30 tonight Eastern Time, 1060 01:21:06,930 --> 01:21:09,329 rescue teams began to remove the bodies 1061 01:21:09,332 --> 01:21:12,600 of the three astronauts from the charred spacecraft. 1062 01:21:12,601 --> 01:21:14,904 A NASA spokesman said the dead astronauts 1063 01:21:14,905 --> 01:21:17,404 were left in the ship for four hours 1064 01:21:17,407 --> 01:21:20,710 to aid the investigation into the tragedy. 1065 01:21:20,712 --> 01:21:23,744 And according to the latest information from NASA 1066 01:21:23,747 --> 01:21:25,613 at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, 1067 01:21:25,615 --> 01:21:27,283 the first Apollo flight, 1068 01:21:27,284 --> 01:21:30,953 which was scheduled for February the 21st, is now... 1069 01:21:41,363 --> 01:21:43,064 Winds are pretty rough today. 1070 01:21:43,067 --> 01:21:44,667 Keep an eye on your yaw. 1071 01:21:44,668 --> 01:21:46,904 Copy. Correcting. 1072 01:21:55,813 --> 01:21:59,751 1,000 feet. Switching to lunar mode. 1073 01:22:03,520 --> 01:22:04,654 Final landing approach. 1074 01:22:08,359 --> 01:22:09,627 You're too low. Climb. 1075 01:22:11,996 --> 01:22:14,395 Control is degrading. 1076 01:22:14,398 --> 01:22:16,532 Slow your rates. 1077 01:22:16,533 --> 01:22:17,969 Do you read? 1078 01:22:18,936 --> 01:22:20,371 Neil? 1079 01:23:23,868 --> 01:23:26,103 The vehicle's not safe. 1080 01:23:26,104 --> 01:23:27,838 Well, unfortunately, it's the best simulation we have. 1081 01:23:27,841 --> 01:23:29,573 And you and the others are too valuable. 1082 01:23:29,574 --> 01:23:31,108 It's a fly-by-wire system that's got no backup. 1083 01:23:31,109 --> 01:23:32,643 The ejection seat is the backup. 1084 01:23:32,645 --> 01:23:34,109 Political fallout from another accident 1085 01:23:34,112 --> 01:23:35,845 - will compromise our... - With all due respect, sir, 1086 01:23:35,847 --> 01:23:37,814 it's not my job to worry about the political fallout. 1087 01:23:37,817 --> 01:23:39,149 The damn thing could have killed you. 1088 01:23:39,152 --> 01:23:40,917 - Well, it didn't. - A split second more, 1089 01:23:40,918 --> 01:23:42,953 - and you would not be... - Well, we need to fail. 1090 01:23:42,956 --> 01:23:45,555 We need to fail down here so we don't fail up there. 1091 01:23:45,557 --> 01:23:47,423 Okay, Neil, Neil. 1092 01:23:47,426 --> 01:23:50,027 At what cost, huh? 1093 01:23:50,029 --> 01:23:52,195 "At what cost?" 1094 01:23:52,198 --> 01:23:55,533 Well, it's a little bit late 1095 01:23:55,534 --> 01:23:57,935 for that question, isn't it, sir? 1096 01:24:05,444 --> 01:24:06,844 They raise their voices, their placards, 1097 01:24:06,845 --> 01:24:08,613 and they march against the government. 1098 01:24:08,614 --> 01:24:11,515 But some go farther, burning Selective Service cards 1099 01:24:11,516 --> 01:24:13,016 and obstructing the draft. 1100 01:24:13,019 --> 01:24:14,819 Most dissenters confine themselves 1101 01:24:14,820 --> 01:24:16,988 to this kind of protest activity. 1102 01:24:16,989 --> 01:24:18,555 Hey, hey! LBJ! 1103 01:24:18,557 --> 01:24:20,125 How many kids did you kill today? 1104 01:24:20,127 --> 01:24:22,693 Hey, hey! LBJ! 1105 01:24:22,694 --> 01:24:24,863 How many kids did you kill today? 1106 01:24:28,902 --> 01:24:30,569 Pat? 1107 01:24:44,251 --> 01:24:46,085 Pat. 1108 01:24:47,654 --> 01:24:49,154 You okay? 1109 01:24:49,155 --> 01:24:50,858 Yes. 1110 01:25:08,809 --> 01:25:10,210 Why don't we go inside? 1111 01:25:37,770 --> 01:25:39,472 Hi. 1112 01:25:44,244 --> 01:25:46,110 Are you okay? Jesus. 1113 01:25:46,113 --> 01:25:47,779 Oh, I'm fine. 1114 01:25:47,780 --> 01:25:49,818 - Look at your face. - Excuse me. 1115 01:25:54,122 --> 01:25:55,587 Dad, want to come play? 1116 01:25:55,588 --> 01:25:57,090 - Ricky. - Uh... 1117 01:25:57,091 --> 01:25:59,257 Boys, go on. Go on. 1118 01:25:59,260 --> 01:26:01,761 I know, I know, I know. Dad's fine. 1119 01:26:01,762 --> 01:26:03,095 Go on. Go back out. 1120 01:26:03,097 --> 01:26:05,097 Go back, go back. 1121 01:26:05,100 --> 01:26:08,201 Mark, not here. 1122 01:26:08,203 --> 01:26:10,801 What happened? 1123 01:26:10,804 --> 01:26:12,140 Um... 1124 01:26:15,310 --> 01:26:16,842 - I, uh... - Jesus. 1125 01:26:16,845 --> 01:26:19,811 I just remembered I left something at the office. 1126 01:26:33,962 --> 01:26:35,761 You've lately taken 1127 01:26:35,764 --> 01:26:38,032 a couple of swipes at the space program. 1128 01:26:38,033 --> 01:26:40,800 I think it would be interesting to, uh, talk more 1129 01:26:40,801 --> 01:26:42,269 about whether this is the proper thing 1130 01:26:42,270 --> 01:26:44,003 to do with public treasury. 1131 01:26:44,006 --> 01:26:45,805 Is the sort of dreams I would have, 1132 01:26:45,806 --> 01:26:47,873 would be a habitable New York City, for instance. 1133 01:26:47,876 --> 01:26:49,775 It would seem to me that that would be 1134 01:26:49,778 --> 01:26:51,244 a reasonable thing to do. 1135 01:26:51,247 --> 01:26:52,712 Wh-What has been the reaction 1136 01:26:52,713 --> 01:26:54,012 of your friends in this? 1137 01:26:54,015 --> 01:26:56,050 Well, they mostly think that it's ridiculous 1138 01:26:56,051 --> 01:26:57,949 that we're spending so much money 1139 01:26:57,952 --> 01:27:00,154 to go somewhere where we don't know anything about. 1140 01:27:00,155 --> 01:27:02,088 And that the money could be used 1141 01:27:02,091 --> 01:27:03,890 for a lot more helpful things. 1142 01:27:05,793 --> 01:27:09,229 Power! 1143 01:27:09,230 --> 01:27:11,663 - Yeah! - Power to the people! 1144 01:27:11,666 --> 01:27:13,699 ♪ A rat done bit my sister Nell ♪ 1145 01:27:13,702 --> 01:27:15,702 ♪ With Whitey on the Moon 1146 01:27:15,703 --> 01:27:18,771 ♪ Her face and arms begin to swell ♪ 1147 01:27:18,774 --> 01:27:21,140 - ♪ And Whitey's on the Moon. - MAN: All right! 1148 01:27:21,143 --> 01:27:23,409 - Whoo! - ♪ I can't pay no doctor bills, but ♪ 1149 01:27:23,412 --> 01:27:26,046 - ♪ Whitey's on the Moon. - MAN: Speak! 1150 01:27:26,047 --> 01:27:28,747 ♪ Ten years from now I'll be paying still, while ♪ 1151 01:27:28,750 --> 01:27:30,283 ♪ Whitey's on the Moon 1152 01:27:30,286 --> 01:27:34,020 ♪ You know, the man just upped my rent last night ♪ 1153 01:27:34,023 --> 01:27:35,756 - ♪ Whitey's on the Moon. - WOMAN: Right on! 1154 01:27:35,757 --> 01:27:38,225 ♪ No hot water, no toilets, no lights ♪ 1155 01:27:38,228 --> 01:27:41,360 - ♪ But Whitey's on the Moon. - MAN: Uh-huh! 1156 01:27:41,363 --> 01:27:43,896 - ♪ I wonder why he's uppin' me ♪ - WOMAN: Come on, now! 1157 01:27:43,899 --> 01:27:46,100 - ♪ 'Cause Whitey's on the Moon? ♪ - Yeah! 1158 01:27:46,101 --> 01:27:49,069 ♪ Well, I was already giving him, like, 50 a week and, uh ♪ 1159 01:27:49,070 --> 01:27:51,171 ♪ Whitey's on the Moon... 1160 01:27:51,173 --> 01:27:54,108 - Jesus, that's a big mother. - It's a political rush job. 1161 01:27:54,109 --> 01:27:56,243 Congress wouldn't fund us to come in second. 1162 01:27:56,246 --> 01:27:59,113 Why else would NASA be sending a rocket 1163 01:27:59,114 --> 01:28:01,882 that's had one issue after another to the Moon? 1164 01:28:01,885 --> 01:28:04,083 Thanks for the insight, Buzz. 1165 01:28:06,389 --> 01:28:10,023 Always a pleasure with you. 1166 01:28:10,024 --> 01:28:12,060 Oh, it doesn't matter. He's not in the lunar lottery. 1167 01:28:12,061 --> 01:28:14,128 And you are? 1168 01:28:14,131 --> 01:28:16,130 Well, the only guys they let on the LLTV 1169 01:28:16,131 --> 01:28:18,765 since Neil's accident are ones that might land. 1170 01:28:18,766 --> 01:28:21,136 So you think you're going to the Moon? 1171 01:28:21,137 --> 01:28:24,872 Well, it's been up for grabs since Gus died. 1172 01:28:24,875 --> 01:28:28,109 I'm just saying what you're thinking. 1173 01:28:32,248 --> 01:28:34,350 Well, maybe you shouldn't. 1174 01:28:39,189 --> 01:28:41,288 Apollo 8 clearing the VAB 1175 01:28:41,291 --> 01:28:44,091 - and headed for the launchpad. - Yeah! 1176 01:28:49,332 --> 01:28:51,832 Hell of a rocket. 1177 01:28:51,835 --> 01:28:54,034 Yeah. 1178 01:28:54,037 --> 01:28:57,439 Everything stays on track, 11's gonna be the landing. 1179 01:28:57,440 --> 01:29:00,041 I talked to Bob. Everyone's in agreement. 1180 01:29:00,042 --> 01:29:02,145 We'd like you to command. 1181 01:29:08,853 --> 01:29:10,083 Okay. 1182 01:29:15,126 --> 01:29:17,057 I can see a helicopter 1183 01:29:17,060 --> 01:29:18,394 vectoring that way. 1184 01:29:18,395 --> 01:29:19,929 It looks like a red dot 1185 01:29:19,930 --> 01:29:21,828 with a long, long tail, a long plume. 1186 01:29:21,831 --> 01:29:23,765 That's got to be the spacecraft. 1187 01:29:23,766 --> 01:29:26,234 That has to be Apollo 10 reentering. 1188 01:29:26,237 --> 01:29:29,104 And so the flight of Apollo 10 1189 01:29:29,105 --> 01:29:33,208 has performed the major function of its mission. 1190 01:29:33,211 --> 01:29:36,011 It has proved, through these daring three astronauts, 1191 01:29:36,012 --> 01:29:38,980 that, uh, all of the systems work properly 1192 01:29:38,983 --> 01:29:41,984 and that there should be no reason why man cannot, 1193 01:29:41,985 --> 01:29:44,185 perhaps as early as July, 1194 01:29:44,188 --> 01:29:47,555 land on that picked spot on the Moon's equator. 1195 01:29:47,557 --> 01:29:49,925 These are sailors of the sky, 1196 01:29:49,926 --> 01:29:52,027 and what, uh, we've seen and heard today 1197 01:29:52,029 --> 01:29:55,930 make the great ocean voyages of the earthbound 1198 01:29:55,932 --> 01:29:59,134 seem... well, earthbound indeed. 1199 01:29:59,136 --> 01:30:02,037 For as the poet wrote, the crew of Apollo 10 1200 01:30:02,038 --> 01:30:05,207 has "slipped the surly bonds of Earth" 1201 01:30:05,208 --> 01:30:07,277 and carried us over into tomorrow. 1202 01:30:07,279 --> 01:30:09,045 In the past few hours, 1203 01:30:09,046 --> 01:30:11,846 man has come closer to the Moon than ever in his history. 1204 01:30:11,849 --> 01:30:13,849 There were those terrifying moments when... 1205 01:30:13,850 --> 01:30:15,818 Mom, what's wrong? 1206 01:30:15,819 --> 01:30:18,520 - Hmm? - What's wrong? 1207 01:30:18,523 --> 01:30:20,458 Nothing, honey. 1208 01:30:21,891 --> 01:30:23,993 Your dad's going to the Moon. 1209 01:30:23,994 --> 01:30:25,363 Okay. 1210 01:30:27,099 --> 01:30:29,565 Can I go outside? 1211 01:30:29,568 --> 01:30:31,400 Sure. 1212 01:30:36,507 --> 01:30:38,375 Uh, we're here today 1213 01:30:38,377 --> 01:30:40,476 to talk about the forthcoming flight. 1214 01:30:40,479 --> 01:30:44,247 But we're able to talk about it because of, uh... 1215 01:30:44,248 --> 01:30:46,881 previous flights. 1216 01:30:46,884 --> 01:30:49,219 Every flight took on new objectives 1217 01:30:49,220 --> 01:30:53,555 and left us with very few additions to be completed. 1218 01:30:53,557 --> 01:30:55,859 We're very grateful to those people who made it possible 1219 01:30:55,860 --> 01:30:57,128 for us to be here today. 1220 01:30:58,563 --> 01:31:00,229 All right, we'll take some questions now. 1221 01:31:00,231 --> 01:31:02,233 Jim. 1222 01:31:02,234 --> 01:31:05,034 Neil, when you learned you were going to command this flight, 1223 01:31:05,037 --> 01:31:07,570 were you surprised? Overjoyed? 1224 01:31:07,573 --> 01:31:10,340 - I was pleased. - Okay, but how would you compare 1225 01:31:10,341 --> 01:31:12,042 this feeling to winning an automobile 1226 01:31:12,043 --> 01:31:13,811 or being selected as an astronaut? 1227 01:31:16,113 --> 01:31:18,050 I was pleased. 1228 01:31:19,351 --> 01:31:23,153 - Brian. - Neil, if it does turn out, 1229 01:31:23,154 --> 01:31:24,555 you'll go down in history. 1230 01:31:24,556 --> 01:31:26,457 What kind of thoughts do you have about that 1231 01:31:26,458 --> 01:31:28,091 when the thought hits you, uh, 1232 01:31:28,092 --> 01:31:29,627 "Gosh, suppose that flight's successful..." 1233 01:31:29,628 --> 01:31:31,362 We're planning on that flight being successful. 1234 01:31:31,363 --> 01:31:33,529 Uh, I-I just meant, 1235 01:31:33,532 --> 01:31:36,402 how you feel about... being a part of history. 1236 01:31:37,636 --> 01:31:40,270 I think I can shed some light here. 1237 01:31:40,271 --> 01:31:43,207 It's a responsibility... 1238 01:31:43,208 --> 01:31:46,242 but it's exciting to be the first. 1239 01:31:46,243 --> 01:31:49,180 Even my wife is excited. 1240 01:31:49,181 --> 01:31:52,416 She keeps slipping... jewelry into my PPK. 1241 01:31:52,417 --> 01:31:54,618 You're planning on taking some of her jewelry 1242 01:31:54,619 --> 01:31:56,354 - to the Moon, Buzz? - Sure. 1243 01:31:56,355 --> 01:31:58,087 Wh-What fella wouldn't want 1244 01:31:58,090 --> 01:32:00,091 to give his wife bragging rights? 1245 01:32:00,092 --> 01:32:04,228 Neil, will you take anything? 1246 01:32:04,229 --> 01:32:07,163 Uh, if I had a choice, I'd take more fuel. 1247 01:32:07,166 --> 01:32:10,069 All right, next question. 1248 01:32:21,247 --> 01:32:25,015 I thought you were gonna talk to the boys. 1249 01:32:25,016 --> 01:32:28,418 What did you want me to say? 1250 01:32:28,421 --> 01:32:30,389 What do you want to say? 1251 01:32:30,390 --> 01:32:32,390 You're the one that's going away. 1252 01:32:32,393 --> 01:32:34,627 Well, it's too late now. They're asleep. 1253 01:32:37,430 --> 01:32:39,431 No, they're not, Neil. 1254 01:32:40,533 --> 01:32:42,533 You know they're not. 1255 01:32:42,536 --> 01:32:45,737 Why can't you talk to them? 1256 01:32:45,738 --> 01:32:47,673 What are you doing? 1257 01:32:49,475 --> 01:32:52,511 Uh... I'm packing. 1258 01:32:52,512 --> 01:32:54,578 No. 1259 01:32:54,581 --> 01:32:57,684 You're just killing time until you can get in the car. 1260 01:33:03,556 --> 01:33:05,658 - Okay. - Okay. 1261 01:33:09,329 --> 01:33:12,231 Neil, I need you to talk to the boys. 1262 01:33:13,466 --> 01:33:16,134 Can you hear me? 1263 01:33:16,136 --> 01:33:19,337 I need you to talk to the boys. What are you doing? 1264 01:33:19,338 --> 01:33:20,739 Stop. 1265 01:33:20,742 --> 01:33:22,774 - I'm going to work. - Well, just stop it. 1266 01:33:22,775 --> 01:33:25,680 Just stop... just stop packing! 1267 01:33:39,326 --> 01:33:42,226 What are the chances you're not coming back? 1268 01:33:42,229 --> 01:33:43,796 Hmm? What are the chances 1269 01:33:43,797 --> 01:33:46,331 this is the last time the boys are gonna see you? 1270 01:33:46,332 --> 01:33:48,467 Well, I can't give you an exact number. 1271 01:33:48,470 --> 01:33:50,738 I don't want a fucking number, Neil! 1272 01:33:53,039 --> 01:33:55,507 It's not zero, is it? 1273 01:33:55,510 --> 01:33:57,110 Is it? 1274 01:33:58,680 --> 01:33:59,779 No. 1275 01:33:59,780 --> 01:34:02,547 No. It's not. 1276 01:34:02,550 --> 01:34:05,551 Pat doesn't have a husband. 1277 01:34:05,552 --> 01:34:09,189 Those kids, they don't have a father anymore. 1278 01:34:11,225 --> 01:34:13,427 Do you understand what that means? 1279 01:34:15,229 --> 01:34:19,498 What are the chances that's gonna be Ricky and Mark? 1280 01:34:19,501 --> 01:34:22,067 And I... I can't tell them 1281 01:34:22,069 --> 01:34:24,503 that their dad spent the last few minutes 1282 01:34:24,506 --> 01:34:26,442 packing his briefcase! 1283 01:34:28,743 --> 01:34:31,277 You're gonna sit 'em down, both of them, 1284 01:34:31,279 --> 01:34:33,445 and you're gonna prepare them for the fact 1285 01:34:33,448 --> 01:34:35,716 that you might not ever come home. 1286 01:34:35,717 --> 01:34:37,417 You're doing that. 1287 01:34:37,418 --> 01:34:39,219 You. 1288 01:34:39,220 --> 01:34:40,654 Not me. 1289 01:34:42,289 --> 01:34:43,759 I'm done. 1290 01:34:49,731 --> 01:34:53,333 So you better start thinking about what you're gonna say. 1291 01:35:14,623 --> 01:35:16,890 Jimmy asked what you're gonna say 1292 01:35:16,891 --> 01:35:19,194 when you get onto the Moon. 1293 01:35:24,466 --> 01:35:27,667 Well, we're not sure we're gonna get onto the Moon. 1294 01:35:27,670 --> 01:35:30,837 Uh... a lot of things have to go right 1295 01:35:30,840 --> 01:35:33,172 before that happens. 1296 01:35:33,175 --> 01:35:36,310 How long will you be gone? 1297 01:35:36,311 --> 01:35:38,813 Um... well, we launch in ten days, 1298 01:35:38,814 --> 01:35:41,783 we'll be up for eight, and then about a month in quarantine. 1299 01:35:41,784 --> 01:35:43,784 What's quarantine? 1300 01:35:43,787 --> 01:35:46,823 We'll... be in isolation. 1301 01:35:49,626 --> 01:35:52,760 Uh, to protect in case we, uh... 1302 01:35:52,761 --> 01:35:55,896 carry any diseases from the lunar surface 1303 01:35:55,899 --> 01:35:58,465 or... something of that nature. 1304 01:35:58,466 --> 01:36:00,804 It's not likely, but it's a precaution. 1305 01:36:02,471 --> 01:36:05,875 So you won't be here for my swim meet? 1306 01:36:15,752 --> 01:36:17,319 No. 1307 01:36:18,887 --> 01:36:20,690 Sorry. 1308 01:36:31,301 --> 01:36:33,770 Does anyone have any other questions? 1309 01:36:36,538 --> 01:36:38,940 Do you think you're coming back? 1310 01:36:38,943 --> 01:36:41,944 We have real confidence in the mission. 1311 01:36:41,945 --> 01:36:44,412 And, uh, there are some risks, 1312 01:36:44,414 --> 01:36:47,414 but we have every intention of coming back. 1313 01:36:47,417 --> 01:36:50,252 But you might not. 1314 01:37:03,766 --> 01:37:05,703 That's right. 1315 01:37:14,712 --> 01:37:16,179 Okay. 1316 01:37:17,614 --> 01:37:19,550 Okay. Time for bed. 1317 01:37:54,685 --> 01:37:56,685 "Fate has ordained 1318 01:37:56,688 --> 01:37:59,922 "that the men who went to the Moon to explore in peace 1319 01:37:59,925 --> 01:38:03,492 "will stay on the Moon to rest in peace. 1320 01:38:03,493 --> 01:38:07,463 "These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, 1321 01:38:07,466 --> 01:38:10,532 "know there is no hope for their recovery. 1322 01:38:10,533 --> 01:38:13,069 "They will be mourned by their families. 1323 01:38:13,070 --> 01:38:15,770 "They will be mourned by a Mother Earth 1324 01:38:15,773 --> 01:38:19,341 that dared send two of her sons into the unknown." 1325 01:38:20,845 --> 01:38:22,578 "For every human being 1326 01:38:22,579 --> 01:38:24,913 "who looks up at the Moon in the nights to come 1327 01:38:24,916 --> 01:38:26,716 "will know that there is some corner 1328 01:38:26,717 --> 01:38:28,984 "of another world 1329 01:38:28,987 --> 01:38:32,488 that is forever mankind." 1330 01:38:32,490 --> 01:38:35,057 Prior to the statement, the president will telephone 1331 01:38:35,060 --> 01:38:37,327 each of the widows-to-be. 1332 01:38:37,328 --> 01:38:39,461 A clergyman will adopt the same procedure 1333 01:38:39,462 --> 01:38:41,997 as a burial at sea, 1334 01:38:42,000 --> 01:38:46,337 commending their souls to the deepest of the deep. 1335 01:38:47,471 --> 01:38:49,341 Any thoughts? 1336 01:38:50,909 --> 01:38:52,511 Sounds fine. 1337 01:42:21,154 --> 01:42:23,722 T-minus two minutes and counting. 1338 01:42:40,675 --> 01:42:44,176 20 seconds and counting. 1339 01:42:44,179 --> 01:42:46,179 T-minus 15 seconds. 1340 01:42:46,180 --> 01:42:48,180 Guidance is internal. 1341 01:42:48,182 --> 01:42:49,882 12, 11, 1342 01:42:49,885 --> 01:42:51,884 ten, nine... 1343 01:42:51,886 --> 01:42:53,886 Ignition sequence start. 1344 01:43:59,721 --> 01:44:01,724 Tower cleared. 1345 01:45:00,150 --> 01:45:02,783 Mark. Mode One Charlie. 1346 01:45:02,784 --> 01:45:04,854 Houston, you are a go for staging. 1347 01:45:30,980 --> 01:45:33,148 This is Apollo Control. 1348 01:45:33,149 --> 01:45:37,786 We're a minute from ignition on translunar injection maneuver. 1349 01:45:37,787 --> 01:45:40,221 Okay, we're operate 59:59. 1350 01:45:55,140 --> 01:45:57,271 Apollo 11, we track your speed 1351 01:45:57,274 --> 01:46:00,210 increasing to 36,000 feet per second. 1352 01:46:00,212 --> 01:46:02,844 You are now leaving Earth orbit. 1353 01:46:02,845 --> 01:46:04,315 Apollo 11. Roger. 1354 01:46:13,425 --> 01:46:14,890 We have cutoff. 1355 01:46:14,891 --> 01:46:16,792 Uh, roger, 11. 1356 01:46:16,793 --> 01:46:19,127 Well, it certainly looks like you're well on your way now. 1357 01:46:19,130 --> 01:46:21,130 Okay, Houston, we're about to SEP. 1358 01:46:21,131 --> 01:46:22,532 Mike, you got it? 1359 01:46:22,533 --> 01:46:24,534 It's your ship now. 1360 01:46:59,372 --> 01:47:02,904 And you can start PTC at your convenience. 1361 01:47:02,907 --> 01:47:05,109 All right, thank you, Houston. 1362 01:47:12,952 --> 01:47:14,452 That smells funny. 1363 01:47:14,453 --> 01:47:16,954 Like, uh, charred electrical insulation. 1364 01:47:18,056 --> 01:47:20,259 Might just be rocket fumes. 1365 01:47:22,194 --> 01:47:24,529 - Did you bring any music? - No. 1366 01:47:26,131 --> 01:47:27,500 Here, Buzz. 1367 01:47:48,253 --> 01:47:50,255 Hey, Houston, are you hearing this? 1368 01:49:01,695 --> 01:49:04,328 Apollo 11, now entering lunar orbit. 1369 01:49:04,331 --> 01:49:06,265 Your roll should give you a good view 1370 01:49:06,266 --> 01:49:08,565 in about two minutes. Over. 1371 01:49:08,568 --> 01:49:11,269 When you have a free minute, could you give us 1372 01:49:11,270 --> 01:49:14,739 your on board readout of N2 tank Bravo, please? 1373 01:49:14,742 --> 01:49:17,510 Nitrogen tank Bravo are showing 1374 01:49:17,511 --> 01:49:19,712 19-60, something like that. 1375 01:49:19,713 --> 01:49:21,515 Roger. 1376 01:50:11,164 --> 01:50:13,435 Would you look at that. 1377 01:50:38,226 --> 01:50:39,592 This is a damn three-ring circus. 1378 01:50:39,595 --> 01:50:41,560 I got a fuel cell purge in progress, 1379 01:50:41,563 --> 01:50:43,329 I'm watching an auto maneuver and... 1380 01:50:43,332 --> 01:50:44,831 Jesus Christ. 1381 01:50:44,832 --> 01:50:47,067 Normal, normal. 1382 01:50:47,069 --> 01:50:49,804 Houston, stand by for auto alarm. 1383 01:50:49,805 --> 01:50:51,837 Neil, the, uh... the voice tape recorder, 1384 01:50:51,840 --> 01:50:53,273 - you know where that is? - I don't know. 1385 01:50:53,274 --> 01:50:54,573 All this food and stuff up here, 1386 01:50:54,576 --> 01:50:56,743 - you want any of that? - No. 1387 01:50:56,744 --> 01:50:59,378 All right. What about this chewing gum? 1388 01:50:59,381 --> 01:51:01,247 You want any of that? 1389 01:51:01,250 --> 01:51:02,717 Mike. 1390 01:51:06,320 --> 01:51:08,189 Come back, will you? 1391 01:51:09,625 --> 01:51:12,460 Apollo 11, Houston. 1392 01:51:12,462 --> 01:51:14,627 Let us know when you've entered the LEM, 1393 01:51:14,630 --> 01:51:16,564 closed up the hatch. Over. 1394 01:51:29,243 --> 01:51:31,112 Eagle, this is, uh, Houston. 1395 01:51:31,113 --> 01:51:32,779 We see the optics zero switch on. 1396 01:51:32,782 --> 01:51:35,515 Uh, before you take some marks, uh, don't forget 1397 01:51:35,518 --> 01:51:38,287 to cycle it back off and on, and then on. Over. 1398 01:51:44,661 --> 01:51:46,761 Eagle, Houston, could you give us a hack 1399 01:51:46,762 --> 01:51:49,396 on, uh, the time that you switched to LEM power 1400 01:51:49,399 --> 01:51:53,703 and also verify that we're on Glycol Pump One. Over. 1401 01:51:55,305 --> 01:51:57,738 This is Eagle. We're on Pump One. 1402 01:51:57,739 --> 01:51:59,774 - Roger. - Eagle, Columbia. 1403 01:51:59,775 --> 01:52:01,877 All 12 docking latches are cocked. 1404 01:52:01,878 --> 01:52:04,478 - I'm ready to button up the hatch. - Roger. 1405 01:52:04,479 --> 01:52:06,747 I'm gonna start a maneuver now 1406 01:52:06,750 --> 01:52:08,685 to our undocking attitude. 1407 01:52:09,752 --> 01:52:11,386 Okay. 1408 01:52:33,542 --> 01:52:35,944 How about using as an undocking time 1409 01:52:35,945 --> 01:52:38,846 a hundred hours and 12 minutes? 1410 01:52:38,849 --> 01:52:41,882 - What have you got for AOS? - I have a hundred hours 1411 01:52:41,885 --> 01:52:44,484 and 16 minutes. 1412 01:52:44,487 --> 01:52:45,820 Eagle, 1413 01:52:45,823 --> 01:52:47,756 keep an eye on your descent engine fuel. 1414 01:52:47,757 --> 01:52:51,257 Continuous burn time is limited to 910 seconds. 1415 01:52:51,260 --> 01:52:54,595 Over. 1416 01:52:54,597 --> 01:52:57,701 Apollo 11, Houston. We are go for undocking. Over. 1417 01:53:09,947 --> 01:53:12,884 15 seconds. 1418 01:53:18,689 --> 01:53:21,222 Okay, there you go. 1419 01:53:46,583 --> 01:53:49,018 Eagle, Houston. We see you on the steerable. 1420 01:53:49,020 --> 01:53:51,319 - Over. - The Eagle is undocked. 1421 01:53:51,320 --> 01:53:53,255 Roger. How does it look? 1422 01:53:53,256 --> 01:53:54,923 The Eagle has wings. 1423 01:54:29,828 --> 01:54:31,764 It just won't stay. 1424 01:54:33,797 --> 01:54:35,899 Eagle, report status. Over. 1425 01:54:35,900 --> 01:54:37,568 We'll have to tell them about that. 1426 01:54:37,569 --> 01:54:40,470 Let's prep for descent. 1427 01:54:40,471 --> 01:54:41,771 Eagle, Houston. 1428 01:54:41,774 --> 01:54:43,474 You're a go for powered descent. 1429 01:54:43,475 --> 01:54:45,675 Roger. Read you. 1430 01:54:50,082 --> 01:54:52,917 Altitude light's on. We don't have radar data. 1431 01:54:58,556 --> 01:55:00,760 Let's proceed. 1432 01:55:02,359 --> 01:55:03,926 Proceed. 1433 01:55:03,929 --> 01:55:05,695 One. 1434 01:55:05,698 --> 01:55:07,396 Zero. 1435 01:55:07,399 --> 01:55:08,631 Ignition. 1436 01:55:17,943 --> 01:55:20,978 Program alarm. 1437 01:55:20,979 --> 01:55:24,680 - What's a 1202 alarm? - I don't know. 1438 01:55:24,682 --> 01:55:28,085 Houston, give us a reading on the 1202 program alarm. 1439 01:55:28,087 --> 01:55:30,354 Roger, we got you. We're a go on that alarm. 1440 01:55:36,595 --> 01:55:37,962 Same alarm. 1441 01:55:37,963 --> 01:55:39,962 Roger. We're a go on that alarm. 1442 01:56:05,024 --> 01:56:08,960 - Okay, 3,000 at 70. - Roger. Understand. 1443 01:56:08,962 --> 01:56:11,128 Program alarm. 1201. 1444 01:56:11,131 --> 01:56:13,600 Roger. 1201 alarm. 1445 01:56:17,503 --> 01:56:20,372 Same type. We're a go. 1446 01:56:52,471 --> 01:56:54,407 Pretty rocky area. 1447 01:56:57,711 --> 01:57:00,546 Those boulders are as big as cars. 1448 01:57:00,547 --> 01:57:01,916 We can't land there. 1449 01:57:09,856 --> 01:57:11,792 Go into manual. 1450 01:57:23,003 --> 01:57:25,204 540 feet down to 30. 1451 01:57:25,207 --> 01:57:27,505 Watch your fuel. 1452 01:57:27,506 --> 01:57:29,942 330. 1453 01:57:29,944 --> 01:57:31,945 300 feet, down three and a half. 1454 01:57:37,185 --> 01:57:38,451 Fuel's at eight percent. 1455 01:57:42,523 --> 01:57:45,189 Radar's lost track of the surface again. 1456 01:57:45,192 --> 01:57:48,627 160 feet, six and a half down. 1457 01:57:48,628 --> 01:57:51,431 Five and a half down, nine forward. 1458 01:57:54,869 --> 01:57:58,569 Low level. Low level. 1459 01:57:58,572 --> 01:57:59,838 120 feet. 1460 01:57:59,841 --> 01:58:02,841 Five percent fuel remaining. 1461 01:58:02,842 --> 01:58:05,811 Quantity light. 1462 01:58:05,814 --> 01:58:07,613 94 seconds to bingo. 1463 01:58:07,615 --> 01:58:09,783 114's a mandatory abort. 1464 01:58:14,654 --> 01:58:17,189 Down a half. Six forward. 1465 01:58:17,192 --> 01:58:19,059 Stand by for 60. Roger. 1466 01:58:19,060 --> 01:58:22,028 60 seconds. 1467 01:58:22,029 --> 01:58:23,631 40 feet, down two and a half. 1468 01:58:29,704 --> 01:58:31,070 Stand by for 30. 1469 01:58:31,073 --> 01:58:32,704 - 30 seconds. - Forward. 1470 01:58:36,212 --> 01:58:38,479 20 feet, down a half. 1471 01:58:44,886 --> 01:58:46,252 Faint shadow. Drifting forward, 1472 01:58:46,253 --> 01:58:48,091 just a little bit. 1473 01:59:19,322 --> 01:59:21,354 Contact light. 1474 01:59:22,958 --> 01:59:24,894 Shutdown. 1475 01:59:35,938 --> 01:59:38,106 We copy you down, Eagle. 1476 01:59:42,011 --> 01:59:44,145 Houston... 1477 01:59:44,146 --> 01:59:46,082 Tranquility Base here. 1478 01:59:48,150 --> 01:59:50,682 The Eagle has landed. 1479 01:59:50,685 --> 01:59:52,619 Roger, Tranq... Tranquility. 1480 01:59:52,622 --> 01:59:53,953 We copy you on the ground. 1481 01:59:53,956 --> 01:59:56,189 You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. 1482 01:59:56,192 --> 01:59:58,161 We're breathing again. Thanks a lot. 1483 02:00:00,296 --> 02:00:02,097 Thank you. 1484 02:00:05,234 --> 02:00:07,636 Very smooth touchdown. 1485 02:01:55,346 --> 02:01:57,078 Okay, Neil, 1486 02:01:57,081 --> 02:02:00,082 we can see you coming down the ladder now. 1487 02:02:10,060 --> 02:02:11,927 Okay, I just checked. 1488 02:02:11,930 --> 02:02:16,201 Uh, coming back up to that first step, Buzz, it's, uh... 1489 02:02:18,270 --> 02:02:20,336 The strut hasn't collapsed too far, 1490 02:02:20,337 --> 02:02:22,506 but, uh, it's adequate to get back up. 1491 02:02:22,507 --> 02:02:24,073 Roger. We copy. 1492 02:02:24,076 --> 02:02:26,411 Takes a pretty good little jump. 1493 02:02:43,194 --> 02:02:45,494 Uh, Buzz, this is Houston. 1494 02:02:45,497 --> 02:02:49,365 F-two, one 160th second for shadow photography 1495 02:02:49,368 --> 02:02:51,369 on the sequence camera. 1496 02:02:52,805 --> 02:02:54,239 Okay. 1497 02:02:57,443 --> 02:03:00,310 I'm, uh, at the foot of the ladder. 1498 02:03:00,311 --> 02:03:03,512 The LEM footpads are only, uh... 1499 02:03:03,515 --> 02:03:06,451 uh, depressed in the surface 1500 02:03:06,453 --> 02:03:09,386 about, uh, one or two inches. 1501 02:03:09,387 --> 02:03:14,157 Although the surface appears to be, uh, 1502 02:03:14,158 --> 02:03:17,027 very, very fine-grained as you get close to it. 1503 02:03:17,029 --> 02:03:20,497 It's almost like a powder down there. 1504 02:03:20,498 --> 02:03:22,301 Uh, very fine. 1505 02:03:31,344 --> 02:03:34,212 I'm gonna step off the LEM now. 1506 02:03:45,123 --> 02:03:47,792 That's one small step for man... 1507 02:03:50,029 --> 02:03:53,198 one giant leap for mankind. 1508 02:05:23,189 --> 02:05:26,056 Okay, you ready for me to come out? 1509 02:08:46,496 --> 02:08:49,663 Five, four, three, 1510 02:08:49,666 --> 02:08:51,565 two, one. 1511 02:08:51,568 --> 02:08:52,902 Ignition. 1512 02:09:01,744 --> 02:09:03,779 I suppose they can 1513 02:09:03,780 --> 02:09:05,948 never really, uh, describe to us. 1514 02:09:05,949 --> 02:09:07,381 So we'll never know. 1515 02:09:07,384 --> 02:09:10,552 And it may not be a beauty that one can pass on 1516 02:09:10,555 --> 02:09:12,354 to future beholders, either. 1517 02:09:12,356 --> 02:09:15,189 These first men on the Moon have seen something 1518 02:09:15,192 --> 02:09:18,327 that men who follow will have missed. 1519 02:09:18,328 --> 02:09:20,462 They've peered into another life 1520 02:09:20,463 --> 02:09:22,965 that, uh, we can't follow. 1521 02:09:22,966 --> 02:09:25,199 Bob Simon at Trafalgar Square, 1522 02:09:25,202 --> 02:09:26,902 where he joined the thousands 1523 02:09:26,904 --> 02:09:29,305 who watched an immense television screen 1524 02:09:29,306 --> 02:09:31,538 as the Apollo touched down on the Moon. 1525 02:09:31,541 --> 02:09:33,643 The average Romanian thinks of Apollo 11 1526 02:09:33,645 --> 02:09:35,945 a little bit as his own personal adventure. 1527 02:09:35,948 --> 02:09:38,380 It's been estimated that the audience 1528 02:09:38,381 --> 02:09:40,315 was up in the hundreds of millions. 1529 02:09:40,318 --> 02:09:43,786 Perhaps 400 million persons or so watching this broadcast. 1530 02:09:43,787 --> 02:09:45,520 Countless millions more 1531 02:09:45,523 --> 02:09:47,756 listened on the radio to the voices from the Moon. 1532 02:09:47,759 --> 02:09:50,326 Never before had so many people 1533 02:09:50,328 --> 02:09:52,494 been attuned to one event at one time. 1534 02:09:54,498 --> 02:09:56,899 Is on the Moon. Of course... 1535 02:09:56,900 --> 02:09:58,667 feats of all time. 1536 02:09:58,670 --> 02:10:00,671 Does it amaze you that it's taken place? 1537 02:10:00,672 --> 02:10:02,537 It not only amazes me, but I'm certain 1538 02:10:02,539 --> 02:10:03,907 that it amazes everybody in this country. 1539 02:10:03,908 --> 02:10:06,009 What do you think of it? 1540 02:10:06,011 --> 02:10:07,710 Well, the Moon, I hope... 1541 02:10:07,712 --> 02:10:09,377 that sometime everybody will go there. 1542 02:10:09,380 --> 02:10:10,646 - Want to go yourself? - Oh, yeah. 1543 02:10:10,649 --> 02:10:12,015 I wish I can go right now. 1544 02:10:12,016 --> 02:10:14,483 I think this is a very important day. 1545 02:10:14,484 --> 02:10:17,753 It's a historical day for... and the whole universe 1546 02:10:17,756 --> 02:10:19,822 is concerned about this, the landing on the Moon. 1547 02:10:19,823 --> 02:10:21,623 And as a French woman, 1548 02:10:21,626 --> 02:10:23,859 - how do you think about it? - Oh, I think it's wonderful. 1549 02:10:23,862 --> 02:10:26,429 I always trusted America, and I knew they couldn't fail. 1550 02:10:26,430 --> 02:10:27,898 And in Washington, 1551 02:10:27,899 --> 02:10:30,033 an anonymous citizen placed a small bouquet 1552 02:10:30,034 --> 02:10:33,002 on the grave of John F. Kennedy with a note: 1553 02:10:33,005 --> 02:10:36,006 "Mr. President, the Eagle has landed." 1554 02:10:36,007 --> 02:10:40,342 And indeed on this day, as we mark the astronauts' return, 1555 02:10:40,345 --> 02:10:42,679 it's hard not to think back upon that speech 1556 02:10:42,680 --> 02:10:45,849 our 35th president gave just seven short years ago. 1557 02:10:45,850 --> 02:10:48,685 If this capsule history of our progress 1558 02:10:48,686 --> 02:10:51,755 teaches us anything, it is that man, 1559 02:10:51,756 --> 02:10:53,657 in his quest for knowledge and progress, 1560 02:10:53,658 --> 02:10:57,027 is determined and cannot be deterred. 1561 02:10:57,029 --> 02:10:59,563 But why, some say, the Moon? 1562 02:10:59,564 --> 02:11:02,733 Why choose this as our goal? 1563 02:11:02,734 --> 02:11:06,904 And they may well ask, why climb the highest mountain? 1564 02:11:06,905 --> 02:11:10,841 Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? 1565 02:11:10,844 --> 02:11:13,376 Why does Rice play Texas? 1566 02:11:13,377 --> 02:11:15,679 We choose to go to the Moon. 1567 02:11:15,680 --> 02:11:20,350 We choose to go to the Moon... 1568 02:11:20,351 --> 02:11:23,020 We choose to go to the Moon in this decade 1569 02:11:23,021 --> 02:11:24,822 and do the other things, 1570 02:11:24,823 --> 02:11:28,760 not because they are easy, but because they are hard. 1571 02:11:32,730 --> 02:11:34,967 How do you feel? 1572 02:11:36,903 --> 02:11:38,337 How happy are you? 1573 02:11:39,706 --> 02:11:41,506 Have you spoken with your husband? 1574 02:11:41,507 --> 02:11:43,807 Would your sons like to be astronauts like him? 1575 02:11:43,810 --> 02:11:45,042 Mrs. Armstrong. 1576 02:11:45,043 --> 02:11:46,978 Ha-Have all your prayers been answered? 1577 02:11:46,979 --> 02:11:48,578 Yes, yes, they have. 1578 02:11:48,581 --> 02:11:50,981 How would you describe the flight? 1579 02:11:50,984 --> 02:11:55,653 Well, uh, I can only say it was, uh, out of this world. 1580 02:11:56,956 --> 02:11:58,358 Thank you. 1581 02:11:59,960 --> 02:12:01,926 They will be quarantined the full three weeks, 1582 02:12:01,927 --> 02:12:03,930 but there is no sign of infection or disease. 1583 02:12:07,132 --> 02:12:09,068 Congratulations, Jan. 1584 02:19:45,832 --> 02:19:47,498 Go ahead. 1585 02:19:47,501 --> 02:19:49,933 Roger. Node. 1586 02:19:49,935 --> 02:19:52,003 Zero-seven. 1587 02:19:52,004 --> 02:19:53,870 Zero-four. 1588 02:19:53,872 --> 02:19:56,040 Four-six. 1589 02:19:56,041 --> 02:19:59,110 Rogue five. 1590 02:19:59,111 --> 02:20:02,014 Six-seven-point-five east. 1591 02:20:04,049 --> 02:20:05,484 One-five. 1592 02:20:05,486 --> 02:20:08,352 Five-two right ascension. 1593 02:20:11,458 --> 02:20:13,256 Uh, roger. Understand. 1594 02:20:13,259 --> 02:20:16,361 Node: 070446... 1595 02:20:16,362 --> 02:20:19,530 rogue five, 67.5 east, 1596 02:20:19,531 --> 02:20:23,468 one-five plus five-two right ascension. 1597 02:20:23,469 --> 02:20:26,003 Roger. That's correct. 1598 02:20:26,004 --> 02:20:28,974 And we do verify that the L-band radar is off link. 1599 02:20:35,381 --> 02:20:38,049 No, that's the spacecraft L-band radar.