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>> THIS LITTLE TAPE RECORDER

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HAS BEEN A--

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HAS BEEN A BIG BENEFIT TO US

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IN, UH--

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IN PASSING SOME OF OUR TIME AWAY

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ON OUR TRANSIT OUT TO THE MOON.

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[ MUSIC ]

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THIS IS THE CREW OF APOLLO 13

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WISHING EVERYBODY THERE

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A NICE EVENING,

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AND, UH, WE'RE JUST ABOUT READY

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TO CLOSE OUT OUR INSPECTION

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OF AQUARIUS AND GET BACK FOR

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A PLEASANT EVENING IN ODYSSEY.

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GOOD NIGHT.

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>> IT WAS PLAGUED BY

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BAD OMENS AND BAD LUCK

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FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

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>> 13, WE'VE GOT ONE MORE ITEM

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FOR YOU, WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE.

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WE'D LIKE YOU TO, UH,

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STIR UP YOUR CRYO TANKS.

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>> IT NEVER REALLY CONVERGED

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TO THE POINT WHERE YOU FELT

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YOU REALLY HAD TOTAL CONTROL

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OF WHAT WAS GOING ON.

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>> OKAY, STAND BY.

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>> ABOUT THE TIME

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YOU TURNED THE CORNER,

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SOMETHING NEW WOULD SHOW UP.

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>> I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD

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A PROBLEM HERE.

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>> BY THE TIME WE CAME ON DUTY,

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WE WERE WELL AWARE THAT

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WE HAD A BIG PROBLEM

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ON OUR HANDS.

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>> SAY AGAIN, PLEASE.

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>> IT WAS LIFE-THREATENING.

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>> HOUSTON, WE'VE HAD A PROBLEM.

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>> IT WAS NOT ABOUT

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LANDING ON THE MOON

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IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

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IT WAS ABOUT SURVIVAL.

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>> MAIN B BUS UNDERVOLT.

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>> ROGER, MAIN B UNDERVOLT.

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>> OKAY, STAND BY, 13.

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WE'RE LOOKING AT IT.

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>> THE SATURN V BUILDING UP

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TO 7.6 MILLION POUNDS OF THRUST.

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AND IT HAS CLEARED THE TOWER.

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>> THIS IS

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MISSION CONTROL, HOUSTON.

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WE APPEAR TO HAVE A GOOD

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FIRST STAGE AT THIS POINT.

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>> HERE WE GO.

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OKAY, FIRE IT UP.

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>> WE'RE GO, FLIGHT.

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LOOKS GOOD HERE.

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>> GUIDANCE, HOW DOES IT LOOK?

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>> OKAY, EECOM, GNC?

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>> LOOKS GOOD, FLIGHT.

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>> OKAY--

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>> THE CREW WAS, UH,

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JIM LOVELL WAS THE COMMANDER.

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JACK SWIGERT WAS

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THE COMMAND MODULE PILOT.

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JIM I HAD WORKED WITH, UH,

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AS A BACKUP CREW ON APOLLO 8.

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WHEN HE FLEW APOLLO 8,

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I WAS THE BACKUP LUNAR MODULE

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PILOT ON THAT MISSION.

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AND THEN WE WORKED OBVIOUSLY

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AS A BACKUP CREW FOR APOLLO 11.

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I BACKED UP BUZZ ALDRIN

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ON THAT MISSION.

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JACK SWIGERT, UH,

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BECAUSE OF A MEASLES THREAT, UH,

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REPLACED KEN MATTINGLY

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2.5 DAYS BEFORE LAUNCH.

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UH, SO THAT WAS--

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THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT NEVER

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HAPPENED BEFORE OR SINCE,

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I DON'T THINK, ON A MISSION.

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>> FLIGHT DYNAMICS OFFICER SAYS

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THE TRAJECTORY LOOKS GOOD.

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WE SHOW A ONE HALF MILE

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IN ALTITUDE AT THIS TIME.

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AT MISSION CONTROL.

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WE DID THIS FROM A STANDPOINT

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OF EASING THE SHIFTING SCHEDULE,

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UH, BEING ABLE TO TRAIN FOR

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VERY SPECIALIZED EVENTS DURING

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THE COURSE OF THE MISSION.

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AND THEN ONE OF 'EM IS ALWAYS

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DESIGNATED AS SORT OF A LEAD.

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AND BASICALLY THE OBJECTIVE

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OF THE LEAD WAS TO ADDRESS

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ANY CRISES THAT COME UP

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TO GET YOUR TEAM

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OFF THE CONSOLE.

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AND THE REMAINING THREE TEAMS

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WOULD CONTINUE, UH,

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24/7 SUPPORT FOR THE MISSION

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AS WELL AS PICKING UP

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A LOT OF THE ACTIONS,

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UH, RELATED TO THE, UH--

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GETTING THE CREW BACK HOME.

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I HAPPENED TO BE ON

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CONSOLE AT THAT TIME,

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AND, UH, WE WERE JUST RIGHT AT

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THE VERY END OF OUR SHIFT.

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WE WERE, UH, PREPARING FOR

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A CREW SLEEP PERIOD.

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UH, AND ONE OF THE, UH,

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LAST THINGS YOU DO IS

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TAKE A LOOK AT THE CRYOGENICS

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AND SEE IF YOU NEED TO

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STIR 'EM UP, MAKE 'EM UNIFORM

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SO YOU GOT EQUALIZED PRESSURES

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GOING INTO LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS

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AND THE FUEL CELLS.

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>> WE'VE GOT ONE MORE ITEM

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FOR YOU WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE.

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WE'D LIKE YOU TO, UH,

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STIR UP YOUR CRYO TANKS.

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IN ADDITION, I HAVE A SHAFT

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AND TRUNNION--

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>> OKAY.

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>> FOR LOOKING AT THE COMET

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BENNETT IF YOU NEED IT.

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>> OKAY, STAND BY.

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>> OKAY, HOUSTON,

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WE'VE HAD A PROBLEM HERE.

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>> SAY AGAIN, PLEASE.

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>> UH, HOUSTON,

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WE'VE HAD A PROBLEM.

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>> GLENN WAS COMING ON

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READING ALONG,

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PREPARING FOR A HANDOVER.

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>> BY THE TIME WE GOT TO,

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UH, HANDOVER,

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WE KNEW FULL WELL THAT WE HAD TO

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TAKE CARE OF THIS THING.

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AND IN TERMS OF AN EMERGENCY,

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WE WERE HANDLING SOMETHING

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THAT WE KNEW WAS, UH,

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OUT OF CONTROL.

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AND, UH, IN THIS CASE,

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EVERY TEAM THAT CAME ON

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WAS DEALING WITH A MAJOR

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SET OF PROBLEMS.

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>> I ASSUME YOU'VE CALLED IN

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YOUR BACKUP EECOMMs?

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>> FLIGHT, SAY AGAIN.

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>> HAVE YOU CALLED IN

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YOUR BACKUP EECOMMs NOW,

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SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME MORE

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BRAIN POWER ON THIS THING?

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>> WE'VE GOT ONE HERE.

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>> ROGER.

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>> WE HEARD THIS LOUD BANG,

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WHICH KIND OF REVERBERATED

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WITH A LITTLE ECHO.

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'CAUSE THE VEHICLES WE'RE IN

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WERE METAL-- METAL VEHICLES,

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AND IT WAS KIND OF LIKE

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SOMEBODY-- YOU'RE IN A BIG, UH,

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BARREL, AND A HIT ON THE SIDE

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WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER

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KINDA OF SOUND.

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IN THE TUNNEL AREA,

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SOME OF THE METAL

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WAS ACTUALLY CRINKLING,

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KINDA LIKE YOU TAKE A COKE CAN

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AND SQUEEZE IT,

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A LITTLE CRINKLING?

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SO THE TWO-TWO VEHICLES

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WERE MOVING, UH, NOT TOGETHER,

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BUT A LITTLE ASYMMETRIC

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I THINK IN ROLL.

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AND THAT WAS CAUSING THAT

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STRESS IN THE TUNNEL AREA.

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>> I WENT DOWN INTO

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THE COMMAND MODULE,

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AND I SAW THAT WE HAD LOST

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TWO OF OUR THREE FUEL CELLS

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THAT THEY-THEY DEVELOP OXYGEN.

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I THEN LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW

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AND SAW ESCAPING AT

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A HIGH RATE OF SPEED

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A GASEOUS OXYGEN.

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AND IT TURNED OUT THAT

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THAT OXYGEN THAT I WAS EXAMINING

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WAS FROM THE SECOND TANK,

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BECAUSE THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED

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ON THE FIRST-- THE DAMAGED TANK,

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BUT THAT ALSO RUPTURED

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THE SECOND TANK.

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THE FIRST TANK JUST BLEW

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THE ENTIRE SIDE

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OF THE SPACECRAFT OFF.

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>> THERE IS A BULLETIN

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FROM ABC NEWS.

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THE APOLLO 13 SPACECRAFT

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HAS HAD A SERIOUS POWER SUPPLY

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MALFUNCTION THAT COULD CAUSE

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THE LUNAR LANDING MISSION

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TO BE TERMINATED EARLY.

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AT THE MOMENT, THE ASTRONAUTS

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ARE CONTINUING TO TRY TO

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ISOLATE THEIR TROUBLE.

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A LATE REPORT SAYS

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THE SPACECRAFT NOW IS OPERATING

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ON BATTERY POWER ALONE.

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ALL UNNECESSARY EQUIPMENT

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IS BEING TURNED OFF.

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>> WELL, WITHIN

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A COUPLE OF MINUTES,

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WHEN I GOT TO MY POSITION,

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UH, FROM LOOKING AT

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THE INSTRUMENT PANEL,

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TWO METERS HAD--

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THE NEEDLES ON OXYGEN TANK TWO

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ON THE BOTTOM.

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AND THEY WERE FED BY

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DIFFERENT SENSORS

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WHICH WERE UNLIKELY TO FAIL

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AT THE SAME TIME.

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SO I KNEW WE'D LOST TANK TWO.

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WITHOUT LOOKING AT

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MISSION RULES,

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I KNEW THAT WAS AN ABORT.

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>> HERE IN MISSION CONTROL,

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WE ARE LOOKING, UH--

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NOW LOOKING TOWARDS

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AN ALTERNATE MISSION,

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SWINGING AROUND THE MOON

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AND USING THE, UM,

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LUNAR MODULE POWER SYSTEMS.

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>> ALTHOUGH WE SPENT

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LOTS AND LOTS OF TIME

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THINKING THROUGH

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ALL THE MISSION RULES,

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WHEN IT REALLY HAPPENS,

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LIKE IN THIS CASE,

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WE DIDN'T HAVE TO OPEN ANY BOOKS

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TO TELL US WHAT, UH--

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WHAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH.

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>> TELMU FROM FLIGHT.

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>> GO AHEAD, FLIGHT.

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>> I WANT YOU TO GET SOME GUYS

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FIGURING OUT MINIMUM POWER

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IN THE LM TO SUSTAIN LIFE.

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>> SINCE THE CRYO

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OXYGEN TANK BLEW UP,

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IT RUPTURED THE OTHER LINES.

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AND WE LOST ALL OXYGEN SUPPLY

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TO THE FUEL CELLS

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AND THE CREW MODULE.

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AND-AND THE CREW MODULE

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WAS DYING REAL QUICKLY

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FROM LACK OF POWER

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OTHER THAN THE BATTERY,

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AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO

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USE THE BATTERY

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BECAUSE WE'D NEED--

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WE NEEDED THAT FOR ENTRY.

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>> THIS IS APOLLO CONTROL

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AT 57 HOURS 46 MINUTES

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GROUND ELAPSED TIME.

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THE BLACK TEAM OF

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FLIGHT CONTROLLERS

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IS NOW ON STATION

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IN MISSION CONTROL CENTER,

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LOOKING AT POSSIBLE

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ALTERNATE MISSIONS,

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AS WE HAVE AN APPARENT

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SERIOUS OXYGEN LEAK

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IN THE CRYOGENIC OXYGEN

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IN THE SERVICE MODULE.

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AND NOW IN THE PROCESS OF

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POWERING DOWN THE...

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COMMAND MODULE.

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LESS THAN 15 MINUTES REMAINING

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OF, UH, ELECTRICAL POWER

291
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TO THE CSM.

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>> THE BIGGEST THINGS WE

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HAD TO DO IN THE DYING MOMENTS

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OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

295
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IN THE COMMAND MODULE WAS TO

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TRANSFER THE GUIDANCE SYSTEM

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FROM THE COMMAND MODULE

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TO THE LUNAR MODULE.

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AND WE ONLY HAD ABOUT

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15 MINUTES TO DO THAT,

301
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BECAUSE IF WE DIDN'T GET

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THE GUIDANCE SYSTEM

303
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INTO THE LUNAR MODULE,

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THEN-THEN-THEN WE'D HAVE

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TO START ALL OVER AGAIN

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TO TRY TO GET THE LUNAR MODULE

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GUIDANCE SYSTEM UP TO SPEED.

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>> THIS SCHEME OF GOING ACROSS

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TO THE LUNAR MODULE, UH,

310
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STILL CONNECTED, UH,

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WITH THE OPEN TUNNEL,

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THE LUNAR MODULE WOULD SERVE

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AS A SORT OF LIFEBOAT

314
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FOR THE CREW OF APOLLO 13.

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>> AND THEN WE STARTED

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TURNING ON ALL THINGS,

317
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THE CONTROL SYSTEMS.

318
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WE WERE STARTING TO TALK ON--

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FROM THE LUNAR MODULE.

320
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AND, UH, IN FACT,

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WE WERE IN THE LUNAR MODULE

322
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BEFORE THE GROUND REALIZED IT.

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THEY SUDDENLY REALIZED THAT,

324
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OH, THEY'RE OVER THERE.

325
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AND THEN OF COURSE,

326
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WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY IS,

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WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET YOU OFF

328
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THE COURSE YOU'RE IN NOW

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TO GET YOU BACK ON

330
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THE FREE RETURN COURSE.

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>> AND THIS MEANT THAT

332
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WE WERE NO LONGER ON A PATH

333
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THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO BE

334
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SWUNG AROUND THE MOON

335
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AND COME BACK TOWARDS

336
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THE LANDING SPOT ON THE EARTH.

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THE, UH, CONTROLLABILITY

338
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OF THE SPACECRAFT, UH,

339
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WAS OKAY AS LONG AS WE HAD

340
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OUR-OUR INDICATORS UP,

341
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BECAUSE WE HAD PRACTICED THAT,

342
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AS I HAD SAID.

343
00:09:53,826 --> 00:09:54,994
BUT SUDDENLY TO SAVE POWER,

344
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WE SHUT THAT DOWN FOR A WHILE,

345
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AND WE HAD TO CONTROL IT BY

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ONLY LOOKING AT OUR

347
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COMPUTER DISPLAY.

348
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AND I HAD NEVER

349
00:10:03,035 --> 00:10:04,170
TRIED THAT BEFORE.

350
00:10:04,170 --> 00:10:05,471
I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHO HAD.

351
00:10:05,471 --> 00:10:06,505
AND IT'S, UH,

352
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A VERY DIFFICULT TASK.

353
00:10:07,540 --> 00:10:09,175
AND WE SPENT A LOT OF OUR

354
00:10:09,175 --> 00:10:10,843
FIRST PART OF OUR EMERGENCY

355
00:10:10,843 --> 00:10:12,111
OR SURVIVAL TIME JUST LEARNING

356
00:10:12,111 --> 00:10:13,279
HOW TO CONTROL THE SPACECRAFT

357
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IN THIS MODE.

358
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[ MUSIC ]

359
00:10:36,002 --> 00:10:37,303
>> THE PERICYNTHION

360
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NEAR THE MOON, UH,

361
00:10:38,804 --> 00:10:39,872
THEY WOULD USE THE DECENT

362
00:10:39,872 --> 00:10:40,840
PROPULSION SYSTEM

363
00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:42,641
OF THE LUNAR MODULE

364
00:10:42,641 --> 00:10:44,543
FOR TRANS-EARTH INJECTION BURN

365
00:10:44,543 --> 00:10:46,545
IN ABOUT 79 HOURS, 30 MINUTES

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GROUND-ELAPSED TIME.

367
00:10:49,582 --> 00:10:56,288
[ MUSIC ]

368
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THIS WOULD PRODUCE

369
00:10:57,423 --> 00:10:59,992
A DAY-EARLY ENTRY

370
00:10:59,992 --> 00:11:01,927
AT ABOUT 142 HOURS.

371
00:11:01,927 --> 00:11:03,295
THAT IS A DAY EARLIER THAN

372
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A NOMINAL FREE RETURN ENTRY.

373
00:11:06,399 --> 00:11:07,299
WE'RE CONTINUING TO

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MONITOR THE SITUATION,

375
00:11:08,534 --> 00:11:10,970
AND, UH, STILL LIVE ON AIR--

376
00:11:16,976 --> 00:11:18,077
>> YOU KNOW, I-I THINK TO ME

377
00:11:18,077 --> 00:11:19,512
THE LOSS OF COMM WAS

378
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BUSINESS AS USUAL.

379
00:11:21,247 --> 00:11:22,381
EVERY MISSION, UH,

380
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AS YOU WENT AROUND

381
00:11:23,182 --> 00:11:24,050
THE BACK SIDE OF THE MOON,

382
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YOU'D HAVE THE LOS,

383
00:11:25,017 --> 00:11:26,385
AND THEN AOS.

384
00:11:26,385 --> 00:11:27,520
AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANY REASON

385
00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:29,055
TO FIGURE WE WOULDN'T

386
00:11:29,055 --> 00:11:30,723
BE BACK IN COMMUNICATION

387
00:11:30,723 --> 00:11:32,992
WHEN WE CAME OUT THE OTHER SIDE.

388
00:11:32,992 --> 00:11:34,393
I SPENT, UH,

389
00:11:34,393 --> 00:11:35,261
A GOOD PART OF THE TIME

390
00:11:35,261 --> 00:11:36,762
WITH JACK SWIGERT, PRIMARILY.

391
00:11:36,762 --> 00:11:38,230
JIM WASN'T THAT INTERESTED.

392
00:11:38,230 --> 00:11:39,231
HE'D BEEN TO THE MOON

393
00:11:39,231 --> 00:11:40,099
AND SEEN IT.

394
00:11:40,099 --> 00:11:41,167
WE SHOT A LOT OF PICTURES.

395
00:11:41,167 --> 00:11:42,334
WE HAD TWO CAMERAS OUT,

396
00:11:42,334 --> 00:11:43,836
AND WE WERE SHOOTING PICTURES

397
00:11:43,836 --> 00:11:46,038
LIKE CRAZY-- LIKE TOURISTS.

398
00:11:47,406 --> 00:12:02,221
[ MUSIC ]

399
00:12:17,970 --> 00:12:19,004
>> WE ARE ABOUT

400
00:12:19,004 --> 00:12:21,340
70 HOURS FROM HOME.

401
00:12:21,340 --> 00:12:24,710
AND, UH, WE THINK WE HAVE, UH,

402
00:12:24,710 --> 00:12:27,079
UH, THE SITUATION IN CONTROL.

403
00:12:27,079 --> 00:12:28,747
WE'VE PROJECTED THE, UH,

404
00:12:28,747 --> 00:12:30,950
CONSUMABLES AS I'VE DESCRIBED.

405
00:12:30,950 --> 00:12:32,284
AND, UH, WE HAVE A PLAN

406
00:12:32,284 --> 00:12:33,486
FOR CARRYING OUT

407
00:12:33,486 --> 00:12:34,787
THE REST OF THE MISSION,

408
00:12:34,787 --> 00:12:36,789
BUT, UH, THERE IS GONNA BE

409
00:12:36,789 --> 00:12:38,457
NO RELAXATION AT ALL

410
00:12:38,457 --> 00:12:40,159
AS FAR AS THAT GOES

411
00:12:40,159 --> 00:12:41,861
FROM NOW UNTIL SPLASH.

412
00:12:42,895 --> 00:12:47,032
[ MUSIC ]

413
00:12:47,032 --> 00:12:48,400
>> OUR FIRST MANEUVER WAS TO

414
00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:49,468
GET US BACK ON A FREE RETURN.

415
00:12:49,468 --> 00:12:50,803
THE SECOND ONE WAS TO

416
00:12:50,803 --> 00:12:52,872
GET US HOME EARLY.

417
00:12:52,872 --> 00:12:54,240
THE NOMINAL FLIGHT TIME

418
00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:55,808
BACK HOME WAS 155 HOURS

419
00:12:55,808 --> 00:12:57,476
IF WE HAD DONE NOTHING ELSE.

420
00:12:57,476 --> 00:12:59,812
BUT BECAUSE CONSUMABLES

421
00:12:59,812 --> 00:13:00,980
WERE CRITICAL,

422
00:13:00,980 --> 00:13:01,881
AND THE GROUND WAS

423
00:13:01,881 --> 00:13:02,915
CALCULATING CONSUMABLES,

424
00:13:02,915 --> 00:13:04,583
AND FRED WAS ALSO DOING

425
00:13:04,583 --> 00:13:05,985
BACK-OF-THE-ENVELOPE-TYPE

426
00:13:05,985 --> 00:13:07,520
CALCULATIONS, WHICH

427
00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:08,854
HE FIGURED IF WE WERE LUCKY,

428
00:13:08,854 --> 00:13:10,956
WE HAD ABOUT ONE HOUR SPARE,

429
00:13:10,956 --> 00:13:12,224
UH, CONSUMABLES LEFT

430
00:13:12,224 --> 00:13:13,792
BEFORE WE LANDED.

431
00:13:13,792 --> 00:13:15,594
WE HAD DECIDED, UH--

432
00:13:15,594 --> 00:13:16,662
THE GROUND HAD DECIDED

433
00:13:16,662 --> 00:13:18,998
TO BURN AT, UH,

434
00:13:18,998 --> 00:13:21,100
ABOUT TWO HOURS PAST NOON,

435
00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:22,601
ABOUT 79 HOURS,

436
00:13:22,601 --> 00:13:24,270
A MANEUVER TO SHORTEN THE TIME

437
00:13:24,270 --> 00:13:25,604
TO GET HOME AGAIN.

438
00:13:25,604 --> 00:13:26,705
>> [ INDISTINCT ]

439
00:13:26,705 --> 00:13:28,474
>> ROG.

440
00:13:28,474 --> 00:13:29,408
>> WE HAVE IGNITION.

441
00:13:29,408 --> 00:13:31,410
>> ROG.

442
00:13:31,410 --> 00:13:32,311
>> 13%--

443
00:13:32,311 --> 00:13:34,180
>> GROUND CONFIRMS IGNITION.

444
00:13:34,180 --> 00:13:35,047
>> SORRY, 40%

445
00:13:35,047 --> 00:13:36,382
>> WE'RE BURNING 40%.

446
00:13:36,382 --> 00:13:37,583
>> LOOKING GOOD AT 40.

447
00:13:37,583 --> 00:13:39,385
>> HOUSTON COPIES.

448
00:13:44,323 --> 00:13:45,824
>> IS IT STABLE, CONTROL?

449
00:13:45,824 --> 00:13:46,725
>> LOOKS GOOD NOW.

450
00:13:46,725 --> 00:13:48,627
[ INDISTINCT ]

451
00:13:52,064 --> 00:13:53,032
>> ATTITUDE LOOKS GOOD

452
00:13:53,032 --> 00:13:54,333
AT THIS POINT.

453
00:13:54,333 --> 00:13:56,202
[ OVERLAPPING CHATTER ]

454
00:14:00,072 --> 00:14:01,674
>> AFTER THAT, THE GROUND WAS

455
00:14:01,674 --> 00:14:03,275
VERY MUCH CONCERNED WITH POWER,

456
00:14:03,275 --> 00:14:05,244
AND WE WERE, TOO.

457
00:14:06,312 --> 00:14:14,019
[ MUSIC ]

458
00:14:14,019 --> 00:14:14,920
>> THE COMMAND MODULE JUST

459
00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:15,921
SLOWLY KEPT GOING DOWN

460
00:14:15,921 --> 00:14:17,022
IN TEMPERATURE, UNTIL I THINK,

461
00:14:17,022 --> 00:14:19,692
UH, JUST PRIOR TO REENTRY, UH,

462
00:14:19,692 --> 00:14:22,027
IT WAS DOWN TO ABOUT 38 DEGREES.

463
00:14:22,027 --> 00:14:23,195
AND ALONG WITH THAT,

464
00:14:23,195 --> 00:14:24,263
THERE WAS A SORT OF

465
00:14:24,263 --> 00:14:25,831
A CHILLING, UH, COLDNESS.

466
00:14:25,831 --> 00:14:27,900
THE WALLS WERE PERSPIRING.

467
00:14:27,900 --> 00:14:30,002
THE WINDOWS WERE COMPLETELY WET.

468
00:14:30,002 --> 00:14:31,136
AND IT, UH--

469
00:14:31,136 --> 00:14:32,304
IT WASN'T TOO HEALTHY.

470
00:14:32,304 --> 00:14:33,639
I RECALL THAT WE WENT IN THERE

471
00:14:33,639 --> 00:14:34,773
TO GET SOME HOT DOGS ONE DAY,

472
00:14:34,773 --> 00:14:35,608
AND IT WAS LIKE

473
00:14:35,608 --> 00:14:37,109
REACHING INTO THE FREEZER,

474
00:14:37,109 --> 00:14:38,177
REALLY, FOR THE FOOD.

475
00:14:38,177 --> 00:14:39,078
>> ONE OF THE, UH,

476
00:14:39,078 --> 00:14:40,613
POTABLE WATER LINES WAS FROZEN

477
00:14:40,613 --> 00:14:43,415
THE MORNING OF ENTRY AT THAT--

478
00:14:43,415 --> 00:14:44,883
ONE THE LAST DAY.

479
00:14:44,883 --> 00:14:46,919
THAT'S HOW COLD IT WAS IN THERE

480
00:14:46,919 --> 00:14:49,722
WITHOUT ACTIVE THERMAL CONTROL.

481
00:14:49,722 --> 00:14:50,889
>> OF COURSE AS THE, UH--

482
00:14:50,889 --> 00:14:52,825
AS THE TEMPERATURE WENT DOWN,

483
00:14:52,825 --> 00:14:54,493
UH, WE BECAME CONCERNED

484
00:14:54,493 --> 00:14:56,428
ABOUT KEEPING WARM.

485
00:14:56,428 --> 00:14:57,730
AND FRED AND I BROKE OUT

486
00:14:57,730 --> 00:14:58,998
OUR LUNAR BOOTS, WHICH WE HAD

487
00:14:58,998 --> 00:15:00,766
STOWED AWAY IN THE,

488
00:15:00,766 --> 00:15:02,067
UH, LUNAR MODULE.

489
00:15:02,067 --> 00:15:03,435
AND JACK LOOKED AT HIS WET FEET

490
00:15:03,435 --> 00:15:05,604
A COUPLE TIMES.

491
00:15:05,604 --> 00:15:07,239
BUT HE HAD AN EXTRA

492
00:15:07,239 --> 00:15:08,140
SET OF UNDERWEAR,

493
00:15:08,140 --> 00:15:10,743
SO HE PUT THAT ON.

494
00:15:10,743 --> 00:15:11,810
WE ACTUALLY HAD A THIRD

495
00:15:11,810 --> 00:15:12,811
LITTLE SLEEP RESTRAINT,

496
00:15:12,811 --> 00:15:13,946
WHICH FRED DOES THEN

497
00:15:13,946 --> 00:15:14,947
PUT ON AND BUTTONED UP

498
00:15:14,947 --> 00:15:18,083
AND KEPT A LITTLE BIT WARM.

499
00:15:18,083 --> 00:15:18,984
>> THE COMMAND MODULE

500
00:15:18,984 --> 00:15:20,019
WAS VERY WET.

501
00:15:20,019 --> 00:15:21,186
THE WATER SEPARATORS

502
00:15:21,186 --> 00:15:22,121
WEREN'T WORKING

503
00:15:22,121 --> 00:15:23,622
EITHER IN THE LM

504
00:15:23,622 --> 00:15:24,690
OR IN THE COMMAND MODULE.

505
00:15:24,690 --> 00:15:25,958
THERE WAS WATER EVERYWHERE,

506
00:15:25,958 --> 00:15:27,293
ON EVERY-- IN THE LM,

507
00:15:27,293 --> 00:15:28,894
THERE'S NO INNER WALLS.

508
00:15:28,894 --> 00:15:30,095
SO YOU COULD SEE WATER

509
00:15:30,095 --> 00:15:31,330
ON ALL THE CONNECTORS,

510
00:15:31,330 --> 00:15:32,931
WIRE BUNDLES, PLUMBING,

511
00:15:32,931 --> 00:15:35,267
EVERY TURN A GLOB OF WATER.

512
00:15:35,267 --> 00:15:36,435
IN THE COMMAND MODULE,

513
00:15:36,435 --> 00:15:37,403
WE ACTUALLY HAD TO GET

514
00:15:37,403 --> 00:15:38,337
TOWELS OUT TO WIPE OFF

515
00:15:38,337 --> 00:15:39,872
THE INSTRUMENT PANEL

516
00:15:39,872 --> 00:15:42,174
TO SEE THE INSTRUMENTS.

517
00:15:47,413 --> 00:15:49,014
>> THE CARBON DIOXIDE CANISTER

518
00:15:49,014 --> 00:15:51,350
WAS FILLING UP QUITE RAPIDLY.

519
00:15:51,350 --> 00:15:53,452
AND, UH, WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT

520
00:15:53,452 --> 00:15:56,689
A WAY OF USING THE CANISTERS

521
00:15:56,689 --> 00:15:58,324
IN THE COMMAND MODULE

522
00:15:58,324 --> 00:16:00,392
AND PLACE THEM IN

523
00:16:00,392 --> 00:16:02,828
THE LUNAR MODULES SYSTEMS.

524
00:16:02,828 --> 00:16:04,296
AND THE GROUND READ US UP

525
00:16:04,296 --> 00:16:06,098
A PROCEDURE IN ORDER TO ADAPT

526
00:16:06,098 --> 00:16:07,433
SOME OF THE COMMAND MODULE

527
00:16:07,433 --> 00:16:09,001
CANISTERS, UH, FOR USE

528
00:16:09,001 --> 00:16:10,536
IN THE LM.

529
00:16:10,536 --> 00:16:11,670
AND, UH, AS THEY READ

530
00:16:11,670 --> 00:16:12,671
THIS THING UP,

531
00:16:12,671 --> 00:16:13,706
JIM AND I CONSTRUCTED

532
00:16:13,706 --> 00:16:15,207
ONE OF THESE THINGS.

533
00:16:15,207 --> 00:16:16,275
AT THIS POINT IN TIME,

534
00:16:16,275 --> 00:16:17,476
I THINK THE, UH, PARTIAL

535
00:16:17,476 --> 00:16:18,677
PRESSURE OF CARBON DIOXIDE

536
00:16:18,677 --> 00:16:19,745
WAS, UH, READING ABOUT

537
00:16:19,745 --> 00:16:21,513
15 MILLIMETERS.

538
00:16:21,513 --> 00:16:22,715
AND WE CONSTRUCTED

539
00:16:22,715 --> 00:16:23,649
TWO OF THESE THINGS

540
00:16:23,649 --> 00:16:24,683
AND PUT THEM ONLINE.

541
00:16:24,683 --> 00:16:26,285
AND I THINK WITHIN AN HOUR,

542
00:16:26,285 --> 00:16:27,786
THE, UH, PARTIAL PRESSURE

543
00:16:27,786 --> 00:16:30,122
OF CO2 WENT DOWN TO 0.2.

544
00:16:30,122 --> 00:16:31,090
SO THESE WERE VERY

545
00:16:31,090 --> 00:16:32,825
EFFECTIVE DEVICES.

546
00:16:32,825 --> 00:16:34,259
>> ABOUT THE TIME THAT WE HAD

547
00:16:34,259 --> 00:16:35,661
THE LITHIUM HYDROXIDE

548
00:16:35,661 --> 00:16:37,096
CANISTERS IN PLACE,

549
00:16:37,096 --> 00:16:38,097
RUNNING ON THE LINE,

550
00:16:38,097 --> 00:16:39,198
MY TEAM CAME IN FROM

551
00:16:39,198 --> 00:16:40,299
THE REST PERIOD.

552
00:16:40,299 --> 00:16:42,101
AND, UH,

553
00:16:42,101 --> 00:16:43,435
TRAJECTORY TEAM CAME UP.

554
00:16:43,435 --> 00:16:44,470
JERRY BOSTICK, WHO WAS

555
00:16:44,470 --> 00:16:45,771
RUNNING THAT, BASICALLY SAID,

556
00:16:45,771 --> 00:16:46,739
"I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON,

557
00:16:46,739 --> 00:16:47,773
BUT OUR TRAJECTORY'S

558
00:16:47,773 --> 00:16:48,741
SHALLOWING OUT."

559
00:16:48,741 --> 00:16:49,641
WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT

560
00:16:49,641 --> 00:16:50,576
HOW TO PERFORM A MANEUVER

561
00:16:50,576 --> 00:16:51,543
WITHOUT A COMPUTER

562
00:16:51,543 --> 00:16:52,511
OR DISPLAY SYSTEM.

563
00:16:52,511 --> 00:16:53,912
AND THIS WAS ONE PROCEDURE

564
00:16:53,912 --> 00:16:55,447
THAT DEVELOPED, I BELIEVE,

565
00:16:55,447 --> 00:16:57,683
FOR APOLLO 8.

566
00:16:57,683 --> 00:16:58,550
>> THE GROUND AFTER

567
00:16:58,550 --> 00:16:59,852
SOME TRACKING REALIZED THAT

568
00:16:59,852 --> 00:17:01,286
WE WERE NOT ON A TRAJECTORY

569
00:17:01,286 --> 00:17:02,654
THAT WOULD GET US

570
00:17:02,654 --> 00:17:04,189
SAFELY BACK HOME,

571
00:17:04,189 --> 00:17:05,758
AND THAT WE'D HAVE TO, UM,

572
00:17:05,758 --> 00:17:08,994
MAKE ANOTHER MANEUVER.

573
00:17:08,994 --> 00:17:10,062
>> WE'RE MAKING THE BURN

574
00:17:10,062 --> 00:17:11,530
IN ABOUT, UH--

575
00:17:11,530 --> 00:17:12,765
I'LL GIVE YOU A HACK HERE AT,

576
00:17:12,765 --> 00:17:15,300
UH, TWO MINUTES TO GO.

577
00:17:15,300 --> 00:17:16,802
>> BY THIS TIME, THE, UM--

578
00:17:16,802 --> 00:17:18,704
THE CREW STATIONS BECAME,

579
00:17:18,704 --> 00:17:20,272
UH, A LOT DIFFERENT.

580
00:17:20,272 --> 00:17:21,306
THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE

581
00:17:21,306 --> 00:17:22,941
IN THE LUNAR MODULE NOW,

582
00:17:22,941 --> 00:17:24,643
USUALLY BUILT FOR TWO.

583
00:17:24,643 --> 00:17:25,911
UH, THIS LAST MANEUVER

584
00:17:25,911 --> 00:17:27,379
WAS GONNA BE UNIQUE,

585
00:17:27,379 --> 00:17:28,447
BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE

586
00:17:28,447 --> 00:17:29,982
THE PLATFORM POWERED UP,

587
00:17:29,982 --> 00:17:31,083
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A NORMAL

588
00:17:31,083 --> 00:17:32,184
METHOD OF DETERMINING

589
00:17:32,184 --> 00:17:33,419
THE ATTITUDE OF THE SPACECRAFT

590
00:17:33,419 --> 00:17:35,721
IN ORDER TO PERFORM THE BURN.

591
00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:36,688
>> ROGER, TWO MINUTES.

592
00:17:36,688 --> 00:17:37,723
WE GOT IT.

593
00:17:37,723 --> 00:17:39,057
>> ON APOLLO 8, UH,

594
00:17:39,057 --> 00:17:40,893
SOME TIME AGO,

595
00:17:40,893 --> 00:17:42,127
WE WERE CONCERNED WITH PERHAPS

596
00:17:42,127 --> 00:17:43,162
LOSING A PLATFORM

597
00:17:43,162 --> 00:17:44,463
ON THE RETURN VOYAGE HOME.

598
00:17:44,463 --> 00:17:45,864
AND SINCE NO ONE HAD EVER

599
00:17:45,864 --> 00:17:47,633
MADE A LUNAR TRIP BEFORE,

600
00:17:47,633 --> 00:17:49,001
WE WERE LOOKING AT SORT OF

601
00:17:49,001 --> 00:17:50,736
WAY-OUT WAYS OF DETERMINING

602
00:17:50,736 --> 00:17:51,737
HOW WE COULD MAKE THESE

603
00:17:51,737 --> 00:17:53,138
CORRECTIONS HOME.

604
00:17:53,138 --> 00:17:54,306
AND, UH, SOME OF OUR PEOPLE

605
00:17:54,306 --> 00:17:55,541
HERE AT MSC HAVE COME UP WITH

606
00:17:55,541 --> 00:17:57,209
AN IDEA ABOUT USING

607
00:17:57,209 --> 00:17:58,977
THE TERMINATOR OF THE EARTH

608
00:17:58,977 --> 00:18:01,246
TO ORIENT THE SPACECRAFT,

609
00:18:01,246 --> 00:18:02,548
AND THEN THE SUN POSITION

610
00:18:02,548 --> 00:18:04,650
TO GET ORIENTATION AND PITCH.

611
00:18:04,650 --> 00:18:06,318
AND WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE,

612
00:18:06,318 --> 00:18:08,420
WE COULD THEN MAKE CORRECTIONS

613
00:18:08,420 --> 00:18:10,789
TO-TO CORRECT OUR ANGLE

614
00:18:10,789 --> 00:18:12,991
OF ENTRY INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

615
00:18:12,991 --> 00:18:14,493
>> AND, UH, MARK IT,

616
00:18:14,493 --> 00:18:15,627
ONE MINUTE.

617
00:18:15,627 --> 00:18:17,029
>> AND AS-AS YOU KNOW, I THINK,

618
00:18:17,029 --> 00:18:18,464
THAT THE AN-- THE ANGLE OF ENTRY

619
00:18:18,464 --> 00:18:19,665
INTO THE ATMOSPHERE IS A--

620
00:18:19,665 --> 00:18:20,866
IS A VERY SMALL ANGLE,

621
00:18:20,866 --> 00:18:22,034
ONLY ABOUT TWO DEGREES.

622
00:18:22,034 --> 00:18:23,101
AND SO IT HAS TO BE

623
00:18:23,101 --> 00:18:24,269
CONTROLLED VERY CLOSELY.

624
00:18:24,269 --> 00:18:25,337
AND THAT'S WHAT THE MAIN

625
00:18:25,337 --> 00:18:26,972
TRACKING IS FOR.

626
00:18:26,972 --> 00:18:28,507
SO AT 105 HOURS, THEY GAVE US

627
00:18:28,507 --> 00:18:30,742
INSTRUCTIONS TO, UH, RELIGHT

628
00:18:30,742 --> 00:18:32,511
THE DESCENT ENGINE,

629
00:18:32,511 --> 00:18:34,713
UH, TO ORIENT THE SPACECRAFT

630
00:18:34,713 --> 00:18:36,515
IN THIS MANNER AND, UH,

631
00:18:36,515 --> 00:18:37,583
GIVE THIS PARTICULAR

632
00:18:37,583 --> 00:18:38,450
PROCEDURE A TRY.

633
00:18:38,450 --> 00:18:39,685
AND WHEN THEY READ UP

634
00:18:39,685 --> 00:18:40,652
THE PROCEDURE TO US,

635
00:18:40,652 --> 00:18:41,620
I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT,

636
00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:43,222
BECAUSE EVEN ON APOLLO 8

637
00:18:43,222 --> 00:18:44,623
I THOUGHT I'D NEVER

638
00:18:44,623 --> 00:18:45,591
IN ALL THE WORLD HAVE TO USE

639
00:18:45,591 --> 00:18:47,559
SOMETHING AS WAY-OUT AS THIS.

640
00:18:47,559 --> 00:18:48,927
>> ENGINE ON THE DESCENT

641
00:18:48,927 --> 00:18:49,795
>> AND BECAUSE IT WAS

642
00:18:49,795 --> 00:18:50,629
A MANUAL BURN, WE HAD

643
00:18:50,629 --> 00:18:52,197
A 3-MAN OPERATION.

644
00:18:52,197 --> 00:18:53,599
JACK WOULD, UH,

645
00:18:53,599 --> 00:18:54,566
TAKE CARE OF THE TIME.

646
00:18:54,566 --> 00:18:55,300
HE'D TELL US WHEN TO

647
00:18:55,300 --> 00:18:56,068
LIGHT OFF THE ENGINE,

648
00:18:56,068 --> 00:18:57,402
WHEN TO STOP IT.

649
00:18:57,402 --> 00:18:59,104
FRED HANDLED THE PITCH MANEUVER,

650
00:18:59,104 --> 00:19:00,038
I HANDLED THE ROLL--

651
00:19:00,038 --> 00:19:00,939
ROLL MANEUVER, AND I

652
00:19:00,939 --> 00:19:01,840
PUSHED THE BUTTONS TO START

653
00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:03,609
AND STOP THE ENGINES.

654
00:19:03,609 --> 00:19:05,310
>> IGNITION.

655
00:19:08,447 --> 00:19:10,182
THRUST LOOKS GOOD.

656
00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:16,388
IT SHUT DOWN.

657
00:19:16,388 --> 00:19:19,925
>> 6470.

658
00:19:19,925 --> 00:19:20,859
>> OKAY, LOOKS GOOD.

659
00:19:20,859 --> 00:19:23,395
NICE WORK.

660
00:19:23,395 --> 00:19:26,098
>> LET'S HOPE IT WAS.

661
00:19:31,136 --> 00:19:32,437
>> EVERYTHING GOT STACKED UP

662
00:19:32,437 --> 00:19:33,272
TO THE END.

663
00:19:33,272 --> 00:19:35,307
WE-WE HAD A DEAD MOTHERSHIP.

664
00:19:35,307 --> 00:19:36,408
ANOTHER BIG CHALLENGE

665
00:19:36,408 --> 00:19:37,943
FOR THE GROUND, UH,

666
00:19:37,943 --> 00:19:39,978
WAS TO BUILD A PROCEDURE

667
00:19:39,978 --> 00:19:41,847
IN ABOUT 3.5 DAYS

668
00:19:41,847 --> 00:19:43,248
HOW TO POWER IT UP.

669
00:19:43,248 --> 00:19:44,483
WE HAD NO-NO PROCEDURE

670
00:19:44,483 --> 00:19:45,484
TO POWER IT UP.

671
00:19:45,484 --> 00:19:46,418
IT HAD NEVER INTENDED

672
00:19:46,418 --> 00:19:48,053
TO BE EVER SHUT DOWN.

673
00:19:48,053 --> 00:19:48,887
AND THAT WAS A PRETTY

674
00:19:48,887 --> 00:19:49,788
MONUMENTAL TASK FOR

675
00:19:49,788 --> 00:19:51,490
A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE GROUND.

676
00:19:51,490 --> 00:19:53,158
>> WE'VE RUN, UM,

677
00:19:53,158 --> 00:19:54,426
THESE SIMULATORS BOTH HERE

678
00:19:54,426 --> 00:19:55,360
AND AT THE CAPE,

679
00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:57,429
AND AT THE CONTRACTORS', UH,

680
00:19:57,429 --> 00:19:59,031
CONTINUOUSLY EVER SINCE,

681
00:19:59,031 --> 00:20:01,166
UH, LAST NIGHT.

682
00:20:01,166 --> 00:20:03,435
WE'VE TRIED TO SIMULATE

683
00:20:03,435 --> 00:20:04,670
VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING

684
00:20:04,670 --> 00:20:06,204
THAT WE'VE HAD THE CREW TO DO

685
00:20:06,204 --> 00:20:09,174
THAT, UH-- THAT IS NON-NORMAL

686
00:20:09,174 --> 00:20:10,409
THAT THEY'VE DONE.

687
00:20:10,409 --> 00:20:11,910
AND, UH, WE'VE PROVEN

688
00:20:11,910 --> 00:20:12,945
MOST EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE

689
00:20:12,945 --> 00:20:14,446
BEEN ABLE, UH,

690
00:20:14,446 --> 00:20:15,380
TO RUN ON THE SIMULATOR

691
00:20:15,380 --> 00:20:16,315
PRIOR TO PASSING IT UP.

692
00:20:16,315 --> 00:20:17,215
UH, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE SOME

693
00:20:17,215 --> 00:20:18,050
DETAILS WE HAVEN'T DONE,

694
00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:19,084
BUT AT LEAST WE'VE

695
00:20:19,084 --> 00:20:20,185
CHECKED THE FEASIBILITY

696
00:20:20,185 --> 00:20:21,253
OF EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE,

697
00:20:21,253 --> 00:20:23,789
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

698
00:20:23,789 --> 00:20:24,623
>> WE REALLY THREW AWAY

699
00:20:24,623 --> 00:20:25,424
THE BOOK.

700
00:20:25,424 --> 00:20:26,592
WE HAD NEVER POWERED DOWN

701
00:20:26,592 --> 00:20:28,794
A COMMAND MODULE IN-IN SPACE,

702
00:20:28,794 --> 00:20:29,761
AND WE HAD NEVER

703
00:20:29,761 --> 00:20:31,830
RE-REACTIVATED ONE.

704
00:20:31,830 --> 00:20:33,065
>> AND JACK, UH,

705
00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:34,800
WISELY SAID, "WELL,

706
00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:36,034
THE FIRST THING WAS TO PUSH IN

707
00:20:36,034 --> 00:20:37,102
ALL THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS."

708
00:20:37,102 --> 00:20:39,504
WE HAD PANELS ON EACH SIDE.

709
00:20:39,504 --> 00:20:40,739
AND HE SAID, "LET'S PUNCH IN--

710
00:20:40,739 --> 00:20:41,873
WE'LL TIME IT.

711
00:20:41,873 --> 00:20:43,442
WE'LL PUNCH IN SIX AND STOP

712
00:20:43,442 --> 00:20:45,210
AND SEE IF WE SMELL

713
00:20:45,210 --> 00:20:46,311
BURNING WIRE,"

714
00:20:46,311 --> 00:20:47,379
WHICH YOU CAN TELL WHEN

715
00:20:47,379 --> 00:20:48,747
WIRE'S BURNING.

716
00:20:48,747 --> 00:20:49,948
"AND THEN WE'LL STEP AHEAD

717
00:20:49,948 --> 00:20:50,949
AND DO THE NEXT SIX."

718
00:20:50,949 --> 00:20:51,817
SO WE WENT THROUGH

719
00:20:51,817 --> 00:20:53,852
THE INITIAL ACTIVATION THAT WAY,

720
00:20:53,852 --> 00:20:54,853
KNOWING-KNOWING THINGS

721
00:20:54,853 --> 00:20:56,021
WERE WET NOW.

722
00:20:56,021 --> 00:20:57,189
WE WERE, I THINK,

723
00:20:57,189 --> 00:20:59,257
SAVED IN A SECONDHAND WAY

724
00:20:59,257 --> 00:21:01,159
BY THE APOLLO 1 FIRE.

725
00:21:01,159 --> 00:21:02,527
'CAUSE THEY REWIRED

726
00:21:02,527 --> 00:21:04,096
TOTALLY BOTH VEHICLES,

727
00:21:04,096 --> 00:21:05,130
SO EVERYTHING WAS

728
00:21:05,130 --> 00:21:08,166
VIRTUALLY WATERPROOF.

729
00:21:08,166 --> 00:21:09,267
>> NORMALLY WHEN YOU COME HOME,

730
00:21:09,267 --> 00:21:10,268
YOU HAVE ONLY THE COMMAND

731
00:21:10,268 --> 00:21:11,670
AND SERVICE MODULES.

732
00:21:11,670 --> 00:21:12,504
SO THE ONLY THING WE HAVE

733
00:21:12,504 --> 00:21:13,472
TO GET RID OF IS THIS

734
00:21:13,472 --> 00:21:15,073
SERVICE MODULE JUST PRIOR TO

735
00:21:15,073 --> 00:21:16,842
ENTRY TO THE ATMOSPHERE.

736
00:21:16,842 --> 00:21:18,010
COMING HOME NOW, THOUGH,

737
00:21:18,010 --> 00:21:20,245
WE HAD A DEAD SERVICE MODULE.

738
00:21:20,245 --> 00:21:21,380
WE HAD A COMMAND MODULE

739
00:21:21,380 --> 00:21:23,482
THAT HAD NO POWER TO IT.

740
00:21:23,482 --> 00:21:24,549
WE HAD A LUNAR MODULE

741
00:21:24,549 --> 00:21:26,685
THAT WAS A WONDERFUL VEHICLE

742
00:21:26,685 --> 00:21:27,886
TO TRAVEL HOME WITH,

743
00:21:27,886 --> 00:21:28,854
BUT DIDN'T HAVE A HEAT SHIELD

744
00:21:28,854 --> 00:21:29,788
UNFORTUNATELY.

745
00:21:29,788 --> 00:21:30,856
AND SHORTLY WE'D HAVE TO

746
00:21:30,856 --> 00:21:32,090
ABANDON HER.

747
00:21:32,090 --> 00:21:34,192
AND, UH, JIM AND FRED WERE, UH,

748
00:21:34,192 --> 00:21:36,528
IN THE LM AND, UH, USING

749
00:21:36,528 --> 00:21:37,963
THE TRANSLATIONS CONTROLLER

750
00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:39,164
TO GIVE US SOME VELOCITY.

751
00:21:39,164 --> 00:21:40,399
AND WHEN JIM YELLED "FIRE,"

752
00:21:40,399 --> 00:21:42,467
I JETTISONED THE SERVICE MODULE.

753
00:21:42,467 --> 00:21:44,736
AND, UH-- AND IT WENT OFF WI--

754
00:21:44,736 --> 00:21:45,771
AMIDST A LOT OF DEBRIS,

755
00:21:45,771 --> 00:21:46,738
WHICH IS USUAL.

756
00:21:46,738 --> 00:21:47,773
AND, UH, JIM BEGAN TO

757
00:21:47,773 --> 00:21:48,740
PITCH AROUND TO TRY

758
00:21:48,740 --> 00:21:49,941
AND PHOTOGRAPH IT.

759
00:21:49,941 --> 00:21:51,376
>> WE COPY THAT REPORT,

760
00:21:51,376 --> 00:21:52,544
UH, OF JIM LOVELL

761
00:21:52,544 --> 00:21:54,112
OF SERVICE MODULE SEPARATION

762
00:21:54,112 --> 00:21:57,282
AT, UH, 138 HOURS, UH,

763
00:21:57,282 --> 00:21:58,650
2 MINUTES, 8 SECONDS.

764
00:21:58,650 --> 00:21:59,651
>> I THOUGHT I CAUGHT

765
00:21:59,651 --> 00:22:01,019
SIGHT OF THE SERVICE MODULE

766
00:22:01,019 --> 00:22:03,855
AS IT TUMBLED AROUND IN VIEW.

767
00:22:03,855 --> 00:22:06,291
AND, UH, IT WAS, UH, TO ME,

768
00:22:06,291 --> 00:22:08,060
SORT OF AN AMAZING SIGHT.

769
00:22:08,060 --> 00:22:09,561
>> AND THERE'S ONE WHOLE SIDE

770
00:22:09,561 --> 00:22:11,363
OF THAT SPACECRAFT MISSING.

771
00:22:11,363 --> 00:22:12,998
>> IS THAT RIGHT?

772
00:22:12,998 --> 00:22:14,800
>> I DIDN'T REALIZE, UM,

773
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:16,768
THAT THIS WHOLE PANEL

774
00:22:16,768 --> 00:22:18,236
BY THE HIGH-GAIN ANTENNA

775
00:22:18,236 --> 00:22:20,572
WAS BLOWN CLEAN OFF.

776
00:22:20,572 --> 00:22:23,241
UH, RIGHT ALONG THE AREA

777
00:22:23,241 --> 00:22:24,142
WHERE THE PANEL

778
00:22:24,142 --> 00:22:25,711
NORMALLY SWINGS OPEN.

779
00:22:25,711 --> 00:22:28,213
I COULD SEE, UH, THE INTERIOR.

780
00:22:28,213 --> 00:22:29,448
I COULDN'T SEE EXACTLY

781
00:22:29,448 --> 00:22:30,382
WHAT WAS DAMAGED.

782
00:22:30,382 --> 00:22:31,616
I COULD SEE MATERIAL

783
00:22:31,616 --> 00:22:33,585
HANGING OUT FROM THE INTERIOR.

784
00:22:33,585 --> 00:22:34,686
>> RIGHT BY

785
00:22:34,686 --> 00:22:35,954
THE HIGH-GAIN ANTENNA,

786
00:22:35,954 --> 00:22:37,222
THE WHOLE PANEL IS BLOWN OUT,

787
00:22:37,222 --> 00:22:38,890
ALMOST FROM THE, UH,

788
00:22:38,890 --> 00:22:41,393
BASE TO THE, UH, ENGINES.

789
00:22:41,393 --> 00:22:43,862
>> COPY THAT.

790
00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:45,097
>> IT'S REALLY A MESS.

791
00:22:45,097 --> 00:22:45,997
>> SO NOW WE HAVE

792
00:22:45,997 --> 00:22:46,832
THE COMMAND MODULE

793
00:22:46,832 --> 00:22:48,366
AND THE LUNAR MODULE TOGETHER,

794
00:22:48,366 --> 00:22:49,735
WHICH IS AN UNUSUAL COMBINATION.

795
00:22:49,735 --> 00:22:51,403
THEY'VE NEVER FLOWN THIS BEFORE.

796
00:22:51,403 --> 00:22:52,571
>> UH, THEN A LITTLE LATER

797
00:22:52,571 --> 00:22:54,573
IT WAS AN OFFSET ANGLE.

798
00:22:54,573 --> 00:22:57,409
WE BLEW OFF THE LM, BASICALLY.

799
00:22:57,409 --> 00:22:59,544
WE HAD TO PRESSURIZE THE TUNNEL

800
00:22:59,544 --> 00:23:01,113
AND BLOW IT OFF TO GET

801
00:23:01,113 --> 00:23:03,749
THE SEPARATION KICK OF THE, UH--

802
00:23:03,749 --> 00:23:05,083
OF THE LM.

803
00:23:05,083 --> 00:23:06,118
AND AGAIN,

804
00:23:06,118 --> 00:23:08,353
THAT WAS DONE VERY LATE.

805
00:23:08,353 --> 00:23:09,521
>> WE COULDN'T JETTISON THAT

806
00:23:09,521 --> 00:23:11,490
UNTIL WE KNEW FOR SURE

807
00:23:11,490 --> 00:23:13,258
THAT THE COMMAND MODULE

808
00:23:13,258 --> 00:23:14,826
WAS IN THE PROPER PLACE

809
00:23:14,826 --> 00:23:15,961
AT THE PROPER TIME

810
00:23:15,961 --> 00:23:17,562
AT THE PROPER ANGLE.

811
00:23:17,562 --> 00:23:18,830
IF WE CAME IN LESS,

812
00:23:18,830 --> 00:23:20,065
WE'D SKIP OUT LIKE

813
00:23:20,065 --> 00:23:21,900
SKIPPING A STONE ON WATER.

814
00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:23,702
IF WE CAME TOO HIGH,

815
00:23:23,702 --> 00:23:24,970
WE'D BURN UP

816
00:23:24,970 --> 00:23:26,571
JUST LIKE A METEOR, UH,

817
00:23:26,571 --> 00:23:28,507
IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

818
00:23:28,507 --> 00:23:31,076
[ INDISTINCT CHATTER ]

819
00:23:31,977 --> 00:23:33,378
>> COMING UP NOW ON

820
00:23:33,378 --> 00:23:34,446
THREE MINUTES UNTIL TIME OF

821
00:23:34,446 --> 00:23:36,648
DROGUE DEPLOYMENT.

822
00:23:36,648 --> 00:23:37,549
STANDING BY FOR ANY

823
00:23:37,549 --> 00:23:39,484
REPORTS OF ACQUISITION.

824
00:23:42,554 --> 00:23:44,156
WE'VE HAD A REPORT THAT

825
00:23:44,156 --> 00:23:45,690
ARIA 4 AIRCRAFT

826
00:23:45,690 --> 00:23:48,193
HAS ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL.

827
00:23:52,464 --> 00:23:53,398
>> ODYSSEY,

828
00:23:53,398 --> 00:23:55,534
HOUSTON STANDING BY, OVER.

829
00:24:00,172 --> 00:24:02,507
>> OKAY, WE READ YOU, JACK.

830
00:24:04,309 --> 00:24:05,410
>> THAT WAS COMMAND MODULE

831
00:24:05,410 --> 00:24:07,245
PILOT JACK SWIGERT.

832
00:24:08,847 --> 00:24:09,781
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT

833
00:24:09,781 --> 00:24:10,649
THE WEATHER ON TV,

834
00:24:10,649 --> 00:24:11,883
AND IT LOOKS JUST AS ADVERTISED,

835
00:24:11,883 --> 00:24:13,952
REAL GOOD.

836
00:24:17,222 --> 00:24:18,390
>> LESS THAN TWO MINUTES NOW

837
00:24:18,390 --> 00:24:20,592
FROM TIME OF DROGUE DEPLOYMENT.

838
00:24:29,467 --> 00:24:30,869
A REPORT OF, UH,

839
00:24:30,869 --> 00:24:32,604
TWO GOOD DROGUES.

840
00:24:32,604 --> 00:24:35,040
COMING UP NOW FOR MAIN CHUTES.

841
00:24:36,274 --> 00:24:51,256
[ MUSIC ]

842
00:24:52,257 --> 00:24:53,959
[ APPLAUSE ]

843
00:24:53,959 --> 00:24:54,826
>> ODYSSEY, HOUSTON.

844
00:24:54,826 --> 00:24:56,061
WE SHOW YOU ON THE MAINS.

845
00:24:56,061 --> 00:24:58,697
IT REALLY LOOKS GREAT.

846
00:25:01,233 --> 00:25:02,634
>> AN EXTREMELY LOUD APPLAUSE

847
00:25:02,634 --> 00:25:05,103
AS APOLLO 13 ON MAIN CHUTES

848
00:25:05,103 --> 00:25:06,638
COMES THROUGH LOUD AND CLEAR

849
00:25:06,638 --> 00:25:10,108
ON THE TELEVISION DISPLAY HERE.

850
00:25:10,108 --> 00:25:11,877
>> ROGER, APOLLO 13,

851
00:25:11,877 --> 00:25:13,044
THIS IS RECOVERY,

852
00:25:13,044 --> 00:25:15,180
AND YOUR CHUTES LOOK GOOD.

853
00:25:18,049 --> 00:25:20,485
[ INDISTINCT CHATTER ]

854
00:25:21,553 --> 00:25:30,829
[ MUSIC ]

855
00:25:38,270 --> 00:25:40,672
>> APOLLO 13, APOLLO 13,

856
00:25:40,672 --> 00:25:43,341
THIS IS RECOVERY, OVER.

857
00:25:46,544 --> 00:25:48,013
>> I RECALL,

858
00:25:48,013 --> 00:25:49,014
CAPTAIN, THAT WHEN I

859
00:25:49,014 --> 00:25:50,715
SPOKE TO YOU ON THE PHONE,

860
00:25:50,715 --> 00:25:52,183
YOU SAID THAT YOU REGRETTED

861
00:25:52,183 --> 00:25:54,019
THAT YOU WERE UNABLE

862
00:25:54,019 --> 00:25:56,154
TO COMPLETE YOUR MISSION.

863
00:25:56,154 --> 00:25:57,555
I HEREBY DECLARE THAT

864
00:25:57,555 --> 00:26:00,859
THIS WAS A SUCCESSFUL MISSION.

865
00:26:00,859 --> 00:26:02,160
FROM THE START,

866
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:03,628
THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE

867
00:26:03,628 --> 00:26:05,630
HAS BEEN HAZARDOUS ADVENTURE.

868
00:26:05,630 --> 00:26:07,332
THE VOYAGE OF APOLLO 13

869
00:26:07,332 --> 00:26:09,100
DRAMATIZED ITS RISKS.

870
00:26:09,100 --> 00:26:12,370
THE MEN OF APOLLO 13,

871
00:26:12,370 --> 00:26:14,439
BY THEIR POISE AND SKILL

872
00:26:14,439 --> 00:26:15,674
UNDER THE MOST INTENSE

873
00:26:15,674 --> 00:26:17,509
KIND OF PRESSURE,

874
00:26:17,509 --> 00:26:19,978
EPITOMIZE THE CHARACTER

875
00:26:19,978 --> 00:26:22,080
THAT ACCEPTS DANGER

876
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:23,815
AND SURMOUNTS IT.

877
00:26:23,815 --> 00:26:25,417
>> ONCE WE WERE IN THE ENTRY,

878
00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:26,651
WHICH IS INCIDENTALLY DONE

879
00:26:26,651 --> 00:26:28,553
FULLY AUTOMATED,

880
00:26:28,553 --> 00:26:30,322
UH, IT WAS PRETTY MUCH

881
00:26:30,322 --> 00:26:31,756
THE NORMAL-NORMAL ENTRY

882
00:26:31,756 --> 00:26:32,924
ALL THE WAY DOWN.

883
00:26:32,924 --> 00:26:34,059
AND TH-- ALL THREE CHUTES

884
00:26:34,059 --> 00:26:35,794
CAME OUT.

885
00:26:35,794 --> 00:26:38,063
AND, UH, KIND OF MIRACULOUSLY,

886
00:26:38,063 --> 00:26:40,732
SINCE WE HAD ABUSED THE VEHICLE,

887
00:26:40,732 --> 00:26:42,267
THE MOTHERSHIP,

888
00:26:42,267 --> 00:26:43,702
BY FREEZING IT FOR FOUR DAYS,

889
00:26:43,702 --> 00:26:45,070
THE WATER TANKS WERE FROZEN

890
00:26:45,070 --> 00:26:46,104
WHEN THEY RECOVERED IT

891
00:26:46,104 --> 00:26:47,205
ONBOARD THE SHIP.

892
00:26:47,205 --> 00:26:48,740
SO IT EXCEEDED SPECIFICATIONS

893
00:26:48,740 --> 00:26:52,410
ON ALL THE AVIONICS CERTAINLY.

894
00:26:52,410 --> 00:26:53,778
IT-IT GAVE US THE SECOND

895
00:26:53,778 --> 00:26:55,013
MOST ACCURATE SPLASHDOWN

896
00:26:55,013 --> 00:26:56,281
IN THE PROGRAM.

897
00:26:56,281 --> 00:26:57,349
>> SO IT WAS A QUESTION OF

898
00:26:57,349 --> 00:26:59,384
GETTING THIS ENTIRE WORLD

899
00:26:59,384 --> 00:27:01,853
GEARED AND ORIENTED

900
00:27:01,853 --> 00:27:04,055
TO ONE SINGLE JOB,

901
00:27:04,055 --> 00:27:05,523
GET THE CREW HOME.

902
00:27:05,523 --> 00:27:06,591
AND, BOY, THE TEAM

903
00:27:06,591 --> 00:27:07,792
WORKED OUT GREAT.

904
00:27:07,792 --> 00:27:10,061
>> AND IT DIDN'T NEED COACHING.

905
00:27:10,061 --> 00:27:12,063
UH, IT JUST HAPPENED.

906
00:27:12,063 --> 00:27:13,898
UH, AND WE ALL KNEW EACH OTHER.

907
00:27:13,898 --> 00:27:15,100
WE ALL WERE COMFORTABLE

908
00:27:15,100 --> 00:27:16,368
WITH WHO COULD DO WHAT

909
00:27:16,368 --> 00:27:17,535
AND SO ON.

910
00:27:17,535 --> 00:27:18,703
SO THERE YOU ARE.

911
00:27:18,703 --> 00:27:21,673
WE PULLED THAT OFF.

912
00:27:21,673 --> 00:27:23,008
>> ACTUALLY, I GUESS

913
00:27:23,008 --> 00:27:25,076
WHEN THE PARACHUTES CAME OUT,

914
00:27:25,076 --> 00:27:26,878
AND THEY BLOSSOMED,

915
00:27:26,878 --> 00:27:28,913
AND, UH, WE LANDED ON THE WATER

916
00:27:28,913 --> 00:27:30,215
AND DIDN'T SINK,

917
00:27:30,215 --> 00:27:31,483
I THINK WE WERE--

918
00:27:31,483 --> 00:27:33,318
WE WERE HOME SAFE.

919
00:27:36,621 --> 00:27:37,722
>> WELL, OF COURSE,

920
00:27:37,722 --> 00:27:38,656
WHEN WE HIT THE WATER,

921
00:27:38,656 --> 00:27:39,557
WE WERE-- WE WERE VERY HAPPY

922
00:27:39,557 --> 00:27:40,625
TO BE BACK HOME.

923
00:27:40,625 --> 00:27:41,593
YOU KNOW, WE COMMENTED

924
00:27:41,593 --> 00:27:42,994
ON THAT FACT.

925
00:27:42,994 --> 00:27:44,796
UM...

926
00:27:44,796 --> 00:27:47,032
UM, THE RECOVERY OF-OF 13

927
00:27:47,032 --> 00:27:49,934
WAS ALMOST A TEXTBOOK RECOVERY.

928
00:27:49,934 --> 00:27:51,736
IT WAS A CALM DAY.

929
00:27:51,736 --> 00:27:53,872
THE ACTUAL SPLASHDOWN ITSELF

930
00:27:53,872 --> 00:27:55,607
WAS VERY MILD.

931
00:27:55,607 --> 00:27:57,675
AND, UH, THE NAVY DID

932
00:27:57,675 --> 00:27:59,511
A GRAND JOB.

933
00:28:00,612 --> 00:28:09,954
[ MUSIC ]

934
00:28:09,954 --> 00:28:11,456
>> IF ANYTHING, IT HAS

935
00:28:11,456 --> 00:28:12,924
INCREASED MY CONFIDENCE IN

936
00:28:12,924 --> 00:28:15,193
THE ABILITY OF THIS SPA--

937
00:28:15,193 --> 00:28:17,095
NATION'S SPACE PROGRAM

938
00:28:17,095 --> 00:28:20,231
TO TAKE AN UNUSUAL SITUATION

939
00:28:20,231 --> 00:28:23,968
AND REACT TO IT AND COME OUT

940
00:28:23,968 --> 00:28:25,703
WITH A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION.

941
00:28:25,703 --> 00:28:26,738
I-I CONSIDER

942
00:28:26,738 --> 00:28:28,373
RECOVERY OF THE CREW

943
00:28:28,373 --> 00:28:29,741
A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION.

944
00:28:29,741 --> 00:28:31,643
[ LAUGHTER ]

945
00:28:31,643 --> 00:28:32,744
BUT I HAVE--

946
00:28:32,744 --> 00:28:34,245
I HAVE NOTHING BUT

947
00:28:34,245 --> 00:28:35,680
THE UTMOST ADMIRATION

948
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:36,848
FOR THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND

949
00:28:36,848 --> 00:28:38,249
WHO WORKED TIRELESS HOURS

950
00:28:38,249 --> 00:28:39,851
TO GET US BACK.

951
00:28:47,258 --> 00:28:48,293
>> SOMETIME THIS YEAR,

952
00:28:48,293 --> 00:28:49,294
I'LL HAVE HAD, UH,

953
00:28:49,294 --> 00:28:51,696
15 YEARS WITH NASA, AND, UH,

954
00:28:51,696 --> 00:28:53,031
I DON'T FIGURE I'LL RETIRE

955
00:28:53,031 --> 00:28:54,766
FOR ANOTHER 30 MAYBE.

956
00:28:54,766 --> 00:28:56,434
SO, UH...

957
00:28:56,434 --> 00:28:58,336
I'LL JUST DO WHATEVER, UH--

958
00:28:58,336 --> 00:28:59,804
WHATEVER JOB THE AGENCY,

959
00:28:59,804 --> 00:29:01,840
UH, DECIDES, UH,

960
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:03,374
IS THE BEST PLACE I CAN BE