1 00:00:32,783 --> 00:00:36,161 -Besides the backfire, how was she? -Real sweet, Murph. 2 00:00:37,204 --> 00:00:39,789 It's no X-15, but she handles like a real beaut. 3 00:00:39,872 --> 00:00:42,625 -Yeah, she's cherry. -Hey, Chaddie. You piece of shit. 4 00:00:42,709 --> 00:00:44,795 They'll let anyone land a plane in this godforsaken town. 5 00:00:44,878 --> 00:00:47,005 Yeah. Navy still handing out wings like candy, I see. 6 00:00:47,923 --> 00:00:49,091 -My bad. -Pardon me. 7 00:00:49,173 --> 00:00:51,009 -No, that was my fault. -Sorry. 8 00:00:52,761 --> 00:00:53,804 Hey. 9 00:00:54,804 --> 00:00:57,390 -Weren't you-- -The Tumbler Inn. Friday night. 10 00:00:57,473 --> 00:00:58,933 You were with your friend. 11 00:00:59,017 --> 00:01:01,561 -Likes the two-step? Yeah? -Yeah, she likes to have fun. 12 00:01:01,645 --> 00:01:03,313 -Yeah, there's nothing wrong with that. -No. 13 00:01:03,814 --> 00:01:05,691 -So, what are you doing here? -So, what are you doing here? 14 00:01:07,358 --> 00:01:09,319 -You first. -I was just-- 15 00:01:09,403 --> 00:01:11,905 What's a pretty girl like you doing all the way out here? 16 00:01:12,698 --> 00:01:15,367 -Your boyfriend a pilot or something? -No. No. 17 00:01:16,075 --> 00:01:18,287 -I came here by myself. -Uh-huh. 18 00:01:18,370 --> 00:01:19,912 Always wanted to learn how to fly. 19 00:01:20,371 --> 00:01:21,789 Come on. 20 00:01:21,873 --> 00:01:23,584 What? Pretty girls can't be pilots? 21 00:01:23,667 --> 00:01:27,045 Well, I suppose they can. I just, I don't know any who want to. 22 00:01:27,129 --> 00:01:28,379 Well, you do now. 23 00:01:30,299 --> 00:01:33,218 I've always wanted to learn how to fly, ever since I was a kid. 24 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,975 Say, you wouldn't happen to know any instructors, would you? 25 00:01:41,518 --> 00:01:43,770 Someone that could give a girl her first lesson? 26 00:01:50,860 --> 00:01:53,280 Just gonna ease it into a nice altitude for ya. 27 00:01:55,908 --> 00:01:56,950 There you go. 28 00:01:59,118 --> 00:02:00,578 Best seat in the house. 29 00:02:00,662 --> 00:02:01,914 Never gets old. 30 00:02:08,211 --> 00:02:10,129 You're gonna let me fly? Now? 31 00:02:10,213 --> 00:02:11,632 You gotta start sometime. 32 00:02:11,715 --> 00:02:13,425 Don't worry about a thing, okay? 33 00:02:13,509 --> 00:02:14,967 I'm right here with ya. 34 00:02:16,677 --> 00:02:18,055 Push in. 35 00:02:19,473 --> 00:02:20,932 Houses get bigger. 36 00:02:23,100 --> 00:02:24,353 Pull back. 37 00:02:26,979 --> 00:02:28,524 Houses get smaller. 38 00:02:29,149 --> 00:02:30,859 Let's level that off. 39 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:33,861 There you go. 40 00:02:35,864 --> 00:02:37,281 Okay, your turn. 41 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:40,576 Okay, here I go. 42 00:02:42,204 --> 00:02:44,622 Back. Houses are smaller. 43 00:02:49,545 --> 00:02:52,213 Okay, so you see how you're starting to lose speed? 44 00:02:52,296 --> 00:02:53,507 Uh-huh. 45 00:02:53,590 --> 00:02:54,966 Okay, push down. 46 00:02:57,593 --> 00:03:00,472 Push down on the wheel. We'll go a little bit faster. 47 00:03:00,556 --> 00:03:02,890 -Is this what's called a stall? -That's it. 48 00:03:02,974 --> 00:03:05,936 Down, honey. Down on the... Push the wheel in. 49 00:03:06,019 --> 00:03:07,562 What are you doing? 50 00:03:24,246 --> 00:03:26,831 Well, did I do it right, Mister Navy Pilot Man? 51 00:03:31,795 --> 00:03:34,173 Oh, shit. 52 00:03:37,593 --> 00:03:38,968 Do that again. 53 00:03:56,069 --> 00:03:57,945 How long you been flying? 54 00:03:58,487 --> 00:04:01,199 725 hours. If anyone's counting. 55 00:04:01,782 --> 00:04:04,368 Wow. You really had me going. 56 00:04:06,038 --> 00:04:09,332 Why the whole... Why not just... 57 00:05:33,332 --> 00:05:35,918 Americans across the political spectrum are asking, 58 00:05:36,002 --> 00:05:39,923 "Are American women falling behind their counterparts in the Soviet Union?" 59 00:05:40,007 --> 00:05:44,093 This in the wake of the moon landing of female cosmonaut, Anastasia Belikova, 60 00:05:44,177 --> 00:05:47,389 who has become an overnight sensation across the globe. 61 00:05:47,471 --> 00:05:51,518 The photograph taken of her on the lunar surface, smiling in pure joy, 62 00:05:51,601 --> 00:05:54,562 has become an iconic image, splashed across the front pages 63 00:05:54,646 --> 00:05:56,814 of magazines and newspapers around the world. 64 00:05:56,899 --> 00:05:59,526 Belikova has been likened to Rosie the Riveter, 65 00:05:59,610 --> 00:06:01,819 up until now, a uniquely American image 66 00:06:01,903 --> 00:06:04,906 that symbolized female strength in the 1940s. 67 00:06:04,990 --> 00:06:08,410 This latest Soviet success has cast doubt on NASA's priorities 68 00:06:08,492 --> 00:06:09,952 as the rest of the world celebrates 69 00:06:10,036 --> 00:06:12,915 the incredible moment in the history of womankind. 70 00:06:12,997 --> 00:06:18,170 We were converting the third stage of a Saturn V into an orbiting workshop. 71 00:06:19,045 --> 00:06:21,173 Von Braun called it Skylab. 72 00:06:21,255 --> 00:06:23,925 Construction is already underway in Huntsville. 73 00:06:24,009 --> 00:06:28,221 But it is still early enough to change the trajectory of the conversion process. 74 00:06:29,180 --> 00:06:33,976 Current thinking is to take what would have been Skylab and strip it down. 75 00:06:34,060 --> 00:06:37,230 Reduce the weight until we have a launchable habitat module 76 00:06:37,314 --> 00:06:40,483 for our new permanently-manned moon base, Moonlab. 77 00:06:40,567 --> 00:06:43,737 And how many military personnel can we fit inside that thing? 78 00:06:43,819 --> 00:06:45,197 Doesn't look that big. 79 00:06:45,781 --> 00:06:49,158 It'll be manned by three astronauts at a time for the first stages 80 00:06:49,242 --> 00:06:50,744 until the kinks are ironed out, 81 00:06:50,826 --> 00:06:55,122 and then there'll be further expansions that can include military aspects. 82 00:06:55,206 --> 00:06:59,545 What exactly are the Pentagon's plans in that regard? 83 00:07:02,004 --> 00:07:04,132 How soon will this Moonlab be ready? 84 00:07:05,341 --> 00:07:06,634 Two years, give or take. 85 00:07:07,427 --> 00:07:08,427 Jesus. 86 00:07:10,096 --> 00:07:12,932 You know, first we have to find a place to land the damn thing. 87 00:07:13,016 --> 00:07:14,016 Uh-huh. 88 00:07:14,100 --> 00:07:17,019 Apollos 13, 14 and 15 are being re-tasked 89 00:07:17,103 --> 00:07:19,981 to survey for potential sites for the base. 90 00:07:20,064 --> 00:07:22,317 And then we have to analyze those results. 91 00:07:22,401 --> 00:07:26,737 We look at geology, we do trade studies, resource budgeting, system analysis. 92 00:07:26,822 --> 00:07:28,906 Change of plans, gentlemen. 93 00:07:28,990 --> 00:07:30,533 I thought you weren't back until tomorrow. 94 00:07:30,617 --> 00:07:32,661 No, I wasn't, but the boss threw me a curve, 95 00:07:32,744 --> 00:07:34,579 and I thought I better get back ASAP. 96 00:07:35,997 --> 00:07:37,957 Could you give us a minute, General? 97 00:07:47,050 --> 00:07:49,011 Well, this can't be good. 98 00:07:49,093 --> 00:07:51,137 Not if it involves Shorty Powers, it can't. 99 00:07:51,596 --> 00:07:53,182 I am so misunderstood. 100 00:07:53,264 --> 00:07:55,475 The president feels it's of national importance 101 00:07:55,558 --> 00:07:57,019 that America equals the Soviets 102 00:07:57,101 --> 00:08:00,062 in its great achievement of landing a woman on the moon. 103 00:08:00,146 --> 00:08:02,357 You mean his poll numbers are down with women. 104 00:08:04,610 --> 00:08:07,196 To this end, Nixon wants us to put a woman on the moon. 105 00:08:08,154 --> 00:08:10,574 -Preferably a blonde. -You can't be serious. 106 00:08:10,656 --> 00:08:12,408 -What about Moonlab? -What about what? 107 00:08:12,492 --> 00:08:13,785 Our lunar base. 108 00:08:13,869 --> 00:08:15,454 That's a terrible name. 109 00:08:15,536 --> 00:08:17,872 This is bullshit, Tom. 110 00:08:17,956 --> 00:08:21,459 We're on track to actually beat the Soviets for a change. We can't keep-- 111 00:08:21,543 --> 00:08:24,004 Establishing a base on the moon is still our top priority, 112 00:08:24,086 --> 00:08:26,632 but so is putting a female astronaut on the moon. 113 00:08:26,714 --> 00:08:30,134 They're both top priority. Co-top priorities. 114 00:08:31,470 --> 00:08:34,932 Anybody tell the president that we don't have any female astronauts? 115 00:08:35,014 --> 00:08:36,225 Well, I think he's aware. 116 00:08:36,307 --> 00:08:39,061 Every newspaper, magazine, talk show and newscast 117 00:08:39,144 --> 00:08:41,187 is pointing it out on a daily basis. 118 00:08:41,269 --> 00:08:44,774 Can't just put a woman on the moon. She has to be an astronaut. 119 00:08:44,857 --> 00:08:48,070 There are procedures, training, tests. 120 00:08:48,153 --> 00:08:49,738 And I can't just train one woman. 121 00:08:49,821 --> 00:08:53,158 I'll need at least 20 candidates to find one who can pass muster. 122 00:08:53,241 --> 00:08:54,951 For God's sake, Deke. 123 00:08:55,034 --> 00:08:57,913 This is just something to throw the women's libbers and The New York Times. 124 00:08:57,995 --> 00:08:59,789 You don't need to go through the whole rigmarole. 125 00:08:59,873 --> 00:09:03,043 Just find a nice-enough looking lady pilot, put her in a space suit, 126 00:09:03,125 --> 00:09:05,754 teach her to walk down the goddamn ladder, and take her picture. 127 00:09:05,837 --> 00:09:11,009 Nobody gets into a spacecraft in this program that I haven't certified. 128 00:09:11,634 --> 00:09:14,971 The second that changes, my resignation will be on your desk. 129 00:09:17,182 --> 00:09:21,186 I don't think any of us, including the president, would enjoy the bad press 130 00:09:21,269 --> 00:09:23,312 that would result from Mr. Slayton's resignation. 131 00:09:23,397 --> 00:09:24,480 It's fine. 132 00:09:24,981 --> 00:09:27,525 You wanna train 20 women to find one? Go right ahead. 133 00:09:37,702 --> 00:09:39,871 The press called them the Mercury 13. 134 00:09:39,955 --> 00:09:41,331 Each was an experienced pilot 135 00:09:41,414 --> 00:09:44,000 with hundreds or thousands of hours of flight time. 136 00:09:44,084 --> 00:09:47,004 Each passed the entire battery of physical and psychological tests 137 00:09:47,086 --> 00:09:49,840 given the original Mercury Seven male astronauts. 138 00:09:49,923 --> 00:09:53,467 Program was killed before they could attend flight training in Pensacola. 139 00:09:54,177 --> 00:09:55,428 I remember. 140 00:09:55,511 --> 00:09:57,847 John Glenn really hated that whole thing. 141 00:09:57,931 --> 00:09:59,265 Well, Glenn's not flying anymore. 142 00:09:59,349 --> 00:10:01,559 And he's a Democrat, so his opinion doesn't matter. 143 00:10:02,769 --> 00:10:05,647 Are any of these ladies still flying? What was this? Ten years ago? 144 00:10:05,730 --> 00:10:07,316 It was shut down seven years ago. 145 00:10:07,399 --> 00:10:10,610 And of the 13 pilots, exactly two are still flying. 146 00:10:10,693 --> 00:10:13,154 The rest stopped because of kids, husbands, that sort of thing. 147 00:10:13,238 --> 00:10:14,405 Who's left? 148 00:10:17,576 --> 00:10:18,911 Molly Cobb. 149 00:10:18,994 --> 00:10:21,455 Set aviation records for long-distance solo flight, 150 00:10:21,538 --> 00:10:24,707 won several racing awards, qualified in single and multi-engine aircraft, 151 00:10:24,791 --> 00:10:27,085 and was first in her class in Mercury 13, 152 00:10:27,168 --> 00:10:30,087 but she's not really what the president's looking for. 153 00:10:30,797 --> 00:10:32,256 The hell does that mean? 154 00:10:34,176 --> 00:10:36,094 I mean, she's a bit rough around the edges. 155 00:10:37,221 --> 00:10:39,347 We need Marlo Thomas, not Danny Thomas. 156 00:10:39,431 --> 00:10:41,767 Jesus Christ, Shorty. This isn't a beauty contest. 157 00:10:41,850 --> 00:10:46,062 I'm telling you, the president is gonna want a more enticing woman 158 00:10:46,145 --> 00:10:47,648 to be America's first Moon Maiden. 159 00:10:47,730 --> 00:10:49,106 "Moon Maiden"? 160 00:10:49,191 --> 00:10:51,317 -I'm working on a press release. -Keep working. 161 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:54,403 Well, maybe she'll get lucky and wash out in favor of a Playmate of the Month. 162 00:10:54,488 --> 00:10:55,780 But for now... 163 00:11:02,870 --> 00:11:04,288 Patty Doyle. 164 00:11:04,373 --> 00:11:08,751 Only other member of the Mercury 13 still flying, mainly helicopters. 165 00:11:08,836 --> 00:11:11,797 She passed the Mercury test with flying colors. 166 00:11:11,879 --> 00:11:14,216 Finished second in her class behind Cobb. 167 00:11:14,298 --> 00:11:15,341 She'll do. 168 00:11:25,601 --> 00:11:26,937 Danielle Poole. 169 00:11:28,938 --> 00:11:32,275 Twenty-five years old, has a bachelor's of math and science-- 170 00:11:32,359 --> 00:11:33,652 Perfect. She's in. 171 00:11:33,735 --> 00:11:36,947 Hang on. I'm not letting her in just because she's black. 172 00:11:37,029 --> 00:11:38,865 That's exactly why you're letting her in. 173 00:11:38,948 --> 00:11:41,451 I do not need Jesse Jackson up my ass 174 00:11:41,534 --> 00:11:45,205 or Ralph Abernathy back here with his damn mules making all that commotion. 175 00:11:45,288 --> 00:11:47,249 This time we're getting ahead of the story. 176 00:11:47,875 --> 00:11:51,461 She's got 1,500 hours in the air, a commercial pilot's license, 177 00:11:51,544 --> 00:11:54,088 and she already works here at NASA. 178 00:11:54,715 --> 00:11:56,966 She's an engineer over with the computer ladies. 179 00:11:57,466 --> 00:11:58,509 You see? 180 00:12:02,889 --> 00:12:03,890 Fine. 181 00:12:11,606 --> 00:12:14,735 Okay, that's our group then. 182 00:12:14,817 --> 00:12:15,943 Not quite. 183 00:12:16,528 --> 00:12:18,238 Great. Now what? 184 00:12:20,115 --> 00:12:21,825 Just got off the phone with Ron Ziegler. 185 00:12:21,908 --> 00:12:22,993 Who? 186 00:12:23,701 --> 00:12:26,788 White House press secretary. This won't be good either. 187 00:12:27,288 --> 00:12:29,374 Ziegler remembered this article from a couple years ago 188 00:12:29,457 --> 00:12:31,960 and showed it to the president, who thought it was a great idea. 189 00:12:32,628 --> 00:12:34,004 Thought what was a great idea? 190 00:12:38,216 --> 00:12:39,509 Gordo will lose his mind. 191 00:12:39,592 --> 00:12:40,927 Be serious, Shorty. 192 00:12:41,010 --> 00:12:42,846 I am. I mean, let's face it. 193 00:12:42,929 --> 00:12:45,515 We do not have one John Glenn in that group, and it's not even close. 194 00:12:45,599 --> 00:12:48,601 I don't know. A couple of them look like they're starting to lose their hair. 195 00:12:50,729 --> 00:12:52,855 Who in this group is the all-American girl? 196 00:12:54,191 --> 00:12:56,442 The one people are gonna love and take into their hearts 197 00:12:56,527 --> 00:12:58,070 and feel good about doing it? 198 00:12:58,153 --> 00:13:02,157 John Glenn wasn't "John Glenn" until he became "John Glenn." 199 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:05,535 John Glenn was always "John Glenn." And that's why he was chosen for Mercury. 200 00:13:05,619 --> 00:13:08,538 If the president wants Tracy Stevens, then Tracy Stevens he will have. 201 00:13:09,706 --> 00:13:11,416 America's space couple. 202 00:13:11,500 --> 00:13:13,251 That's Gordo's wife. 203 00:13:13,961 --> 00:13:16,462 She's a mother, for Chrissake. How's she gonna manage that? 204 00:13:16,547 --> 00:13:17,798 Get her a nanny. 205 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:19,674 -What if she says no? -Change her mind. 206 00:13:19,758 --> 00:13:21,802 -What if she flunks out? -See that she doesn't. 207 00:13:21,884 --> 00:13:25,389 I make the crew selections. I thought that was clear. 208 00:13:25,471 --> 00:13:28,182 I didn't say put her on a crew. I said don't flunk her out. 209 00:13:28,267 --> 00:13:31,644 She can be the goddamn mascot for all I care. But she's in. 210 00:13:32,937 --> 00:13:36,692 You think Gordo's gonna be all right with his wife working the same place he does? 211 00:13:37,109 --> 00:13:39,778 How'd you like to see Barbara in the hallways, Tom? 212 00:13:39,861 --> 00:13:41,196 Or Mary? 213 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,783 Not to mention his... shenanigans. 214 00:13:45,868 --> 00:13:48,161 Come on. We can't do this. 215 00:13:49,495 --> 00:13:51,874 Just give him something he wants. Make it worth his while. 216 00:13:51,956 --> 00:13:55,335 I don't care what you have to do. Just do it. She's in. 217 00:14:26,490 --> 00:14:30,453 I think maybe Tracy and I need to discuss this in private 218 00:14:30,537 --> 00:14:33,706 before, you know, we arrive at anything definite. 219 00:14:33,789 --> 00:14:34,790 Yes. 220 00:14:35,625 --> 00:14:36,751 Sorry, hon? 221 00:14:38,086 --> 00:14:39,296 Yes, I'll do it. 222 00:14:40,797 --> 00:14:43,049 -Great news. -There's my girl. 223 00:14:43,133 --> 00:14:45,427 Everyone's going to be very happy to hear that, Tracy. 224 00:14:46,094 --> 00:14:48,346 -Welcome aboard. -I won't let you down, Deke. 225 00:14:49,597 --> 00:14:51,225 No worries there, Tracy. 226 00:14:52,768 --> 00:14:54,144 See you back at the ranch. 227 00:15:00,525 --> 00:15:01,652 Holy shit. 228 00:15:02,485 --> 00:15:05,697 Look at you. Astronaut candidate Tracy Stevens. 229 00:15:05,780 --> 00:15:09,368 That is crazy. I mean, wow. 230 00:15:12,538 --> 00:15:15,123 So, you're just okay with this? 231 00:15:15,206 --> 00:15:16,875 Sure. Why wouldn't I be? 232 00:15:16,958 --> 00:15:19,503 I mean, if you think it's a good idea, then I'm all for it. 233 00:15:20,962 --> 00:15:24,341 -What's Deke giving you? -Huh? No, Deke-- I mean, you know Deke. 234 00:15:25,967 --> 00:15:26,969 He gave you a slot. 235 00:15:27,052 --> 00:15:29,263 He doesn't throw out crew slots willy-nilly. 236 00:15:29,346 --> 00:15:31,597 I mean, he's a son of a bitch on that front. 237 00:15:31,682 --> 00:15:32,890 Let me tell you. 238 00:15:32,975 --> 00:15:34,017 He... 239 00:15:34,976 --> 00:15:37,645 -Fifteen. He gave me slot on Apollo 15. -There it is. Yeah. 240 00:15:37,729 --> 00:15:39,856 That does not matter right now. 241 00:15:39,940 --> 00:15:41,649 What's important is you. 242 00:15:42,234 --> 00:15:44,443 You're gonna be an astronaut candidate. 243 00:15:45,946 --> 00:15:48,990 No. I'm gonna be an astronaut. 244 00:15:51,743 --> 00:15:56,373 One day I'm gonna have one of those pins on my collar just like you. 245 00:15:57,749 --> 00:15:59,418 Someone's got a fire up her ass. 246 00:16:00,918 --> 00:16:02,796 I like it. A lot. 247 00:16:04,548 --> 00:16:07,509 We should celebrate. Steaks at the Lamplighter. 248 00:16:11,388 --> 00:16:13,849 No, let's try the new Chinese place. I'll go get dressed. 249 00:16:13,932 --> 00:16:15,475 Hey, come on, you look great. 250 00:16:16,018 --> 00:16:17,394 I'll only be a minute. 251 00:16:42,001 --> 00:16:44,212 And although NASA has not released the names 252 00:16:44,296 --> 00:16:47,341 of the female candidates accepted to the program, 253 00:16:47,423 --> 00:16:50,219 we've learned that one of the ladies is none other than 254 00:16:50,302 --> 00:16:54,597 the wife of astronaut Gordon "Gordo" Stevens. 255 00:16:55,264 --> 00:16:59,352 Mrs. Stevens was a pilot herself when she met her future husband, 256 00:16:59,852 --> 00:17:03,190 a story chronicled in Look magazine 257 00:17:03,273 --> 00:17:06,858 under the heading "Love in the Skies." 258 00:17:07,486 --> 00:17:09,069 May I please be excused? 259 00:17:10,279 --> 00:17:12,030 -Yes, you may. -Thank you. 260 00:17:14,951 --> 00:17:16,993 I mean, it's just embarrassing, Ed. 261 00:17:20,414 --> 00:17:22,375 Orders, you know. Straight from the top. 262 00:17:24,419 --> 00:17:26,755 So, Tracy Stevens is gonna fly in space? 263 00:17:28,965 --> 00:17:30,299 Deke's call, you know? 264 00:17:30,384 --> 00:17:33,135 I heard he threatened to resign if they took crew selection away from him. 265 00:17:33,220 --> 00:17:34,721 Well, you don't seem very bothered by it. 266 00:17:35,763 --> 00:17:36,807 I mean... 267 00:17:39,351 --> 00:17:41,686 Not really my concern, you know? I'm focused on 15. 268 00:17:41,769 --> 00:17:43,396 But I don't think it's a great idea-- 269 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:45,106 Not a great idea? 270 00:17:46,232 --> 00:17:49,027 Ed, they are making a mockery of what you do. 271 00:17:50,319 --> 00:17:54,907 I mean, you have trained and you've worked and you've suffered. 272 00:17:54,991 --> 00:17:59,162 You've taken enormous risks over years to get where you are. And now what? 273 00:17:59,246 --> 00:18:03,625 Now these women, they're just gonna waltz in and get pinned and fly. 274 00:18:04,417 --> 00:18:07,128 And why? Because the Soviets did? 275 00:18:11,090 --> 00:18:15,721 Look. Ed, she's not remotely capable of doing what you do. 276 00:18:16,221 --> 00:18:17,722 None of them are. 277 00:18:17,806 --> 00:18:19,724 Couple of them supposed to be pretty good pilots. 278 00:18:20,893 --> 00:18:22,644 But you're probably right. 279 00:18:23,604 --> 00:18:25,980 -Jesus, Ed. -'Course you're right. You're 100% right. 280 00:18:27,816 --> 00:18:30,443 -Got to be kidding me! -I'm sorry. 281 00:18:30,527 --> 00:18:31,653 I'm... 282 00:18:32,904 --> 00:18:34,198 I'm sorry. 283 00:19:14,153 --> 00:19:15,905 "Love in the Skies." 284 00:19:42,516 --> 00:19:44,268 -May I sit here? -Of course. 285 00:19:48,564 --> 00:19:49,856 Thank you. 286 00:19:49,940 --> 00:19:51,482 I'm Tracy. 287 00:19:51,567 --> 00:19:52,651 Danielle. 288 00:20:00,032 --> 00:20:02,201 Well, look what the cat dragged in. 289 00:20:02,286 --> 00:20:04,371 I had a feeling you'd be here, Molly. 290 00:20:05,497 --> 00:20:06,748 Beats the circus. 291 00:20:08,750 --> 00:20:11,295 Looks like we're the only two Mercurys still kicking tires. 292 00:20:11,377 --> 00:20:14,173 Yeah. Well, it's good to know you'll be right behind me. 293 00:20:14,256 --> 00:20:15,673 Just like the old days. 294 00:20:17,467 --> 00:20:20,511 Ladies, take your seats. We'll get this show on the road. 295 00:20:22,597 --> 00:20:24,432 My name is Deke Slayton. 296 00:20:24,516 --> 00:20:27,603 I'm head of the astronaut office, and I'm here to welcome you to NASA. 297 00:20:28,269 --> 00:20:32,607 Congratulations. As of this moment, you are officially astronaut candidates. 298 00:20:32,691 --> 00:20:36,194 Affectionately referred to from this point on as ASCANs. 299 00:20:42,742 --> 00:20:45,871 You come from near and far and all across America. 300 00:20:47,205 --> 00:20:49,625 Those of you who were part of the Mercury 13, 301 00:20:49,708 --> 00:20:51,375 Patty Doyle, Molly Cobb, 302 00:20:51,835 --> 00:20:54,296 I know you've waited for this day for a long time. 303 00:20:57,715 --> 00:20:59,843 But these aren't the Mercury tests. 304 00:21:00,676 --> 00:21:01,720 No. 305 00:21:02,221 --> 00:21:06,557 This is a rigorous, 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week training program 306 00:21:06,642 --> 00:21:08,184 preparing you for space travel. 307 00:21:08,268 --> 00:21:10,269 There are 20 of you here today. 308 00:21:10,354 --> 00:21:12,897 I expect that number to be far less a year from now. 309 00:21:13,356 --> 00:21:14,441 Honestly, 310 00:21:15,358 --> 00:21:17,611 I don't know if any of you will still be here. 311 00:21:18,403 --> 00:21:19,863 Here's how this works. 312 00:21:19,946 --> 00:21:22,490 I'm going to be grading you as we go along. 313 00:21:22,574 --> 00:21:24,992 And everything you do will be graded. 314 00:21:25,076 --> 00:21:28,747 Pilot performance, academics, your character and motivation. 315 00:21:29,330 --> 00:21:31,124 I'll post results periodically. 316 00:21:31,208 --> 00:21:33,836 If your name's not on the list, you're cut. 317 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:36,421 Get your stuff and go home. 318 00:21:39,258 --> 00:21:41,468 Kill the lights. Let's get to the program overview. 319 00:21:44,136 --> 00:21:48,976 Basic science programs, jet qualification, celestial navigation, 320 00:21:49,058 --> 00:21:53,564 simulator training, guidance, navigation and control training. 321 00:22:08,662 --> 00:22:12,374 In Moscow today, Premier Alexei Kosygin accused the Nixon administration 322 00:22:12,457 --> 00:22:15,919 of planning to put missiles on the recently proposed American moon base 323 00:22:16,002 --> 00:22:18,922 in violation of the Space Treaty of 1967. 324 00:22:19,006 --> 00:22:21,048 The White House denies the accusation, 325 00:22:21,133 --> 00:22:24,428 saying it will not be the first country to introduce weapons in space. 326 00:22:24,970 --> 00:22:29,016 Tensions are as high as they've ever been as the "race for a base" continues. 327 00:22:29,098 --> 00:22:32,810 Fifty bucks says this whole thing doesn't make it past month two. 328 00:22:34,688 --> 00:22:35,855 I don't know. 329 00:22:36,606 --> 00:22:38,942 I think we're going all the way this time, Molly. 330 00:22:40,443 --> 00:22:44,280 Last time you said that, we ended up spending the night in a Tulsa drunk tank. 331 00:22:45,656 --> 00:22:46,991 That was a long time ago. 332 00:22:47,701 --> 00:22:48,701 Yeah. 333 00:22:49,661 --> 00:22:53,707 Just don't go getting your hopes up beyond anything other than the here and now. 334 00:22:54,958 --> 00:22:56,501 Things ain't changed that much. 335 00:23:06,636 --> 00:23:08,180 You ever flown a jet before? 336 00:23:09,847 --> 00:23:11,057 Couple times. 337 00:23:12,643 --> 00:23:13,977 I've always wanted to. 338 00:23:18,065 --> 00:23:19,650 -You're not married? -No. 339 00:23:19,732 --> 00:23:21,108 But you're so pretty. 340 00:23:23,194 --> 00:23:25,530 -You sound like my mother. -Yeah, that can't be good. 341 00:23:26,906 --> 00:23:27,950 It's not. 342 00:23:30,493 --> 00:23:31,744 Here comes Janice. 343 00:23:33,538 --> 00:23:35,249 She's carrying too much speed. 344 00:23:41,587 --> 00:23:42,756 Told ya. 345 00:23:42,839 --> 00:23:44,298 She porpoised. 346 00:23:44,383 --> 00:23:46,134 Deke's not gonna like that. 347 00:23:46,218 --> 00:23:47,635 Stevens, you're up! 348 00:23:52,348 --> 00:23:53,349 Shit. 349 00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:55,560 So, if you enter these two parameters, you'll be fine. 350 00:24:07,114 --> 00:24:08,865 Cabin pressure's good, Trace. 351 00:24:08,949 --> 00:24:10,867 I mean, Candidate Stevens. 352 00:24:13,369 --> 00:24:14,954 Check your oxygen regulator. 353 00:24:16,707 --> 00:24:19,792 Got a good blinker, Commander Baldwin. 354 00:24:23,337 --> 00:24:25,257 Start with an easy turn to the left. 355 00:24:28,259 --> 00:24:31,888 You push the throttle on a prop plane, you get an immediate result. 356 00:24:31,971 --> 00:24:33,848 Jets, you gotta think way ahead. 357 00:24:34,348 --> 00:24:36,977 -Copy that. -Let's make an easy turn to the right. 358 00:24:37,394 --> 00:24:38,394 Copy. 359 00:24:41,315 --> 00:24:44,067 Airfield in view, ten o'clock, five miles. 360 00:24:44,567 --> 00:24:47,112 You ready to crash, I mean, land this sucker? 361 00:24:49,114 --> 00:24:50,615 Copy that. Yes, sir. 362 00:24:50,699 --> 00:24:53,535 Remember what we talked about the other day. T-38 lands fast. 363 00:24:53,618 --> 00:24:57,163 So, you come in slow, you'll stall. Come in fast, you'll land long. 364 00:24:57,247 --> 00:24:58,248 Copy that. 365 00:24:59,625 --> 00:25:01,042 All right, here we go. 366 00:25:01,585 --> 00:25:05,338 Watch your airspeed. 170, you're fast. Push the throttles back. 367 00:25:06,131 --> 00:25:09,675 All right, still fast, 160. Keep working the throttles off. 368 00:25:09,759 --> 00:25:11,886 Here we go. Now flare. Nose up. Nose up. 369 00:25:25,317 --> 00:25:28,278 Women applicants will be interviewed today for the new space program 370 00:25:28,362 --> 00:25:30,739 that will send an American man and woman team of astronauts 371 00:25:30,821 --> 00:25:32,324 as the first couple on the moon. 372 00:25:35,493 --> 00:25:36,619 Hello? 373 00:25:38,788 --> 00:25:40,289 Danny, look who's here. 374 00:25:40,374 --> 00:25:41,375 Hi, Mom. 375 00:25:41,458 --> 00:25:43,669 -Hi, baby. How was your day? -Good. 376 00:25:44,877 --> 00:25:46,255 Missed you. 377 00:25:46,337 --> 00:25:48,632 Thank you so much. I'm sorry I'm late. 378 00:25:49,090 --> 00:25:52,510 It's fine. Boys already had their dinner. 379 00:25:52,594 --> 00:25:53,595 Wow. 380 00:25:53,679 --> 00:25:56,640 Hey, you two, cut it out. Do not point those at each other. 381 00:25:57,098 --> 00:25:59,308 Yeah, we were doing emergency egress drills, 382 00:25:59,393 --> 00:26:02,186 and so, there's no way to handle a phone in that suit. 383 00:26:05,523 --> 00:26:07,401 It's no problem, honestly. 384 00:26:09,987 --> 00:26:12,948 Yeah, Ed told me that you made it through the first cut. 385 00:26:13,949 --> 00:26:15,032 Congratulations. 386 00:26:15,450 --> 00:26:16,535 Thank you. 387 00:26:16,617 --> 00:26:18,161 Yeah, Ed's... 388 00:26:19,621 --> 00:26:21,957 you know, Ed's really been a help with training. 389 00:26:22,665 --> 00:26:25,419 You know, I don't think I could've gotten this far without him. 390 00:26:27,086 --> 00:26:28,547 I'm glad that he's been a help. 391 00:26:28,630 --> 00:26:30,923 You know, he puts his all into everything that he does. 392 00:26:31,008 --> 00:26:32,259 Oh, yeah. 393 00:26:33,050 --> 00:26:35,261 I just hope that he's focused enough on 15. 394 00:26:36,137 --> 00:26:37,181 'Course he is. 395 00:26:37,263 --> 00:26:38,640 If anything, 396 00:26:39,391 --> 00:26:42,644 it's me trying to keep my head above water. 397 00:26:43,936 --> 00:26:47,065 It's... not easy. 398 00:26:50,027 --> 00:26:51,944 Well, it's not supposed to be easy, Tracy. 399 00:26:57,326 --> 00:27:00,537 Hey, Danny, thank Mrs. Baldwin. 400 00:27:01,579 --> 00:27:03,332 Go get your jacket on. Let's get going. 401 00:27:04,374 --> 00:27:06,292 -Thank you. -You're welcome. See you soon, buddy. 402 00:27:06,375 --> 00:27:08,336 -Have a good night, Shane. -Good night. 403 00:27:09,587 --> 00:27:10,838 -Thanks again, Karen. -Mm-hmm. 404 00:27:10,923 --> 00:27:12,298 Let's go get your brother. 405 00:27:12,382 --> 00:27:14,134 Let's put everything away, all right? 406 00:27:17,095 --> 00:27:19,306 To safely return the crew, 407 00:27:19,388 --> 00:27:22,183 the command module has to enter Earth's atmosphere 408 00:27:22,267 --> 00:27:23,935 at exactly the right angle 409 00:27:24,019 --> 00:27:27,855 while coming in at 25,000 miles per hour. 410 00:27:29,732 --> 00:27:32,611 That's 36,000 feet per second... 411 00:27:33,694 --> 00:27:34,738 like a meteorite. 412 00:27:34,820 --> 00:27:36,906 That's literally what you are. 413 00:27:38,241 --> 00:27:41,577 And if you plunge through at a steep angle, you'll burn up. 414 00:27:41,662 --> 00:27:46,458 But if you hit the atmosphere too shallow, you'll just bounce off back into space. 415 00:27:52,673 --> 00:27:53,757 Cart. 416 00:27:55,259 --> 00:27:56,551 Four-letter word for "wagon." 417 00:28:02,598 --> 00:28:05,269 I understand the reentry equations. 418 00:28:05,352 --> 00:28:06,728 I hope so. 419 00:28:13,026 --> 00:28:14,318 Let's find out. 420 00:28:18,949 --> 00:28:20,075 Pop quiz. 421 00:29:10,125 --> 00:29:11,125 Janice? 422 00:29:12,794 --> 00:29:14,378 I guess she didn't make the cut. 423 00:29:27,017 --> 00:29:29,603 I couldn't have done it without you nipping at my heels, Doyle. 424 00:29:34,148 --> 00:29:36,317 Fifth. Dammit. 425 00:29:46,077 --> 00:29:47,162 Oh, God. 426 00:30:00,884 --> 00:30:03,636 Winner, winner, chicken dinner. 427 00:30:04,136 --> 00:30:05,596 Hell's bells, Cobb. 428 00:30:06,515 --> 00:30:07,807 Double or nothing? 429 00:30:07,891 --> 00:30:09,142 Rack 'em. 430 00:30:20,028 --> 00:30:21,864 -You notice it yet? -What's that? 431 00:30:23,574 --> 00:30:25,409 How every guy in this bar is trying to pretend 432 00:30:25,491 --> 00:30:27,661 he doesn't hate the fact that we're standing here. 433 00:30:28,327 --> 00:30:29,829 'Cause you know what we are? 434 00:30:31,163 --> 00:30:33,500 We're change in living color. 435 00:30:33,959 --> 00:30:35,251 Us standing here means that 436 00:30:35,335 --> 00:30:38,380 their time on top of the shitpile's coming to a close, 437 00:30:38,462 --> 00:30:40,298 and they don't like it one bit. 438 00:30:40,382 --> 00:30:41,592 Give it up, Doyle. 439 00:30:42,217 --> 00:30:44,886 They'll get around to screwin' us over, just like they did last time. 440 00:30:46,555 --> 00:30:47,890 Not them I'm worried about. 441 00:30:50,767 --> 00:30:52,059 Look at them. 442 00:30:52,144 --> 00:30:53,604 They just waltzed into this program 443 00:30:53,686 --> 00:30:56,022 like we weren't trying to get this done ten years ago. 444 00:30:56,898 --> 00:30:58,567 Come on. They're not so bad. 445 00:31:01,068 --> 00:31:02,863 They got no idea how hard it's gonna be 446 00:31:02,945 --> 00:31:05,281 when the shit hits the fan and they shut this thing down. 447 00:31:05,365 --> 00:31:06,991 And you know it's gonna happen, right? 448 00:31:10,287 --> 00:31:12,830 And they all have to go back to their miserable little lives 449 00:31:12,914 --> 00:31:14,290 in bumfuck wherever. 450 00:31:15,500 --> 00:31:16,835 I feel sorry for 'em. 451 00:31:17,544 --> 00:31:18,836 Except for the astro wife. 452 00:31:20,213 --> 00:31:24,550 She is gonna be just fine going back to her cushy little life and her hubby. 453 00:31:26,345 --> 00:31:29,431 The scariest thing I ever flew was an S-2 Pitts. 454 00:31:29,515 --> 00:31:30,516 Oh, damn. 455 00:31:30,598 --> 00:31:32,433 That aircraft will kill you in a heartbeat. 456 00:31:32,518 --> 00:31:33,644 -Yeah. -Mm-hmm. 457 00:31:34,353 --> 00:31:35,354 Wow. 458 00:31:36,395 --> 00:31:37,689 How about you, Tracy? 459 00:31:41,067 --> 00:31:42,568 Well, you know. 460 00:31:45,404 --> 00:31:50,493 My brother actually taught me to fly in a Piper Cub. 461 00:31:50,576 --> 00:31:53,329 It's not state of the art or anything, I know, but... 462 00:31:55,832 --> 00:31:57,041 You know, actually... 463 00:32:02,130 --> 00:32:05,800 One time, he had me try the AT-6. 464 00:32:05,884 --> 00:32:06,926 Oh, golly. 465 00:32:07,009 --> 00:32:10,471 And that move from 40 to 600 horsepower... 466 00:32:12,182 --> 00:32:14,351 it was a real eye-opener. 467 00:32:14,433 --> 00:32:15,560 I'll bet. 468 00:32:16,185 --> 00:32:18,105 No, but, if I'm honest, 469 00:32:18,188 --> 00:32:21,357 I haven't really flown much in the last few years, so... 470 00:32:21,441 --> 00:32:23,652 Well, that's understandable. You got two kids. 471 00:32:25,237 --> 00:32:26,738 Yeah, I guess. 472 00:32:27,573 --> 00:32:28,781 I mean... 473 00:32:29,866 --> 00:32:33,953 flying just didn't seem like an option as a career, you know? 474 00:32:35,204 --> 00:32:36,455 I ended up a nurse. 475 00:32:37,583 --> 00:32:41,211 NICU... for a while anyway. 476 00:32:41,961 --> 00:32:43,380 I was a secretary. 477 00:32:45,590 --> 00:32:47,049 Switchboard operator. 478 00:32:47,843 --> 00:32:48,844 Computer. 479 00:32:49,469 --> 00:32:50,511 What's that? 480 00:32:51,137 --> 00:32:54,974 We did calculations and some engineering at NASA. 481 00:32:55,558 --> 00:32:58,519 But that wasn't nearly as glamorous as all this. 482 00:33:00,314 --> 00:33:03,400 You know what? Gordo gave me so much shit for coming here tonight. 483 00:33:03,482 --> 00:33:05,611 -Come on. -I'm serious. 484 00:33:05,693 --> 00:33:09,489 He said he wouldn't even have dreamt of stepping foot in this place, 485 00:33:09,573 --> 00:33:13,285 in the Outpost, unless he had his astronaut pin. 486 00:33:13,367 --> 00:33:15,913 It's not a church. It's a bar with a roach problem. 487 00:33:15,996 --> 00:33:17,247 Mm-hmm. 488 00:33:17,330 --> 00:33:19,540 Some of these guys act like it's a nightly communion. 489 00:33:19,625 --> 00:33:21,585 -Oh, yeah. -They're not the only ones. 490 00:33:24,462 --> 00:33:25,838 Well, Patty's nice. 491 00:33:25,923 --> 00:33:27,715 Molly, she's... 492 00:33:32,054 --> 00:33:34,556 I don't know. I just thought she'd be more encouraging. 493 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:36,266 -Mm-hmm. -You know? 494 00:33:36,349 --> 00:33:39,603 She's not here to make friends. And she's right. 495 00:33:42,605 --> 00:33:47,068 I mean, I like all of you, but only one of us is gonna be chosen. 496 00:33:49,863 --> 00:33:50,864 Well... 497 00:33:52,574 --> 00:33:56,202 till then, can I buy y'all another round? 498 00:33:56,286 --> 00:33:57,453 Yes. 499 00:33:58,997 --> 00:33:59,998 Yes. 500 00:34:06,587 --> 00:34:08,465 Blackjack, Houston for Danielle. 501 00:34:08,548 --> 00:34:11,802 Please give us a status on our pH indicator for fuel cell one. 502 00:34:11,885 --> 00:34:15,806 Copy that, Houston. I've got barber poles on fuel cell one. 503 00:34:15,889 --> 00:34:17,557 The other two talk-backs are nominal. 504 00:34:21,811 --> 00:34:22,896 Snap to it. 505 00:34:24,523 --> 00:34:25,648 You okay? 506 00:34:26,148 --> 00:34:27,775 Yeah. Early morning. 507 00:34:27,860 --> 00:34:30,070 Blackjack, Houston for Tracy. 508 00:34:30,152 --> 00:34:32,405 Please open all four Helium-1 iso valves. 509 00:34:32,989 --> 00:34:36,201 Copy that, Houston. Opening helium system one. 510 00:34:39,371 --> 00:34:40,621 It's right there. 511 00:34:47,211 --> 00:34:50,673 Nice job, Blackjack. We see good RCS tank pressurization. 512 00:34:51,507 --> 00:34:52,509 You're welcome. 513 00:34:55,387 --> 00:34:58,556 Fail the guidance computer. Have them come in manually. 514 00:34:58,639 --> 00:35:01,351 That's just mean. You know they're not ready for that. 515 00:35:01,934 --> 00:35:04,313 We don't have time to wait for them to be ready. 516 00:35:09,318 --> 00:35:13,780 "What we've got here is a failure to communicate." 517 00:35:15,114 --> 00:35:16,490 Cool Hand Luke. 518 00:35:19,952 --> 00:35:21,413 I grew up in movie theaters. 519 00:35:23,331 --> 00:35:26,626 -You see Butch Cassidy? -Love the movie. Hate the music. 520 00:35:26,710 --> 00:35:28,503 Ah, a traditionalist. 521 00:35:28,586 --> 00:35:30,630 You must love Magnificent Seven. 522 00:35:30,713 --> 00:35:33,217 Well, yeah. It's the best Western soundtrack ever recorded. 523 00:35:33,675 --> 00:35:36,677 Better than Red River? You got a lot to learn, kid. 524 00:35:36,762 --> 00:35:38,347 Work now. Flirt later. 525 00:35:38,429 --> 00:35:41,141 Yes, ma'am. Right away, ma'am. Working. Aye, aye, ma'am. 526 00:35:49,315 --> 00:35:50,692 Master caution alarm. 527 00:35:53,277 --> 00:35:55,822 Primary guidance has failed. We need to do this manually. 528 00:35:55,905 --> 00:35:57,532 -What? -Take manual control. 529 00:35:58,909 --> 00:36:02,496 Okay, we need to maintain constant g's. Watch your g-meter and your EMS scroll. 530 00:36:02,579 --> 00:36:05,081 -Yeah, I got it. -Don't get over four g's or we'll burn up. 531 00:36:05,164 --> 00:36:06,166 I got it. 532 00:36:06,666 --> 00:36:08,460 -Your attitude rates are getting high. -I see it. 533 00:36:09,795 --> 00:36:11,588 You're fighting the deadband. Lower your gains. 534 00:36:11,672 --> 00:36:13,297 Stop being a backseat commander. 535 00:36:18,302 --> 00:36:21,806 Shit! We're coming in too steep. Accel's at seven g's. 536 00:36:22,891 --> 00:36:24,601 Pulling lift vector up. 537 00:36:24,684 --> 00:36:26,143 Too late. We're gonna burn up. 538 00:36:30,565 --> 00:36:31,983 Great. We're dead. 539 00:36:33,777 --> 00:36:36,195 End of sim. Prepare for debrief. 540 00:36:43,077 --> 00:36:44,246 Sorry, y'all. 541 00:36:45,371 --> 00:36:47,164 So, what, you didn't get much sleep? 542 00:36:48,916 --> 00:36:50,543 Was it Gordo? 543 00:36:50,626 --> 00:36:52,170 Was it the kids? 544 00:36:52,963 --> 00:36:54,380 Was it the dog? 545 00:36:55,715 --> 00:36:57,550 -Look-- -You know, I don't give a good goddamn. 546 00:36:59,052 --> 00:37:00,554 You're tired? 547 00:37:00,637 --> 00:37:02,931 Your job is not to be tired. 548 00:37:03,014 --> 00:37:05,684 Yeah, I know, I know. I'm trying to just-- 549 00:37:05,766 --> 00:37:09,313 You ain't flown that much, you got kids, you're not an engineer. 550 00:37:09,396 --> 00:37:11,690 A lot of exceptions have been made for you, Tracy Stevens. 551 00:37:11,773 --> 00:37:15,443 So, I don't get how you see fit to complain about any damn thing. 552 00:37:15,527 --> 00:37:16,903 What are you saying, Cobb? 553 00:37:16,987 --> 00:37:19,239 What I'm saying is that other than being a pretty face 554 00:37:19,322 --> 00:37:21,115 and married to Gordo Stevens, 555 00:37:21,199 --> 00:37:23,869 I don't get what you've done to deserve still being here. 556 00:37:25,369 --> 00:37:27,789 I know why I'm here, I know why Patty's here, 557 00:37:27,873 --> 00:37:32,126 and Dani and pretty much everyone except for you, astro wife. 558 00:37:33,336 --> 00:37:35,047 Why are you still here? 559 00:37:42,429 --> 00:37:45,681 And she's right. I mean, why am I still doing this, huh? 560 00:37:45,766 --> 00:37:48,268 Why am I still doing this, Gordo? It's a joke. 561 00:37:48,351 --> 00:37:49,769 Hey, don't talk like that. 562 00:37:50,436 --> 00:37:52,813 Hon, you got a real shot at this. 563 00:37:53,648 --> 00:37:57,110 And Shorty, he said your final jet scores were amongst the highest in the class. 564 00:37:57,193 --> 00:37:58,402 -You're a good pilot. -No. 565 00:37:58,487 --> 00:38:01,489 -Trace, you've always been a good pilot. -I was a good pilot eight years ago. 566 00:38:01,572 --> 00:38:04,784 Now I'm just a housewife trying to remember basic radio navigation. 567 00:38:04,867 --> 00:38:07,746 And why are you talking to Shorty Powers about my test scores? 568 00:38:07,829 --> 00:38:10,706 He mentioned it in passing. 569 00:38:10,791 --> 00:38:13,043 I think you gotta see this out, Trace. 570 00:38:15,211 --> 00:38:17,130 I should've been bounced weeks ago. 571 00:38:17,672 --> 00:38:20,550 And everyone knows that the only reason I'm still here 572 00:38:20,634 --> 00:38:22,969 is because Shorty wants his space couple. 573 00:38:23,052 --> 00:38:24,762 Come on, Tracy. 574 00:38:24,847 --> 00:38:26,431 I'm a laughingstock, Gordo. 575 00:38:27,014 --> 00:38:28,599 I am a laughingstock, 576 00:38:28,684 --> 00:38:32,521 and you are fine with your wife being humiliated like this 577 00:38:32,603 --> 00:38:34,565 because you don't wanna lose a seat on 15. 578 00:38:34,648 --> 00:38:36,775 -This isn't about me. -It's always about you! 579 00:38:36,858 --> 00:38:38,735 Every goddamn thing is about you. 580 00:38:38,818 --> 00:38:39,902 Don't start this shit. 581 00:38:39,987 --> 00:38:42,030 It's been that way since the day we met. 582 00:38:42,114 --> 00:38:45,617 This entire household revolves around King Gordo. 583 00:38:46,577 --> 00:38:49,413 Don't change the subject. This is about you wanting to punch out 584 00:38:49,496 --> 00:38:51,248 the first time something gets a little tough. 585 00:38:51,331 --> 00:38:55,168 "A little tough"? Have you listened to one goddamn word I've said? 586 00:38:55,251 --> 00:38:56,795 I've listened to everything you've said. 587 00:38:56,878 --> 00:38:59,922 "Sim training was hard, jet qualification was hard, math is hard. 588 00:39:00,007 --> 00:39:02,509 Everything's so hard. I may as well just lie down and quit." 589 00:39:04,344 --> 00:39:08,139 Jesus Christ, Trace. Show some goddamn... guts! 590 00:39:08,222 --> 00:39:11,351 Don't let something small as that run you outta the program. 591 00:39:14,438 --> 00:39:16,106 So, that's what you think of me, huh? 592 00:39:18,942 --> 00:39:20,610 That I don't have guts? 593 00:39:21,527 --> 00:39:22,905 That I'm the quitter? 594 00:39:26,324 --> 00:39:27,867 That's what you're talking about doing, isn't it? 595 00:39:28,702 --> 00:39:32,289 Packing up your toys because some girl said something mean to me in the sim. 596 00:39:34,333 --> 00:39:35,458 Get out! 597 00:39:37,668 --> 00:39:39,086 I'm going, all right. 598 00:39:45,677 --> 00:39:47,471 I said get the fuck out! 599 00:39:47,554 --> 00:39:48,679 Jesus. 600 00:39:58,398 --> 00:39:59,608 Oh, God. 601 00:41:03,380 --> 00:41:05,757 On the moon? Is that even possible? 602 00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:09,510 Ray, how sure are you that those bright spots are really ice? 603 00:41:09,594 --> 00:41:11,179 I'm not. I can't be. 604 00:41:11,262 --> 00:41:14,224 It's just one of the possibilities the data suggests. 605 00:41:14,307 --> 00:41:17,686 The instruments on the lunar orbiter weren't designed 606 00:41:17,768 --> 00:41:19,228 for that kind of analysis. 607 00:41:19,313 --> 00:41:21,023 We'll know more after Apollo 15. 608 00:41:21,106 --> 00:41:24,150 Our CM's going up with an enhanced infrared photo-spectrometer. 609 00:41:24,233 --> 00:41:26,068 -Get us better data. -I'll tell you this. 610 00:41:27,028 --> 00:41:32,117 I mean, if he's right, if there is water up there, that changes everything. 611 00:41:32,201 --> 00:41:34,536 -How so? -Well, sir, we can drink it. 612 00:41:34,619 --> 00:41:36,288 So we don't have to haul up our own. 613 00:41:36,371 --> 00:41:38,706 And we can use it to grow plants hydroponically. 614 00:41:38,789 --> 00:41:41,251 But the really exciting thing, sir, 615 00:41:41,335 --> 00:41:45,547 we can electrically separate H2O into hydrogen and oxygen, 616 00:41:45,630 --> 00:41:47,048 then liquefy them to produce-- 617 00:41:47,132 --> 00:41:48,300 English, please. 618 00:41:48,382 --> 00:41:50,469 He's saying we can use it to make rocket fuel. 619 00:41:51,177 --> 00:41:54,347 Same kind we use in the upper stages of the Saturn V. 620 00:41:54,431 --> 00:41:58,809 A refueling station on our way to the rest of the solar system. 621 00:42:04,148 --> 00:42:05,943 Good work, Ray. Thanks. 622 00:42:13,157 --> 00:42:14,159 Hey, guys. 623 00:42:15,619 --> 00:42:18,914 The president wants to know how we're doing with his women, 624 00:42:19,664 --> 00:42:21,041 specifically Stevens' wife. 625 00:42:21,708 --> 00:42:23,293 He really hopes she's the one. 626 00:42:23,876 --> 00:42:27,297 You can tell him his women are about to do desert survival training. 627 00:42:28,090 --> 00:42:29,382 You're really doing that? 628 00:42:29,465 --> 00:42:30,967 It's part of the program. 629 00:42:31,552 --> 00:42:33,094 Are you trying to wash them out? 630 00:42:34,679 --> 00:42:37,891 They can't haul a 40-pound pack 20 miles in the desert sun. 631 00:42:37,974 --> 00:42:40,686 They have to be able to handle all aspects of spaceflight, 632 00:42:40,768 --> 00:42:43,021 including survival after a botched landing. 633 00:42:44,231 --> 00:42:45,690 You'll lose half of them out there. 634 00:42:46,692 --> 00:42:49,485 If they can't survive the desert, they can't survive the moon. 635 00:43:03,125 --> 00:43:04,793 Ladies, here's the scenario. 636 00:43:05,501 --> 00:43:07,336 You are flying a solo mission. 637 00:43:07,420 --> 00:43:10,465 Your spacecraft has gone off course, and you have landed in the desert. 638 00:43:11,215 --> 00:43:14,052 You have your parachute and the spacecraft survival kit. 639 00:43:14,635 --> 00:43:17,054 Strapped to your back is 40 pounds of gear. 640 00:43:17,514 --> 00:43:21,643 You have no maps of the area, and you are out of radio communication. 641 00:43:21,726 --> 00:43:25,480 Your goal is to make it to a checkpoint due east of your location 642 00:43:25,563 --> 00:43:27,608 in less than 14 hours. 643 00:43:42,873 --> 00:43:46,835 This is not, repeat, not a teamwork-building assignment. 644 00:43:47,335 --> 00:43:51,215 This test will be timed and graded on your individual performance. 645 00:43:51,882 --> 00:43:55,344 Each of you will have a walkie-talkie for use in case of emergency. 646 00:43:55,844 --> 00:43:57,471 But be warned. 647 00:43:57,554 --> 00:44:01,307 Any use of the walkie-talkie for any reason will abort your test, 648 00:44:01,391 --> 00:44:03,268 and you will receive a failing grade. 649 00:44:04,228 --> 00:44:06,313 And in case I haven't made this clear... 650 00:44:07,856 --> 00:44:10,442 this is a must-pass test. 651 00:44:11,193 --> 00:44:12,318 Good luck. 652 00:45:16,382 --> 00:45:17,842 Oh, God. 653 00:45:22,054 --> 00:45:23,347 Oh, God. 654 00:45:39,907 --> 00:45:41,074 Got something. 655 00:45:59,009 --> 00:46:02,887 Congratulations, Cobb. Your time is ten hours, 12 minutes. 656 00:46:03,804 --> 00:46:05,014 10:12? 657 00:46:07,099 --> 00:46:08,601 I was hoping I'd break ten. 658 00:46:09,561 --> 00:46:12,813 I guess being number one will have to do. 659 00:46:12,898 --> 00:46:14,358 Didn't say you were number one. 660 00:46:15,275 --> 00:46:16,360 What? 661 00:46:16,443 --> 00:46:18,570 Hey, Cobb. Catch. 662 00:46:20,530 --> 00:46:23,199 Nine hours, 53 minutes. 663 00:46:23,282 --> 00:46:24,492 Read it and weep. 664 00:46:26,786 --> 00:46:28,288 Well, it's about time, Doyle. 665 00:46:29,164 --> 00:46:32,543 'Cause I was wondering when you'd get around to beating me at something. 666 00:46:37,505 --> 00:46:38,840 Oh, my God. 667 00:48:04,717 --> 00:48:05,927 Ellen. 668 00:48:11,224 --> 00:48:12,309 I'm not doing it. 669 00:48:14,644 --> 00:48:15,646 What? 670 00:48:17,940 --> 00:48:20,192 I'm not using the walkie-talkie to abort. 671 00:48:23,445 --> 00:48:24,487 Okay. 672 00:48:30,409 --> 00:48:32,079 I think it's busted. 673 00:48:32,996 --> 00:48:34,914 I'm not aborting. I won't fail. 674 00:48:34,998 --> 00:48:36,583 All right. Give me that. 675 00:48:37,458 --> 00:48:39,043 All right. You ready? Breathe. 676 00:48:41,088 --> 00:48:43,297 There you go. There you go. All right. 677 00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:45,259 -Can you feel this? -Mm-hmm. 678 00:48:45,342 --> 00:48:46,385 Yeah? 679 00:48:47,010 --> 00:48:48,135 Can you wiggle your toes? 680 00:48:50,012 --> 00:48:51,014 All right. 681 00:48:51,722 --> 00:48:53,391 It's probably just a bad sprain. 682 00:48:54,518 --> 00:48:57,186 So we're gonna get the swelling down. 683 00:48:57,271 --> 00:49:01,983 And then we're going to get that boot laced up 684 00:49:02,067 --> 00:49:04,152 as tight as your ankle can stand it, all right? 685 00:49:05,070 --> 00:49:06,237 Okay. 686 00:49:14,246 --> 00:49:16,414 We're not gonna get very far with this sun. 687 00:49:23,088 --> 00:49:24,338 What are you doing? 688 00:49:24,965 --> 00:49:26,592 Something I picked up from Gordo. 689 00:49:31,054 --> 00:49:33,849 All right. I got you. There you go. 690 00:49:34,641 --> 00:49:36,351 There you go. Get your arm around me. 691 00:49:37,311 --> 00:49:39,061 -All right. I got you. -Okay. 692 00:49:58,789 --> 00:50:00,751 -You want some? -Ma'am? You guys all right? 693 00:50:22,271 --> 00:50:24,233 If we're both gonna die out here, 694 00:50:25,108 --> 00:50:27,068 I'd at least like to know who I'm dying with. 695 00:50:28,487 --> 00:50:30,822 Trust me, I'm not that interesting. 696 00:50:30,905 --> 00:50:33,115 Come on, you got anything better to do? 697 00:50:33,617 --> 00:50:35,034 What'd you do before this? 698 00:50:38,329 --> 00:50:42,000 After school, I thought about getting a job at an engineering firm, 699 00:50:42,083 --> 00:50:47,213 but my dad convinced me to come home and work for the family business. 700 00:50:48,382 --> 00:50:50,050 What's the family business? 701 00:50:50,759 --> 00:50:52,594 We're in air transportation. 702 00:50:54,137 --> 00:50:55,639 All right, take a rest. 703 00:50:56,722 --> 00:51:00,184 Air transportation, huh? What, like United Airlines? 704 00:51:01,853 --> 00:51:02,855 No. 705 00:51:07,317 --> 00:51:08,443 Cavalier. 706 00:51:09,987 --> 00:51:11,153 Cavalier? 707 00:51:12,489 --> 00:51:13,907 Cavalier Airlines? 708 00:51:14,615 --> 00:51:16,702 "The only way to fly is Cavalier"? 709 00:51:18,244 --> 00:51:19,371 That's us. 710 00:51:25,543 --> 00:51:26,545 So you're... 711 00:51:27,588 --> 00:51:28,588 Loaded. 712 00:51:29,797 --> 00:51:30,798 Yeah. 713 00:51:31,592 --> 00:51:34,969 Well. There's worse things you could be. 714 00:51:55,032 --> 00:51:56,199 Time to call it. 715 00:51:58,911 --> 00:52:00,286 This is NASA checkpoint one 716 00:52:00,369 --> 00:52:03,831 to all astronaut candidates still on the training course. 717 00:52:03,916 --> 00:52:07,668 Your allotted time has elapsed, and the evaluation is complete. 718 00:52:08,336 --> 00:52:10,213 Radio in with your approximate position 719 00:52:10,297 --> 00:52:12,548 and we'll get some rescue gear out to your location. 720 00:52:12,632 --> 00:52:13,634 Over. 721 00:52:27,105 --> 00:52:30,567 This is NASA checkpoint one to all candidates still on the course. 722 00:52:30,650 --> 00:52:34,612 You are ordered to check in immediately. Please respond. Over. 723 00:52:34,695 --> 00:52:36,322 Don't have to shout, Deke. 724 00:52:38,699 --> 00:52:39,701 Medics! 725 00:52:44,914 --> 00:52:46,625 This is so embarrassing. 726 00:52:48,210 --> 00:52:50,628 It would've been worse if they carried you out on a stretcher. 727 00:52:50,711 --> 00:52:52,463 -Right? -Ma'am, stay there. 728 00:52:58,594 --> 00:52:59,637 Thank you. 729 00:53:14,527 --> 00:53:17,739 Not a teamwork exercise, Stevens. I told you that. 730 00:53:17,822 --> 00:53:20,324 Waverly should've called abort, and you should've come in. 731 00:53:21,326 --> 00:53:22,327 Well, 732 00:53:23,119 --> 00:53:25,956 she wouldn't call abort, and I wasn't gonna leave her behind. 733 00:53:27,081 --> 00:53:28,666 Neither would you, sir. 734 00:53:58,070 --> 00:53:59,405 This is bullshit. 735 00:54:00,657 --> 00:54:03,034 Couldn't have done it without you nipping at my heels, Cobb. 736 00:54:03,534 --> 00:54:05,454 Girls, look at this. 737 00:54:06,329 --> 00:54:07,496 There's some letters here. 738 00:54:08,456 --> 00:54:10,501 One for Molly from a little girl in Munich. 739 00:54:11,501 --> 00:54:12,878 One for me from Tokyo. 740 00:54:14,128 --> 00:54:15,172 Patty. 741 00:54:17,423 --> 00:54:19,842 Cheyenne, Santiago... 742 00:54:19,927 --> 00:54:21,969 Yeah, I don't need to listen to fan mail. 743 00:54:23,639 --> 00:54:26,391 "Dear Ms. Doyle, what's it like being an astronaut? 744 00:54:26,474 --> 00:54:28,559 When I grow up, I wanna go into space. 745 00:54:28,643 --> 00:54:31,771 We hope to see you up in space real soon. 746 00:54:31,855 --> 00:54:33,440 Keep on dreaming. 747 00:54:33,523 --> 00:54:37,110 Love, Lorraine and Janice." 748 00:54:37,193 --> 00:54:39,112 -"Dear Ms. Waverly." -"Dear Danielle." 749 00:54:39,195 --> 00:54:41,532 "My favorite subject in school is science." 750 00:54:42,740 --> 00:54:44,617 "To Mrs. Tracy Stevens, 751 00:54:44,701 --> 00:54:47,538 you have become a big inspiration in my life." 752 00:54:47,996 --> 00:54:52,000 "My parents always told me that I could be anything I wanted when I grow up. 753 00:54:52,083 --> 00:54:54,878 But I never really believed them till now." 754 00:54:55,711 --> 00:54:58,590 "One day, I want to travel to outer space like you're going to do." 755 00:54:58,673 --> 00:55:01,552 "I can't wait to see what you'll accomplish at NASA. 756 00:55:01,635 --> 00:55:04,387 -And I look forward to following your..." -"All the best." 757 00:55:04,471 --> 00:55:06,389 -"Sincerely." -"Best wishes." 758 00:55:06,472 --> 00:55:07,682 -"Jennifer." -"Caroline." 759 00:55:07,766 --> 00:55:08,851 -"Alyson." -"Alicia." 760 00:55:14,815 --> 00:55:17,275 -You wanted to see me. -Have a seat. 761 00:55:25,242 --> 00:55:27,202 Got a lot of respect for what you did out there. 762 00:55:27,827 --> 00:55:30,746 Risking yourself to help another candidate showed a lot of heart. 763 00:55:33,833 --> 00:55:36,503 -It was nothing, sir. -No, you're wrong. 764 00:55:37,461 --> 00:55:39,630 Remember, I went through the same training on Mercury. 765 00:55:42,842 --> 00:55:45,387 Pretty sure Shepard slipped some rocks in my pack. 766 00:55:46,054 --> 00:55:48,681 But this next stuff we're doing... 767 00:55:50,141 --> 00:55:53,144 it's dangerous, especially the LEM simulator. 768 00:55:53,228 --> 00:55:55,480 You make one mistake in that bedstead... 769 00:55:56,981 --> 00:55:59,193 Yeah, I can handle it. 770 00:56:02,153 --> 00:56:05,865 You just don't have the skill set, Tracy. 771 00:56:06,574 --> 00:56:08,577 This stuff isn't like riding a bike. 772 00:56:10,786 --> 00:56:13,873 You should be proud of what you've done so far. 773 00:56:14,791 --> 00:56:15,791 But... 774 00:56:17,293 --> 00:56:18,461 You're gonna cut me. 775 00:56:19,963 --> 00:56:20,963 No. 776 00:56:23,342 --> 00:56:26,177 I think you should withdraw from the program. 777 00:56:32,893 --> 00:56:34,478 I don't understand. 778 00:56:36,063 --> 00:56:38,440 -You kept me on the list. -I did. 779 00:56:38,523 --> 00:56:40,025 You showed guts. 780 00:56:41,360 --> 00:56:43,987 But guts isn't enough, not anymore. 781 00:56:49,576 --> 00:56:51,452 Well, I'm not gonna drop out, Deke. 782 00:56:55,581 --> 00:56:56,666 I want this. 783 00:56:58,876 --> 00:57:01,088 I didn't know how much until it was right in front of me, 784 00:57:01,170 --> 00:57:02,380 but I do now. 785 00:57:07,010 --> 00:57:08,010 So. 786 00:57:09,637 --> 00:57:13,559 If you want me out, you're gonna have to cut me yourself, sir. 787 00:57:31,326 --> 00:57:33,579 We call this baby "the flying bedstead." 788 00:57:33,661 --> 00:57:36,456 Its official name is the lunar landing training vehicle. 789 00:57:37,039 --> 00:57:38,791 The LLTV is designed to emulate 790 00:57:38,876 --> 00:57:41,836 the flight dynamics of the lunar module spacecraft. 791 00:57:41,920 --> 00:57:45,840 Flies like a helicopter, but it is not a helicopter. 792 00:57:46,465 --> 00:57:49,760 There are several important distinctions that y'all need to be aware of 793 00:57:49,844 --> 00:57:51,597 before you take the controls. 794 00:57:51,679 --> 00:57:53,264 See, this is a finicky beast. 795 00:57:54,141 --> 00:57:57,143 Neil Armstrong almost bought the farm in it a couple years ago. 796 00:57:57,226 --> 00:57:58,896 If he'd ejected two seconds later, 797 00:57:58,978 --> 00:58:02,148 he would not have made it home, much less to the moon. 798 00:58:03,817 --> 00:58:06,945 The flight plan for today is basic takeoff and landing maneuvers. 799 00:58:07,528 --> 00:58:10,615 Each of you will fly the bedstead up to an altitude of 300 feet, 800 00:58:10,699 --> 00:58:12,451 hover for 30 seconds, 801 00:58:12,534 --> 00:58:14,952 execute a 360-degree clockwise spin, 802 00:58:15,036 --> 00:58:16,621 hover for another 30 seconds, 803 00:58:16,704 --> 00:58:18,706 and then land the vehicle on the landing target. 804 00:58:19,208 --> 00:58:21,501 No frills, nothing fancy. 805 00:58:21,585 --> 00:58:25,297 Just up, hover, spin, hover and land. 806 00:58:26,047 --> 00:58:27,340 -We clear? -Clear. 807 00:58:30,594 --> 00:58:31,594 Tracy? 808 00:58:33,387 --> 00:58:34,597 Clear, sir. 809 00:58:37,226 --> 00:58:41,063 Flight order. Tracy, Patty, Ellen, Dani, Molly. 810 00:59:11,300 --> 00:59:16,014 Stand by for liftoff in three, two, one. 811 01:00:01,351 --> 01:00:03,103 Go. Let's go. Move it out! 812 01:00:04,980 --> 01:00:09,443 All emergency personnel report immediately to Flight Ops tarmac. 813 01:00:09,525 --> 01:00:10,818 Situation red. 814 01:00:11,320 --> 01:00:15,907 Repeat: All emergency personnel report immediately to Flight Ops tarmac. 815 01:00:16,617 --> 01:00:17,909 Situation red. 816 01:00:27,001 --> 01:00:28,878 -Tracy! -Gordo, Gordo. 817 01:00:28,961 --> 01:00:31,215 -Tracy! Tracy. -No, no. It's okay. 818 01:00:32,340 --> 01:00:33,425 Gordo! 819 01:00:40,306 --> 01:00:42,184 Patty. It was Patty.