1 00:00:14,681 --> 00:00:17,017 - He said it with a straight face. - No. 2 00:00:21,980 --> 00:00:23,291 You want one... 3 00:00:23,315 --> 00:00:25,400 No. I think two is my limit. 4 00:00:25,984 --> 00:00:28,338 With that attitude, the Koreans are gonna eat us alive. 5 00:00:28,362 --> 00:00:30,465 Are we negotiating an East Asian space alliance, 6 00:00:30,489 --> 00:00:32,174 or is this gonna be a drinking contest? 7 00:00:32,198 --> 00:00:35,244 Can't have one without the other. Not in Seoul. 8 00:00:36,411 --> 00:00:39,414 You thought the UN delegates were party animals. Just wait. 9 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:41,875 I'm exhausted just thinking about it. 10 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:44,461 You're gonna be great. 11 00:00:46,296 --> 00:00:48,131 You were born to do this job. 12 00:00:52,469 --> 00:00:55,764 You know, Tom, I've been meaning to talk to you about something. 13 00:00:58,976 --> 00:01:00,352 I think I might... 14 00:01:01,228 --> 00:01:03,313 - You're pregnant. - No. 15 00:01:03,897 --> 00:01:06,042 No. It's not that. 16 00:01:06,066 --> 00:01:07,484 I... 17 00:01:09,570 --> 00:01:12,340 Excuse me, Ellen Wilson? Room 147? 18 00:01:12,364 --> 00:01:13,866 - Yes, thank you. - Phone for you. 19 00:01:14,449 --> 00:01:15,450 Sorry. 20 00:01:16,702 --> 00:01:17,953 This is Ellen Wilson. 21 00:01:23,125 --> 00:01:24,835 Okay. Thank you. 22 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,890 My father had a heart attack. It doesn't sound good. 23 00:01:39,016 --> 00:01:40,100 I'm so sorry. 24 00:01:44,062 --> 00:01:45,498 He's in Connecticut, right? 25 00:01:45,522 --> 00:01:46,815 Yeah. 26 00:01:48,233 --> 00:01:50,587 Use the limo. I'll take a taxi to the airport... 27 00:01:50,611 --> 00:01:53,447 - No, I can't do that. The Korean... - You can't not do that. 28 00:01:55,365 --> 00:01:56,617 This is family. 29 00:01:58,911 --> 00:02:00,204 Go. 30 00:02:02,706 --> 00:02:03,957 I'll call you. 31 00:02:04,583 --> 00:02:05,584 Thank you. 32 00:02:12,508 --> 00:02:16,321 Poor thing. She was so excited about going to Korea. 33 00:02:16,345 --> 00:02:20,492 Hopefully her father will recover, and she can join me in a day or two. 34 00:02:20,516 --> 00:02:22,744 Must have been a rough night for her. 35 00:02:22,768 --> 00:02:24,895 How about you? Did you get any sleep? 36 00:02:25,312 --> 00:02:28,166 Of course not. You know I can't sleep on planes. 37 00:02:28,190 --> 00:02:29,792 It's a 14-hour flight. 38 00:02:29,816 --> 00:02:30,877 Martini, sir. 39 00:02:30,901 --> 00:02:34,547 These long international flights are the only time I can really focus. 40 00:02:34,571 --> 00:02:35,822 No distractions. 41 00:02:36,490 --> 00:02:40,244 Just me, my martini and the Apollo-Soyuz budget requests. 42 00:02:41,662 --> 00:02:42,931 Some light reading? 43 00:02:42,955 --> 00:02:46,601 You should try reading a novel once in a while. 44 00:02:46,625 --> 00:02:49,586 It'd be good for your mind to just tune out. 45 00:02:50,254 --> 00:02:56,236 I just finished this one called Christine, about this 1958 homicidal Plymouth. 46 00:02:56,260 --> 00:02:59,054 Yeah. My new electric car's tried to kill me a few times. 47 00:03:11,775 --> 00:03:14,295 How are Poole and Morrison doing? 48 00:03:14,319 --> 00:03:16,297 Everything going okay in Russia? 49 00:03:16,321 --> 00:03:18,675 By all accounts the training's going smoothly. 50 00:03:18,699 --> 00:03:19,700 Good. 51 00:03:25,956 --> 00:03:27,809 Still can't quite believe it's happening. 52 00:03:27,833 --> 00:03:31,896 Our astronauts in Star City, their engineers in Houston. 53 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:33,088 I know. 54 00:03:37,467 --> 00:03:40,864 I was calling to check in on one point on the negotiations 55 00:03:40,888 --> 00:03:42,848 for the EASA before we land. 56 00:03:44,016 --> 00:03:45,809 Check away. 57 00:03:52,441 --> 00:03:55,027 For this proposed space station, are we real. 58 00:03:58,488 --> 00:04:00,032 Tom, you there? 59 00:04:02,701 --> 00:04:03,702 Tom? 60 00:04:05,287 --> 00:04:08,665 If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try. 61 00:05:38,630 --> 00:05:41,300 I'm sorry you missed your flight for nothing. 62 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,028 I blame your mother for overreacting. 63 00:05:44,052 --> 00:05:46,322 It's not nothing, Dad. You had a heart attack. 64 00:05:46,346 --> 00:05:48,324 A minor incident. I feel fine. 65 00:05:48,348 --> 00:05:49,600 A wake-up call. 66 00:05:50,267 --> 00:05:53,705 You heard the doctor. No more red meat, no more smoking. 67 00:05:53,729 --> 00:05:55,189 And you have to slow down. 68 00:05:55,772 --> 00:05:57,625 Though we all know that'll never happen. 69 00:05:57,649 --> 00:06:00,461 I'm running a half-a-billion-dollar company. 70 00:06:00,485 --> 00:06:04,674 We just extended into Asia. Got a new hub in Europe and another 71 00:06:04,698 --> 00:06:05,699 I know. 72 00:06:06,783 --> 00:06:10,287 You want me to slow down, I'm gonna need your help. 73 00:06:11,205 --> 00:06:14,124 And obviously that's not gonna happen right now. 74 00:06:16,877 --> 00:06:20,881 Maybe you're being a little... shortsighted. 75 00:06:22,633 --> 00:06:23,800 What are you saying? 76 00:06:28,472 --> 00:06:30,158 I'm thinking about leaving NASA. 77 00:06:30,182 --> 00:06:31,534 Bullshit. 78 00:06:31,558 --> 00:06:33,244 I'm serious. 79 00:06:33,268 --> 00:06:34,496 I wanna get to Mars, 80 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:38,082 and I'm starting to think that private spaceflight is the only way to get there. 81 00:06:38,106 --> 00:06:39,525 Interesting. 82 00:06:40,150 --> 00:06:44,130 What does Larry have to say about you changing course? 83 00:06:44,154 --> 00:06:47,574 Larry... wants me to be happy. 84 00:06:48,951 --> 00:06:49,952 Wherever I am. 85 00:06:52,079 --> 00:06:54,766 One thing I don't have to worry about, 86 00:06:54,790 --> 00:06:58,085 you'll always have a solid man by your side. 87 00:06:59,086 --> 00:07:02,065 Not that I wouldn't mind a grandchild or two. 88 00:07:02,089 --> 00:07:05,425 Sorry to interrupt, ma'am, but the White House is calling for you. 89 00:07:06,927 --> 00:07:09,221 - The White House? - That's what they said. 90 00:07:16,687 --> 00:07:18,105 This is Ellen Wilson. 91 00:07:25,070 --> 00:07:28,466 News. Special report. Here is Dan Rather. 92 00:07:28,490 --> 00:07:29,491 Yes. 93 00:07:30,909 --> 00:07:32,929 President Reagan arriving at this moment 94 00:07:32,953 --> 00:07:35,265 at Point Mugu Naval Air Station in California, 95 00:07:35,289 --> 00:07:39,561 taking him from his California vacation back to work in Washington. 96 00:07:39,585 --> 00:07:42,480 A vacation cut short by the shooting down 97 00:07:42,504 --> 00:07:45,733 of Korean Air Lines flight 7 by the Soviets, 98 00:07:45,757 --> 00:07:49,445 with the apparent loss of as many as 269, 99 00:07:49,469 --> 00:07:51,156 all of the persons aboard. 100 00:07:51,180 --> 00:07:54,242 President Reagan is expected to deliver a statement shortly. 101 00:07:54,266 --> 00:07:58,371 From Moscow, still no official confirmation of the plane's downing. 102 00:07:58,395 --> 00:08:01,166 Just that there was, quote, "an accident," 103 00:08:01,190 --> 00:08:03,668 but not even what kind of accident from the Soviets 104 00:08:03,692 --> 00:08:05,628 and nothing in the way of an apology. 105 00:08:05,652 --> 00:08:10,490 In the wake of the barbaric act committed yesterday by the Soviet regime 106 00:08:11,074 --> 00:08:13,511 against a commercial jetliner, 107 00:08:13,535 --> 00:08:16,097 the United States and many other countries of the world 108 00:08:16,121 --> 00:08:18,415 made clear and compelling statements 109 00:08:18,999 --> 00:08:21,186 that expressed not only our outrage 110 00:08:21,210 --> 00:08:24,689 but also our demand for a truthful accounting of the facts. 111 00:08:24,713 --> 00:08:26,232 What can we think of a regime 112 00:08:26,256 --> 00:08:31,404 that so broadly trumpets its vision of peace and global disarmament 113 00:08:31,428 --> 00:08:34,823 and yet so callously and quickly commits a terrorist act 114 00:08:34,847 --> 00:08:37,494 to sacrifice the lives of innocent human beings? 115 00:08:37,518 --> 00:08:39,245 And what are we to make of a regime 116 00:08:39,269 --> 00:08:42,624 which establishes one set of standards for itself 117 00:08:42,648 --> 00:08:45,168 and another for the rest of humankind? 118 00:08:45,192 --> 00:08:48,671 To the families of Congressman Lawrence McDonald, 119 00:08:48,695 --> 00:08:53,700 NASA Administrator Thomas Paine and all those on the ill-fated aircraft, 120 00:08:54,284 --> 00:08:55,994 we send our deepest sympathy. 121 00:08:57,287 --> 00:09:01,250 And I hope they know our prayers are with them all. 122 00:09:03,961 --> 00:09:06,815 What the hell was that airliner doing flying over Sakhalin? 123 00:09:06,839 --> 00:09:08,650 It's not even on its flight path. 124 00:09:08,674 --> 00:09:10,860 Could have been a navigational error. 125 00:09:10,884 --> 00:09:13,863 Flight computer could have caused the plane to deviate from its route. 126 00:09:13,887 --> 00:09:15,514 400 miles? 127 00:09:16,181 --> 00:09:18,183 Maybe something was wrong with the autopilot. 128 00:09:18,725 --> 00:09:21,663 Poor bastard probably never even knew he'd entered Soviet airspace. 129 00:09:21,687 --> 00:09:24,749 So the pilot accidentally wanders into a protected area. 130 00:09:24,773 --> 00:09:26,209 Why shoot down the plane? 131 00:09:26,233 --> 00:09:28,878 It's a commercial airliner, for God's sake. 132 00:09:28,902 --> 00:09:30,630 It doesn't make any sense. 133 00:09:30,654 --> 00:09:33,258 We've got spy planes flying over Sakhalin all the time. 134 00:09:33,282 --> 00:09:35,242 It's a secret air base. They're paranoid. 135 00:09:35,993 --> 00:09:38,221 I'm sorry. It is beyond inconceivable 136 00:09:38,245 --> 00:09:41,599 that any pilot could mistake an American reconnaissance plane 137 00:09:41,623 --> 00:09:43,685 with a Korean passenger jumbo jet. 138 00:09:43,709 --> 00:09:45,103 I don't buy that for a second. 139 00:09:45,127 --> 00:09:49,173 It's more likely they suspected KAL 7 was being used as a spy plane. 140 00:09:51,675 --> 00:09:52,676 Was it? 141 00:09:56,680 --> 00:09:58,015 Don't be ridiculous. 142 00:09:58,891 --> 00:10:03,204 Why would the United States use another nation's passenger plane to spy? 143 00:10:03,228 --> 00:10:04,914 We are wasting time here. 144 00:10:04,938 --> 00:10:08,877 All that matters is I haven't been able to reach Poole and Morrison in Star City. 145 00:10:08,901 --> 00:10:11,838 I have tried every line. It's radio silence. 146 00:10:11,862 --> 00:10:15,925 The FBI shut down access to all Soviet officials in the US, 147 00:10:15,949 --> 00:10:18,386 including the Apollo-Soyuz engineers, 148 00:10:18,410 --> 00:10:20,180 so they're probably responding to that. 149 00:10:20,204 --> 00:10:23,308 They are holding our people hostage. That's not okay. 150 00:10:23,332 --> 00:10:24,416 She's right. 151 00:10:27,169 --> 00:10:28,563 Ellen. 152 00:10:28,587 --> 00:10:30,565 I've spoken with Jim Baker at the White House. 153 00:10:30,589 --> 00:10:33,443 Until the president appoints a permanent replacement, 154 00:10:33,467 --> 00:10:36,970 I'll be fulfilling Tom's duties as acting administrator. 155 00:10:41,391 --> 00:10:44,787 Now, reestablishing communication with our astronauts 156 00:10:44,811 --> 00:10:46,980 is our top priority at this point. 157 00:10:47,731 --> 00:10:49,375 Maybe I should get in touch with Sergei Nikulov, 158 00:10:49,399 --> 00:10:52,378 see if he could help us get in touch with our people, and... 159 00:10:52,402 --> 00:10:54,088 We just got attacked by the Soviets. 160 00:10:54,112 --> 00:10:55,798 You're gonna reach out to 'em and ask for help? 161 00:10:55,822 --> 00:10:58,301 Sergei will listen to reason. 162 00:10:58,325 --> 00:11:01,537 They have shown time and again that they can't be trusted. 163 00:11:02,412 --> 00:11:04,289 This should all run through the NSC. 164 00:11:05,290 --> 00:11:08,353 Well, I think we need to pursue all available options 165 00:11:08,377 --> 00:11:10,379 before this turns into an even bigger incident. 166 00:11:12,548 --> 00:11:15,759 Go talk to him. Hopefully he knows of a way to reach Star City. 167 00:11:18,762 --> 00:11:20,055 Thank you. 168 00:11:21,056 --> 00:11:22,057 Your call. 169 00:11:39,032 --> 00:11:40,117 Damn it! 170 00:11:47,791 --> 00:11:49,209 Let me out! 171 00:12:14,067 --> 00:12:15,128 What can I do for you? 172 00:12:15,152 --> 00:12:17,589 I'm Margo Madison. I need to see Sergei Nikulov. 173 00:12:17,613 --> 00:12:20,341 No one goes in, no one goes out. Those are my orders. 174 00:12:20,365 --> 00:12:23,076 I'm the director, Johnson Space Center. 175 00:12:23,994 --> 00:12:26,246 I'm sure you are, honey, but you're not getting in. 176 00:12:27,748 --> 00:12:30,101 - What's your name? - Sergeant John Perkins. 177 00:12:30,125 --> 00:12:34,230 Okay, Sergeant John Perkins, I know you have a job to do, but so do I. 178 00:12:34,254 --> 00:12:37,484 I'm gonna give you 15 seconds to get in touch with your superior officer, 179 00:12:37,508 --> 00:12:39,986 12 seconds to explain the situation to him, 180 00:12:40,010 --> 00:12:42,822 45 seconds for him to reach General Nelson Bradford 181 00:12:42,846 --> 00:12:44,824 and confirm I am who I say I am. 182 00:12:44,848 --> 00:12:47,243 Another 15 seconds for your boss to get back to you 183 00:12:47,267 --> 00:12:48,828 and ten for you to open this door. 184 00:12:48,852 --> 00:12:50,622 That puts you 97 seconds away 185 00:12:50,646 --> 00:12:52,749 from either a cold beer at the end of your shift 186 00:12:52,773 --> 00:12:57,319 or an open-ended transfer to Thule, Greenland. 187 00:13:00,531 --> 00:13:01,990 Your time starts now. 188 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:04,701 Honey. 189 00:13:08,205 --> 00:13:09,331 I brought borscht. 190 00:13:09,998 --> 00:13:10,999 Come in. 191 00:13:23,762 --> 00:13:25,573 Did you try the embassy? 192 00:13:25,597 --> 00:13:27,099 Radio silence. 193 00:13:31,812 --> 00:13:34,481 I don't think anything will happen to your astronauts. 194 00:13:37,734 --> 00:13:40,195 Somehow that's not making me feel any better. 195 00:13:43,365 --> 00:13:48,871 I know it's a lot to ask, considering the situation, 196 00:13:49,997 --> 00:13:52,600 but do you have a way to get in touch with Star City? 197 00:13:52,624 --> 00:13:54,018 A secret line, or, 198 00:13:54,042 --> 00:13:57,856 I don't know, something that might put us closer to making contact with our people? 199 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:00,257 What can I do? I'm trapped here with no phone. 200 00:14:02,134 --> 00:14:03,594 See? Dead? 201 00:14:04,553 --> 00:14:06,156 What if I could arrange a call? 202 00:14:06,180 --> 00:14:09,308 Astronauts Poole and Morrison, they're not a part of all this. 203 00:14:09,892 --> 00:14:12,078 Nor am I. And yet here I am. 204 00:14:12,102 --> 00:14:14,789 Also being held against my will, unable to call home. 205 00:14:14,813 --> 00:14:16,773 Thomas Paine was killed, Sergei. 206 00:14:17,482 --> 00:14:19,794 Along with 268 others. 207 00:14:19,818 --> 00:14:22,029 That's why we're here. 208 00:14:29,411 --> 00:14:31,038 I'm sorry about your colleague. 209 00:14:34,374 --> 00:14:36,126 Tom was a good man. 210 00:14:37,044 --> 00:14:38,646 Frustrating at times, 211 00:14:38,670 --> 00:14:40,607 I didn't always agree with his methods, 212 00:14:40,631 --> 00:14:46,345 but he gave everything to his job, and I respected the hell out of him. 213 00:14:52,392 --> 00:14:55,538 In my religion, when someone dies, 214 00:14:55,562 --> 00:14:59,250 it is custom to make the first meal you eat after the funeral 215 00:14:59,274 --> 00:15:03,654 a bowl of how you might call memorial borscht. 216 00:15:07,074 --> 00:15:11,745 It is believed that the steam will carry the soul of the departed 217 00:15:14,081 --> 00:15:15,082 to heaven. 218 00:15:19,086 --> 00:15:20,170 Maybe it's true. 219 00:15:30,973 --> 00:15:32,242 When you get me the telephone, 220 00:15:32,266 --> 00:15:35,018 I will call Moscow and tell them that I'm not being tortured. 221 00:15:37,521 --> 00:15:39,731 Other than weak borscht. 222 00:15:44,152 --> 00:15:47,048 You know, maybe they will get in touch with your astronauts, 223 00:15:47,072 --> 00:15:48,407 but I cannot promise. 224 00:15:51,368 --> 00:15:52,661 Thank you, Sergei. 225 00:15:58,333 --> 00:16:00,687 It was another day of dramatic developments 226 00:16:00,711 --> 00:16:03,231 in the case of the plane shot from the sky. 227 00:16:03,255 --> 00:16:06,442 The shooting down of Korean Air Lines flight 007. 228 00:16:06,466 --> 00:16:08,862 The Soviets admitted for the first time 229 00:16:08,886 --> 00:16:13,783 one of their fighters shot down the jumbo jet and the 269 people on board. 230 00:16:13,807 --> 00:16:18,145 But the Russians insisted they didn't know that it was a civilian airliner. 231 00:16:18,729 --> 00:16:22,065 The United States reacts with revulsion to this attack. 232 00:16:23,066 --> 00:16:25,527 Loss of life appears to be heavy. 233 00:16:26,278 --> 00:16:31,301 We can see no excuse whatsoever for this appalling act. 234 00:16:31,325 --> 00:16:34,220 There is no possible legitimate excuse 235 00:16:34,244 --> 00:16:38,600 that the Soviet government could put forward for this despicable action. 236 00:16:38,624 --> 00:16:41,269 People throughout the free world are continuing to react... 237 00:16:41,293 --> 00:16:44,755 No, I understand, Senator. We're doing everything we can to get through to them. 238 00:16:45,672 --> 00:16:46,715 Yep. 239 00:16:47,424 --> 00:16:50,236 - President Chun Doo Hwan of South Korea... - Thank you. Yep. 240 00:16:50,260 --> 00:16:53,072 Accused the Soviet Union of committing an act of indescribable... 241 00:16:53,096 --> 00:16:54,741 Can you put a little sugar in there? 242 00:16:54,765 --> 00:16:56,600 Ask him about the UN. 243 00:16:57,893 --> 00:17:01,039 Yes. No... Yes, of course we are, Senator. 244 00:17:01,063 --> 00:17:03,625 Has anyone spoken to Ambassador Kirkpatrick? 245 00:17:03,649 --> 00:17:06,276 Hey. Is it a bad time? 246 00:17:09,863 --> 00:17:12,324 Yes. Yes, Senator, I'm still here. 247 00:17:12,866 --> 00:17:15,285 - It's nice to see you, Pam. - You too, Larry. 248 00:17:17,371 --> 00:17:18,430 How's she holding up? 249 00:17:18,454 --> 00:17:21,517 She's a machine. The phone hasn't stopped ringing all day. 250 00:17:21,541 --> 00:17:23,143 She keeps going and going. 251 00:17:23,167 --> 00:17:25,438 Hey, is Tower on the Ways and Means? 252 00:17:25,462 --> 00:17:26,839 Appropriations. 253 00:17:28,214 --> 00:17:31,110 Yes. And, Senator, in the wake of this crisis, 254 00:17:31,134 --> 00:17:34,072 NASA is going to need some additional funding for security. 255 00:17:34,096 --> 00:17:35,597 Can I count on your support? 256 00:17:38,183 --> 00:17:40,787 - That's excellent news. - Ask for ten. 257 00:17:40,811 --> 00:17:43,313 Is ten too much to expect? 258 00:17:44,106 --> 00:17:45,941 Wonderful, Senator. Thank you. 259 00:17:46,942 --> 00:17:49,278 We can talk more about that, of course. 260 00:17:51,363 --> 00:17:54,425 No, understood. We'll have to let him know first thing in the morning. 261 00:17:54,449 --> 00:17:56,159 I'll call Guam and relay the message. 262 00:18:01,123 --> 00:18:03,458 Yeah. Try to get some sleep, Clark. 263 00:18:04,918 --> 00:18:07,588 I know. We'll get through this. 264 00:18:09,256 --> 00:18:12,134 Okay. Yeah. Bye. 265 00:18:15,220 --> 00:18:16,990 Sorry. 266 00:18:17,014 --> 00:18:19,892 I don't think I've spent this much time on the phone in my entire life. 267 00:18:20,642 --> 00:18:22,352 Don't apologize for doing your job. 268 00:18:23,020 --> 00:18:25,832 Pretty fucking amazing at it. 269 00:18:25,856 --> 00:18:28,543 Is it obvious that I have no idea what I'm doing? 270 00:18:28,567 --> 00:18:32,821 Stop it. You're brilliant. You know that. 271 00:18:38,368 --> 00:18:40,287 Come on. Okay? 272 00:18:45,459 --> 00:18:47,503 That feels really good. 273 00:19:02,351 --> 00:19:03,644 Hi. 274 00:19:08,565 --> 00:19:09,876 How are you? 275 00:19:09,900 --> 00:19:11,026 I'm fine. 276 00:19:13,695 --> 00:19:16,031 I am. I mean, I'm 277 00:19:19,243 --> 00:19:20,410 exhausted. 278 00:19:22,204 --> 00:19:23,539 And overwhelmed. 279 00:19:24,748 --> 00:19:26,500 And, I don't know, I just 280 00:19:27,835 --> 00:19:31,463 keep playing it over and over in my head. 281 00:19:33,590 --> 00:19:36,903 What if my dad didn't have a heart attack? I would have been on that plane. 282 00:19:36,927 --> 00:19:40,264 I would have been sitting right next to Tom. The two of us. 283 00:19:41,223 --> 00:19:43,201 He would have been the last person I ever saw. 284 00:19:43,225 --> 00:19:44,476 Stop thinking that. 285 00:19:45,853 --> 00:19:47,437 It didn't happen, okay? 286 00:19:48,647 --> 00:19:51,247 If you were meant to be on that plane, you would have been on it. 287 00:19:52,234 --> 00:19:54,128 What... Tom was meant to be on that plane? 288 00:19:54,152 --> 00:19:55,445 No. I... 289 00:19:56,071 --> 00:19:58,073 Right, Tom was meant to die. 290 00:20:00,075 --> 00:20:01,201 I'm saying 291 00:20:03,120 --> 00:20:07,583 sometimes we don't... understand the way the universe works. 292 00:20:14,047 --> 00:20:15,549 He was such a good man. 293 00:20:19,052 --> 00:20:20,429 So misunderstood. 294 00:20:21,513 --> 00:20:23,223 And now he's just 295 00:20:24,474 --> 00:20:27,728 floating somewhere in the Sea of Japan. 296 00:20:29,563 --> 00:20:32,792 All of those people, they're just floating somewhere in the Sea of Japan. 297 00:20:32,816 --> 00:20:33,817 Stop it. 298 00:20:35,819 --> 00:20:36,820 Hey. 299 00:20:38,906 --> 00:20:43,577 You're here. Alive. With me. 300 00:20:46,455 --> 00:20:48,373 And I'm so damn grateful that you are. 301 00:20:51,793 --> 00:20:52,920 Come here. 302 00:21:05,307 --> 00:21:07,684 - I'm sorry. - No. It's fine. 303 00:21:11,730 --> 00:21:13,124 This is Ellen Wilson. 304 00:21:13,148 --> 00:21:16,443 This is the White House operator. Please hold for the president. 305 00:21:18,987 --> 00:21:20,048 What? 306 00:21:20,072 --> 00:21:22,258 Hello? Ellen? 307 00:21:22,282 --> 00:21:23,992 Hello, Mr. President. 308 00:21:24,785 --> 00:21:25,827 What? 309 00:21:26,453 --> 00:21:28,139 It's an honor to speak with you. 310 00:21:28,163 --> 00:21:31,976 Well, I'm sorry it's under these circumstances. 311 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,061 So am I. 312 00:21:33,085 --> 00:21:35,355 Tom was a great American. 313 00:21:35,379 --> 00:21:37,357 I considered him a friend. 314 00:21:37,381 --> 00:21:40,902 And I'll miss him very much, as I'm sure you will too. 315 00:21:40,926 --> 00:21:42,320 I will. 316 00:21:42,344 --> 00:21:46,908 And I have every confidence you'll do a wonderful job for me, Ellen. 317 00:21:46,932 --> 00:21:50,203 Tom was a big fan of yours. 318 00:21:50,227 --> 00:21:51,913 I'll try not to let you down. 319 00:21:51,937 --> 00:21:53,564 Are you a Christian, Ellen? 320 00:21:57,067 --> 00:22:00,839 Yes. Yes, I am, sir. 321 00:22:00,863 --> 00:22:04,634 Prayer sustains me in times of crisis. 322 00:22:04,658 --> 00:22:06,785 I hope it does the same for you. 323 00:22:08,078 --> 00:22:10,181 Yes, sir. It does. 324 00:22:10,205 --> 00:22:11,766 I'm glad. 325 00:22:11,790 --> 00:22:15,478 'Cause I'll need everyone on my team clear-eyed for what's ahead. 326 00:22:15,502 --> 00:22:20,441 We have to show strength in the shadow of catastrophe, or all is lost. 327 00:22:20,465 --> 00:22:21,592 I understand. 328 00:22:22,676 --> 00:22:24,428 Thank you, Ellen. 329 00:22:25,929 --> 00:22:27,407 Thank you, Mr. President. 330 00:22:27,431 --> 00:22:29,016 Good night. 331 00:22:38,525 --> 00:22:40,837 - Got a minute? - You know I don't. 332 00:22:40,861 --> 00:22:43,256 Were you able to get Nikulov to help out with our situation? 333 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,885 He said he'd do his best, but we still haven't heard from Poole and Morrison. 334 00:22:46,909 --> 00:22:48,219 I expected as much. 335 00:22:48,243 --> 00:22:51,097 I still had to try, Nelson. 336 00:22:51,121 --> 00:22:53,808 Well, maybe this will help you see what they're really about. 337 00:22:53,832 --> 00:22:56,269 The Pentagon just received these reconnaissance photographs. 338 00:22:56,293 --> 00:22:59,856 It appears that the Soviets have put their Buran shuttle on the launchpad. 339 00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:02,150 I didn't think it was that close to launch-ready. 340 00:23:02,174 --> 00:23:03,818 Neither did we. 341 00:23:03,842 --> 00:23:06,553 - This doesn't look like Baikonur. - That's because it isn't. 342 00:23:07,221 --> 00:23:10,617 It's Sakhalin Island. They have a secret military facility there. 343 00:23:10,641 --> 00:23:15,788 The same secret military facility that KAL was flying over when it was shot down? 344 00:23:15,812 --> 00:23:17,940 - These weren't taken by... - Of course not. 345 00:23:18,607 --> 00:23:21,127 These photos were taken by an SR-71 Blackbird. 346 00:23:21,151 --> 00:23:22,712 The KAL was a commercial airliner. 347 00:23:22,736 --> 00:23:24,422 You're telling me KAL was flying over 348 00:23:24,446 --> 00:23:26,382 the same island Buran is being launched from, 349 00:23:26,406 --> 00:23:28,176 and these two events are not connected? 350 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:29,701 That's not why I'm here. 351 00:23:31,745 --> 00:23:37,227 I need you to take a look at these and tell us if the Buran can be armed. 352 00:23:37,251 --> 00:23:41,773 After KAL and after what's going on in Panama, we're 353 00:23:41,797 --> 00:23:45,300 concerned that they might be trying to introduce a new weapon. 354 00:23:53,183 --> 00:23:54,810 Where did you get these? 355 00:24:00,190 --> 00:24:01,817 It's confidential, I know. 356 00:24:04,444 --> 00:24:06,530 This is so bizarre. 357 00:24:07,155 --> 00:24:09,634 It's like I'm looking at plans for our shuttle. 358 00:24:09,658 --> 00:24:11,678 The orbiters are exactly alike. 359 00:24:11,702 --> 00:24:14,722 That's what happens when the KGB steals the plans for our shuttle 360 00:24:14,746 --> 00:24:15,932 right out from under us. 361 00:24:15,956 --> 00:24:18,977 It's the same, down to the payload bay. 362 00:24:19,001 --> 00:24:21,670 So it can certainly be armed, just like ours can. 363 00:24:23,213 --> 00:24:24,798 Hang on. Look at this. 364 00:24:25,549 --> 00:24:26,693 What? 365 00:24:26,717 --> 00:24:28,403 The solid rocket boosters. 366 00:24:28,427 --> 00:24:32,973 They're an exact replica of ours... but from two years ago. 367 00:24:34,433 --> 00:24:35,577 Okay? 368 00:24:35,601 --> 00:24:38,163 That's where we found the O-ring problem on Challenger. 369 00:24:38,187 --> 00:24:40,540 And Sakhalin gets a whole lot colder than Florida. 370 00:24:40,564 --> 00:24:42,834 So if they copied our boosters to that extent, 371 00:24:42,858 --> 00:24:45,611 it's just a matter of time until this thing blows up. 372 00:24:49,281 --> 00:24:50,741 We've gotta warn them. 373 00:24:51,700 --> 00:24:54,137 Margo, they've got smart people over there. 374 00:24:54,161 --> 00:24:56,598 We caught the O-ring. I'm sure they caught the problem. 375 00:24:56,622 --> 00:24:58,558 You don't know that. Not for sure. 376 00:24:58,582 --> 00:24:59,893 You're right, I don't. 377 00:24:59,917 --> 00:25:03,837 But I do know that this thing has the potential to be armed for use against us. 378 00:25:06,131 --> 00:25:08,651 Now, they can drop munitions on any point on Earth 379 00:25:08,675 --> 00:25:09,986 with no warning. 380 00:25:10,010 --> 00:25:13,323 And don't tell me they don't have that potential. Not after KAL. 381 00:25:13,347 --> 00:25:14,598 Yes, I understand. 382 00:25:16,016 --> 00:25:20,830 But if they decide to use Buran as a weapon at some point in the future, 383 00:25:20,854 --> 00:25:22,290 that's their choice. 384 00:25:22,314 --> 00:25:25,025 We have a choice right now to save human lives. 385 00:25:25,984 --> 00:25:30,507 Dozens of civilians, engineers, scientists, they could be killed. 386 00:25:30,531 --> 00:25:32,258 We have the power to prevent that. 387 00:25:32,282 --> 00:25:35,452 I'm not gonna take that risk. I'm sorry. 388 00:25:36,787 --> 00:25:39,248 The answer's no. And this remains classified. 389 00:25:48,048 --> 00:25:51,653 Russian officials have denied that his country intentionally shot down 390 00:25:51,677 --> 00:25:54,322 a Korean Air Lines 747. 391 00:25:54,346 --> 00:25:55,782 The United States government, 392 00:25:55,806 --> 00:25:58,952 in cooperation with the government of Japan, 393 00:25:58,976 --> 00:26:03,814 has decided to spread the evidence before this council and the world. 394 00:26:04,439 --> 00:26:08,068 It is available on the videotape, which will be played. 395 00:26:09,820 --> 00:26:10,863 Roger. 396 00:26:12,489 --> 00:26:14,783 I'm closing in on the target. I'm in lock-on. 397 00:26:17,494 --> 00:26:19,371 I've executed the launch. 398 00:26:23,625 --> 00:26:24,936 The target is destroyed. 399 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,230 At approximately 1600 hours, 400 00:26:27,254 --> 00:26:32,652 the Soviet pilot reported that he fired a missile, and the target was destroyed. 401 00:26:32,676 --> 00:26:34,487 Japanese radar operators 402 00:26:34,511 --> 00:26:36,906 had tracked the progress of the Korean plane... 403 00:26:36,930 --> 00:26:39,474 Chardonnay and two Shirley Temples for table three. 404 00:26:40,559 --> 00:26:43,788 - Looks like you got a leak. - Yeah. Damn it. 405 00:26:43,812 --> 00:26:47,876 And the toilet in the men's bathroom is clogged again, so... 406 00:26:47,900 --> 00:26:49,193 Want me to take a look at it? 407 00:26:49,943 --> 00:26:52,088 Would you please? That'd be great. 408 00:26:52,112 --> 00:26:55,550 I should have just replaced the whole system when I remodeled, 409 00:26:55,574 --> 00:26:57,576 but I was trying to save a buck, so... 410 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:01,764 - Howdy, Miss Karen. - Hi, Sam. 411 00:27:01,788 --> 00:27:04,184 Hey, boys, why don't you find a seat right there. 412 00:27:04,208 --> 00:27:07,127 He sure has been coming in a lot since your mom's been gone. 413 00:27:07,711 --> 00:27:08,921 Maybe he misses her. 414 00:27:09,505 --> 00:27:11,900 Probably more like a good way to remind potential investors 415 00:27:11,924 --> 00:27:13,318 that he's married to an astronaut. 416 00:27:13,342 --> 00:27:14,676 Or that. 417 00:27:15,677 --> 00:27:17,155 I need three Scotch and sodas. 418 00:27:17,179 --> 00:27:18,990 But one, only do a splash of Scotch in, 419 00:27:19,014 --> 00:27:21,493 'cause Sam only likes to look like he's pounding them back. 420 00:27:21,517 --> 00:27:22,785 No problem. 421 00:27:22,809 --> 00:27:24,037 Thank you. 422 00:27:24,061 --> 00:27:26,164 I hope this kid's not giving you too much grief. 423 00:27:26,188 --> 00:27:28,708 Of course not. He's doing a great job. 424 00:27:28,732 --> 00:27:31,085 Well, I'm sure. He is a good kid. 425 00:27:31,109 --> 00:27:33,987 Yeah, he is. How's Trace? 426 00:27:34,530 --> 00:27:36,424 I haven't spoken to her in a couple days. 427 00:27:36,448 --> 00:27:38,575 Apparently, the moon is a very busy place. 428 00:27:39,576 --> 00:27:41,078 Yeah, tell me about it. 429 00:27:41,662 --> 00:27:43,830 - How's business? - We've had the best month yet. 430 00:27:44,581 --> 00:27:47,227 Putting those trinkets in that case, now that was a great idea. 431 00:27:47,251 --> 00:27:48,812 Yeah, believe it or not, 432 00:27:48,836 --> 00:27:52,357 those things earn almost as much profit as anything else in here. 433 00:27:52,381 --> 00:27:53,715 Well, I believe it. 434 00:27:55,300 --> 00:27:58,696 - So, you ready to sell me this place yet? - The answer's still no. 435 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,180 That's too bad. 436 00:28:00,764 --> 00:28:03,525 'Cause with just a little push, this place is about ready to explode. 437 00:28:04,351 --> 00:28:06,270 Could franchise it. Go national. 438 00:28:07,437 --> 00:28:09,815 Well. Maybe next time. 439 00:28:12,109 --> 00:28:13,402 Or maybe today. 440 00:28:16,864 --> 00:28:17,924 What's that? 441 00:28:17,948 --> 00:28:20,284 I said maybe I'm ready to sell you the bar today. 442 00:28:24,788 --> 00:28:26,123 Are you serious? 443 00:28:27,124 --> 00:28:28,917 Well, depends on what you're offering. 444 00:28:31,003 --> 00:28:32,421 250. 445 00:28:34,214 --> 00:28:35,215 No. 446 00:28:36,842 --> 00:28:37,885 300 then. 447 00:28:41,889 --> 00:28:43,140 450. 448 00:28:45,475 --> 00:28:48,645 350. This is the Outpost, not the Ritz. 449 00:28:49,229 --> 00:28:50,373 400. 450 00:28:50,397 --> 00:28:53,209 With the trinkets in the case, it's worth at least that much. 451 00:28:53,233 --> 00:28:55,128 Plus, it's only gonna appreciate over time. 452 00:28:55,152 --> 00:28:56,796 375. 453 00:28:56,820 --> 00:28:59,072 - 390. - Sold. 454 00:29:00,282 --> 00:29:01,325 What? 455 00:29:02,618 --> 00:29:03,928 I'm sorry. 456 00:29:03,952 --> 00:29:08,266 Did I just sell you the Outpost for $390,000? 457 00:29:08,290 --> 00:29:09,917 Not until you shake my hand, you didn't. 458 00:29:12,044 --> 00:29:13,313 That's all it takes? 459 00:29:13,337 --> 00:29:15,130 This is Texas, darling. 460 00:29:15,714 --> 00:29:17,466 A handshake means more than a notary. 461 00:29:22,804 --> 00:29:23,805 All right. 462 00:29:24,932 --> 00:29:26,683 We'll get that paperwork signed next week. 463 00:29:29,061 --> 00:29:30,062 Okay. 464 00:30:13,897 --> 00:30:14,898 May I come in? 465 00:30:15,899 --> 00:30:16,900 Who are you? 466 00:30:18,610 --> 00:30:22,114 I am engineer. Come. Sit down. 467 00:30:25,158 --> 00:30:28,328 I've been locked up in this room for almost 48 hours with no explanation. 468 00:30:29,329 --> 00:30:30,390 Sit down. 469 00:30:30,414 --> 00:30:31,724 I need to talk to my people. 470 00:30:31,748 --> 00:30:35,794 Sit down. Let's have a drink. Slice of meat. 471 00:30:36,378 --> 00:30:39,089 I don't wanna sit down. I wanna get the hell out of here. 472 00:30:39,923 --> 00:30:41,008 Do you like vodka? 473 00:30:42,009 --> 00:30:43,385 Do I have a choice? 474 00:30:44,136 --> 00:30:45,137 No. 475 00:30:53,645 --> 00:30:56,064 I have never met American astronaut. 476 00:30:57,608 --> 00:31:00,152 Tell me, how did you get in program? 477 00:31:01,069 --> 00:31:02,279 Are you parachutist? 478 00:31:02,863 --> 00:31:05,115 No. I'm a pilot. 479 00:31:06,325 --> 00:31:08,785 An engineer. Like you. 480 00:31:11,038 --> 00:31:14,958 And did you always want to go to space ever since you were a little girl? 481 00:31:15,584 --> 00:31:18,295 When I was a little girl, women weren't allowed to go to space. 482 00:31:20,589 --> 00:31:22,007 When I was little boy 483 00:31:23,842 --> 00:31:26,613 no rockets had ever left to space. 484 00:31:26,637 --> 00:31:29,824 Still... I dreamed of reaching stars. 485 00:31:29,848 --> 00:31:32,100 Well, here we are. 486 00:31:35,270 --> 00:31:36,271 Hey. 487 00:31:36,980 --> 00:31:39,274 Are you gonna tell me why I'm held prisoner here? 488 00:31:40,526 --> 00:31:41,711 This is not a prison. 489 00:31:41,735 --> 00:31:43,237 Sure as hell feels like one. 490 00:31:48,450 --> 00:31:50,452 You have never been to Soviet prison. 491 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:54,289 Being in gulag 492 00:31:55,332 --> 00:31:57,292 is like worst dream. 493 00:31:58,669 --> 00:32:02,548 Torture. Starvation. Cold. 494 00:32:04,174 --> 00:32:05,259 So cold. 495 00:32:06,969 --> 00:32:08,345 Men frozen to death. 496 00:32:09,930 --> 00:32:14,393 Forced to betray their comrades in order to survive. 497 00:32:16,353 --> 00:32:17,479 Every day 498 00:32:19,022 --> 00:32:22,484 you wonder, will you be next, lined up against wall? 499 00:32:35,622 --> 00:32:37,082 To fallen comrades. 500 00:32:38,876 --> 00:32:40,252 You know our customs. 501 00:32:41,170 --> 00:32:42,379 I had a good teacher. 502 00:32:45,883 --> 00:32:47,259 Do you know these people? 503 00:32:49,761 --> 00:32:51,281 What people? 504 00:32:51,305 --> 00:32:52,556 The names on the door. 505 00:32:58,103 --> 00:32:59,521 I didn't realize those were names. 506 00:33:02,816 --> 00:33:03,984 Yuri Gagarin. 507 00:33:05,027 --> 00:33:08,864 Valentina Tereshkova. Aleksei Leonov. 508 00:33:09,364 --> 00:33:11,366 Anastasia Belikova. 509 00:33:13,785 --> 00:33:15,996 Yuri Gagarin slept in this room? 510 00:33:17,873 --> 00:33:20,542 We leave them there as symbols to remember. 511 00:33:24,546 --> 00:33:28,467 Soviet flag on the moon. This is symbol too. 512 00:33:30,010 --> 00:33:31,696 I remember in planning, 513 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:35,867 we had calculation, how close should flag be to lander. 514 00:33:35,891 --> 00:33:39,645 If only a meter too close, when lander takes off, it will... 515 00:33:42,105 --> 00:33:47,277 Fourteen years later, Soviet flag still stands on the moon. 516 00:33:48,195 --> 00:33:52,032 I know grown man who weep in Soviet Union at that. 517 00:33:52,950 --> 00:33:54,952 Powerful symbol. 518 00:33:57,496 --> 00:34:00,707 When I first heard about Soyuz-Apollo. 519 00:34:02,334 --> 00:34:03,460 I thought. 520 00:34:05,838 --> 00:34:07,440 Ronald Reagan, 521 00:34:07,464 --> 00:34:09,174 he is clever man. 522 00:34:10,467 --> 00:34:15,097 Symbol of astronaut and cosmonaut together in space. 523 00:34:18,684 --> 00:34:21,663 Of course, I knew we had no choice but to agree, 524 00:34:21,687 --> 00:34:25,232 because we would look cynical if we did not. 525 00:34:27,818 --> 00:34:29,069 But also 526 00:34:30,279 --> 00:34:31,737 because maybe 527 00:34:33,407 --> 00:34:37,286 maybe... it could change the world. 528 00:34:39,329 --> 00:34:41,956 It can't be anything if I don't ever leave this room. 529 00:34:55,387 --> 00:34:59,349 When you finally go out this door 530 00:35:03,020 --> 00:35:04,563 do it with your head up. 531 00:35:33,550 --> 00:35:34,885 Hello? 532 00:35:35,844 --> 00:35:38,031 Molly. Thank God. 533 00:35:38,055 --> 00:35:40,057 Yeah, yeah, it's me. It's me. 534 00:35:40,766 --> 00:35:45,187 No, no, no. I'm okay, I'm okay. Yeah. I'm alone. 535 00:35:46,104 --> 00:35:47,314 What the hell is going on? 536 00:36:00,077 --> 00:36:02,204 Try a little negative pressure. 537 00:36:15,175 --> 00:36:16,176 Nice trick. 538 00:36:17,761 --> 00:36:19,555 You want something to wash that down? 539 00:36:20,889 --> 00:36:22,391 We got some good news. 540 00:36:22,891 --> 00:36:26,186 Finally reached our astronauts in Star City. They're okay. 541 00:36:26,979 --> 00:36:28,188 That's great. 542 00:36:28,772 --> 00:36:29,773 Come on. 543 00:36:31,608 --> 00:36:32,985 Before I change my mind. 544 00:36:46,290 --> 00:36:47,541 It's brandy. 545 00:36:49,877 --> 00:36:50,878 I know. 546 00:36:52,379 --> 00:36:53,505 You do? 547 00:36:54,381 --> 00:36:57,968 I mean, I've never had it before, but... 548 00:37:04,308 --> 00:37:06,727 Asbach Uralt. Prewar. 549 00:37:07,644 --> 00:37:08,645 The best. 550 00:37:09,438 --> 00:37:10,647 It's strong. 551 00:37:16,778 --> 00:37:20,824 I don't think I've ever seen you this... happy. 552 00:37:22,659 --> 00:37:25,537 Yeah, I am. Sometimes 553 00:37:28,582 --> 00:37:30,185 people can surprise you. 554 00:37:30,209 --> 00:37:31,835 Restore your faith in humanity. 555 00:37:32,419 --> 00:37:34,546 Tell that to Bill Strausser. 556 00:37:35,631 --> 00:37:36,882 What's going on? 557 00:37:38,759 --> 00:37:40,403 He's the biggest jerk of all time. 558 00:37:40,427 --> 00:37:41,929 He's harmless. 559 00:37:43,305 --> 00:37:46,892 A lot of these guys are lacking in social skills. 560 00:37:48,268 --> 00:37:51,331 Good at the work, bad with the people. 561 00:37:51,355 --> 00:37:52,481 Why is he like that? 562 00:37:53,106 --> 00:37:54,107 Bill's 563 00:37:57,861 --> 00:37:59,071 complicated. 564 00:37:59,821 --> 00:38:03,367 He can definitely be condescending at times and stuck in his ways, but 565 00:38:04,117 --> 00:38:06,411 he's a very good engineer. 566 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,790 And committed to his work like no one else. 567 00:38:11,291 --> 00:38:14,461 Too committed sometimes. 568 00:38:15,712 --> 00:38:18,006 - What's that mean? - No, nothing. 569 00:38:18,590 --> 00:38:19,925 There was just an 570 00:38:21,468 --> 00:38:23,196 an incident a long time ago. 571 00:38:23,220 --> 00:38:25,365 Probably shouldn't have mentioned it. 572 00:38:25,389 --> 00:38:28,600 Come on. Now you have to tell me. 573 00:38:33,564 --> 00:38:36,835 There was a night when he'd been at his console for 23 hours, 574 00:38:36,859 --> 00:38:39,629 and he refused to leave it. Refused. 575 00:38:39,653 --> 00:38:43,198 I guess he got caught up in all the excitement, and he... 576 00:38:46,201 --> 00:38:48,137 He peed his pants. 577 00:38:48,161 --> 00:38:50,539 All over himself. Everything. 578 00:38:51,123 --> 00:38:53,000 Just... wet. 579 00:38:53,792 --> 00:38:55,335 Wet. 580 00:38:56,295 --> 00:39:00,567 After that, people started calling him Mr. Peanut. 581 00:39:00,591 --> 00:39:02,569 Why Peanut? 582 00:39:02,593 --> 00:39:03,903 I have no idea, 583 00:39:03,927 --> 00:39:06,364 but that was his nickname from that day on, 584 00:39:06,388 --> 00:39:09,766 and it followed him for years. 585 00:39:10,934 --> 00:39:11,935 Years. 586 00:39:12,728 --> 00:39:16,541 People would leave peanuts on his console, peanut butter. 587 00:39:16,565 --> 00:39:20,336 Even a doll with a diaper on it. 588 00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:22,213 Jesus. 589 00:39:22,237 --> 00:39:23,530 I almost feel bad for him. 590 00:39:24,698 --> 00:39:25,758 Almost. 591 00:39:25,782 --> 00:39:28,410 I know. But listen. 592 00:39:29,661 --> 00:39:34,333 If I can find a way to get along with Bill, so can you. 593 00:39:34,917 --> 00:39:37,961 You need to find a way to work this out with him. 594 00:39:38,587 --> 00:39:42,799 He's not gonna be the last difficult person you come across in your career. 595 00:39:43,592 --> 00:39:44,593 Yeah. 596 00:39:45,594 --> 00:39:46,762 You're probably right. 597 00:39:50,224 --> 00:39:53,661 The Soviet Union continues to mobilize their Pacific fleet, 598 00:39:53,685 --> 00:39:56,873 harassing vessels that stray near the theorized crash site 599 00:39:56,897 --> 00:40:02,337 and blocking attempts to search for the remains of flight KAL 007. 600 00:40:02,361 --> 00:40:06,174 The United States responded by dispatching warships from the Seventh Fleet 601 00:40:06,198 --> 00:40:09,135 and has put Air Command on 24-hour alert 602 00:40:09,159 --> 00:40:12,412 as tensions continue to rise in the North Pacific. 603 00:40:17,417 --> 00:40:19,211 You have to push the button. 604 00:40:20,671 --> 00:40:21,880 Let me do it. 605 00:40:22,589 --> 00:40:23,841 Bless you. 606 00:40:29,179 --> 00:40:30,639 I couldn't sleep. 607 00:40:32,140 --> 00:40:33,225 Me neither. 608 00:40:44,236 --> 00:40:45,404 How you holding up? 609 00:40:48,198 --> 00:40:49,283 I don't know. 610 00:40:50,242 --> 00:40:54,288 I don't really know which... which way is up. 611 00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:57,332 Everything's just so 612 00:41:00,627 --> 00:41:01,712 overwhelming. 613 00:41:04,256 --> 00:41:05,507 And I can see what's coming. 614 00:41:06,425 --> 00:41:09,571 Bradford's already pushing for the military to have a stronger hand. 615 00:41:09,595 --> 00:41:12,073 And that's how this slippery slope becomes an avalanche, 616 00:41:12,097 --> 00:41:15,577 and we suddenly look around, and we're a part of the Department of Defense. 617 00:41:15,601 --> 00:41:16,828 It happens all the time. 618 00:41:16,852 --> 00:41:21,916 There's a crisis, and then the military swoops in, and they take control. 619 00:41:21,940 --> 00:41:23,775 It'll be the end of NASA as we know it. 620 00:41:25,569 --> 00:41:28,339 You can kiss Mars goodbye. For a decade, at least. 621 00:41:28,363 --> 00:41:30,466 I can't let that happen. 622 00:41:30,490 --> 00:41:31,491 Well 623 00:41:33,577 --> 00:41:34,995 what are you gonna do about it? 624 00:41:35,621 --> 00:41:36,830 I don't know. 625 00:41:40,250 --> 00:41:44,689 - Can I just point out one thing? - Sure. Please. 626 00:41:44,713 --> 00:41:46,774 You're the fucking administrator of NASA. 627 00:41:46,798 --> 00:41:48,651 Acting administrator. 628 00:41:48,675 --> 00:41:50,427 So start acting like it. 629 00:41:51,553 --> 00:41:53,907 You're not watching from the sidelines anymore. 630 00:41:53,931 --> 00:41:55,950 You're in the game, for Christ's sake. 631 00:41:55,974 --> 00:41:57,952 What exactly do you expect me to do? 632 00:41:57,976 --> 00:42:01,355 You have to prove to them that you've got things under control. 633 00:42:02,189 --> 00:42:03,690 Show them how tough you are. 634 00:42:04,399 --> 00:42:06,026 How far you're willing to go. 635 00:42:06,652 --> 00:42:08,403 Then you'll have their trust. 636 00:42:13,951 --> 00:42:16,328 We all play different roles with different people. 637 00:42:21,166 --> 00:42:22,876 Something Tom once told me. 638 00:42:36,390 --> 00:42:37,933 You know what this is about? 639 00:43:00,664 --> 00:43:03,250 The president has decided to arm Pathfinder. 640 00:43:06,587 --> 00:43:08,088 - Wow. - Just like that? 641 00:43:09,798 --> 00:43:11,693 We're putting missiles on a shuttle? 642 00:43:11,717 --> 00:43:13,844 Well, at this point he really has no choice. 643 00:43:14,970 --> 00:43:17,949 The Soviets are being very provocative. It's a defensive measure. 644 00:43:17,973 --> 00:43:19,183 Until it's not. 645 00:43:19,975 --> 00:43:23,746 We're also moving up the retaking of lunar claim site 357 Bravo. 646 00:43:23,770 --> 00:43:25,981 It will happen within 48 hours. 647 00:43:27,649 --> 00:43:30,295 But... What? It's still daylight up there. 648 00:43:30,319 --> 00:43:33,339 The whole idea was to use the cover of lunar night 649 00:43:33,363 --> 00:43:35,216 to maintain the element of surprise. 650 00:43:35,240 --> 00:43:37,600 Not to mention, these guys haven't finished their training. 651 00:43:38,118 --> 00:43:41,222 The president has been fully briefed on where we're at with the mission 652 00:43:41,246 --> 00:43:43,558 and is comfortable moving forward. 653 00:43:43,582 --> 00:43:46,060 Ellen, can't you talk to him? Get him to listen to reason? 654 00:43:46,084 --> 00:43:49,880 - He needs to understand, this is... - These were my recommendations, Margo. 655 00:44:16,740 --> 00:44:18,635 Hello, Sergei. 656 00:44:18,659 --> 00:44:19,660 Margo. 657 00:44:21,745 --> 00:44:24,140 I'm going back to Soviet Union 658 00:44:24,164 --> 00:44:28,269 while it is decided whether Soyuz-Apollo still is to continue. 659 00:44:28,293 --> 00:44:29,711 I've heard. 660 00:44:30,295 --> 00:44:33,549 I just wanted to say thank you for your help. 661 00:44:35,092 --> 00:44:37,821 You're welcome. I'm glad to do it. 662 00:44:37,845 --> 00:44:39,096 And 663 00:44:41,390 --> 00:44:45,036 as soon as all this gets resolved, which I'm sure it will, 664 00:44:45,060 --> 00:44:48,313 I hope to see you again and continue planning this mission together. 665 00:44:49,106 --> 00:44:51,859 Yes. I as well hope this. 666 00:44:59,199 --> 00:45:04,121 It might be a good thing to take a step back actually. 667 00:45:04,830 --> 00:45:06,599 Look at things with fresh eyes. 668 00:45:06,623 --> 00:45:10,586 See if we're missing anything with these docking module specs. 669 00:45:12,087 --> 00:45:13,964 Missing anything? What do you mean? 670 00:45:14,548 --> 00:45:18,427 I just keep wondering if we've overlooked something. 671 00:45:19,344 --> 00:45:21,114 For instance, about a year ago, 672 00:45:21,138 --> 00:45:25,100 we discovered a defective component in our shuttle design. 673 00:45:26,977 --> 00:45:30,105 A flaw with the O-ring seals in the boosters. 674 00:45:33,483 --> 00:45:34,484 What flaw? 675 00:45:35,235 --> 00:45:39,841 One of our engineers discovered that the ring would harden in cold weather 676 00:45:39,865 --> 00:45:41,759 and fail to seal the joints. 677 00:45:41,783 --> 00:45:45,621 Temperatures at Merritt Island rarely drop below 40. 678 00:45:46,205 --> 00:45:50,918 So... you can understand how we initially missed it. 679 00:45:53,003 --> 00:45:55,214 Yes, I can understand this. 680 00:45:56,381 --> 00:45:58,026 Thank God we found it. 681 00:45:58,050 --> 00:46:01,303 Because if temperatures were to dip unexpectedly, 682 00:46:02,137 --> 00:46:06,475 there would be a substantial risk of failure. 683 00:46:07,226 --> 00:46:09,037 So 684 00:46:09,061 --> 00:46:15,150 I just wonder what, if anything, we're missing with these docking specs. 685 00:46:16,276 --> 00:46:17,569 Yes, I wonder too. 686 00:46:21,031 --> 00:46:22,991 I would take a look at it while you're away. 687 00:46:27,538 --> 00:46:30,541 Well... I have to go. I have a meeting. 688 00:46:31,625 --> 00:46:33,311 But I hope to see you again. 689 00:46:33,335 --> 00:46:36,046 Yes. I hope so... too. 690 00:46:57,860 --> 00:46:58,944 Hey, Kel. 691 00:47:00,821 --> 00:47:02,507 You hungry? 692 00:47:02,531 --> 00:47:05,325 I'm making bean sandwiches. Your favorite. 693 00:47:07,619 --> 00:47:09,204 Yeah, I'll be there in a minute. 694 00:47:11,915 --> 00:47:12,916 All right. 695 00:49:25,048 --> 00:49:26,258 Did Ashley leave? 696 00:49:26,842 --> 00:49:30,697 Yeah. She took off, but she said she'd see you tomorrow. 697 00:49:30,721 --> 00:49:33,473 Or... I guess that's technically today. 698 00:49:36,101 --> 00:49:37,436 Want a beer? 699 00:49:39,354 --> 00:49:41,857 I shouldn't, but yes, please. 700 00:49:44,401 --> 00:49:46,570 Are you really outta here next week? 701 00:49:47,196 --> 00:49:49,507 I can't believe that the summer's already over. 702 00:49:49,531 --> 00:49:51,092 I'm gonna miss you around here. 703 00:49:51,116 --> 00:49:52,451 To a great summer. 704 00:49:53,702 --> 00:49:55,245 And an even better school year. 705 00:49:56,580 --> 00:49:58,916 - And to you, Mrs. Baldwin. - Danny! 706 00:49:59,666 --> 00:50:01,686 - Karen. Karen. - Thank you. 707 00:50:01,710 --> 00:50:02,753 Sorry. 708 00:50:07,007 --> 00:50:08,651 So. 709 00:50:08,675 --> 00:50:10,260 How you feeling about everything? 710 00:50:11,136 --> 00:50:12,554 I mean, with selling this place. 711 00:50:17,142 --> 00:50:18,352 Honestly. 712 00:50:19,770 --> 00:50:22,898 I feel ready... to move on. 713 00:50:24,066 --> 00:50:26,109 Ready for a new chapter. 714 00:50:28,111 --> 00:50:31,031 Truth is, the place isn't mine. It never really was. 715 00:50:33,033 --> 00:50:34,076 Well 716 00:50:35,786 --> 00:50:38,139 then we should celebrate. 717 00:50:38,163 --> 00:50:40,725 Well... isn't that what we're already doing? 718 00:50:40,749 --> 00:50:45,504 In honor of my last week, I decided to donate something to the Outpost jukebox. 719 00:50:46,338 --> 00:50:48,131 Really? That was very thoughtful. 720 00:51:00,686 --> 00:51:02,563 - What is this? - Billy Swan. 721 00:51:03,188 --> 00:51:04,940 - The country singer. - Yeah. 722 00:51:08,527 --> 00:51:09,695 You recognize that? 723 00:51:11,154 --> 00:51:12,322 Yeah... 724 00:51:13,198 --> 00:51:14,408 No. Hold on. 725 00:51:24,042 --> 00:51:25,419 My goodness. 726 00:51:27,337 --> 00:51:29,673 Danny. No. 727 00:51:31,216 --> 00:51:34,761 - Isn't it great? - Yeah, it's different. 728 00:51:59,536 --> 00:52:00,537 Come on. 729 00:53:56,195 --> 00:53:57,654 Have you been drinking? 730 00:55:18,485 --> 00:55:20,362 How soon can you prep and fuel the LSAM? 731 00:55:21,196 --> 00:55:23,407 I suppose in a few hours. Why? What's going on? 732 00:55:24,700 --> 00:55:27,286 The president wants to retake the claim at 0800 tomorrow. 733 00:55:30,455 --> 00:55:33,041 Jesus. Why are you telling me this? 734 00:55:34,501 --> 00:55:36,688 You think Charles is ready to pilot the LSAM? 735 00:55:36,712 --> 00:55:40,048 No. No. Not yet. 736 00:55:42,217 --> 00:55:44,821 If I knew he needed to be ready so soon, I would've... 737 00:55:44,845 --> 00:55:46,281 Can you do it? 738 00:55:46,305 --> 00:55:49,641 You've flown with us before. You know the mission better than anyone. 739 00:55:52,853 --> 00:55:55,999 I can't order you to do it. It's dangerous. 740 00:55:56,023 --> 00:55:57,834 We don't know for sure they don't have weapons, and if they do 741 00:55:57,858 --> 00:55:58,984 I'm in. 742 00:56:01,069 --> 00:56:03,590 Okay then. Prep the LSAM for launch. 743 00:56:03,614 --> 00:56:06,283 We gotta load our gear and get ready to roll out in 17 hours. 744 00:56:08,452 --> 00:56:09,620 Yeah, let's do it. 745 00:56:16,627 --> 00:56:18,104 Thank you very much. 746 00:56:18,128 --> 00:56:21,566 Ladies and gentlemen, today I'm proud to announce 747 00:56:21,590 --> 00:56:25,904 that we have reestablished contact with two American heroes. 748 00:56:25,928 --> 00:56:28,907 Astronauts Danielle Poole and Nate Morrison, 749 00:56:28,931 --> 00:56:31,826 who were being held in the Soviet Union 750 00:56:31,850 --> 00:56:35,395 after the Korean Air Line 007 disaster. 751 00:56:36,063 --> 00:56:39,125 Like the Americans who began this country, 752 00:56:39,149 --> 00:56:42,837 history has asked much of the Americans of our own time. 753 00:56:42,861 --> 00:56:44,655 Much we have already given. 754 00:56:46,156 --> 00:56:48,742 Much more we must be prepared to give. 755 00:56:51,161 --> 00:56:53,205 But we also must remember 756 00:56:54,164 --> 00:56:57,251 the future does not belong to the fainthearted. 757 00:56:57,793 --> 00:57:00,128 It belongs to the brave. 758 00:57:06,426 --> 00:57:11,241 One of these brave Americans, Acting NASA Administrator Ellen Wilson, 759 00:57:11,265 --> 00:57:14,118 has led the effort to bring our astronauts home. 760 00:57:14,142 --> 00:57:15,703 And I'm proud to announce 761 00:57:15,727 --> 00:57:18,981 they are currently on their way to free soil in West Germany. 762 00:57:20,232 --> 00:57:23,503 Let us have faith in Abraham Lincoln's words, 763 00:57:23,527 --> 00:57:25,320 "That right makes might. 764 00:57:25,863 --> 00:57:31,118 And in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it." 765 00:57:33,078 --> 00:57:37,457 Thank you. God bless you, and God bless America. 766 00:57:44,089 --> 00:57:45,984 Fuel at 60%. 767 00:57:46,008 --> 00:57:47,885 Copy 60. 768 00:57:50,679 --> 00:57:52,931 Beginning descent to avoid radar. 769 00:57:54,057 --> 00:57:55,475 Forty meters. 770 00:57:57,978 --> 00:57:59,271 Down at seven. 771 00:58:00,480 --> 00:58:01,982 Dropping like a stone. 772 00:58:02,691 --> 00:58:04,085 Fifteen. 773 00:58:04,109 --> 00:58:05,485 Canyon in sight. 774 00:58:06,195 --> 00:58:09,531 Final approach to canyon. Ninety seconds to drop point. 775 00:58:15,746 --> 00:58:18,683 Holding at five meters. Steady at five meters. 776 00:58:18,707 --> 00:58:19,893 Steady. 777 00:58:19,917 --> 00:58:24,004 We have canyon entrance. Hang on out there. Some tight turns coming up. 778 00:58:24,755 --> 00:58:27,108 All right, commencing final run. 779 00:58:27,132 --> 00:58:29,009 Sixty seconds to drop point. 780 00:59:08,715 --> 00:59:11,301 Approaching final turn. Ten seconds out. 781 00:59:16,306 --> 00:59:17,516 Shit. 782 00:59:18,475 --> 00:59:19,953 Landing site's not clear. 783 00:59:19,977 --> 00:59:22,104 That drilling rig wasn't on the sat map. 784 00:59:22,688 --> 00:59:25,983 - Should we abort? - Negative. Going downrange. 785 00:59:31,864 --> 00:59:33,967 Drop point located. Begin descent. 786 00:59:33,991 --> 00:59:35,927 Ten meters. Down at eight. 787 00:59:35,951 --> 00:59:37,720 Just like the drills, folks. 788 00:59:37,744 --> 00:59:40,682 Immediate dismount, clear the vehicle and form up on me. 789 00:59:40,706 --> 00:59:41,975 Oorah! 790 00:59:41,999 --> 00:59:44,668 Let's do this. Weapons free. 791 00:59:49,715 --> 00:59:52,443 Two meters. Kicking up a lot of dust. 792 00:59:52,467 --> 00:59:53,677 Hold on. 793 01:00:00,184 --> 01:00:02,978 Tracy Stevens, you are a badass. 794 01:00:25,959 --> 01:00:27,270 We have the site. 795 01:00:27,294 --> 01:00:28,962 I repeat, we have the site.