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[gentle music]

[Josh on radio] Mission Control,

I've got some news for you.

It's gonna shock you, so you better sit down.

Listen very carefully.

The Earth is flat, gentlemen.

That's right, it's flat as a table.

[laughing]

Hey, wait a minute, there's...

There's an elephant holding up the table.

And there's something holding up the elephant.

Wait, it--it's a rhinoceros holding up the elephant.

Hey, wait a minute, there's such a big cloud cover,

I can't make out what's holding up the rhinoceros.

It's, wait, it's... Oh, no, oh, uh...

Gentlemen, I--I don't know how to tell you this

but I'm just gonna have to come right out and say it.

The table, the elephant, the rhinoceros,

are all being held up by a beautiful and gorgeous

20-year-old girl.

There goes the old ego, among other things. [laughs]

Yeah, it's different out here.

[beeping]

The view seems... bluer than it does inside.

And--and it seems squashed, not as round.

Distortion or fact.

Ah-ha! The eye of the beholder.

[laughing]

Oh, it's incredibly beautiful.

[beeps]

[dramatic music]

[laughing]

Consider the sun as the origin

of a four-dimensional vector space.

One vector of length 1.4 times 10

to the eighth kilometer,

rotating at a constant angular velocity.

Another vector of length 1.37 times 10

to the third kilometer, rotating orthogonally

at the end of the previous vector

at its own constant angular velocity.

Andy! [laughs]

Hey, Andy. How do you like them apples?

Hey, listen to this.

I'm Minnesota Fats, see?

And I'm lining up a shot.

And I'm gonna put Earth into the corner pocket.

Pow!

[switch clicks]

Well? What do you think?

Uh, this first part, now that's--that's pure Josh Lang.

This Earth is flat bit. That's his sense of humor.

But this last part, I...

When you walked in space...

Well, I had about 10 seconds that same kind of high,

but I moved fast and got out

of the electrical field, whatever it was.

How long did it take you to get back to normal?

- Just several minutes. - See, that's the weird part.

Right there. He's been back for what, over two weeks?

He's not acting normally at all.

You mean, he's disturbed?

No. Steve, I don't know.

This is the strangest thing I've ever encountered.

You know what it's like?

It's like his brain is supercharged.

- Well, how bad is that? - Well...

And who is this Andy he's talking about, huh?

I don't know. Nobody in the space program.

See, it's things just like that.

No, he's too unpredictable.

Well, what does the doc say?

Physically, he's sound as a dollar.

And psychologically, he's fine, except for these periods

of extreme fantasy.

The risk is too great, Steve.

I can't send him up again.

If you bounce Josh off the next space shot,

you'll break his heart!

Mm. Mm. Sorry.

You've made up your mind, Cal.

Well, his papers have been sitting on my desk for two days.

And if I agree that he should be scratched

and confined for observation, you'll sign them, huh?

Yeah. That's about it.

Steve, you know him better than anybody else does.

I'm willing to be guided by what you think

is best for Josh and for the program.

Cal, don't do anything until

I've had a chance to talk to him, huh?

Spend some time with him.

Okay. You got him.

It's up to you.

[tense music]

[theme music]

[Man] It looks good at NASA One.

[Man 2] Roger.

- [Man] BCS Arm switch is on. - [Steve] Okay, Victor.

[Man 2] Landing Rocket Arm switch is on.

Here comes the throttle. Circuit breakers in.

[engine whooshing]

- [Steve] We have separation. - [Man 2] Roger.

[Man] Inboard and outboards are on.

I'm comin' forward with the side stick.

- [Man 2] Looks good. - [Man] Uh, Roger.

[Steve] I've got a blow out, damper three.

[Man 2] Get your pitch to zero.

[Steve] Pitch is out! I can't hold altitude!

[Man] Correction, Alpha Hold is off.

Turn selectors--Emergency!

[Steve] Flight Com, I can't hold it!

She's breaking up! She's breaking--

[explosion]

[monitor beeping]

[Rudy] Steve Austin, astronaut.

A man barely alive.

[Oscar] We can rebuild him.

We have the technology.

We can make him better than he was.

Better, stronger, faster.

[heart pounding]

[theme music]

[upbeat music]

[music continues]

[tone beeps]

How do you do it? You were doing 66.

Well, you know as well as I do. Better.

[chuckling] No, I mean, how do you know

when your stride is right?

Well, I can feel a sort of natural rhythm

in my upper body.

Don't your legs ever run out from under ya?

Not anymore.

Running using your bionic capacities,

it's all instinct now, isn't it, Steve?

Yeah.

[telephone ringing]

Hello?

Just a moment, please.

For you, Colonel Austin.

Thank you.

Hello. Josh!

Hey, I've been leaving messages all over the place for you.

Great, but, uh...

Well, whatever you say.

I'm on my way.

Steve, when you see Josh,

will you tell him to get his tail in here?

He's supposed to have another physical,

which he didn't even show up for.

If you change quickly, I'll give you a lift.

No, thanks, Oscar. I promised I'd come alone.

You know Josh. He's a character.

- Where are you meeting him? - Ocean World Amusement Park.

They say that Josh Lang is, well, unstable.

Well, they also said I'd never run again.

- I'll see you, Oscar. - Okay.

[bright music]

[dolphins chattering]

Might not be a bad life in there.

Yeah, no telephones to answer, no money problems.

Why'd you wanna meet here, Josh?

I don't know, ever since I came back from that last space shot,

I've just needed to come here.

Well, it's peaceful enough, that's for sure.

I've had all sorts of strange thoughts since I've been back.

Sometimes, almost too much for me to handle.

I guess the word is out, huh?

"Josh Lang has flipped!"

Well, I don't know about that.

But Billings is very concerned about you.

Did Billings send you to tell me I'm grounded?

No, he didn't. I volunteered.

But there's still a chance you won't be grounded.

If I behave myself, if I pretend that nothing

happened out there, right?

I mean, it's all right to be the only oddball

in the space program, but this time you've gone too far, right?

Now, wait a minute.

If you go to Billings and tell him it was just a put-on

that I was just fooling around,

then I could go back up again, right?

Look, Josh, I'm just trying to help you.

Of course you are.

I'm sorry, Steve.

It's just that...

I--I know when I'm thinking and saying things

that are fantastically wild and even foolish,

but...I mean, I know it!

The thing of it is, I just can't turn it off.

I can't stop it. [chuckles]

[dolphin chattering]

[dolphin squeaking]

There was a sudden jolt, all right.

A sudden stab, uh, something.

I thought my space suit conked out.

- Then I knew. - Knew what?

That I'd walked into some kind of incredible electrical field.

Same thing must have happened to you.

Well, just for several moments.

Didn't it--didn't you feel like laughing,

like doing flips?

Well, I guess I didn't get enough of it.

I--I--I suddenly started getting way-out ideas,

fast as lightning.

And not just fragments, but complete ideas, new ideas!

Like the one about the sun as the origin of space.

I wanted to take a bath in whatever it was that zapped me.

It felt good.

I feel--I feel like a walking computer.

My mind races so fast.

But it feels good, Steve.

Josh, who's Andy?

I don't know any Andy. Why?

You mentioned his name when you were in space.

Did I?

[Ted] Well, Steve, how do you feel about Josh now?

Well, I'm not sure. [sighs]

Last couple of days, he's been normal.

He does have brief periods of time

when he talks about things that are,

well, a little over my head.

Well, we've run all the tests twice.

There's not the slightest abnormality.

And I don't know what to do, other than recommend

he be kept under observation.

That'll kill his chances for the next space shot!

I--I know, but...

Maybe you're being too protective of him.

And I understand why.

But maybe the truth is

that he's just a...a casualty of space.

Now, since when does being super bright

make you a casualty?

Are the things he says really over your head

or--or are they the fantasies of a confused mind?

Look, I read that psychiatrist's report.

He's probably right about Josh.

I've been confused, too,

but I just didn't happen to do it when everybody

at Mission Control was watching.

Ted, give him some more time.

Steve, do you know what you're askin'?

[telephone ringing]

Haldane.

What? I'll be right there.

It's Josh!

He's tearing the programing room apart. Come on!

There's a mistake, and I'll prove it to you.

There's not a variable in the curl pattern.

Josh, why don't you just get out of here?

Let Tina put this all back in order.

There's no point in putting it in order

- if there's a mistake! - Josh, what's the problem?

He came in here and started looking at

some of the computer printouts for the next space shot.

I spotted a mistake in the programming.

There's a mistake in the programing!

As soon as I find the seed factors, you'll see it, too.

He--he just looked at 'em for a few moments,

and then he started telling me that it was wrong!

Josh, the program has been double-checked by the computer.

Every department head approved it.

I think it's best if you left.

There's a mistake! Don't you understand?

Come on, Josh, I'll have it rechecked.

No, you won't!

You think I'm crazy, too, don't you?

Come on, Josh.

You don't want to go around scaring everybody, do you?

I'm s--sorry, Tina.

He just wouldn't listen to me.

He--he insisted that the programming had an error.

Well, what's the verdict on Josh?

Well, I still don't know.

Oscar, I want you to run a check on a couple of things for me.

- Does it have to do with Josh? - Yeah.

When he was in space, he came up with something

to do about the sun as the origin of space.

I want you have it programmed and run through the computer

in Washington.

[chuckling] You're not serious.

Well, just now, he came up with an error

in the programming for the next space shot.

Steve.

He says there's not a variable in the curl pattern.

That's what I want you to check, Oscar.

You're talking about two whole computer runs, Steve.

Well, I want to get an independent opinion

on what Josh has come up with.

Cost a small fortune.

Well, he's worth it, Oscar.

Okay, pal.

[electricity crackling]

[electrical humming]

[electricity crackling]

Hey, Josh, where are you going?

[tense music]

Stay there. I'll get him.

Andy!

Don't worry, Andy! Just--just hang on!

Josh!

[electricity crackling]

[dramatic music]

[explosion]

- You sure you're okay? - Yeah, I'm okay!

How'd you manage it? How'd you take that electricity?

I could--I couldn't move!

Well, my arm, it's not quite my own.

Bionics.

How'd you know?

I don't know. The name just popped into my head.

Hey, old buddy, you're--you're kinda special.

That's what they keep saying.

With your bionic strength and my far-out brain,

we're superior types. Think about it, Steve.

We're the beginning of a whole new species.

Yeah. Let's go.

Josh, who's Andy?

I don't know.

Doesn't the name mean anything to you?

No, it doesn't.

- But don't you want to know? - Look, I don't know any Andy!

Josh, I'm going to have to tell them.

About my weirdness?

About my climbing up power poles?

About this Andy you keep asking me about?

Yes.

Yes.

Can't have astronauts doing strange things like that.

I should be grounded.

I'm sorry, Josh.

[melancholic music]

All my life I've dreamed about going up into space...

and I wanna go back.

You've done everything you can for me, Steve.

I appreciate that.

The problem... is in me.

I see that now.

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

How's Josh?

Well, he's resting.

Seems to be comfortable.

They've got him pretty heavily guarded down there.

Find what you're looking for?

- Not yet. - Yeah.

Well, reading the man's personal history file

isn't going to help him.

He just needs a lot of rest.

That's the only thing that's going to help him, Steve.

Yeah, you may be right.

Hmm. Well, I gotta go home.

I think I'll stay and finish this,

- if it's all right with you. - Sure. No problem.

Uh, put that back in the filing cabinet

and lock it up before you go, would you?

- You bet. - Okay.

Steve...

you did all you could.

[melancholic music]

See you tomorrow.

[dramatic music]

[footsteps approaching]

- Okay, I'm your relief. - He's all yours.

- Any problems? - Nothing. No trouble at all.

Just don't fall asleep.

[Man] Yeah, sure!

[telephone rings]

- Hello. - Steve, Josh is gone.

[Steve on phone] How did he get out?

He traded places with the MP.

You mean, he knocked the guard out?

Well, he must have. But there's not a mark on the guard.

The nurse came in to give Josh his medication

and found the MP in bed instead!

- I'd better call the police. - [knocking on door]

Uh, hold--hold on a minute, Ted.

Colonel Austin?

This was left at the main gate for you, sir.

Thank you.

[Josh] Come to that peaceful place where they have

no telephones to answer, no money problems.

And come alone.

Ted, hold off before you call the police, huh?

All right.

I'll wait until noon tomorrow.

Thanks, Ted.

[dolphins chattering]

[Josh] Good morning.

You really dig this place, don't you?

You came alone, good.

Josh, what were you doing breaking out of the hospital?

It wasn't hard.

And how did you get past the guards out front?

I put 'em out with the electrical energy in my mind.

- Oh, come on, cut it out! - Never mind that.

Steve, I know why I've been coming here

these last two weeks.

Look, Josh, I want to help you.

Come on.

It came to me while I was lying in the hospital bed.

[Steve] What came to you?

[Josh] The dolphins. They came to me.

Listen to them, Steve.

[dolphins chattering]

[dolphin squealing]

Josh, why did you make a man named Arruza

the beneficiary of your insurance?

- Who is he? - I don't know any Arruza.

Listen to them!

That's the secret I'm sharing with you, Steve.

Yeah, I hear them.

I can talk to them.

That's the secret.

Listen to them, Steve!

[dolphins chattering]

[dolphin squealing]

They're talking to me.

To me, Steve!

Whatever happened to me out there in space,

has done something to my brain so I can hear them talking!

[dolphin squealing]

[beeping]

Look, I can hear the ping sound--

No, no, no, not that!

It's mathematics!

[dolphin squealing]

[beeping]

They're communicating in math, to me!

Oh, my God.

If I can understand them

after being in that electrical field

up there in space, do you realize what that means?

Those dolphins are in tune with that electrical field.

They're on the same frequency, the same wavelength!

- Josh-- - Don't you understand?

Do you realize what we could learn

if we sent one of those dolphins up into space,

into that electrical field?

Why, there's no mystery in the universe

that you and I couldn't solve!

J--Josh, calm down.

[laughing]

It's--it's too much, isn't it?

Too much!

It's too--it's too much, too fast

for you to understand, right?

Look, Josh, I--I didn't hear what you heard.

Steve...if they can communicate with my brain,

then I can communicate with theirs!

Then, will you believe me?

Boy, I sure would like it if someone would believe me.

Can you communicate with them, Josh?

I think so.

[beeping]

I'll bring one of them up!

[somber music]

[beeping]

- [beeping] - [dolphins squeaking]

[tone pulsing]

[dolphin squeals]

Now, two.

[tone pulsing]

[dolphins squeal]

[Josh] Now, four!

[tone pulsing]

[dolphins squeal]

[water splashes]

[beeping]

[dolphins chattering]

[dramatic music]

[dolphin squeals]

[intense music]

[mechanical whirring]

[beeping]

[dolphin chattering]

They're the future.

Steve, the future. I mean it.

They should be up in space with us. Put 'em in a tank.

Send them up on the next shot, the Apollo Soyuz.

Let who's ever out there hear their sounds.

Maybe they can communicate with another world!

Help me try and convince them, Steve.

I'll try, Josh.

[Billings] It's ridiculous to even discuss the possibility

of sending a dolphin into space.

That's how I felt. And then Josh called the dolphins.

- I saw it. They came. - All right.

Well, there's some other explanation for that, Steve.

Uh, these tests that Dr. Haldane's running on him.

Now maybe they'll give us a clue. I don't know.

How do you explain his escaping from the hospital last night?

I don't know, Steve. Hypnotism!

[scoffs]

I'm sorry.

Look, I know how you feel about what happened to Josh.

Josh has done a job for you, Cal.

Now, you said it yourself. His mind is supercharged.

Then why not give his ideas some thought?

- Even if they are far-out? - Steve--

We might learn something from the man.

All right, I've had it! Now, look!

The first thing the man told me

was that my computer's programming is all wrong.

Now, he wants me to send you and him

up into space with a dolphin.

Steve, come on. This has gone too far.

I've gotta talk with Josh. Alone, Steve.

Yeah, listen, uh, send Josh Lang in here now, would you, please?

Go easy, Cal.

Josh, I, uh--

Don't worry so much about me, Steve.

Everything's going to be all right.

[door closes]

Josh...

this has got to end.

I'm sorry. It's just gone too far.

I'm sorry, but I've got to put a stop to it.

It's not your fault what happened to you.

I don't blame you for that.

But I can't handle it anymore.

Can you understand that?

I've got to have you confined.

I've got to have you treated.

And this time--

Cal, Steve and I are going up with a dolphin.

And you're not going to stop us.

[dramatic music]

Oh, Josh.

Oh, Josh.

[sighs]

[crackling]

[beeping]

[crackling]

[tense music]

[bright music]

Hey, hey! I'm glad I caught you.

- What about the computer run? - Josh is right.

There is a mistake in the computer program.

And his "Sun as the origin of space" theory?

Completely valid.

I've got all the printouts here to prove it.

Hey, come on.

What medical explanation, I don't know.

What happened?

Somehow, Josh overpowered Cal and escaped.

Cal said he tried to call the MPs,

but Josh stopped him from doing it.

How? By force?

No, with his mind, the power of his brain.

That's exactly right.

That must be exactly what he did.

He controlled me with his mind.

Oscar, I couldn't dial the telephone!

I had a headache, and then, suddenly, bam!

Passed out. Just bam! Just like that.

His brain must be incredible.

This is the encephalogram we ran on Josh.

I've never seen anything like it.

It's like his whole brain is supercharged

with electricity.

He must be capable of fantastic comprehension.

Yeah, but I don't know how long it's gonna last.

What does that mean?

Well, right now, his mind is burning bright,

but like a light bulb that suddenly

gets brighter just before it burns out.

Now, I'm afraid that Josh's mind is going to burn out, too,

unless we can get him in here.

Can you stop him from burning out?

There's a chance, if I can treat him.

But, gentleman, it has to be soon.

Well, let's have the police pick him up.

That's the only way we're going to get him.

All right.

Uh, security.

- Yeah, get me the local police. - What are you gonna do?

I've got to find him and bring him back before it's too late.

But where?

Well, this ought to do for a start.

[dramatic music]

[clock ticking]

[car approaching]

[car door closes]

[car engine revving]

[knocking on door]

- Yeah? - Are you Mr. Arruza?

That's right.

Do you know Josh Lang?

The astronaut? Oh, sure.

Everyone around here does.

He used to live close by, you know?

I'm looking for him, Mr. Arruza,

and I think maybe you can help me.

- Who are you? - I'm a friend of Josh Lang's.

My name is Steve Austin.

[chuckles] Oh, yes, of course.

Come in, Mr. Austin.

Thank you.

[door closes]

[clock ticking]

How can I help?

Mr. Arruza, does the name "Andy" mean anything to you?

I don't like to talk about my son.

He's dead and buried.

Andy was your son?

That's right. What is it you want?

Mr. Arruza, your son, Andy, and Josh Lang were boyhood pals?

Yeah. That's right.

I kinda remember that.

Well, you know little boys.

They're all ears and teeth.

Hard to separate them in the mind.

Mr. Arruza...

when did Andy die?

Look, I know how you must feel.

But it would help me to know when he died.

He was 10.

On a high-voltage wire?

Kids playing around. What do they know?

I was working then. Then, as now.

Wouldn't go to his body.

They had to drag me.

Josh Lang might have been there.

Don't recall.

Look, will you take me to the place where it happened?

The whole power station has been changed a lot.

Built up.

It's right past the transformers.

Will you point it out for me?

[Woman on radio] Attention, all units.

Attention, all units.

Repeating an earlier broadcast of an APB on Josh Lang,

suspect wanted by the military police.

Lang is described as male Caucasian,

five feet eleven inches in height.

Weight, 170. Eyes, blue. Hair, dark brown.

Suspect last seen at the Houston Space Center,

wearing a blue jacket, light blue shirt

and brown trousers.

Jose Lang is wanted by military police

for questioning and examination.

Suspect is not armed

but should be considered dangerous.

[tense music]

[Man] So, like to bowl?

[Woman] Yes. I'm not very good, though.

[Man] No?

I'm terrible!

[laughing] So am I.

- Really, all gutter balls. - Yeah?

How 'bout movies? You like movies?

Yeah. I'm glad to see you. I missed you.

Thank you.

- Hang on. - Okay.

Something cool.

- Iced tea? - Yeah, that'll be great.

I--I suppose a lot of the people from

the p--power station drop in here, huh?

Yeah, most of the guys who come in here

are from the power station.

Few truck drivers.

Few guys just fooling around.

They built it in the '30s. WPA.

Half a dozen of the workers died of heat prostration.

You know why?

The elimination of salts from the body.

That's when they started making salt pills

and insisting that the construction workers take them.

Oh!

Wow!

You from here?

Yeah, my dad works over there.

Hey, do you know where tower number one is?

Oh, sure. It's where it always was.

Oh, they've built up a lot in the last few years,

but it's still there.

It's way on the other side.

There's some kind of a government sign.

- Strange. - [Woman] Huh?

I wonder where tower number one comes from.

Just a minute, sir, I'd like to talk to you--

Don't call for help, officer. I'm not violent.

You're, uh, you're Josh Lang, aren't you?

[beeping]

Don't stand in my way.

Don't get excited.

I know. You've got a picture of me in your car.

It came over the telex. You want to take me in.

Just for questioning. Nothing serious.

I'm leaving.

Please...don't get in the way.

I've gotta take you in, Mr. Lang.

Don't go for the handcuffs!

Hey!

How'd you know I was--

Don't go for your gun!

[beeping]

[crackling]

[dramatic music]

[sighs]

[tense music]

He's dead!

Oh, my God.

You killed him!

Andy.

[dramatic music]

[indistinct chatter]

Mr. Goldman?

Uh, this is Steve Austin, officer.

Is that the lady?

Yes, sir.

And she positively identifies him as Josh Lang?

Yes, sir. There's no question about it.

Any leads on where he went?

No. She's pretty shaken up.

It's going to take her a while to get it all sorted out.

May I talk to her?

Hmm? Yeah.

Ma'am?

I'm a friend of Josh Lang's.

My name's Steve.

Josh didn't mean to kill that deputy.

I know that.

Josh wouldn't kill anyone deliberately.

His name was Frank.

The deputy?

I've got to find my friend before he hurts anyone else.

Did he say anything about--

How could he have killed Frank?

He didn't touch him.

I don't know, ma'am.

Did he say anything about someone named Andy?

After he killed Frank, he said,

"Oh, my God. Andy."

How did you know?

Thank you, ma'am.

[dog barks]

[Oscar] So?

I know where Josh went.

This is a job for the police, Steve.

He killed a man.

Not just a man, Oscar, a deputy sheriff.

I've got to get to him before they do.

Come on, Steve.

Oscar, he's my friend.

[dramatic music]

[electricity crackling]

[electrical humming]

[crackling]

[dramatic music]

[tense upbeat music]

Andy!

Don't be frightened, Andy! I'm--I'm coming up!

I'm coming up to help you, Andy!

[music continues]

[crackling]

[Steve] Josh!

I'm--I'm--I'm going to save Andy!

Josh! It's me. Steve!

[electrical humming]

Steve, I didn't mean to kill him.

I couldn't help it!

[Steve] I believe you, Josh.

Now, listen to me.

You were right about the error in the computer programming.

Absolutely right.

And your idea about the sun

being the origin of space vector.

They're both valid, Josh.

I had them both checked.

It's too late, Steve. It doesn't make any difference.

Josh, wait!

They can help you, Josh!

They know how to treat you,

but I gotta take you back right away.

They can't help me. I'm burning!

Burning!

Josh, I gotta bring you down!

[Josh] Don't come near me, Steve!

Don't!

[tense music]

[tense upbeat music]

[Josh] Don't worry, Andy. I'm coming up.

[electricity crackling]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[Josh] Don't come any closer, Steve.

[tense music]

I don't want to hurt you.

I'm not responsible for what I do!

Josh...

Andy?

Andy, I--I shouldn't have dared you to come up the tower.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean it.

I take it back.

Oh, Mr. Arruza. I'm sorry, Mr. Arruza, I'm sorry!

It wasn't my fault that Andy fell off the tower.

I tried to bring him down!

Josh, stay where you are.

Steve.

[tone pulsing]

Don't come any closer.

[tone pulsing]

I can't control it!

[dramatic music]

I'm burning bright, now, Steve!

[pulsing continues]

I'm looking at the sun as an origin

of a four-dimensional coordinate system where a position which

is represented parametrically is plotted against an orthogonal

time axis is given by X1 equals A cosine omega T!

[beeping]

X2 equals A sine omega T plus B cosine gamma T

times three equals B sine gamma T!

Josh...

This, of course, ignores the ellipticity

of the Earth's orbit around the sun!

[beeping slowing]

[grunts]

[somber music]

[tires screech]

[Cal] The burial's tomorrow at Arlington.

A hero's grave.

You all right?

Yeah.

Well, I've got to give you credit, Cal.

He was an oddball from the very beginning.

And you took a chance with him. You let him go up into space.

Even though he was a character.

Thank you, Steve.

You know, there'll be other Josh Langs

that'll want to go up.

Don't let what happened to Josh scare you or change your mind.

I won't.

[somber music]

[crickets chirping]

[Josh on radio] Mission Control,

I've got some news for you.

It's gonna shock you, so you better sit down.

Listen very carefully.

The Earth is flat, gentleman.

That's right. It's flat as a table.

[Josh laughing]

Goodbye, Josh.

[theme music]