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- He said it with a straight face.
- No.

You want one...

No. I think two is my limit.

With that attitude, the
Koreans are gonna eat us alive.

Are we negotiating an
East Asian space alliance,

or is this gonna be
a drinking contest?

Can't have one without
the other. Not in Seoul.

You thought the UN delegates
were party animals. Just wait.

I'm exhausted just
thinking about it.

You're gonna be great.

You were born to do this job.

You know, Tom, I've been meaning
to talk to you about something.

I think I might...

- You're pregnant.
- No.

No. It's not that.

I...

Excuse me, Ellen
Wilson? Room 147?

- Yes, thank you.
- Phone for you.

Sorry.

This is Ellen Wilson.

Okay. Thank you.

My father had a heart
attack. It doesn't sound good.

I'm so sorry.

He's in Connecticut, right?

Yeah.

Use the limo. I'll take
a taxi to the airport...

- No, I can't do that. The Korean...
- You can't not do that.

This is family.

Go.

I'll call you.

Thank you.

Poor thing. She was so
excited about going to Korea.

Hopefully her father will recover,
and she can join me in a day or two.

Must have been a
rough night for her.

How about you? Did
you get any sleep?

Of course not. You know
I can't sleep on planes.

It's a 14-hour flight.

Martini, sir.

These long international flights
are the only time I can really focus.

No distractions.

Just me, my martini and the
Apollo-Soyuz budget requests.

Some light reading?

You should try reading
a novel once in a while.

It'd be good for your
mind to just tune out.

I just finished this one called Christine,
about this 1958 homicidal Plymouth.

Yeah. My new electric car's
tried to kill me a few times.

How are Poole
and Morrison doing?

Everything going okay in Russia?

By all accounts the
training's going smoothly.

Good.

Still can't quite
believe it's happening.

Our astronauts in Star City,
their engineers in Houston.

I know.

I was calling to check in on
one point on the negotiations

for the EASA before we land.

Check away.

For this proposed space
station, are we real.

Tom, you there?

Tom?

If you'd like to make a call,
please hang up and try.

I'm sorry you missed
your flight for nothing.

I blame your mother
for overreacting.

It's not nothing, Dad.
You had a heart attack.

A minor incident. I feel fine.

A wake-up call.

You heard the doctor. No
more red meat, no more smoking.

And you have to slow down.

Though we all know
that'll never happen.

I'm running a
half-a-billion-dollar company.

We just extended into Asia. Got a
new hub in Europe and another

I know.

You want me to slow down,
I'm gonna need your help.

And obviously that's not
gonna happen right now.

Maybe you're being
a little... shortsighted.

What are you saying?

I'm thinking about leaving NASA.

Bullshit.

I'm serious.

I wanna get to Mars,

and I'm starting to think that private
spaceflight is the only way to get there.

Interesting.

What does Larry have to say
about you changing course?

Larry... wants me to be happy.

Wherever I am.

One thing I don't
have to worry about,

you'll always have a
solid man by your side.

Not that I wouldn't
mind a grandchild or two.

Sorry to interrupt, ma'am, but
the White House is calling for you.

- The White House?
- That's what they said.

This is Ellen Wilson.

News. Special report.
Here is Dan Rather.

Yes.

President Reagan
arriving at this moment

at Point Mugu Naval
Air Station in California,

taking him from his California
vacation back to work in Washington.

A vacation cut short
by the shooting down

of Korean Air Lines
flight 7 by the Soviets,

with the apparent
loss of as many as 269,

all of the persons aboard.

President Reagan is expected
to deliver a statement shortly.

From Moscow, still no official
confirmation of the plane's downing.

Just that there was,
quote, "an accident,"

but not even what kind of
accident from the Soviets

and nothing in the
way of an apology.

In the wake of the barbaric act
committed yesterday by the Soviet regime

against a commercial jetliner,

the United States and many
other countries of the world

made clear and
compelling statements

that expressed
not only our outrage

but also our demand for a
truthful accounting of the facts.

What can we think of a regime

that so broadly trumpets its vision
of peace and global disarmament

and yet so callously and
quickly commits a terrorist act

to sacrifice the lives of
innocent human beings?

And what are we
to make of a regime

which establishes one
set of standards for itself

and another for the
rest of humankind?

To the families of Congressman
Lawrence McDonald,

NASA Administrator Thomas Paine
and all those on the ill-fated aircraft,

we send our deepest sympathy.

And I hope they know our
prayers are with them all.

What the hell was that airliner
doing flying over Sakhalin?

It's not even
on its flight path.

Could have been
a navigational error.

Flight computer could have caused
the plane to deviate from its route.

400 miles?

Maybe something was
wrong with the autopilot.

Poor bastard probably never even
knew he'd entered Soviet airspace.

So the pilot accidentally
wanders into a protected area.

Why shoot down the plane?

It's a commercial
airliner, for God's sake.

It doesn't make any sense.

We've got spy planes flying
over Sakhalin all the time.

It's a secret air base.
They're paranoid.

I'm sorry. It is
beyond inconceivable

that any pilot could mistake an
American reconnaissance plane

with a Korean
passenger jumbo jet.

I don't buy that for a second.

It's more likely they suspected
KAL 7 was being used as a spy plane.

Was it?

Don't be ridiculous.

Why would the United States use
another nation's passenger plane to spy?

We are wasting time here.

All that matters is I haven't been able
to reach Poole and Morrison in Star City.

I have tried every
line. It's radio silence.

The FBI shut down access
to all Soviet officials in the US,

including the
Apollo-Soyuz engineers,

so they're probably
responding to that.

They are holding our people
hostage. That's not okay.

She's right.

Ellen.

I've spoken with Jim
Baker at the White House.

Until the president appoints
a permanent replacement,

I'll be fulfilling Tom's duties
as acting administrator.

Now, reestablishing
communication with our astronauts

is our top priority
at this point.

Maybe I should get in
touch with Sergei Nikulov,

see if he could help us get in
touch with our people, and...

We just got attacked
by the Soviets.

You're gonna reach out
to 'em and ask for help?

Sergei will listen to reason.

They have shown time and
again that they can't be trusted.

This should all run
through the NSC.

Well, I think we need to
pursue all available options

before this turns into
an even bigger incident.

Go talk to him. Hopefully he
knows of a way to reach Star City.

Thank you.

Your call.

Damn it!

Let me out!

What can I do for you?

I'm Margo Madison. I
need to see Sergei Nikulov.

No one goes in, no one
goes out. Those are my orders.

I'm the director,
Johnson Space Center.

I'm sure you are, honey,
but you're not getting in.

- What's your name?
- Sergeant John Perkins.

Okay, Sergeant John Perkins, I
know you have a job to do, but so do I.

I'm gonna give you 15 seconds to
get in touch with your superior officer,

12 seconds to explain
the situation to him,

45 seconds for him to reach
General Nelson Bradford

and confirm I am who I say I am.

Another 15 seconds for
your boss to get back to you

and ten for you
to open this door.

That puts you 97 seconds away

from either a cold beer
at the end of your shift

or an open-ended transfer
to Thule, Greenland.

Your time starts now.

Honey.

I brought borscht.

Come in.

Did you try the embassy?

Radio silence.

I don't think anything will
happen to your astronauts.

Somehow that's not
making me feel any better.

I know it's a lot to ask,
considering the situation,

but do you have a way to
get in touch with Star City?

A secret line, or,

I don't know, something that might put us
closer to making contact with our people?

What can I do? I'm
trapped here with no phone.

See? Dead?

What if I could arrange a call?

Astronauts Poole and Morrison,
they're not a part of all this.

Nor am I. And yet here I am.

Also being held against
my will, unable to call home.

Thomas Paine was killed, Sergei.

Along with 268 others.

That's why we're here.

I'm sorry about your colleague.

Tom was a good man.

Frustrating at times,

I didn't always agree
with his methods,

but he gave everything to his job,
and I respected the hell out of him.

In my religion,
when someone dies,

it is custom to make the first
meal you eat after the funeral

a bowl of how you might
call memorial borscht.

It is believed that the steam
will carry the soul of the departed

to heaven.

Maybe it's true.

When you get me the telephone,

I will call Moscow and tell
them that I'm not being tortured.

Other than weak borscht.

You know, maybe they will
get in touch with your astronauts,

but I cannot promise.

Thank you, Sergei.

It was another day of
dramatic developments

in the case of the
plane shot from the sky.

The shooting down of
Korean Air Lines flight 007.

The Soviets admitted
for the first time

one of their fighters shot down the
jumbo jet and the 269 people on board.

But the Russians insisted they didn't
know that it was a civilian airliner.

The United States reacts
with revulsion to this attack.

Loss of life
appears to be heavy.

We can see no excuse
whatsoever for this appalling act.

There is no possible
legitimate excuse

that the Soviet government could
put forward for this despicable action.

People throughout the free
world are continuing to react...

No, I understand, Senator. We're doing
everything we can to get through to them.

Yep.

- President Chun Doo Hwan of South Korea...
- Thank you. Yep.

Accused the Soviet Union of
committing an act of indescribable...

Can you put a
little sugar in there?

Ask him about the UN.

Yes. No... Yes, of
course we are, Senator.

Has anyone spoken to
Ambassador Kirkpatrick?

Hey. Is it a bad time?

Yes. Yes, Senator,
I'm still here.

- It's nice to see you, Pam.
- You too, Larry.

How's she holding up?

She's a machine. The phone
hasn't stopped ringing all day.

She keeps going and going.

Hey, is Tower on
the Ways and Means?

Appropriations.

Yes. And, Senator, in
the wake of this crisis,

NASA is going to need some
additional funding for security.

Can I count on your support?

- That's excellent news.
- Ask for ten.

Is ten too much to expect?

Wonderful, Senator. Thank you.

We can talk more
about that, of course.

No, understood. We'll have to let
him know first thing in the morning.

I'll call Guam and
relay the message.

Yeah. Try to get
some sleep, Clark.

I know. We'll get through this.

Okay. Yeah. Bye.

Sorry.

I don't think I've spent this much
time on the phone in my entire life.

Don't apologize
for doing your job.

Pretty fucking amazing at it.

Is it obvious that I have
no idea what I'm doing?

Stop it. You're
brilliant. You know that.

Come on. Okay?

That feels really good.

Hi.

How are you?

I'm fine.

I am. I mean, I'm

exhausted.

And overwhelmed.

And, I don't know, I just

keep playing it over
and over in my head.

What if my dad didn't have a heart
attack? I would have been on that plane.

I would have been sitting
right next to Tom. The two of us.

He would have been
the last person I ever saw.

Stop thinking that.

It didn't happen, okay?

If you were meant to be on that
plane, you would have been on it.

What... Tom was meant
to be on that plane?

No. I...

Right, Tom was meant to die.

I'm saying

sometimes we don't... understand
the way the universe works.

He was such a good man.

So misunderstood.

And now he's just

floating somewhere
in the Sea of Japan.

All of those people, they're just
floating somewhere in the Sea of Japan.

Stop it.

Hey.

You're here. Alive. With me.

And I'm so damn
grateful that you are.

Come here.

- I'm sorry.
- No. It's fine.

This is Ellen Wilson.

This is the White House operator.
Please hold for the president.

What?

Hello? Ellen?

Hello, Mr. President.

What?

It's an honor to speak with you.

Well, I'm sorry it's under
these circumstances.

So am I.

Tom was a great American.

I considered him a friend.

And I'll miss him very
much, as I'm sure you will too.

I will.

And I have every confidence you'll
do a wonderful job for me, Ellen.

Tom was a big fan of yours.

I'll try not to let you down.

Are you a Christian, Ellen?

Yes. Yes, I am, sir.

Prayer sustains
me in times of crisis.

I hope it does the same for you.

Yes, sir. It does.

I'm glad.

'Cause I'll need everyone on my
team clear-eyed for what's ahead.

We have to show strength in the
shadow of catastrophe, or all is lost.

I understand.

Thank you, Ellen.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Good night.

- Got a minute?
- You know I don't.

Were you able to get Nikulov
to help out with our situation?

He said he'd do his best, but we still
haven't heard from Poole and Morrison.

I expected as much.

I still had to try, Nelson.

Well, maybe this will help you
see what they're really about.

The Pentagon just received
these reconnaissance photographs.

It appears that the Soviets have put
their Buran shuttle on the launchpad.

I didn't think it was that
close to launch-ready.

Neither did we.

- This doesn't look like Baikonur.
- That's because it isn't.

It's Sakhalin Island. They have
a secret military facility there.

The same secret military facility that
KAL was flying over when it was shot down?

- These weren't taken by...
- Of course not.

These photos were taken
by an SR-71 Blackbird.

The KAL was a
commercial airliner.

You're telling me
KAL was flying over

the same island Buran
is being launched from,

and these two events
are not connected?

That's not why I'm here.

I need you to take a look at these
and tell us if the Buran can be armed.

After KAL and after what's
going on in Panama, we're

concerned that they might be
trying to introduce a new weapon.

Where did you get these?

It's confidential, I know.

This is so bizarre.

It's like I'm looking at
plans for our shuttle.

The orbiters are exactly alike.

That's what happens when the
KGB steals the plans for our shuttle

right out from under us.

It's the same, down
to the payload bay.

So it can certainly be
armed, just like ours can.

Hang on. Look at this.

What?

The solid rocket boosters.

They're an exact replica of
ours... but from two years ago.

Okay?

That's where we found the
O-ring problem on Challenger.

And Sakhalin gets a
whole lot colder than Florida.

So if they copied our
boosters to that extent,

it's just a matter of time
until this thing blows up.

We've gotta warn them.

Margo, they've got
smart people over there.

We caught the O-ring. I'm
sure they caught the problem.

You don't know
that. Not for sure.

You're right, I don't.

But I do know that this thing has the
potential to be armed for use against us.

Now, they can drop
munitions on any point on Earth

with no warning.

And don't tell me they don't
have that potential. Not after KAL.

Yes, I understand.

But if they decide to use Buran as a
weapon at some point in the future,

that's their choice.

We have a choice right
now to save human lives.

Dozens of civilians, engineers,
scientists, they could be killed.

We have the power
to prevent that.

I'm not gonna take
that risk. I'm sorry.

The answer's no. And
this remains classified.

Russian officials have denied that
his country intentionally shot down

a Korean Air Lines 747.

The United States government,

in cooperation with the
government of Japan,

has decided to spread the evidence
before this council and the world.

It is available on the
videotape, which will be played.

Roger.

I'm closing in on the
target. I'm in lock-on.

I've executed the launch.

The target is destroyed.

At approximately 1600 hours,

the Soviet pilot reported that he fired a
missile, and the target was destroyed.

Japanese radar operators

had tracked the progress
of the Korean plane...

Chardonnay and two Shirley
Temples for table three.

- Looks like you got a leak.
- Yeah. Damn it.

And the toilet in the men's
bathroom is clogged again, so...

Want me to take a look at it?

Would you please?
That'd be great.

I should have just replaced the
whole system when I remodeled,

but I was trying to
save a buck, so...

- Howdy, Miss Karen.
- Hi, Sam.

Hey, boys, why don't
you find a seat right there.

He sure has been coming in a
lot since your mom's been gone.

Maybe he misses her.

Probably more like a good
way to remind potential investors

that he's married
to an astronaut.

Or that.

I need three Scotch and sodas.

But one, only do a
splash of Scotch in,

'cause Sam only likes to look
like he's pounding them back.

No problem.

Thank you.

I hope this kid's not
giving you too much grief.

Of course not. He's
doing a great job.

Well, I'm sure.
He is a good kid.

Yeah, he is. How's Trace?

I haven't spoken to
her in a couple days.

Apparently, the moon
is a very busy place.

Yeah, tell me about it.

- How's business?
- We've had the best month yet.

Putting those trinkets in that
case, now that was a great idea.

Yeah, believe it or not,

those things earn almost as
much profit as anything else in here.

Well, I believe it.

- So, you ready to sell me this place yet?
- The answer's still no.

That's too bad.

'Cause with just a little push, this
place is about ready to explode.

Could franchise it. Go national.

Well. Maybe next time.

Or maybe today.

What's that?

I said maybe I'm ready
to sell you the bar today.

Are you serious?

Well, depends on
what you're offering.

250.

No.

300 then.

450.

350. This is the
Outpost, not the Ritz.

400.

With the trinkets in the case,
it's worth at least that much.

Plus, it's only gonna
appreciate over time.

375.

- 390.
- Sold.

What?

I'm sorry.

Did I just sell you the
Outpost for $390,000?

Not until you shake
my hand, you didn't.

That's all it takes?

This is Texas, darling.

A handshake means
more than a notary.

All right.

We'll get that paperwork
signed next week.

Okay.

May I come in?

Who are you?

I am engineer. Come. Sit down.

I've been locked up in this room for
almost 48 hours with no explanation.

Sit down.

I need to talk to my people.

Sit down. Let's have
a drink. Slice of meat.

I don't wanna sit down. I
wanna get the hell out of here.

Do you like vodka?

Do I have a choice?

No.

I have never met
American astronaut.

Tell me, how did
you get in program?

Are you parachutist?

No. I'm a pilot.

An engineer. Like you.

And did you always want to go to
space ever since you were a little girl?

When I was a little girl, women
weren't allowed to go to space.

When I was little boy

no rockets had
ever left to space.

Still... I dreamed
of reaching stars.

Well, here we are.

Hey.

Are you gonna tell me
why I'm held prisoner here?

This is not a prison.

Sure as hell feels like one.

You have never
been to Soviet prison.

Being in gulag

is like worst dream.

Torture. Starvation. Cold.

So cold.

Men frozen to death.

Forced to betray their
comrades in order to survive.

Every day

you wonder, will you be
next, lined up against wall?

To fallen comrades.

You know our customs.

I had a good teacher.

Do you know these people?

What people?

The names on the door.

I didn't realize
those were names.

Yuri Gagarin.

Valentina Tereshkova.
Aleksei Leonov.

Anastasia Belikova.

Yuri Gagarin slept in this room?

We leave them there
as symbols to remember.

Soviet flag on the
moon. This is symbol too.

I remember in planning,

we had calculation, how
close should flag be to lander.

If only a meter too close,
when lander takes off, it will...

Fourteen years later, Soviet
flag still stands on the moon.

I know grown man who
weep in Soviet Union at that.

Powerful symbol.

When I first heard
about Soyuz-Apollo.

I thought.

Ronald Reagan,

he is clever man.

Symbol of astronaut and
cosmonaut together in space.

Of course, I knew we
had no choice but to agree,

because we would
look cynical if we did not.

But also

because maybe

maybe... it could
change the world.

It can't be anything if I
don't ever leave this room.

When you finally
go out this door

do it with your head up.

Hello?

Molly. Thank God.

Yeah, yeah, it's me. It's me.

No, no, no. I'm okay,
I'm okay. Yeah. I'm alone.

What the hell is going on?

Try a little negative pressure.

Nice trick.

You want something
to wash that down?

We got some good news.

Finally reached our astronauts
in Star City. They're okay.

That's great.

Come on.

Before I change my mind.

It's brandy.

I know.

You do?

I mean, I've never
had it before, but...

Asbach Uralt. Prewar.

The best.

It's strong.

I don't think I've ever
seen you this... happy.

Yeah, I am. Sometimes

people can surprise you.

Restore your faith in humanity.

Tell that to Bill Strausser.

What's going on?

He's the biggest
jerk of all time.

He's harmless.

A lot of these guys are
lacking in social skills.

Good at the work,
bad with the people.

Why is he like that?

Bill's

complicated.

He can definitely be condescending
at times and stuck in his ways, but

he's a very good engineer.

And committed to his
work like no one else.

Too committed sometimes.

- What's that mean?
- No, nothing.

There was just an

an incident a long time ago.

Probably shouldn't
have mentioned it.

Come on. Now
you have to tell me.

There was a night when he'd
been at his console for 23 hours,

and he refused to
leave it. Refused.

I guess he got caught up in
all the excitement, and he...

He peed his pants.

All over himself. Everything.

Just... wet.

Wet.

After that, people started
calling him Mr. Peanut.

Why Peanut?

I have no idea,

but that was his
nickname from that day on,

and it followed him for years.

Years.

People would leave peanuts
on his console, peanut butter.

Even a doll with a diaper on it.

Jesus.

I almost feel bad for him.

Almost.

I know. But listen.

If I can find a way to get
along with Bill, so can you.

You need to find a way
to work this out with him.

He's not gonna be the last difficult
person you come across in your career.

Yeah.

You're probably right.

The Soviet Union continues
to mobilize their Pacific fleet,

harassing vessels that stray
near the theorized crash site

and blocking attempts to search
for the remains of flight KAL 007.

The United States responded by
dispatching warships from the Seventh Fleet

and has put Air
Command on 24-hour alert

as tensions continue to
rise in the North Pacific.

You have to push the button.

Let me do it.

Bless you.

I couldn't sleep.

Me neither.

How you holding up?

I don't know.

I don't really know
which... which way is up.

Everything's just so

overwhelming.

And I can see what's coming.

Bradford's already pushing for
the military to have a stronger hand.

And that's how this slippery
slope becomes an avalanche,

and we suddenly look around, and
we're a part of the Department of Defense.

It happens all the time.

There's a crisis, and then the military
swoops in, and they take control.

It'll be the end of
NASA as we know it.

You can kiss Mars goodbye.
For a decade, at least.

I can't let that happen.

Well

what are you gonna do about it?

I don't know.

- Can I just point out one thing?
- Sure. Please.

You're the fucking
administrator of NASA.

Acting administrator.

So start acting like it.

You're not watching from
the sidelines anymore.

You're in the game,
for Christ's sake.

What exactly do
you expect me to do?

You have to prove to them that
you've got things under control.

Show them how tough you are.

How far you're willing to go.

Then you'll have their trust.

We all play different
roles with different people.

Something Tom once told me.

You know what this is about?

The president has
decided to arm Pathfinder.

- Wow.
- Just like that?

We're putting
missiles on a shuttle?

Well, at this point he
really has no choice.

The Soviets are being very
provocative. It's a defensive measure.

Until it's not.

We're also moving up the retaking
of lunar claim site 357 Bravo.

It will happen within 48 hours.

But... What? It's
still daylight up there.

The whole idea was to
use the cover of lunar night

to maintain the
element of surprise.

Not to mention, these guys
haven't finished their training.

The president has been fully briefed
on where we're at with the mission

and is comfortable
moving forward.

Ellen, can't you talk to him?
Get him to listen to reason?

- He needs to understand, this is...
- These were my recommendations, Margo.

Hello, Sergei.

Margo.

I'm going back to Soviet Union

while it is decided whether
Soyuz-Apollo still is to continue.

I've heard.

I just wanted to say
thank you for your help.

You're welcome.
I'm glad to do it.

And

as soon as all this gets
resolved, which I'm sure it will,

I hope to see you again and
continue planning this mission together.

Yes. I as well hope this.

It might be a good thing
to take a step back actually.

Look at things with fresh eyes.

See if we're missing anything
with these docking module specs.

Missing anything?
What do you mean?

I just keep wondering if
we've overlooked something.

For instance, about a year ago,

we discovered a defective
component in our shuttle design.

A flaw with the O-ring
seals in the boosters.

What flaw?

One of our engineers discovered that
the ring would harden in cold weather

and fail to seal the joints.

Temperatures at Merritt
Island rarely drop below 40.

So... you can understand
how we initially missed it.

Yes, I can understand this.

Thank God we found it.

Because if temperatures
were to dip unexpectedly,

there would be a
substantial risk of failure.

So

I just wonder what, if anything, we're
missing with these docking specs.

Yes, I wonder too.

I would take a look
at it while you're away.

Well... I have to
go. I have a meeting.

But I hope to see you again.

Yes. I hope so... too.

Hey, Kel.

You hungry?

I'm making bean
sandwiches. Your favorite.

Yeah, I'll be there in a minute.

All right.

Did Ashley leave?

Yeah. She took off, but she
said she'd see you tomorrow.

Or... I guess that's
technically today.

Want a beer?

I shouldn't, but yes, please.

Are you really outta
here next week?

I can't believe that the
summer's already over.

I'm gonna miss you around here.

To a great summer.

And an even better school year.

- And to you, Mrs. Baldwin.
- Danny!

- Karen. Karen.
- Thank you.

Sorry.

So.

How you feeling
about everything?

I mean, with selling this place.

Honestly.

I feel ready... to move on.

Ready for a new chapter.

Truth is, the place isn't
mine. It never really was.

Well

then we should celebrate.

Well... isn't that what
we're already doing?

In honor of my last week, I decided to
donate something to the Outpost jukebox.

Really? That was
very thoughtful.

- What is this?
- Billy Swan.

- The country singer.
- Yeah.

You recognize that?

Yeah...

No. Hold on.

My goodness.

Danny. No.

- Isn't it great?
- Yeah, it's different.

Come on.

Have you been drinking?

How soon can you
prep and fuel the LSAM?

I suppose in a few hours.
Why? What's going on?

The president wants to retake
the claim at 0800 tomorrow.

Jesus. Why are
you telling me this?

You think Charles is
ready to pilot the LSAM?

No. No. Not yet.

If I knew he needed to be
ready so soon, I would've...

Can you do it?

You've flown with us before. You
know the mission better than anyone.

I can't order you to
do it. It's dangerous.

We don't know for sure they don't
have weapons, and if they do

I'm in.

Okay then. Prep
the LSAM for launch.

We gotta load our gear and
get ready to roll out in 17 hours.

Yeah, let's do it.

Thank you very much.

Ladies and gentlemen,
today I'm proud to announce

that we have reestablished
contact with two American heroes.

Astronauts Danielle
Poole and Nate Morrison,

who were being held
in the Soviet Union

after the Korean
Air Line 007 disaster.

Like the Americans
who began this country,

history has asked much of
the Americans of our own time.

Much we have already given.

Much more we must
be prepared to give.

But we also must remember

the future does not
belong to the fainthearted.

It belongs to the brave.

One of these brave Americans,
Acting NASA Administrator Ellen Wilson,

has led the effort to
bring our astronauts home.

And I'm proud to announce

they are currently on their way
to free soil in West Germany.

Let us have faith in
Abraham Lincoln's words,

"That right makes might.

And in that faith, let us, to the end,
dare to do our duty as we understand it."

Thank you. God bless
you, and God bless America.

Fuel at 60%.

Copy 60.

Beginning descent
to avoid radar.

Forty meters.

Down at seven.

Dropping like a stone.

Fifteen.

Canyon in sight.

Final approach to canyon.
Ninety seconds to drop point.

Holding at five meters.
Steady at five meters.

Steady.

We have canyon entrance. Hang on
out there. Some tight turns coming up.

All right, commencing final run.

Sixty seconds to drop point.

Approaching final
turn. Ten seconds out.

Shit.

Landing site's not clear.

That drilling rig
wasn't on the sat map.

- Should we abort?
- Negative. Going downrange.

Drop point located.
Begin descent.

Ten meters. Down at eight.

Just like the drills, folks.

Immediate dismount, clear
the vehicle and form up on me.

Oorah!

Let's do this. Weapons free.

Two meters. Kicking
up a lot of dust.

Hold on.

Tracy Stevens, you are a badass.

We have the site.

I repeat, we have the site.