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NARRATOR:
Previously on The Right Stuff...
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Would we like to test
the Mercury-Redstone System for years?
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Yes. But are we afforded
such a luxury with the Russians?
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-CHRIS: We are not.
-I understand there'll be brass
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from Wright-Patt. (COUGHS)
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And Walt Hollings,
the 12th District Congressman...
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-No.
-No what?
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Be a part of the team, John.
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They're only taking men
with stable families.
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If they know we're separated,
I'll wash out. We could start over.
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Really, the person who I should be
questioning is, um, Lurleen.
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-(GRUNTS)
-The capsule prototype arrives tomorrow.
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You'll have a chance
to see for yourself then.
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Where's the window? How are we
supposed to fly if we can't see?
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-It's controlled from the ground.
-I can see the stars, Cam.
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-(EXPLOSION)
-(CROWD EXCLAIMING)
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-(MACHINES BEEPING)
-What the hell just happened?
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(BEEPING)
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MALE VOICE: Deep into the space race
with the United States,
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Russia has just announced
an astonishing achievement
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that has touched the imagination
of the entire world.
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They have successfully launched
the space rocket called Luna 3
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-with astounding result.
-(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)
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MALE VOICE: For the first time
in the history of human civilization,
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pictures have been taken
on the hidden side of the moon.
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With Russian scientific ingenuity,
they have been able
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to transmit photographs
300,000 miles to Earth.
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It is simply breathtaking.
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This triumph puts great pressure
on the United States
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to catch up with the Russians,
who always seem to be one step ahead
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-of the NASA program.
-(MACHINE WHIRRING)
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MALE VOICE: President Eisenhower must be
aware that he is on the brink
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of losing the space race.
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And to Mr. Khrushchev
and the Russian people,
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the warmest congratulations
on this stunning triumph
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for mankind and for history.
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(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
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DEKE: Ten, nine, eight, seven, six,
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five, four, three, two, one.
Mission start.
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(ALARM BUZZING)
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Roger. We have lift off.
Fuel is go. One point eight Gs.
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Cabin pressure is 14 PSI. Oxygen is go.
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She's looking a little low there, Gordo.
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DEKE: Engine performance off nominal.
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Trajectory off nominal.
Engine performance low.
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-(ALARM BLARING)
-Trajectory low. Abort.
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Roger. Activating abort handle.
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-DEKE: Eject the capsule, Gordo.
-Come on.
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DEKE:
Gordo, hit the chicken switch.
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Gordo, abort. Abort.
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-(BEEPING STOPS)
-(SIGHS)
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-You're dead. Why the hell didn't you...
-I tried.
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It's not like we're actually flying
this damn thing.
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One more test launch before the holidays
and they wanna give it to von Braun?
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It's not just any launch.
It is our most crucial launch yet.
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Our rockets keep exploding.
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The children of our astronauts watched one
blow up right in front of them.
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Washington is gonna pull our funding
if we don't get this right.
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It's all part of the process.
We've never done this before.
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Yeah, and they don't know if we ever will.
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Von Braun built the Redstone for us,
the V2 for Hitler,
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and one thing I can assure you
is the Germans did not lose the war
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because of bad engineering.
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-Yeah. But he's an...
-Chris.
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You will use him, and I do not care
whether you like him or not.
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He's a Nazi. I don't trust him.
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He's also the best goddamn
rocket scientist in the world.
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The Russians are lapping us in this race,
and we got a lot of catching up to do.
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-Look, Mr. Kraft, I was just explaining...
-Why'd you want pilots?
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-For what?
-For any of this shit?
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Doesn't take a pilot to sit
in a tin can pressing buttons
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hoping the damn rocket doesn't blow up.
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If something goes south in a plane,
there are options.
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There's a million different things
you can do before you punch out.
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But there is nothing we can do
in that capsule.
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-Guys...
-Only choice we got is to flip
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the chicken switch
and pray you all wired it right.
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-I just burned up in the trainer.
-We want a ship we can actually fly.
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Gentlemen, we understand how you feel,
but you do not realize
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what we're up against.
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Look at this.
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The moon?
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The far side.
The side that's never been seen before.
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The Russians put a probe into lunar orbit
and took this photo.
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It will be on the front page
of every newspaper
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in the world any day now.
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-But how can they...
-CHRIS: Well, for starters, I'm guessing
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their guys don't go crying
up the chain of command
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every time their egos
don't get properly stroked.
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BOB: This program will go away
if we don't catch up to the Russians.
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-All right. This is the place?
-Trains, planes, yeah.
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-I love it. Let's do it.
-Yeah.
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("JINGLE BELLS" PLAYING)
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
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Hey.
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-O'er the fields we go
-No.
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-No? She's a Betsy Wetsy doll.
-Laughing all the way
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She wets her own diaper.
The kids will love it.
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You asked for my help with this,
didn't you?
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So drop the cocky fighter jock routine.
You don't know anything about dolls.
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What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight
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-Really?
-Trust me.
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My little cousins are crazy
about these things.
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Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
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-My God.
-(CHUCKLES)
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-Oh, what fun it is to ride
-All right.
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In a one-horse open sleigh, hey
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Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
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Who's the third one for?
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(EXHALES) Louise's sister died.
So, her daughter's staying with us.
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For how long?
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Just staying.
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Wow. That's... a long time.
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How old?
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I think eight.
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It's what Louise wants.
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Eight?
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Poor kid.
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She's gonna need a lot more
than just a Barbie.
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-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
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MALE VOICE: Now arriving,
bus number 22 from Richmond.
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Twenty-two now arriving from Richmond.
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(BUS DOOR OPENS)
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DRIVER: Watch your step, sweetie.
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FEMALE VOICE: Go on, now.
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MALE VOICE: Thank you, sir.
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LOUISE: Judith.
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Oh.
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-You... you got a little something.
-A lady gave me chocolate on the bus.
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We will get you sorted out.
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I'll take that. This way.
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(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
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-Hey, where's Von Braun?
-In the bathroom. Come.
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-(DOOR CLOSES)
-(CLEARS THROAT)
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WERNHER: Christopher, is that you?
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What's the outlook?
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Forecast came in. High winds overnight
above 2,000 feet
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but they should clear by sunrise,
so we are go for launch at 0900.
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(FLUSHING)
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That's what you said two days ago.
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I'm just the flight director, Wernher.
I don't control the weather.
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-(FAUCET RUNNING)
-Obviously not.
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Is your team gonna be ready
to go tomorrow?
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We've been ready all week.
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Our rocket has been ready for months.
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Stakes are pretty high here.
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Just making sure.
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I'm just a launch director, Chris.
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-I'm aware of the stakes.
-Great. 0900 then.
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(CLICKS TONGUE)
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(RADIO STATIC)
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MALE VOICE: T-minus 15.
T-minus ten, nine.
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Eight, seven,
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six, five, four, three, two...
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What was that?
What the hell just happened?
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MALE VOICE 2: The abort system activated
the escape tower,
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-but the booster's still on the pad.
-(WERNHER'S TEAM SPEAKING GERMAN)
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It's still powered up,
it's just sitting there.
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CHRIS:
Blockhouse, what's happening?
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English. Speak English. Damn it.
What the hell is he saying?
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They're trying to figure out...
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(WERNHER'S TEAM SPEAKING GERMAN)
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-They're looking for a gun.
-A gun?
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(ALARM BLARING)
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Get out of the way!
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-Stop!
-CHRIS: Out of the way! Move!
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(ALARM CONTINUES BLARING)
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(TIRES SCREECHING)
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No!
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Stop! Stop!
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No!
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No!
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(BOTH GRUNT)
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(PANTS) What the hell are you thinking?
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-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-CHRIS: Wernher!
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What the hell are you thinking?
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The rocket is fully fueled.
The self-destruct charges are armed.
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Shooting holes in the booster
will relieve the pressure
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and prevent the whole thing
from exploding.
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Unless it explodes when you shoot it.
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I suppose that could happen.
What do you suggest?
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Nothing.
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Nothing. We... we do nothing.
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We wait for the battery to run down
and let the oxidizer boil off.
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-That will take 12 hours.
-Fine.
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Because no one is going anywhere
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until we figure out
why your rocket didn't fly.
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I can tell you why it did not fly.
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Because of your hardware,
and possibly your procedures.
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Because there's certainly nothing wrong
with my rocket.
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Excuse me.
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Merry Christmas, Christopher.
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(CLAMORING)
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(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)
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(CLAMORING)
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MALE REPORTER:
Mr. Schirra, a few questions, please.
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Hey.
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Thank you.
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Can I have just a moment?
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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GORDON: Hey!
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FEMALE VOICE: Mr. Cooper!
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Mr. Cooper!
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-What are you doing here?
-MALE VOICE: Sign this, Mr. Cooper.
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-(GORDON SIGHS)
-Just read the card.
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-Lurleen!
-MALE VOICE: Mr. Cooper.
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-(CLAMORING)
-MALE REPORTER: Mr. Cooper, sir. Please.
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FEMALE REPORTER:
A moment of your time, please.
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MALE REPORTER 2: One with the children.
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MALE REPORTER 3: Oh, yeah, yeah.
With the kids. That's...
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(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING)
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("ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE"
BY BRENDA LEE PLAYING)
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(BOTH LAUGH)
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Smells good in here. Mm.
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Where's Judith?
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Martha.
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We've decided to call her Martha.
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Every couple tries to stop
Rockin' around the Christmas tree
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We're, uh, changing her name?
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-Judith is too close to Julie.
-It'd be confusing.
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Later we'll have some pumpkin pie
And we'll do some caroling
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Huh.
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-JUDITH: Hello, Uncle Alan.
-Hey, there.
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Sit here, darling.
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When you hear
Voices singing, let's be jolly
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White sails.
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Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Rockin' around the Christmas tree
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ALAN:
So sad. Mom didn't make you any bacon.
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-(LAURA LAUGHING)
-(JULIE LAUGHING)
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(SONG PLAYING OVER RADIO)
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JOHN: I don't like Nixon either,
but he will keep spending on NASA.
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I'm afraid about Kennedy, too.
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He's got no ties to the program.
It's Eisenhower's baby. (GROANS)
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It was a Redstone that failed
this time, Annie.
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That on top of the Russian moon picture,
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we don't exactly look like a winning horse
right now.
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00:14:36,121 --> 00:14:37,206
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
239
00:14:37,289 --> 00:14:39,833
We're gonna be vulnerable
when that new administration gets in.
240
00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,127
I may have to put my support behind Nixon.
241
00:14:44,088 --> 00:14:46,715
-You're serious?
-(SIGHS)
242
00:14:48,008 --> 00:14:49,468
They'll make me first, Annie.
243
00:14:51,053 --> 00:14:54,264
His people said,
if I publicly support him, it'll be me.
244
00:14:54,348 --> 00:14:56,141
-(SONG STOPS)
-JOHN: But he wants an answer soon.
245
00:14:57,559 --> 00:14:59,061
Wh... why come to you
246
00:14:59,144 --> 00:15:02,064
-and... and not Shepard or...
-Because I'm a Democrat.
247
00:15:02,147 --> 00:15:04,942
All those other guys except Carpenter,
they're gonna back Nixon anyway.
248
00:15:05,067 --> 00:15:07,569
You... you're winning... already.
249
00:15:08,487 --> 00:15:09,738
That's why.
250
00:15:10,948 --> 00:15:13,992
-(EXHALES)
-You have power.
251
00:15:14,118 --> 00:15:16,120
-(SIGHS)
-ANNIE: Use it.
252
00:15:19,373 --> 00:15:21,583
Kennedy does... doesn't like the program?
253
00:15:22,668 --> 00:15:23,961
I've been asking around. He's...
254
00:15:24,962 --> 00:15:26,547
Apparently, he's very skeptical.
255
00:15:30,259 --> 00:15:32,845
So, change his mind.
256
00:15:42,312 --> 00:15:44,648
(SONG PLAYING OVER RADIO)
257
00:16:12,968 --> 00:16:15,345
She's more like my sister than I realized.
258
00:16:20,809 --> 00:16:23,479
I never thought
I would actually miss her. (SOBS)
259
00:16:34,740 --> 00:16:36,116
What time do your parents get here?
260
00:16:37,075 --> 00:16:38,911
(INHALES, EXHALES DEEPLY)
261
00:16:40,871 --> 00:16:44,249
-The later, the better.
-(CHUCKLES, SNIFFLES)
262
00:16:55,594 --> 00:16:59,014
-O Christmas tree, o Christmas tree
-Dad? Dad?
263
00:16:59,139 --> 00:17:03,477
-Dad? Have you ever seen Santa Claus?
-No, no, no.
264
00:17:03,602 --> 00:17:05,270
I've... I've never seen him but, uh...
265
00:17:06,313 --> 00:17:09,441
you know, I flew with a few guys
at Edwards, they did.
266
00:17:10,067 --> 00:17:11,401
Thought they did anyhow.
267
00:17:12,236 --> 00:17:15,572
'Cause he flies so fast,
way faster than any plane.
268
00:17:16,490 --> 00:17:18,492
That's how he gets to every house
in the world in one night.
269
00:17:19,243 --> 00:17:21,203
No way. Not in every house.
270
00:17:21,411 --> 00:17:24,748
No, you're right.
Only the houses of good girls and boys.
271
00:17:25,666 --> 00:17:26,959
He doesn't go to Russia.
272
00:17:30,879 --> 00:17:33,674
Hey, sure he does, sweetie.
273
00:17:34,466 --> 00:17:37,594
Santa knows that kids over there
aren't really any different, okay?
274
00:17:37,719 --> 00:17:40,097
-O Christmas tree
-Let's try these lights out.
275
00:17:40,180 --> 00:17:41,598
See if they work, okay?
276
00:17:43,016 --> 00:17:44,017
I got this end.
277
00:17:44,351 --> 00:17:47,020
-GORDON: Have you got it?
-JANITA: Yes.
278
00:17:47,187 --> 00:17:48,355
-GORDON: Okay.
-(CHUCKLES)
279
00:17:49,940 --> 00:17:51,775
GORDON: Okay. Let's see.
280
00:18:22,598 --> 00:18:24,641
Okay. You guys got to count me in, okay?
281
00:18:25,017 --> 00:18:27,936
-Three, two, one.
-Two, one.
282
00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:29,938
(CLEARS THROAT) Look, Mommy.
283
00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:31,690
-CAM: So neat!
-(DOOR CLOSES)
284
00:18:31,898 --> 00:18:33,358
JANITA: Whoa, they're so pretty.
285
00:18:35,277 --> 00:18:36,653
Okay. Bring them on over here.
286
00:18:37,070 --> 00:18:38,322
Let's, uh...
287
00:18:39,031 --> 00:18:40,490
Let's get them on the tree.
288
00:18:42,034 --> 00:18:43,535
CAM: Here, take it from me.
289
00:18:51,752 --> 00:18:54,963
-(DOORBELL RINGING)
-LOUISE: Honey, they're here.
290
00:18:59,134 --> 00:19:00,510
-BART: Merry Christmas.
-Merry Christmas, Bart.
291
00:19:00,594 --> 00:19:03,096
Hello, sweetheart. The house looks lovely.
292
00:19:03,221 --> 00:19:04,598
-LOUISE: Oh, thank you.
-RENZA: Merry Christmas.
293
00:19:04,806 --> 00:19:06,600
LOUISE: Renza, you look beautiful.
294
00:19:06,808 --> 00:19:08,352
-Thank you. Girls.
-(DOOR CLOSES)
295
00:19:13,106 --> 00:19:16,693
Same size as always, I see.
Make you look a lot bigger on TV.
296
00:19:16,902 --> 00:19:17,944
Merry Christmas, Dad.
297
00:19:19,321 --> 00:19:21,239
-Grandma. Grandpa.
-BART: Oh, the heathens.
298
00:19:21,323 --> 00:19:23,617
The heathens are upon me. (CHUCKLES)
299
00:19:23,742 --> 00:19:26,161
Call in the cavalry,
I need reinforcements.
300
00:19:26,453 --> 00:19:29,164
Oh, you are so beautiful.
301
00:19:30,207 --> 00:19:32,000
Oh, hello.
302
00:19:33,251 --> 00:19:35,420
You must be Judith.
303
00:19:36,963 --> 00:19:39,216
ALAN: We're calling her Martha now.
304
00:19:42,010 --> 00:19:43,011
BART: Martha?
305
00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:46,682
(CHUCKLES) Hello, Martha.
306
00:19:49,184 --> 00:19:50,769
Well, why don't we all go
in the living room?
307
00:19:50,936 --> 00:19:52,479
That's a good idea.
308
00:19:52,896 --> 00:19:54,106
-After you.
-LOUISE: Girls.
309
00:19:57,901 --> 00:20:00,487
ALAN: Yes, sir.
Yeah. No, I'm sure that's right.
310
00:20:00,612 --> 00:20:04,616
It's just, uh, well,
Senator Kennedy is a hard man to reach.
311
00:20:05,409 --> 00:20:07,077
Got you. Bang!
312
00:20:07,661 --> 00:20:08,912
-Right, well...
-DAVE: Bang, bang, bang.
313
00:20:09,037 --> 00:20:10,497
-I think he needs to understand...
-(LYN SCREAMING)
314
00:20:10,622 --> 00:20:11,998
-DAVE: Bang. Bang.
-...just how important
315
00:20:12,082 --> 00:20:14,042
the manned space program is for winning.
316
00:20:14,126 --> 00:20:15,836
-Lyn and Dave, out.
-DAVE: Okay. Okay.
317
00:20:15,919 --> 00:20:18,630
Yes. He needs to understand just
how important the manned space program
318
00:20:18,714 --> 00:20:20,048
-is to winning, and...
-(LYN SCREAMING)
319
00:20:20,507 --> 00:20:21,591
(CLEARS THROAT)
320
00:20:22,384 --> 00:20:24,344
Yeah. I understand. Of course.
321
00:20:25,470 --> 00:20:26,513
Merry Christmas.
322
00:20:26,972 --> 00:20:28,598
Congressman. Hi, John Glenn.
323
00:20:28,932 --> 00:20:32,644
No, I understand. Merry Christmas.
Yes, sir. Hi, Major John Glenn.
324
00:20:32,811 --> 00:20:34,521
Well, thank you for your time.
Merry Christmas.
325
00:20:35,021 --> 00:20:38,024
I'm sorry. Happy Hanukkah.
Hi, Major John Glenn.
326
00:20:38,650 --> 00:20:40,485
Well, thank you for your time.
Merry Christmas.
327
00:20:40,694 --> 00:20:45,949
Congressman, yes. John Glenn.
Yes, sir. Merry Christmas.
328
00:20:51,163 --> 00:20:52,497
(JOHN CLEARS THROAT)
329
00:20:54,416 --> 00:20:56,793
BART: So I got the old heifer
up into his room
330
00:20:56,877 --> 00:20:59,671
and I snuck out the back
before Granddad got out of the tub.
331
00:20:59,755 --> 00:21:00,839
Thank you.
332
00:21:01,381 --> 00:21:03,592
Now, you girls,
aren't growing up on a farm,
333
00:21:03,675 --> 00:21:07,220
so you may not know,
but a cow will walk upstairs...
334
00:21:08,054 --> 00:21:10,432
but it will not walk downstairs.
Mm, mm-mm.
335
00:21:10,557 --> 00:21:11,975
-(LAUGHS)
-(LAUGHS)
336
00:21:12,184 --> 00:21:14,478
I thought that was pretty funny too,
until my father told me
337
00:21:14,561 --> 00:21:17,856
that I would be sleeping in the barn
until that cow came down.
338
00:21:18,023 --> 00:21:19,566
(LAUGHS)
339
00:21:20,192 --> 00:21:21,777
I had to bribe half the kids
in the village
340
00:21:21,860 --> 00:21:24,988
to come help me lower her down
by ropes. (GRUNTS)
341
00:21:25,197 --> 00:21:26,615
Well, you could've just pushed her
out the window,
342
00:21:26,698 --> 00:21:27,866
you would've had steaks for a year.
343
00:21:27,991 --> 00:21:29,201
-(LAUGHS)
-BART: Uh.
344
00:21:29,451 --> 00:21:31,787
Now, that is a Navy man solution
if I ever heard one.
345
00:21:31,870 --> 00:21:33,830
Taking the easy way out. (CHUCKLES)
346
00:21:33,955 --> 00:21:37,709
It's kind of like if a little girl's name
is inconvenient, you just change it.
347
00:21:39,419 --> 00:21:41,463
What do you think about that, Martha?
348
00:21:42,547 --> 00:21:43,590
Do you like that name?
349
00:21:44,591 --> 00:21:45,634
Did you pick it?
350
00:21:47,260 --> 00:21:49,971
-Let's talk about something else.
-No. I wanna hear her opinion...
351
00:21:50,847 --> 00:21:52,474
'cause I'm guessing no one else has asked.
352
00:21:58,480 --> 00:21:59,981
You're making her uncomfortable.
353
00:22:02,651 --> 00:22:03,652
Oh.
354
00:22:11,034 --> 00:22:12,077
(GASPS)
355
00:22:14,162 --> 00:22:15,247
Mind your elbows.
356
00:22:20,377 --> 00:22:21,378
(ALAN CLEARS THROAT)
357
00:22:22,879 --> 00:22:24,214
This is my house, Dad.
358
00:22:25,131 --> 00:22:26,383
I'll handle the discipline.
359
00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:28,969
Mm. Doesn't seem to me
like you're handling much
360
00:22:29,094 --> 00:22:30,095
of anything around here.
361
00:22:30,846 --> 00:22:32,597
There's no flag on the pole out front.
362
00:22:32,722 --> 00:22:35,934
I couldn't help but notice that.
That's some example you're setting.
363
00:22:36,393 --> 00:22:40,230
But of course, discipline has never
really been your strong suit, has it?
364
00:22:42,232 --> 00:22:43,441
(ALAN CLEARS THROAT)
365
00:22:44,317 --> 00:22:45,402
You know what I think...
366
00:22:46,570 --> 00:22:47,571
Dad.
367
00:22:48,697 --> 00:22:49,906
I think you're jealous.
368
00:22:51,533 --> 00:22:54,286
Yeah. 'Cause what I'm doing now
is more important
369
00:22:54,369 --> 00:22:55,620
than anything you've ever done.
370
00:22:58,206 --> 00:23:01,877
(CHUCKLES)
Did you read that in Life magazine, Son?
371
00:23:02,669 --> 00:23:06,047
What exactly is it you've done?
You haven't done anything.
372
00:23:07,007 --> 00:23:10,343
Your little space program has never been
more than an empty show.
373
00:23:11,011 --> 00:23:12,804
And now it's turning into a punchline.
374
00:23:13,513 --> 00:23:16,057
Even the press that used to fawn
all over you, they're starting to laugh.
375
00:23:16,808 --> 00:23:18,476
The Russians are flying clear to the moon.
376
00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,729
You guys can't even get a rocket
off the ground.
377
00:23:21,354 --> 00:23:23,773
And for this,
you gave up your Navy career. (INHALING)
378
00:23:24,107 --> 00:23:25,692
Where does that put you
when the next war comes?
379
00:23:25,817 --> 00:23:28,111
You gonna defeat the Soviets
with your press conferences
380
00:23:28,194 --> 00:23:29,905
and your staged photoshoots?
381
00:23:38,955 --> 00:23:40,916
(INHALES) I'll go get the dessert.
382
00:23:54,888 --> 00:23:56,473
Forgot to mention that... (CLEARS THROAT)
383
00:23:57,265 --> 00:23:58,767
...Martha's all settled
into the guest room.
384
00:23:58,850 --> 00:24:01,061
You and Mom will have to find a hotel
for the night.
385
00:24:06,566 --> 00:24:10,528
(BOTH LAUGH)
386
00:24:11,655 --> 00:24:13,907
-Sorry.
-Ugh...
387
00:24:16,701 --> 00:24:18,787
I'm gonna head out and uh, get us a tree.
388
00:24:20,330 --> 00:24:21,414
We already have a tree.
389
00:24:22,749 --> 00:24:25,251
Yeah, well, I hate that thing.
I want a real one like always.
390
00:24:25,669 --> 00:24:27,295
I want a real tree, too.
391
00:24:28,380 --> 00:24:30,590
It might be hard to find one
on Christmas Eve but, uh...
392
00:24:31,508 --> 00:24:33,093
I'll drive around and take a look.
393
00:24:38,348 --> 00:24:39,474
JANITA: Get a big one.
394
00:24:41,518 --> 00:24:43,311
-(DOOR CLOSES)
-Mom?
395
00:24:44,688 --> 00:24:45,981
-Mom, it's your turn.
-Hm.
396
00:24:46,815 --> 00:24:49,150
Sorry. Okay, four.
397
00:25:01,705 --> 00:25:02,789
(CAR ENGINE STARTS)
398
00:25:08,086 --> 00:25:09,087
Okay.
399
00:25:10,088 --> 00:25:11,339
One...
400
00:25:11,464 --> 00:25:13,591
-JANITA: One, two, three...
-You... No, this is mine.
401
00:25:13,967 --> 00:25:15,343
-You have to go right here.
-JANITA: One, two...
402
00:25:15,635 --> 00:25:19,264
-(RETRO MUSIC PLAYING)
-(RAIN PATTERING)
403
00:25:29,065 --> 00:25:31,776
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
404
00:25:37,824 --> 00:25:39,284
Feliz Navidad, Ramon.
405
00:25:39,826 --> 00:25:40,827
Scotch.
406
00:25:42,787 --> 00:25:43,788
Deke.
407
00:25:44,748 --> 00:25:46,833
Slayton, the spaceman.
408
00:25:47,709 --> 00:25:48,793
What are you doing here?
409
00:25:50,336 --> 00:25:52,380
I'm supposed to meet the wife
and kids in Miami.
410
00:25:52,589 --> 00:25:54,257
Should have left ahead of the weather.
411
00:25:54,924 --> 00:25:57,052
Marge's probably gonna kill me.
412
00:25:57,761 --> 00:25:59,554
But she'll definitely kill me
if I die in a wreck
413
00:25:59,637 --> 00:26:01,264
trying to drive through this storm.
414
00:26:03,558 --> 00:26:08,229
Yeah. Women! Can't live with them,
but reindeer don't know how to cook.
415
00:26:09,230 --> 00:26:10,732
(CHUCKLES) Cheers.
416
00:26:11,066 --> 00:26:12,067
(GLASS CLINKS)
417
00:26:14,736 --> 00:26:19,449
(GROANS) My flight was cancelled
this afternoon, regrettably.
418
00:26:20,366 --> 00:26:22,744
But they damn well
better get me home tomorrow morning.
419
00:26:24,162 --> 00:26:25,914
What happened with the Redstone yesterday?
420
00:26:26,664 --> 00:26:29,667
(SNORTS) Go ask your friend, Mr. Kraft.
421
00:26:30,460 --> 00:26:33,171
He's out at the blockhouse
trying to discover what went wrong
422
00:26:33,254 --> 00:26:34,798
as if he's ever going to.
423
00:26:36,174 --> 00:26:37,717
This man understands nothing but...
424
00:26:38,927 --> 00:26:40,136
wishes to control everything...
425
00:26:41,012 --> 00:26:43,681
'cause you and your colleagues
are all too aware.
426
00:26:45,809 --> 00:26:47,894
-With the capsule, you mean?
-Yeah.
427
00:26:48,561 --> 00:26:49,562
But do you know why?
428
00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:54,317
He wishes to be the pilot himself.
429
00:26:54,984 --> 00:26:56,194
That's his dream...
430
00:26:57,112 --> 00:26:58,446
but he could not accomplish it...
431
00:27:00,406 --> 00:27:03,409
because one of his hands is deformed.
432
00:27:05,078 --> 00:27:08,790
So now he insists on piloting the capsule
from Mercury Control.
433
00:27:10,291 --> 00:27:13,503
I know it's upsetting to you
and the other men, believe me.
434
00:27:15,630 --> 00:27:18,216
I understand just how you feel.
(CLICKS TONGUE)
435
00:27:20,218 --> 00:27:21,928
Ramon, two.
436
00:27:23,888 --> 00:27:24,931
Yeah.
437
00:27:25,974 --> 00:27:27,016
Yeah.
438
00:27:32,313 --> 00:27:34,858
TIMMY: (OVER TV) You put it there
and you forgot I can't read big words.
439
00:27:34,941 --> 00:27:36,109
FEMALE VOICE: (OVER TV) Here.
440
00:27:37,527 --> 00:27:38,528
Um. Timmy...
441
00:27:38,653 --> 00:27:40,613
-(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
-...this whistled at me when I passed
442
00:27:40,780 --> 00:27:42,490
and said it wanted you for Christmas.
443
00:27:42,740 --> 00:27:45,160
It's signed Santa.
I guess it's from Santa Claus.
444
00:27:45,493 --> 00:27:47,245
TIMMY: (OVER TV) Santa Claus, Mom!
445
00:28:00,466 --> 00:28:01,634
You've lost weight.
446
00:28:08,725 --> 00:28:09,851
(DOOR CLOSES)
447
00:28:10,810 --> 00:28:12,478
Tell me how you thought
this would go, Lurleen.
448
00:28:14,063 --> 00:28:15,231
Play the movie for me.
449
00:28:19,652 --> 00:28:21,279
I haven't seen this one, Trudy...
450
00:28:22,155 --> 00:28:23,781
so I don't know how it ends.
451
00:28:26,201 --> 00:28:27,327
Donald left me.
452
00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:29,204
That's all.
453
00:28:31,623 --> 00:28:33,791
My folks took the kids in
but they won't take me
454
00:28:33,875 --> 00:28:35,293
because they're ashamed.
455
00:28:39,214 --> 00:28:40,256
Okay.
456
00:28:41,299 --> 00:28:42,467
I understand.
457
00:28:43,801 --> 00:28:45,261
Now I know exactly why you're here.
458
00:29:02,111 --> 00:29:03,655
At least you won't go home empty-handed.
459
00:29:08,201 --> 00:29:09,369
Merry Christmas.
460
00:29:11,913 --> 00:29:14,249
How did you think
this was gonna go, Trudy?
461
00:29:15,583 --> 00:29:16,793
Play the movie for me.
462
00:29:18,127 --> 00:29:20,213
You might be able to fool Life magazine...
463
00:29:21,464 --> 00:29:22,548
but you can't fool me.
464
00:29:23,967 --> 00:29:25,969
I know exactly what your marriage is.
465
00:29:27,095 --> 00:29:29,764
And deep down, so does Gordo.
466
00:29:32,392 --> 00:29:34,102
Getting banged at lunchtime
for a couple of months
467
00:29:34,185 --> 00:29:35,603
doesn't make you his damn soulmate.
468
00:29:37,647 --> 00:29:41,859
You were a great trophy for him.
But that's all you should have ever been.
469
00:29:42,819 --> 00:29:43,820
Pilot...
470
00:29:45,947 --> 00:29:48,658
hard enough having one of those
in the house, and I ought to know.
471
00:29:50,034 --> 00:29:52,287
You never wanted to support Gordo.
472
00:29:53,538 --> 00:29:54,831
You wanted to be him.
473
00:29:55,540 --> 00:29:57,166
That's not what a man needs in a wife.
474
00:29:59,460 --> 00:30:01,129
You think every man needs the same thing?
475
00:30:02,297 --> 00:30:04,257
I'm not talking about every man.
476
00:30:05,717 --> 00:30:08,386
(TELEPHONE RINGING)
477
00:30:12,223 --> 00:30:14,892
(TELEPHONE RINGING CONTINUOUSLY)
478
00:30:16,936 --> 00:30:17,979
GORDON: Lurleen?
479
00:30:21,941 --> 00:30:22,942
Lurleen?
480
00:30:26,529 --> 00:30:27,739
Lurleen, are you there?
481
00:30:33,536 --> 00:30:36,456
(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
482
00:30:40,626 --> 00:30:41,836
(SIGHS)
483
00:30:58,186 --> 00:31:01,397
(MACHINE WHIRRING)
484
00:31:12,992 --> 00:31:14,035
CHRIS: What are you doing here?
485
00:31:15,995 --> 00:31:17,663
Thought maybe you could use a drink.
486
00:31:21,542 --> 00:31:23,252
I don't know, Deke. (EXHALES)
487
00:31:25,004 --> 00:31:28,341
I thought if I compared the data
on the tapes
488
00:31:28,424 --> 00:31:30,968
to the original graph lines, maybe...
489
00:31:32,470 --> 00:31:33,888
I'd find a discrepancy.
490
00:31:34,347 --> 00:31:37,183
Maybe get some sort of clue
491
00:31:37,350 --> 00:31:39,727
as to why we cannot get a rocket
off the ground.
492
00:31:41,771 --> 00:31:43,689
Don't they have the same telemetry
in Virginia?
493
00:31:45,149 --> 00:31:48,403
Yeah. Yeah. Lenny and the guys are,
they're going through it up there.
494
00:31:48,528 --> 00:31:50,196
Just... Yeah, I thought, I...
495
00:31:51,656 --> 00:31:52,740
should stay here.
496
00:31:53,950 --> 00:31:54,992
Hmm.
497
00:32:02,125 --> 00:32:03,876
Ran into von Braun at the bar.
498
00:32:05,711 --> 00:32:08,214
-He's got a lot to say about you.
-Yeah?
499
00:32:09,382 --> 00:32:11,134
Am I getting a lump of coal
in my stocking?
500
00:32:11,217 --> 00:32:12,385
Hmm.
501
00:32:13,678 --> 00:32:14,929
Part that caught my interest.
502
00:32:17,890 --> 00:32:20,435
He says you couldn't make it as a pilot...
503
00:32:21,227 --> 00:32:23,479
and that's why you wanna fly
the capsule from down here.
504
00:32:26,941 --> 00:32:28,776
That's what you came here
to talk about, Deke?
505
00:32:30,319 --> 00:32:32,530
Said you washed out
on account of a bad hand.
506
00:32:36,409 --> 00:32:39,287
I dropped my peanut butter
and jelly sandwich into a trash fire
507
00:32:39,370 --> 00:32:40,538
when I was three.
508
00:32:44,333 --> 00:32:46,419
Burned my hand to a crisp
trying to pull it out.
509
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:50,590
Must have been one hell of a sandwich.
510
00:32:51,340 --> 00:32:53,801
(CHUCKLES, INHALES)
511
00:32:55,636 --> 00:32:57,096
Von Braun is right.
512
00:32:59,348 --> 00:33:01,267
Navy rejected me from flight training.
513
00:33:02,935 --> 00:33:04,729
I guess the guy's got me all figured out.
514
00:33:09,650 --> 00:33:11,819
Caught it in a hay mower when I was five.
515
00:33:13,988 --> 00:33:16,240
Only one you can lose
and still be a pilot.
516
00:33:19,911 --> 00:33:22,413
(SCOFFS) Screw von Braun.
517
00:33:23,456 --> 00:33:25,082
Never liked that Nazi anyway.
518
00:33:28,127 --> 00:33:30,421
He's getting soaked at the bar
in a Santa Claus beard
519
00:33:30,505 --> 00:33:31,923
while you're out here working.
520
00:33:33,633 --> 00:33:35,510
I can tell you who I'd rather have
as a wingman.
521
00:33:48,606 --> 00:33:50,816
You're gonna help us get control
over this shit or what?
522
00:33:53,653 --> 00:33:55,238
(CHUCKLES)
523
00:33:56,364 --> 00:33:59,158
-Bang, bang! Got you. Got you. Got you.
-DAVE: Bang, bang, bang!
524
00:33:59,450 --> 00:34:01,869
(TELEPHONE RINGING)
525
00:34:04,664 --> 00:34:05,748
(LYN CHUCKLES)
526
00:34:07,792 --> 00:34:09,502
(TELEPHONE RINGING)
527
00:34:11,170 --> 00:34:12,421
-Hello?
-DAVE: Bang, bang.
528
00:34:12,588 --> 00:34:15,466
-(LYN SCREAMS)
-What? Mr. Kennedy?
529
00:34:15,675 --> 00:34:17,843
-DAVE: Bang, bang. Bang.
-Uh. Yes.
530
00:34:18,302 --> 00:34:19,971
DAVE: Bang, bang. Bang.
531
00:34:20,054 --> 00:34:22,056
-LYN: I got you so many times.
-Bobby then. (CHUCKLES)
532
00:34:22,139 --> 00:34:23,516
-No, I won.
-Yes, I got you.
533
00:34:23,599 --> 00:34:26,018
I'm sorry. Excuse me. Hey. Hey.
Come here. Hey.
534
00:34:26,477 --> 00:34:29,230
Yeah. That's right. Christmas Eve.
Hey, Lyn, Dave. Out. Go.
535
00:34:29,647 --> 00:34:30,690
Uh-huh.
536
00:34:31,315 --> 00:34:34,819
The... That's right.
The Natives are restless.
537
00:34:35,444 --> 00:34:36,529
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
538
00:34:36,821 --> 00:34:40,783
Uh. Well, look, I just...
I think with this election coming up,
539
00:34:40,866 --> 00:34:43,202
it's important for us Democrats to, uh...
540
00:34:44,036 --> 00:34:45,079
Uh-huh!
541
00:34:46,372 --> 00:34:47,373
I know.
542
00:34:50,376 --> 00:34:51,544
Bobby, listen.
543
00:34:53,671 --> 00:34:55,464
Let's say your brother
gets the nomination...
544
00:34:56,966 --> 00:34:58,759
does he wanna win Ohio in the fall?
545
00:35:00,720 --> 00:35:02,680
MALE VOICE OVER TV: A Merry Christmas
to you, uncle. God save you.
546
00:35:02,888 --> 00:35:06,100
Humbug I said, and humbug I mean.
Merry Christmas?
547
00:35:06,601 --> 00:35:08,936
What right have you to be merry?
You're poor enough?
548
00:35:09,020 --> 00:35:10,980
HUMBUG OVER TV: What right have you
to be dismal? You're rich enough.
549
00:35:11,063 --> 00:35:13,441
-MALE VOICE OVER TV: Humbug.
-HUMBUG: Now, uncle, don't be cross.
550
00:35:13,566 --> 00:35:16,193
MALE VOICE OVER TV: What else can I be
when I live in such a world of fools?
551
00:35:16,569 --> 00:35:17,612
Merry Christmas.
552
00:35:18,070 --> 00:35:20,698
What's Christmas time but a time
for paying bills without money?
553
00:35:21,198 --> 00:35:24,243
A time of finding yourself a year older
and not an hour richer?
554
00:35:24,744 --> 00:35:26,912
If I could work my will,
every idiot that goes about
555
00:35:26,996 --> 00:35:29,915
with "Merry Christmas" on his lips,
should be boiled with his own pudding
556
00:35:29,999 --> 00:35:32,043
and buried with a stake of holly
through his heart.
557
00:35:32,126 --> 00:35:33,878
Jesus, Trudy, where were you?
558
00:35:56,942 --> 00:35:58,152
Do you still love me?
559
00:36:02,073 --> 00:36:03,741
Of course I do. How could you even ask?
560
00:36:05,409 --> 00:36:06,619
I went to the motel.
561
00:36:13,376 --> 00:36:15,127
And then you know I wasn't there,
don't you?
562
00:36:15,211 --> 00:36:16,504
TRUDY: But you called.
563
00:36:20,758 --> 00:36:24,470
I didn't... I didn't go to her.
I came back home.
564
00:36:26,347 --> 00:36:27,515
Because you had to.
565
00:36:31,185 --> 00:36:32,311
To protect your image.
566
00:36:32,853 --> 00:36:35,815
I mean, you would never get to space
with a busted marriage.
567
00:36:41,696 --> 00:36:45,282
Or... maybe even because you love
the girls. (SIGHING)
568
00:36:47,660 --> 00:36:48,703
I don't know.
569
00:36:52,248 --> 00:36:54,792
(INHALES) But none of that
is what I'm asking. Me.
570
00:36:57,628 --> 00:36:59,797
-Do you still love me?
-Yes.
571
00:37:02,758 --> 00:37:05,469
Okay? Yes. I love you.
572
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:09,640
-What is it you want me to say?
-(SCOFFS)
573
00:37:10,558 --> 00:37:13,018
GORDON: That I never felt anything
for Lurleen? Well, I did.
574
00:37:13,853 --> 00:37:14,895
Okay?
575
00:37:18,941 --> 00:37:21,610
-But I made my choice.
-(CHUCKLES)
576
00:37:24,822 --> 00:37:27,366
Trudy, I didn't get you back
so I could go to space.
577
00:37:29,910 --> 00:37:31,328
It's the other way around.
578
00:37:38,753 --> 00:37:41,005
The first thing I thought
when I got that call from NASA
579
00:37:41,088 --> 00:37:42,423
was that maybe, just...
580
00:37:43,466 --> 00:37:45,885
just maybe, this might give me
one last shot with you.
581
00:37:50,681 --> 00:37:51,766
So, yes...
582
00:37:53,476 --> 00:37:54,810
I love you.
583
00:38:06,530 --> 00:38:09,241
(INHALES, EXHALES DEEPLY)
584
00:38:15,748 --> 00:38:17,291
(GORDON SIGHS)
585
00:38:42,399 --> 00:38:47,112
-Joy to the world, the Lord is come
-Hi, Emily. This is Barbie.
586
00:38:47,321 --> 00:38:50,991
-Barbie, this is Emily.
-Let earth receive her King
587
00:38:51,158 --> 00:38:53,786
Hi, Barbie. Hi, Emily.
588
00:38:54,119 --> 00:38:59,375
Let every heart prepare Him room
589
00:38:59,500 --> 00:39:00,501
Hey.
590
00:39:02,294 --> 00:39:03,379
Come help me with something.
591
00:39:20,980 --> 00:39:21,981
Okay.
592
00:39:25,317 --> 00:39:26,402
Now...
593
00:39:27,528 --> 00:39:28,612
you know what this is.
594
00:39:30,573 --> 00:39:32,116
Do you know what it means?
595
00:39:33,409 --> 00:39:34,451
America?
596
00:39:36,161 --> 00:39:37,371
Yeah.
597
00:39:38,706 --> 00:39:40,040
But not just the country.
598
00:39:42,084 --> 00:39:43,168
An idea.
599
00:39:44,712 --> 00:39:46,714
Freedom to choose your own life.
600
00:39:51,677 --> 00:39:54,513
My dad showed me how to do this
when I was your age.
601
00:39:56,140 --> 00:39:57,850
This will be your special job from now on.
602
00:40:00,019 --> 00:40:02,229
-You wanna help me hold this?
-(BIRDS CHIRPING)
603
00:40:06,191 --> 00:40:08,485
Stars on top. Red on the bottom.
604
00:40:09,445 --> 00:40:11,530
Raise it all the way up.
I'm gonna give you this.
605
00:40:19,121 --> 00:40:20,164
Yup.
606
00:40:23,667 --> 00:40:25,002
That'll do it.
607
00:40:26,128 --> 00:40:27,129
Come on down here.
608
00:40:28,172 --> 00:40:29,673
Tie this down right here.
609
00:40:33,218 --> 00:40:34,219
That's good.
610
00:40:35,763 --> 00:40:39,058
Raise the flag every morning.
Lower it when the sun comes down.
611
00:40:40,309 --> 00:40:41,852
You think you can do that?
612
00:40:43,270 --> 00:40:44,396
It's good to have a routine.
613
00:40:45,898 --> 00:40:47,191
Helps organize your day.
614
00:40:48,859 --> 00:40:51,028
It's even better if it makes you think
of something important.
615
00:40:55,240 --> 00:40:56,825
How long am I going to stay here?
616
00:40:58,243 --> 00:40:59,620
This is your home now, Martha.
617
00:41:01,163 --> 00:41:02,539
You're gonna stay here for good.
618
00:41:03,999 --> 00:41:05,000
Then...
619
00:41:05,834 --> 00:41:07,670
I don't want you to call me Martha.
620
00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:11,632
I wanna choose my own name.
621
00:41:12,841 --> 00:41:13,926
Oh, yeah?
622
00:41:16,303 --> 00:41:17,304
What'd you have in mind?
623
00:41:19,974 --> 00:41:21,266
Alan.
624
00:41:27,147 --> 00:41:28,232
Alan?
625
00:41:32,361 --> 00:41:33,696
A girl named Alan.
626
00:41:35,406 --> 00:41:38,200
Might get you into some trouble
down the road. (INHALES)
627
00:41:40,995 --> 00:41:42,913
(CHUCKLES) How about Alice?
628
00:41:45,708 --> 00:41:46,792
Yeah?
629
00:41:48,627 --> 00:41:49,837
Good to meet you, Alice.
630
00:42:03,392 --> 00:42:07,479
(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)
631
00:42:10,315 --> 00:42:12,901
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
632
00:42:19,033 --> 00:42:20,784
Club soda. Make it a double.
633
00:42:22,953 --> 00:42:25,998
Evening, John.
You look like the cat who ate the catnip.
634
00:42:26,081 --> 00:42:27,374
Can you keep a secret, Scotty?
635
00:42:28,709 --> 00:42:31,253
Got a special guest coming tonight
who just might be
636
00:42:31,545 --> 00:42:33,589
the next President of the United States.
637
00:42:35,132 --> 00:42:36,508
Dick Nixon's coming here?
638
00:42:37,134 --> 00:42:39,428
-I can't stand that Quaker weasel.
-No, no, no, no, no, no.
639
00:42:40,137 --> 00:42:41,263
John F. Kennedy.
640
00:42:42,848 --> 00:42:44,641
You know, my wife thinks
he's better-looking than Elvis.
641
00:42:44,892 --> 00:42:46,643
No. No. Hey. No. Keep it under your hat.
642
00:42:46,727 --> 00:42:48,562
I want it to be a surprise
when he shows up.
643
00:42:53,317 --> 00:42:54,526
Rene, come here.
644
00:43:00,032 --> 00:43:02,659
Sir, I know I don't have to tell you
that people in the Heartland
645
00:43:02,743 --> 00:43:04,661
feel this mission is darned...
646
00:43:08,499 --> 00:43:10,584
Jack. (CHUCKLES)
647
00:43:11,919 --> 00:43:12,920
Jack.
648
00:43:16,632 --> 00:43:19,510
-Jack, folks back in Ohio...
-(FLUSHING)
649
00:43:19,885 --> 00:43:20,886
-(CLEARS THROAT)
-(FAUCET RUNNING)
650
00:43:25,641 --> 00:43:26,642
(CLEARS THROAT)
651
00:43:31,563 --> 00:43:34,358
-Practicing your New Year's sermon, John?
-(CHUCKLES)
652
00:43:40,864 --> 00:43:42,407
(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
653
00:43:49,123 --> 00:43:53,627
(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)
654
00:44:14,606 --> 00:44:16,692
(CAR APPROACHING)
655
00:44:24,950 --> 00:44:26,493
(CAR DOOR OPENS)
656
00:44:31,790 --> 00:44:33,584
(CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
657
00:44:34,251 --> 00:44:35,294
JEROME: Mr. Glenn...
658
00:44:36,545 --> 00:44:40,090
Senator Kennedy sends his regrets.
He was unavoidably detained.
659
00:44:41,967 --> 00:44:43,427
My name is Jerome Wiesner.
660
00:44:45,137 --> 00:44:46,180
Shall we?
661
00:44:52,519 --> 00:44:56,690
(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)
662
00:45:06,992 --> 00:45:08,577
That's not John F. Kennedy.
663
00:45:10,495 --> 00:45:13,874
Uh, no. This is Senator Kennedy's
special advisor
664
00:45:13,999 --> 00:45:17,878
on all matters of science,
Dr. Jerome Wiesner.
665
00:45:18,837 --> 00:45:20,172
It's good to see you.
666
00:45:20,505 --> 00:45:21,465
Nice to meet you.
667
00:45:21,548 --> 00:45:24,760
Jack asked me to be here
because he has some questions,
668
00:45:25,219 --> 00:45:27,930
shall we say,
about the manned space program.
669
00:45:35,020 --> 00:45:36,396
Did you invite this guy here?
670
00:45:38,941 --> 00:45:40,525
ALAN: Let's get you a drink, shall we?
671
00:45:48,825 --> 00:45:50,702
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
672
00:45:55,832 --> 00:46:01,505
Ladies and gentlemen,
the 1960s are about to blast off.
673
00:46:01,755 --> 00:46:04,883
(LAUGHS) Now. Now.
674
00:46:04,967 --> 00:46:07,719
If there's one thing I'm guessing
you people know how to do,
675
00:46:08,262 --> 00:46:11,265
-it's a countdown.
-(CROWD CHEER)
676
00:46:11,556 --> 00:46:13,558
-FEMALE HOST: Ten, nine...
-CROWD: Nine,
677
00:46:13,934 --> 00:46:16,728
eight, seven, six,
678
00:46:17,020 --> 00:46:21,692
five, four, three, two, one.
679
00:46:22,359 --> 00:46:24,820
-FEMALE HOST: Happy New Year!
-(CROWD CHEER)
680
00:46:25,070 --> 00:46:29,616
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
681
00:46:29,992 --> 00:46:35,038
And never brought to mind?
682
00:46:35,289 --> 00:46:40,377
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
683
00:46:40,794 --> 00:46:45,924
And days of auld lang syne?
684
00:46:46,508 --> 00:46:51,680
For auld lang syne, my dear
685
00:46:51,930 --> 00:46:56,810
For auld lang syne
686
00:46:57,060 --> 00:46:59,271
We'll take a cup...
687
00:46:59,938 --> 00:47:01,523
John. Happy New Year.
688
00:47:02,190 --> 00:47:03,525
Happy New Year.
689
00:47:03,608 --> 00:47:07,612
For auld lang syne
690
00:47:11,158 --> 00:47:14,161
(MUSIC PLAYING)
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