1 00:00:09,260 --> 00:00:13,866 I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal 2 00:00:13,890 --> 00:00:17,453 before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon 3 00:00:17,477 --> 00:00:19,517 and returning him safely to the Earth. 4 00:00:20,855 --> 00:00:24,251 I don't think that we can exaggerate the great advantage 5 00:00:24,275 --> 00:00:28,605 which the Soviet Union secured in the '50s by being first in space. 6 00:00:29,739 --> 00:00:33,699 They were able to give prestige to their system. 7 00:00:34,869 --> 00:00:36,847 They were able to give force to their argument 8 00:00:36,871 --> 00:00:38,641 that they were an advancing society... 9 00:00:40,208 --> 00:00:41,769 and that we were on the decline. 10 00:00:46,422 --> 00:00:49,318 Our great system will be judged 11 00:00:49,342 --> 00:00:51,722 by how we do in the field of space... 12 00:00:53,263 --> 00:00:54,813 and therefore this country. 13 00:00:55,765 --> 00:01:00,435 Both political parties have determined that the United States shall be first. 14 00:01:04,566 --> 00:01:08,045 Quite obviously, if we fail, we're humiliated, 15 00:01:08,069 --> 00:01:09,649 here and around the world. 16 00:01:26,462 --> 00:01:28,632 Aleida, my dear. Your mamma wants you. 17 00:01:34,053 --> 00:01:37,825 Still no further word on the progress of the spacecraft 18 00:01:37,849 --> 00:01:39,479 toward the surface of the moon. 19 00:01:39,851 --> 00:01:43,998 But we believe that it will be touching down any minute now. 20 00:01:44,022 --> 00:01:46,584 The last official report we have said 21 00:01:46,608 --> 00:01:48,836 that the landing vehicle was descending toward the surface... 22 00:01:48,860 --> 00:01:50,171 Mama. 23 00:01:50,195 --> 00:01:52,339 How long do we have to watch this? 24 00:01:53,698 --> 00:01:55,885 They just talk, talk, talk... 25 00:01:55,909 --> 00:01:58,369 Aleida. This is special. 26 00:01:59,329 --> 00:02:01,807 You'll remember this the rest of your life. 27 00:02:01,831 --> 00:02:04,685 This is the beginning of the future. 28 00:02:04,709 --> 00:02:06,812 You can be part of that. 29 00:02:06,836 --> 00:02:09,356 Maybe even go to the moon one day. 30 00:02:10,381 --> 00:02:12,610 You should be in bed. The doctor says you need rest-- 31 00:02:12,634 --> 00:02:14,778 Never mind the doctor. 32 00:02:14,802 --> 00:02:16,642 I want to be here for this. 33 00:02:17,472 --> 00:02:18,642 With her. 34 00:02:19,724 --> 00:02:21,076 So she'll remember. 35 00:02:21,100 --> 00:02:22,640 The spacecraft has landed. 36 00:02:24,312 --> 00:02:25,982 Can we confirm that? 37 00:02:26,648 --> 00:02:27,917 Yes. 38 00:02:27,941 --> 00:02:30,191 They are on the moon, ladies and gentlemen. 39 00:02:33,071 --> 00:02:36,509 Radio and television signals from the moon 40 00:02:36,533 --> 00:02:39,595 take less than two seconds to reach us here on Earth. 41 00:02:39,619 --> 00:02:41,764 So if we do get television pictures, 42 00:02:41,788 --> 00:02:44,828 they'll be essentially broadcasting live. 43 00:02:45,625 --> 00:02:47,019 That's right. 44 00:02:47,043 --> 00:02:48,843 Live from the moon. 45 00:02:59,514 --> 00:03:02,993 In the United Kingdom, we're told that Queen Elizabeth II was awakened... 46 00:03:04,853 --> 00:03:08,290 when first reports of the pending moon landing was received. 47 00:03:08,314 --> 00:03:10,417 And in Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito... 48 00:03:10,441 --> 00:03:12,628 Are they down? The radio wasn't sure if they landed or-- 49 00:03:12,652 --> 00:03:14,242 They're down. They're down. 50 00:03:14,904 --> 00:03:16,715 There's no video yet, but they're down. 51 00:03:16,739 --> 00:03:19,593 At the Vatican, Pope Paul VI positioned-- 52 00:03:19,617 --> 00:03:22,388 One of the most shocking events of my lifetime. 53 00:03:22,412 --> 00:03:25,808 This will shake things up in this country. I'll tell you that right now. 54 00:03:25,832 --> 00:03:27,462 Things will never be the same. 55 00:03:49,022 --> 00:03:51,500 Are little more than guesswork. 56 00:03:51,524 --> 00:03:55,171 But experts have long anticipated a possible viewership 57 00:03:55,195 --> 00:03:57,756 of over 500 million people. 58 00:03:57,780 --> 00:03:59,200 Is this really happening? 59 00:04:00,909 --> 00:04:03,199 I'm hearing we're getting a picture. 60 00:04:03,912 --> 00:04:06,162 Is that right? We have a picture? 61 00:04:06,748 --> 00:04:08,248 Sid, can we patch into... 62 00:04:09,417 --> 00:04:10,895 Got it. 63 00:04:10,919 --> 00:04:14,759 Ladies and gentlemen, this is a live signal from the moon. 64 00:04:15,173 --> 00:04:17,093 Having some trouble seeing it. 65 00:04:18,635 --> 00:04:21,425 Uh... There, I see it. There it is. 66 00:04:23,097 --> 00:04:24,137 Amazing. 67 00:04:25,475 --> 00:04:26,975 Just unbelievable. 68 00:04:27,727 --> 00:04:31,207 The shock across the nation at this event. 69 00:04:31,231 --> 00:04:36,837 Indeed, the shock across the world is just indescribable. 70 00:04:36,861 --> 00:04:40,341 What was considered a fantasy just a short time ago 71 00:04:40,365 --> 00:04:43,219 is coming true right before our eyes. 72 00:04:44,327 --> 00:04:48,287 I believe we're looking at the legs of the lunar lander. 73 00:04:49,165 --> 00:04:53,745 There at the bottom of your screen is what appears to be a ladder. 74 00:04:54,295 --> 00:04:57,650 No word yet on when someone will be climbing down that ladder, but-- 75 00:04:57,674 --> 00:05:00,194 Wait, wait. Here we go. 76 00:05:00,218 --> 00:05:01,428 I see something. 77 00:05:02,345 --> 00:05:04,675 There he is. We have him. 78 00:05:05,306 --> 00:05:07,676 Oh, my goodness. Wow. 79 00:05:08,810 --> 00:05:10,100 Can you believe it? 80 00:05:11,145 --> 00:05:14,458 After thousands of years, ladies and gentlemen, 81 00:05:14,482 --> 00:05:17,742 gazing up in the heavens and dreaming of this day, 82 00:05:18,736 --> 00:05:22,276 a man is about to set foot on the moon. 83 00:05:38,214 --> 00:05:41,193 Don't know what he's saying, obviously, 84 00:05:41,217 --> 00:05:44,297 but we'll get a translation of his words, 85 00:05:45,180 --> 00:05:49,520 man's first words from the moon, in just a minute. 86 00:05:52,228 --> 00:05:55,416 Okay, we have the translation now, 87 00:05:55,440 --> 00:06:00,754 and these are the words that Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, 88 00:06:00,778 --> 00:06:03,507 the first man to set foot on the moon, 89 00:06:03,531 --> 00:06:05,411 spoke just moments ago. 90 00:06:05,992 --> 00:06:09,972 "I take this step for my country, for my people, 91 00:06:09,996 --> 00:06:13,267 and for the Marxist-Leninist way of life. 92 00:06:13,291 --> 00:06:16,353 Knowing that today is but one small step 93 00:06:16,377 --> 00:06:21,007 on a journey that someday will take us all to the stars." 94 00:06:29,265 --> 00:06:30,993 I'm not sure what to say. 95 00:06:31,017 --> 00:06:33,477 Perhaps there are no words. 96 00:06:34,103 --> 00:06:36,207 So, for now, 97 00:06:36,231 --> 00:06:38,821 we'll let you soak in this historic moment... 98 00:06:40,193 --> 00:06:43,283 and reflect on what it means for our country... 99 00:06:44,489 --> 00:06:46,069 and for the world. 100 00:08:14,996 --> 00:08:16,156 How the hell did this happen? 101 00:08:16,664 --> 00:08:19,977 Those bastards at NASA have been acting like they had everything under control, 102 00:08:20,001 --> 00:08:22,062 and then they fumble the ball right at the goddamn goal line. 103 00:08:22,086 --> 00:08:22,980 Right at the goal! 104 00:08:23,004 --> 00:08:24,857 Yes, sir, it sure looks that way. 105 00:08:24,881 --> 00:08:28,486 CIA is working up a review of their intel over the last year 106 00:08:28,510 --> 00:08:30,779 to see if they missed any signs of Soviet advances that-- 107 00:08:30,803 --> 00:08:32,530 They missed the whole goddamn thing! 108 00:08:32,554 --> 00:08:33,948 The whole match! 109 00:08:33,972 --> 00:08:36,034 You know how the press is gonna play this, don't you? 110 00:08:36,058 --> 00:08:37,534 The New York Times is going to say that 111 00:08:37,558 --> 00:08:39,148 Kennedy started the moon race, 112 00:08:39,354 --> 00:08:40,246 Johnson ran it, 113 00:08:40,270 --> 00:08:42,041 and then Nixon tripped at the goal line. 114 00:08:42,065 --> 00:08:43,105 That's what it's gonna be. 115 00:08:43,691 --> 00:08:45,781 They're gonna try and hang this around my neck, 116 00:08:46,277 --> 00:08:47,477 but they're not gonna succeed. 117 00:08:47,570 --> 00:08:48,422 No, sir. 118 00:08:48,446 --> 00:08:50,156 I'll tell you that right goddamn now. 119 00:08:50,740 --> 00:08:51,740 Not Nixon. 120 00:09:06,256 --> 00:09:09,026 Shane, let's go. Shake a leg. Bus is almost here. 121 00:09:10,844 --> 00:09:12,554 - Last day of school? - Next week. 122 00:09:13,179 --> 00:09:15,115 One more week to go, sailor. 123 00:09:15,139 --> 00:09:16,139 Yeah, I know. 124 00:09:16,641 --> 00:09:17,641 What? 125 00:09:18,226 --> 00:09:19,976 - I mean, yes, sir. - That's right. 126 00:09:22,939 --> 00:09:24,519 They shoulda let you land, 127 00:09:25,358 --> 00:09:26,778 then we woulda been first. 128 00:09:30,947 --> 00:09:33,577 Yeah. Well, that wasn't my mission, buddy. 129 00:09:35,201 --> 00:09:36,679 Hey. Here's your lunch, okay? 130 00:09:36,703 --> 00:09:38,293 - Let's get going. - Thank you. 131 00:09:38,580 --> 00:09:39,723 Hey, you have a good day, okay? 132 00:09:39,747 --> 00:09:41,247 - Yeah. Bye, Dad. - Bye-bye. 133 00:09:41,791 --> 00:09:43,541 Love you, sweetie. Have a good day. 134 00:09:44,169 --> 00:09:45,339 - Thank you. - Okay. 135 00:09:51,342 --> 00:09:53,642 So, how do you think it's gonna affect the program? 136 00:09:55,638 --> 00:09:58,325 I don't know. Deke's called an all-hands meeting this morning. 137 00:09:58,349 --> 00:10:00,349 So, I guess we'll find out then. 138 00:10:03,855 --> 00:10:05,685 I hope they still fly Apollo 15. 139 00:10:06,274 --> 00:10:08,043 Yeah. 140 00:10:08,067 --> 00:10:09,067 Me too. 141 00:10:10,403 --> 00:10:12,923 Hey, do you want me to save this or toss it? 142 00:10:12,947 --> 00:10:13,947 Toss it. 143 00:10:16,201 --> 00:10:17,201 Okay. 144 00:10:19,162 --> 00:10:20,162 Save it. 145 00:11:27,021 --> 00:11:28,361 - Morning, Poppy. - Morning. 146 00:11:29,107 --> 00:11:30,777 - Morning, sir. - Morning. 147 00:11:45,164 --> 00:11:48,144 Apollo 11 is scheduled to fly in two and a half weeks. 148 00:11:48,168 --> 00:11:52,648 Neil, Buzz, Mike and their backup crew will continue training as planned. 149 00:11:52,672 --> 00:11:54,692 Beyond that, there's been no word from the top. 150 00:11:54,716 --> 00:11:59,926 So, training for Apollos 12 to 20 will also continue as planned... 151 00:12:01,264 --> 00:12:02,604 but not today. 152 00:12:06,853 --> 00:12:09,540 I was at the Cape with the rest of the Mercury astronauts 153 00:12:09,564 --> 00:12:14,211 when Jim Webb came down and told us the Russians put the first man in space. 154 00:12:14,235 --> 00:12:17,339 Webb wanted us to put a good face on for the press. 155 00:12:17,363 --> 00:12:20,243 So we did, but not for a while. 156 00:12:21,159 --> 00:12:22,970 First, we had to be pissed off, 157 00:12:22,994 --> 00:12:24,374 and we were. 158 00:12:25,246 --> 00:12:28,116 Gus could hardly speak. And Al... 159 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,728 Glad Al Shepard's not here today. 160 00:12:30,752 --> 00:12:33,689 Al was really pissed. Even Glenn. 161 00:12:33,713 --> 00:12:35,191 Yes, believe it or not, gentlemen, 162 00:12:35,215 --> 00:12:37,443 John Glenn actually said the word "fuck." 163 00:12:43,139 --> 00:12:46,389 So before we go back to work, it's time to be pissed! 164 00:12:48,603 --> 00:12:51,483 All training evolutions for today have been canceled. 165 00:12:53,316 --> 00:12:57,796 I suggest you all take the weekend to go out, get drunk, 166 00:12:57,820 --> 00:13:00,174 kick your dog, gnash your teeth, howl at the moon, 167 00:13:00,198 --> 00:13:02,198 or do whatever suits your purpose. 168 00:13:05,495 --> 00:13:06,995 Come Monday morning... 169 00:13:11,125 --> 00:13:12,335 we're back to work. 170 00:13:15,171 --> 00:13:16,301 That is all. 171 00:13:38,278 --> 00:13:40,528 So, Outpost? 172 00:13:43,533 --> 00:13:44,760 Last one buys. 173 00:15:28,555 --> 00:15:29,698 Pam. 174 00:15:39,774 --> 00:15:40,944 All right. Fine. 175 00:15:44,529 --> 00:15:46,319 - Pam! Pam! - All right! 176 00:15:48,283 --> 00:15:49,533 Come on up, Pam. 177 00:15:50,577 --> 00:15:52,747 Set it off. Set it off. 178 00:15:54,706 --> 00:15:56,246 - Pam, throw it. - No! 179 00:16:04,340 --> 00:16:06,130 - One more round? - Yeah! 180 00:16:10,346 --> 00:16:12,926 The president wants answers, and he wants them now. 181 00:16:13,808 --> 00:16:18,247 We at NASA were given no indication the Soviets were so close to a landing. 182 00:16:18,271 --> 00:16:22,042 The intelligence provided by the CIA was faulty and inaccurate. 183 00:16:22,066 --> 00:16:23,396 Hold on now. Wait a minute. 184 00:16:23,985 --> 00:16:25,546 Langley's not taking the fall for this. 185 00:16:25,570 --> 00:16:28,465 We did report two launches of the Soviet N-1 rocket. 186 00:16:28,489 --> 00:16:31,135 One launch in January, and then one this past week. 187 00:16:31,159 --> 00:16:33,470 Both launches were duly noted in our intel reports to you. 188 00:16:33,494 --> 00:16:35,347 You said they were unmanned tests. 189 00:16:35,371 --> 00:16:39,143 We said we had a 95% confidence level the January vehicle was unmanned. 190 00:16:39,167 --> 00:16:41,979 But we only had 80% confidence on the second launch. 191 00:16:42,003 --> 00:16:43,647 Only 80%. 192 00:16:43,671 --> 00:16:45,774 The president must understand 193 00:16:45,798 --> 00:16:49,653 that our technology is vastly superior to the Russians'. 194 00:16:49,677 --> 00:16:52,573 The N-1 is a crude and unsophisticated vehicle 195 00:16:52,597 --> 00:16:54,241 compared to the Saturn V. 196 00:16:54,265 --> 00:16:56,327 All the president cares about right now 197 00:16:56,351 --> 00:16:59,497 is getting an American on the moon as soon as possible. 198 00:16:59,521 --> 00:17:01,731 Can you move up the launch of Apollo 11? 199 00:17:05,026 --> 00:17:06,646 The vehicle could be ready, 200 00:17:07,278 --> 00:17:09,118 but the phase of the moon would not be correct. 201 00:17:09,405 --> 00:17:11,382 The phase of the moon? Come on. 202 00:17:11,406 --> 00:17:12,676 He's right. 203 00:17:12,700 --> 00:17:14,887 If the phase of the moon is not correct, 204 00:17:14,911 --> 00:17:17,264 there won't be enough light on the surface. 205 00:17:17,288 --> 00:17:19,368 And we cannot land in darkness. 206 00:17:20,375 --> 00:17:21,375 Shit. 207 00:17:22,416 --> 00:17:26,190 Our program is much more robust, more capable in every way. 208 00:17:26,214 --> 00:17:29,974 We will not only match the Soviets, we will surpass them. 209 00:17:30,927 --> 00:17:35,307 NASA is prepared to extend manned exploration beyond the moon. 210 00:17:36,182 --> 00:17:39,328 Mankind's journey into the cosmos has only just begun. 211 00:17:39,352 --> 00:17:40,913 Yes? 212 00:17:40,937 --> 00:17:43,666 Deke, just last month you sent Apollo 10 all the way to the moon 213 00:17:43,690 --> 00:17:46,280 for what you called a "dress rehearsal" for the landing. 214 00:17:47,110 --> 00:17:50,256 But Ed Baldwin and Gordo Stevens actually piloted the lunar module 215 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:53,050 down to within eight miles of the surface. 216 00:17:53,074 --> 00:17:54,343 They were so close. 217 00:17:54,367 --> 00:17:55,970 Why didn't they just land? 218 00:17:55,994 --> 00:17:58,374 If they had, we'd have beaten the Russians by a full month. 219 00:17:58,913 --> 00:18:00,891 Landing wasn't in the mission plan. 220 00:18:00,915 --> 00:18:05,396 Apollo 10 was intended to test equipment and procedures for the actual landing. 221 00:18:05,420 --> 00:18:06,981 And it was a complete success. 222 00:18:07,005 --> 00:18:09,085 But they could've landed, right? 223 00:18:09,716 --> 00:18:10,943 They could've been first. 224 00:18:10,967 --> 00:18:14,655 An American, Edward Baldwin, could have been the first man on the moon. 225 00:18:14,679 --> 00:18:16,099 No, this is not true. 226 00:18:16,681 --> 00:18:19,577 There was insufficient fuel for such an attempt. 227 00:18:19,601 --> 00:18:22,246 And the spacecraft weighed too much for a landing. 228 00:18:22,270 --> 00:18:24,248 It was never considered. Never. 229 00:18:24,272 --> 00:18:25,499 Yes? 230 00:18:28,693 --> 00:18:29,693 How we doin'? 231 00:18:37,660 --> 00:18:39,555 George, good to see ya. 232 00:18:39,579 --> 00:18:40,659 - How ya feelin'? - Hey. 233 00:18:43,166 --> 00:18:44,810 How we doing today, fellas? Huh? 234 00:18:44,834 --> 00:18:47,563 Not at all? You don't have a comment at all about any of this? 235 00:18:47,587 --> 00:18:48,647 No comment. 236 00:18:48,671 --> 00:18:50,524 - Zero? - Zero comment. 237 00:18:50,548 --> 00:18:52,359 - That's... - What's there to talk about? 238 00:18:52,383 --> 00:18:54,069 I couldn't think of a thing. 239 00:18:54,093 --> 00:18:56,433 All right, I'll buy the next round, okay? Thanks. 240 00:18:59,098 --> 00:19:00,098 What's up, big man? 241 00:19:00,934 --> 00:19:02,828 - Hey, how we doing today? - Good, man. 242 00:19:02,852 --> 00:19:04,955 Good to see you again. Good to see you. 243 00:19:04,979 --> 00:19:06,373 - It's kinda shitty. - Kinda shitty. Right. 244 00:19:06,397 --> 00:19:08,209 That's what I've been hearing from everyone else. 245 00:19:08,233 --> 00:19:09,273 Can you give me something? 246 00:19:10,360 --> 00:19:11,360 You don't need that. 247 00:19:12,362 --> 00:19:13,547 Well, what about you two? 248 00:19:13,571 --> 00:19:16,800 Any thoughts from the crew of Apollo 10 on this dark day? 249 00:19:16,824 --> 00:19:19,261 Not a one. We're just here blowing off some steam. 250 00:19:19,285 --> 00:19:21,745 Come on. You guys were pretty close. 251 00:19:22,539 --> 00:19:24,869 Got eight miles above the surface. 252 00:19:25,959 --> 00:19:29,605 So close you just reach out and grab a handful of moondust. 253 00:19:29,629 --> 00:19:31,919 And then NASA decides to bring you home. 254 00:19:33,091 --> 00:19:34,341 That must sting. 255 00:19:36,636 --> 00:19:37,636 Don't matter. 256 00:19:41,474 --> 00:19:44,119 That was our mission. It was a practice run. 257 00:19:44,143 --> 00:19:45,353 Dress rehearsal. 258 00:19:46,521 --> 00:19:47,691 Wasted opportunity? 259 00:19:50,775 --> 00:19:51,895 Wouldn't go that far. 260 00:19:52,819 --> 00:19:56,173 Well, you were there. Are you saying there wasn't an opportunity to land? 261 00:19:56,197 --> 00:19:57,697 Not in the mission plan. 262 00:19:58,157 --> 00:20:01,512 Yeah, okay. Fair enough. But in retrospect, should it have been? 263 00:20:01,536 --> 00:20:03,180 I mean, knowing what you know now, 264 00:20:03,204 --> 00:20:06,084 wouldn't the smart move have been for Apollo 10 to land on the moon? 265 00:20:11,838 --> 00:20:13,088 It's not a matter of smarts. 266 00:20:14,716 --> 00:20:15,716 Yeah. 267 00:20:16,467 --> 00:20:18,757 Yeah, I guess not. NASA's full of smart people. 268 00:20:20,221 --> 00:20:21,991 Of course, I guess it's a moot point 269 00:20:22,015 --> 00:20:25,619 since there wasn't enough fuel on board, and the LEM was too heavy to land anyway. 270 00:20:25,643 --> 00:20:26,871 Bunch of bullshit. 271 00:20:26,895 --> 00:20:28,956 Snoopy was heavier than Eagle. 272 00:20:28,980 --> 00:20:30,916 Had a little less fuel. 273 00:20:30,940 --> 00:20:33,836 But all that means is we woulda had a little narrower safety margin 274 00:20:33,860 --> 00:20:35,462 if we'd gone for the landing. 275 00:20:35,486 --> 00:20:37,486 - Ain't that right, Ed? - That's a fact. 276 00:20:38,823 --> 00:20:40,033 I gotta hit the head. 277 00:20:49,667 --> 00:20:51,770 So, Ed, 278 00:20:51,794 --> 00:20:53,856 if you had the right equipment 279 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:55,608 and you had the opportunity, 280 00:20:55,632 --> 00:20:57,776 and NASA is full of smart people, 281 00:20:57,800 --> 00:20:59,680 what I can't figure is... 282 00:21:01,054 --> 00:21:05,814 why they didn't have the guts to let you land. 283 00:21:07,602 --> 00:21:09,079 You got some balls, man. 284 00:21:09,103 --> 00:21:10,456 I'm just saying. 285 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,440 I mean, NASA's always been known for its willingness to push the envelope. 286 00:21:24,410 --> 00:21:26,080 I wanna just reach down there. 287 00:21:26,955 --> 00:21:29,165 Scoop up a handful of moondust. 288 00:21:38,132 --> 00:21:40,132 Not anymore. 289 00:21:42,345 --> 00:21:44,465 Come on. I've been around you guys a lot. 290 00:21:45,098 --> 00:21:47,409 You like being on the bleeding edge of things. 291 00:21:47,433 --> 00:21:49,193 Abort Descent Stage. 292 00:21:49,644 --> 00:21:52,774 Three, two... one... 293 00:22:06,703 --> 00:22:07,873 We used to. 294 00:22:08,997 --> 00:22:10,417 We used to be like that. 295 00:22:10,832 --> 00:22:12,518 I mean, hell, in Mercury and Gemini, 296 00:22:12,542 --> 00:22:16,272 we hung it out there over the edge every single time we went up. 297 00:22:16,296 --> 00:22:19,046 But those days are over. 298 00:22:22,093 --> 00:22:25,313 You're right. We don't have guts at NASA anymore... 299 00:22:28,641 --> 00:22:29,811 since the fire. 300 00:22:31,936 --> 00:22:33,096 The Apollo 1 fire. 301 00:22:35,773 --> 00:22:38,073 Okay, I loved those guys, all right. I... 302 00:22:39,277 --> 00:22:42,947 Gus and Roger and Ed... 303 00:22:46,409 --> 00:22:48,846 I think about them every day. I mean, we all do. 304 00:22:48,870 --> 00:22:50,160 They were good men. 305 00:22:51,664 --> 00:22:55,352 That's the thing. Good men die in test planes all the time. 306 00:22:55,376 --> 00:22:59,796 But we don't change the whole culture of flight test 'cause good men die. 307 00:23:01,299 --> 00:23:04,069 We still get up there and push the envelope every single day, 308 00:23:04,093 --> 00:23:05,973 and maybe, 309 00:23:06,763 --> 00:23:09,563 maybe today's the day you don't come back. 310 00:23:10,266 --> 00:23:12,286 We all know that. It's always there. 311 00:23:12,310 --> 00:23:14,900 But we get up there anyway, and we keep taking the risks. 312 00:23:16,898 --> 00:23:18,858 But we stopped taking risks at NASA. 313 00:23:23,571 --> 00:23:25,741 And that's why we lost the moon. 314 00:23:35,250 --> 00:23:36,250 Thanks, Ed. 315 00:24:04,863 --> 00:24:05,913 Aleida! 316 00:24:08,366 --> 00:24:09,776 It's time to go! 317 00:24:43,610 --> 00:24:46,030 Houston, Eagle. We have a program alarm. 318 00:24:49,616 --> 00:24:50,946 It's a 12-02. 319 00:24:52,285 --> 00:24:54,035 Copy that. 12-02. 320 00:24:57,457 --> 00:24:59,643 Stand by, Eagle. We're checking. 321 00:24:59,667 --> 00:25:03,898 In the meantime, yaw the antenna around minus niner, yaw plus 18. 322 00:25:03,922 --> 00:25:06,672 Copy. Minus nine, plus 18. 323 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:17,703 GUIDO, what's the story with that alarm? 324 00:25:17,727 --> 00:25:20,456 Uh, checking on it, Flight. Get right back to ya. 325 00:25:47,882 --> 00:25:50,778 GUIDO, this is Margo. I think I recognize that alarm. 326 00:25:50,802 --> 00:25:52,602 It's okay. They can still land. 327 00:25:53,221 --> 00:25:55,561 Margo, you're outta your lane. This is a GUIDO issue. 328 00:25:58,434 --> 00:25:59,564 I know the code. 329 00:26:00,395 --> 00:26:04,355 Twelve-02 is a program alarm for the AGC signaling "Executive overflow, no VAC." 330 00:26:05,024 --> 00:26:08,034 The computer is rebooting itself, but it's not a problem. 331 00:26:15,952 --> 00:26:17,872 Houston, we need a reading on the 12-02. 332 00:26:18,496 --> 00:26:20,616 - GUIDO! - Still don't have it, Flight. 333 00:26:24,752 --> 00:26:26,962 Okay, I'm calling it. 334 00:26:27,922 --> 00:26:28,983 Abort the landing. 335 00:26:29,007 --> 00:26:31,047 Eagle, Houston, abort. Repeat. Abort landing. 336 00:26:59,913 --> 00:27:01,293 The fault is yours. 337 00:27:01,789 --> 00:27:03,809 Why? Because I wasn't in my lane? 338 00:27:03,833 --> 00:27:05,253 Because you hesitated. 339 00:27:06,503 --> 00:27:08,564 I wanted to double-check my answer. 340 00:27:08,588 --> 00:27:10,008 You knew the answer, 341 00:27:10,590 --> 00:27:12,930 you hesitated, and the landing was aborted. 342 00:27:13,426 --> 00:27:16,530 You're always telling me that I have to respect the chain of command. 343 00:27:16,554 --> 00:27:17,907 - Yes. - Well, in this situation, 344 00:27:17,931 --> 00:27:19,283 I felt the chain of command-- 345 00:27:19,307 --> 00:27:22,286 No, not "feel." This is not a place for feelings. 346 00:27:22,310 --> 00:27:24,955 Something is or it is not. That is science. 347 00:27:24,979 --> 00:27:26,332 It's about fact. 348 00:27:26,356 --> 00:27:30,896 You had the facts on your side, but you felt intimidated. 349 00:27:32,487 --> 00:27:33,487 Yes? 350 00:27:34,948 --> 00:27:36,118 - Yes? - Yes. 351 00:27:37,700 --> 00:27:39,870 Well, that is the problem. 352 00:27:41,871 --> 00:27:43,331 You want to be a flight controller, 353 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:45,920 to be FIDO on a real mission? 354 00:27:47,961 --> 00:27:51,261 Then you must only do that which advances the work. 355 00:27:52,257 --> 00:27:53,257 Understand? 356 00:28:02,934 --> 00:28:05,904 Yes, Herr Doktor. 357 00:28:07,105 --> 00:28:08,105 Good. 358 00:28:08,982 --> 00:28:11,210 Tell your father I'm sending something for his birthday, 359 00:28:11,234 --> 00:28:13,534 but he won't get it until after. 360 00:28:14,654 --> 00:28:15,840 I will. 361 00:28:18,950 --> 00:28:20,135 "We were right there. 362 00:28:20,159 --> 00:28:24,557 So close you felt like you could reach out and grab a handful of moondust. 363 00:28:24,581 --> 00:28:26,350 All it would've taken was some guts. 364 00:28:26,374 --> 00:28:28,769 But we don't have guts at NASA anymore. 365 00:28:28,793 --> 00:28:31,383 That's why we didn't beat the Russians to the moon." 366 00:28:37,051 --> 00:28:39,051 You are in the shit now, my friend. 367 00:28:39,804 --> 00:28:40,990 How deep? 368 00:28:41,014 --> 00:28:42,524 Above your eyeballs. 369 00:28:44,559 --> 00:28:47,955 Von Braun wants you reassigned to the Apollo Applications Project 370 00:28:47,979 --> 00:28:49,790 effective immediately. 371 00:28:49,814 --> 00:28:51,944 Are you taking me off Apollo 15? 372 00:28:52,650 --> 00:28:55,400 You took you off 15. 373 00:28:56,821 --> 00:28:58,924 Von Braun wanted you outta the program completely, 374 00:28:58,948 --> 00:29:00,658 but I wouldn't let him go that far. 375 00:29:05,121 --> 00:29:06,461 Apollo Applications. 376 00:29:08,333 --> 00:29:11,503 Apollo Applications is Siberia with a desk. 377 00:29:12,670 --> 00:29:14,315 I didn't say anything in that article 378 00:29:14,339 --> 00:29:16,567 that you and I haven't talked about in this very office. 379 00:29:16,591 --> 00:29:19,570 - Jesus Christ. - We have gotten too timid since the fire. 380 00:29:19,594 --> 00:29:22,490 We should be leaning forward instead of worrying about every little goddamn-- 381 00:29:22,514 --> 00:29:24,024 Pull your head outta your ass, Ed! 382 00:29:25,016 --> 00:29:26,176 Look around! 383 00:29:26,684 --> 00:29:29,705 You wanna cry about Apollo 15? Let me tell you something. 384 00:29:29,729 --> 00:29:32,269 There may not be an Apollo 12, much less 15. 385 00:29:33,107 --> 00:29:34,547 What the hell are you talking about? 386 00:29:35,860 --> 00:29:38,200 The country's in shock, Eddie. 387 00:29:38,905 --> 00:29:40,565 Like Pearl Harbor shock. 388 00:29:41,324 --> 00:29:43,385 American people thought we had this thing in the bag, 389 00:29:43,409 --> 00:29:46,329 then the Russians come along and snatch it away at the last minute. 390 00:29:47,413 --> 00:29:49,517 Congress is talking about hearings, 391 00:29:49,541 --> 00:29:51,644 the president is looking for someone to blame, 392 00:29:51,668 --> 00:29:54,480 and you just served up the whole goddamn agency 393 00:29:54,504 --> 00:29:55,964 for a necktie party. 394 00:29:57,632 --> 00:30:01,432 They really might cancel everything after 11? 395 00:30:02,262 --> 00:30:04,907 That's usually what happens when the race is over. 396 00:30:04,931 --> 00:30:06,951 Winner collects their prize, 397 00:30:06,975 --> 00:30:08,345 loser goes home. 398 00:30:11,396 --> 00:30:14,750 Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts announced today 399 00:30:14,774 --> 00:30:18,796 that he was canceling a weekend party on Chappaquiddick Island 400 00:30:18,820 --> 00:30:23,676 in order to return to Washington and confer with congressional leaders 401 00:30:23,700 --> 00:30:25,177 on the need for hearings 402 00:30:25,201 --> 00:30:29,121 into how the United States lost the race to the moon. 403 00:30:31,165 --> 00:30:32,965 You know what Teddy's really doing, don't you? 404 00:30:33,501 --> 00:30:35,396 That goddamn pissant's gonna use these hearings 405 00:30:35,420 --> 00:30:37,260 to grandstand against the administration. 406 00:30:37,505 --> 00:30:38,524 Yep... 407 00:30:38,548 --> 00:30:41,758 Gonna get up there and say how NASA was bolder under his brother... 408 00:30:41,968 --> 00:30:43,863 How they've lost their edge under Nixon... 409 00:30:44,888 --> 00:30:46,348 This is the opening of the campaign, 410 00:30:46,890 --> 00:30:49,180 Kennedy for President in '72 -- Just you watch. 411 00:30:49,601 --> 00:30:51,495 God help us all. 412 00:31:00,737 --> 00:31:02,857 I guess I'll start packing. 413 00:31:04,657 --> 00:31:05,697 Right? 414 00:31:06,701 --> 00:31:09,871 I mean, if you can't fly for NASA, you'll go back to the navy. 415 00:31:11,956 --> 00:31:13,666 I don't know what I'm gonna do yet. 416 00:31:15,126 --> 00:31:16,786 Well, are you gonna sit behind a desk? 417 00:31:19,297 --> 00:31:20,941 - Hell no. - Exactly. 418 00:31:20,965 --> 00:31:23,944 So, you'll go back to the navy, which means we're moving. 419 00:31:23,968 --> 00:31:26,138 The next question now is where. 420 00:31:27,722 --> 00:31:30,075 I don't know, are you gonna ask for Pax River? 421 00:31:30,099 --> 00:31:32,269 I mean, Maryland's fine. 422 00:31:33,186 --> 00:31:34,413 It beats Texas, I suppose. 423 00:31:34,437 --> 00:31:36,807 I'm sure that Shane will grow to love it. 424 00:31:37,732 --> 00:31:40,419 Look, I doubt they're gonna have an open slot on the flight test 425 00:31:40,443 --> 00:31:42,203 just waiting for me to waltz in. 426 00:31:45,198 --> 00:31:47,578 Okay, and if that's the case... 427 00:31:49,702 --> 00:31:52,640 you'll ask for carrier duty then, right? 428 00:31:52,664 --> 00:31:54,558 Commander of your own fighter squadron? 429 00:31:54,582 --> 00:31:57,353 Which means, based on your past, 430 00:31:57,377 --> 00:31:59,355 they will send you back to Seventh Fleet, 431 00:31:59,379 --> 00:32:01,065 which means we'll be based out of Pearl. 432 00:32:01,089 --> 00:32:03,192 I mean, housing isn't great, 433 00:32:03,216 --> 00:32:06,070 but it's Oahu, so you can't complain, right? 434 00:32:06,094 --> 00:32:07,613 Not that you'll see much of Oahu, 435 00:32:07,637 --> 00:32:11,534 because you'll be commanding your squadron on your carrier on Yankee Station, 436 00:32:11,558 --> 00:32:13,369 flying strike missions over Vietnam. 437 00:32:13,393 --> 00:32:14,703 It's what I do, Karen. 438 00:32:14,727 --> 00:32:16,977 That is a goddamn useless thing to say. 439 00:32:27,490 --> 00:32:29,870 I didn't know it was gonna blow up like this. 440 00:32:30,952 --> 00:32:34,265 Why? Because you were just two guys in a bar 441 00:32:34,289 --> 00:32:36,058 talking and telling it like it is? 442 00:32:36,082 --> 00:32:37,832 - Something like that. - To a reporter! 443 00:32:39,043 --> 00:32:42,303 I thought there was supposed to be this code. 444 00:32:43,006 --> 00:32:46,836 The pilot's code that says you're not supposed to talk about your feelings. 445 00:32:47,343 --> 00:32:50,656 Like, how you might feel about not landing on the moon, 446 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:54,310 or, I don't know, how you feel about the whole damned space program. 447 00:32:55,059 --> 00:32:57,729 The code says you're not supposed to talk about those things. 448 00:32:58,438 --> 00:33:00,166 That's what you said. Not with your buddies, 449 00:33:00,190 --> 00:33:02,543 not with your family, not with your wife. 450 00:33:02,567 --> 00:33:04,437 - This has nothing to do-- - I mean, who knew? 451 00:33:05,653 --> 00:33:08,716 Who knew that all it took was a couple of drinks in a dive bar 452 00:33:08,740 --> 00:33:10,200 for you to break that code? 453 00:33:11,034 --> 00:33:12,761 I'm gonna learn to drink with the guys. 454 00:33:12,785 --> 00:33:16,056 Yeah, 'cause then I can find out how my husband really feels about his job. 455 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:19,000 Or I'll just read about it in the newspapers with everyone else! 456 00:33:21,586 --> 00:33:22,586 Right? 457 00:34:20,687 --> 00:34:21,747 Your neck? 458 00:34:21,771 --> 00:34:24,691 Yeah. Couch is too damn small. 459 00:34:26,275 --> 00:34:27,565 I like it that way. 460 00:34:29,779 --> 00:34:30,859 Why is that? 461 00:34:33,366 --> 00:34:34,866 So there's no other choice. 462 00:35:19,204 --> 00:35:20,544 The hell y'all looking at? 463 00:35:22,916 --> 00:35:25,876 You never seen a lowly pudknocker from Apollo Applications? 464 00:35:37,764 --> 00:35:38,949 Look, uh, 465 00:35:38,973 --> 00:35:44,663 I know there was some dumb son of a bitch 466 00:35:44,687 --> 00:35:49,277 that shot his mouth off in the press and made the whole agency look bad. 467 00:35:51,528 --> 00:35:53,130 But I also know that 468 00:35:53,154 --> 00:35:56,824 the crew of Apollo 11 is gonna make everyone forget about all that. 469 00:35:57,534 --> 00:36:00,721 Because Neil, Buzz, Mike, 470 00:36:00,745 --> 00:36:05,495 they're the kind of guys who don't fold when things get tough. 471 00:36:08,628 --> 00:36:11,758 They're the kinda guys that might get knocked down... 472 00:36:13,550 --> 00:36:18,510 but then they just pick themselves up and get back to work. 473 00:36:28,314 --> 00:36:32,461 So, I'm here to help you boys get back to work. 474 00:36:32,485 --> 00:36:33,838 Any way I can. 475 00:36:33,862 --> 00:36:36,612 From Siberia... 476 00:36:38,741 --> 00:36:43,541 I bring you adjusted fuel and payload calculations for the S-IVB. 477 00:36:57,051 --> 00:36:59,721 I think Siberia... 478 00:37:02,182 --> 00:37:03,562 sits over there. 479 00:37:26,539 --> 00:37:28,079 Two weeks to launch, gentlemen. 480 00:37:28,708 --> 00:37:31,187 This will be our last meeting before 11 heads for the Cape, 481 00:37:31,211 --> 00:37:33,001 so I want final checklists on my desk. 482 00:37:41,513 --> 00:37:43,103 So, will he make the call? 483 00:37:43,932 --> 00:37:44,992 I don't know. 484 00:37:45,016 --> 00:37:47,661 Ziegler said the president wants to call the astronauts on the moon, 485 00:37:47,685 --> 00:37:50,539 but I think they're leaving themselves some wiggle room. 486 00:37:50,563 --> 00:37:54,033 But it's another chance to demonstrate the superiority of our technology. 487 00:37:54,776 --> 00:37:56,316 The Russian audio was terrible. 488 00:37:56,819 --> 00:38:00,382 We will call a man on the moon from a telephone. I mean, it's amazing. 489 00:38:00,406 --> 00:38:02,526 I told them. You know what Ziegler said? 490 00:38:03,409 --> 00:38:06,347 "The president doesn't usually call the silver medalist." 491 00:38:06,371 --> 00:38:07,431 Got it! 492 00:38:10,041 --> 00:38:12,001 It wasn't easy, but I got it. 493 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:15,340 Just glad we remembered. 494 00:38:15,964 --> 00:38:19,151 Just as well. It was always extra weight. 495 00:38:25,974 --> 00:38:27,064 Pilots. 496 00:38:27,725 --> 00:38:29,635 We should have stuck with the monkeys. 497 00:38:34,482 --> 00:38:36,085 Almost a month has passed 498 00:38:36,109 --> 00:38:39,713 since the historic landing of a Soviet cosmonaut on the moon 499 00:38:39,737 --> 00:38:41,215 shocked the world. 500 00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:45,970 During that time, the crew of Apollo 11 has continued to train and prepare 501 00:38:45,994 --> 00:38:48,964 for their own historic landing on the lunar surface. 502 00:38:50,081 --> 00:38:52,852 While the Nixon administration has made no public commitment 503 00:38:52,876 --> 00:38:54,603 to any landing beyond this one, 504 00:38:54,627 --> 00:38:57,148 multiple anonymous sources in the White House have said 505 00:38:57,172 --> 00:38:59,525 that if Apollo 11 were to end in failure, 506 00:38:59,549 --> 00:39:02,319 the entire program would probably be canceled. 507 00:39:28,828 --> 00:39:31,307 This is Apollo Saturn Launch Control. 508 00:39:31,331 --> 00:39:33,976 The crew are aboard the spacecraft, the hatch is closed, 509 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,790 and everything seems to be proceeding satisfactorily. 510 00:39:37,253 --> 00:39:40,316 In just a few moments, there will be a scheduled hold in the count 511 00:39:40,340 --> 00:39:43,068 at exactly T-minus two hours. 512 00:39:43,092 --> 00:39:46,614 Built-in hold in five, four, 513 00:39:46,638 --> 00:39:50,242 three, two, one. 514 00:39:50,266 --> 00:39:51,327 Holding. 515 00:39:51,351 --> 00:39:54,288 The count has been held at T-minus two hours. 516 00:39:54,312 --> 00:39:56,749 Flight Director Gene Kranz is now giving last-minute... 517 00:39:56,773 --> 00:39:59,251 Jim, I want you to bring in the backups and lock the doors. 518 00:39:59,275 --> 00:40:01,395 - Cut the video and the mics. - You got it, Flight. 519 00:40:20,672 --> 00:40:23,632 Till a few weeks ago, I thought I knew what today was all about. 520 00:40:25,593 --> 00:40:27,513 I thought it was about being first. 521 00:40:29,138 --> 00:40:31,348 Turns out the stakes are much bigger than that. 522 00:40:32,934 --> 00:40:35,484 Today is about the future of our country. 523 00:40:36,229 --> 00:40:37,399 The future of the world. 524 00:40:38,690 --> 00:40:41,585 Because if we fail in our mission today, 525 00:40:41,609 --> 00:40:44,359 the United States will turn away from space, 526 00:40:45,363 --> 00:40:46,823 turn away from the future. 527 00:40:47,699 --> 00:40:51,289 Bogged down by war, poverty, hatred. 528 00:40:53,705 --> 00:40:54,995 And the future? 529 00:40:56,332 --> 00:40:58,382 Well, the future will belong to the Soviet Union. 530 00:40:59,043 --> 00:41:02,593 They will be the ones reaching into space for all of mankind. 531 00:41:04,632 --> 00:41:07,092 Now, I want you all to think about that for a moment. 532 00:41:09,679 --> 00:41:12,241 What that means for the future, 533 00:41:12,265 --> 00:41:15,345 to look like the "Marxist-Leninist way of life." 534 00:41:19,564 --> 00:41:21,324 But if we succeed, 535 00:41:22,525 --> 00:41:25,895 if we succeed in putting Apollo 11 on the moon, 536 00:41:26,905 --> 00:41:28,299 we're still in this thing. 537 00:41:28,323 --> 00:41:30,509 Still in the race. 538 00:41:30,533 --> 00:41:34,453 The future will be ours to fight for and to win. 539 00:41:36,414 --> 00:41:38,267 We put a man on the moon today, 540 00:41:38,291 --> 00:41:40,841 I guarantee we are not stopping there. 541 00:41:41,961 --> 00:41:44,761 We'll go to Mars. Saturn. 542 00:41:45,173 --> 00:41:48,183 The asteroids, the stars, deep space. 543 00:41:48,968 --> 00:41:50,088 The galaxy. 544 00:41:51,638 --> 00:41:55,518 And then, then we're getting answers to the big questions. 545 00:41:57,268 --> 00:42:00,438 Are we alone? Is there life out there? 546 00:42:03,566 --> 00:42:07,526 I am proud to be a member of this team, 547 00:42:08,947 --> 00:42:11,867 and I know that we will succeed today in our mission... 548 00:42:12,951 --> 00:42:17,041 in putting two Americans on the moon. 549 00:42:17,830 --> 00:42:22,090 Because in this room, in this agency, 550 00:42:22,669 --> 00:42:24,249 in this country... 551 00:42:26,339 --> 00:42:28,129 failure is not an option. 552 00:42:42,146 --> 00:42:44,566 Kennedy Launch Control, we are go for launch. 553 00:42:45,233 --> 00:42:48,170 Copy, Houston. We are resuming the countdown. 554 00:43:10,842 --> 00:43:13,154 Flying for almost four days, 555 00:43:13,178 --> 00:43:18,868 the American spacecraft known as the Eagle is on course toward the lunar surface. 556 00:43:18,892 --> 00:43:24,248 The spacecraft carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin 557 00:43:24,272 --> 00:43:26,402 is now now flying on its own power. 558 00:43:26,858 --> 00:43:31,398 It should start its descent in approximately one hour. 559 00:43:38,036 --> 00:43:40,598 Why don't you give us an idea of the landing stage 560 00:43:40,622 --> 00:43:42,542 of the lunar module in the Eagle? 561 00:43:43,082 --> 00:43:46,937 After separation, the LEM will perform a pitch-up maneuver, 562 00:43:46,961 --> 00:43:49,607 then the two spacecraft will back away from one another... 563 00:43:49,631 --> 00:43:51,734 Don't get too rowdy with the boys, okay? 564 00:43:51,758 --> 00:43:53,444 Try to behave. 565 00:43:53,468 --> 00:43:55,968 Well, hey, Shane. Have a seat. Welcome. 566 00:43:56,846 --> 00:43:58,616 - Hey. Come on in. - Thanks. 567 00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:00,520 - Can I take your purse? - No. I'll set it down. 568 00:44:01,142 --> 00:44:05,312 A short burn, which will send them down towards the surface. 569 00:44:05,980 --> 00:44:08,360 Attempting this dangerous landing. 570 00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:20,160 Cheers. 571 00:44:20,912 --> 00:44:23,122 To Snoopy and what might have been. 572 00:44:28,962 --> 00:44:32,132 You ever think about what you would have said if it'd been you? 573 00:44:34,133 --> 00:44:37,303 - What's that? - If you were the first man on the moon. 574 00:44:38,304 --> 00:44:39,740 Probably something better than 575 00:44:39,764 --> 00:44:42,934 "I'm here for the Marxist-Leninist way of fucking life," I'm sure. 576 00:44:45,478 --> 00:44:46,688 Never thought about it. 577 00:44:48,273 --> 00:44:49,573 Come on. Never? 578 00:44:50,859 --> 00:44:52,689 Never once. 579 00:44:54,779 --> 00:44:56,109 I thought about it a lot. 580 00:44:56,823 --> 00:44:58,203 - Oh, yeah? - Mmm. 581 00:44:59,242 --> 00:45:00,792 So, what would you have said, Gordo? 582 00:45:01,286 --> 00:45:02,555 - Thanks, Pam. - Anytime, Ed. 583 00:45:02,579 --> 00:45:05,975 Well, first I thought, you know, maybe quote one of the classics. 584 00:45:05,999 --> 00:45:08,435 Aristotle, Plutarch, Voltaire. 585 00:45:08,459 --> 00:45:09,499 Dean Martin. 586 00:45:11,504 --> 00:45:15,276 But then I thought, no, it should be about today. Now. 587 00:45:15,300 --> 00:45:19,405 You know, the whole world seems like it's tearing itself apart. 588 00:45:19,429 --> 00:45:22,679 War, death, hate. 589 00:45:24,100 --> 00:45:25,770 Chicago, last year. 590 00:45:26,394 --> 00:45:28,484 Man, Chicago last year. 591 00:45:29,022 --> 00:45:31,192 I never seen anything like that before. 592 00:45:32,150 --> 00:45:35,880 I love that city. I went to school there. I had a bunch of friends, you know? 593 00:45:35,904 --> 00:45:38,674 And to be back there on those streets where I went to school 594 00:45:38,698 --> 00:45:40,384 and see it all go down like that? 595 00:45:40,408 --> 00:45:43,118 You know, the cops just beating on those kids? 596 00:45:43,912 --> 00:45:46,122 You remember? You know? 597 00:45:46,789 --> 00:45:49,226 Just crushing their heads with their batons 598 00:45:49,250 --> 00:45:51,187 and just blood everywhere and they-- 599 00:45:51,211 --> 00:45:52,881 I just never seen that before. 600 00:45:55,131 --> 00:45:59,141 To see the hate in their eyes. 601 00:46:00,220 --> 00:46:03,866 You know, they wanted to kill those kids. They wanted to crush them. 602 00:46:03,890 --> 00:46:06,430 Right? Like they were just bugs. 603 00:46:07,101 --> 00:46:09,455 And I thought to myself, "You know, maybe, 604 00:46:09,479 --> 00:46:12,399 maybe a man being up on the moon... 605 00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:19,006 might make people like that just lift their eyes for a moment 606 00:46:19,030 --> 00:46:22,410 and look past that hate and see something bigger. 607 00:46:24,285 --> 00:46:25,405 Bigger like... 608 00:46:27,580 --> 00:46:28,670 hope." 609 00:46:33,002 --> 00:46:34,552 So, what would you have said, Gordo? 610 00:46:35,922 --> 00:46:37,882 What would you have said? 611 00:46:43,263 --> 00:46:44,473 I would've said... 612 00:46:45,765 --> 00:46:48,265 I'm Gordo Stevens and I come in peace. 613 00:46:53,690 --> 00:46:55,190 Three times a night. 614 00:47:02,657 --> 00:47:04,527 You're a stupid idiot. 615 00:47:06,327 --> 00:47:09,306 You're a stupid, stupid man. 616 00:47:09,330 --> 00:47:10,500 You had me. 617 00:47:24,470 --> 00:47:25,739 Eagle, Columbia, Houston. 618 00:47:25,763 --> 00:47:28,325 All systems are looking good for going over the hill. 619 00:47:28,349 --> 00:47:29,729 Ten seconds to LOS. 620 00:47:30,351 --> 00:47:31,453 Roger that. 621 00:47:31,477 --> 00:47:34,057 Roger that, Houston. Talk to you on the other side. 622 00:47:45,033 --> 00:47:48,583 Loss of signal of Apollo 11. Reacquisition in 48 minutes. 623 00:47:52,081 --> 00:47:53,581 Good time for a head call. 624 00:47:58,713 --> 00:48:01,843 It's pretty disturbing, but it was really good. 625 00:48:02,217 --> 00:48:03,967 You know, it sticks with you. 626 00:48:05,303 --> 00:48:06,473 Jon Voight is amazing. 627 00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:09,658 What did Gordo think of this movie? 628 00:48:09,682 --> 00:48:12,495 Oh, he was just upset that it wasn't that kind of X-rated film. 629 00:48:12,519 --> 00:48:13,662 Of course he was. 630 00:48:13,686 --> 00:48:16,016 Marge. It's so good to see you. 631 00:48:16,481 --> 00:48:17,691 Well, well, well. 632 00:48:18,274 --> 00:48:20,044 The queen has arrived. 633 00:48:20,068 --> 00:48:22,880 - I thought you said she wasn't coming. - I assumed she wasn't. 634 00:48:22,904 --> 00:48:24,840 If I had known Deke's wife was gonna show up, 635 00:48:24,864 --> 00:48:26,926 I would've had the butler bring out the good silver. 636 00:48:26,950 --> 00:48:29,470 - Hello, Karen. - Hello. 637 00:48:29,494 --> 00:48:30,794 - Tracy. - Marge. 638 00:48:31,287 --> 00:48:32,407 Are you busy right now? 639 00:48:33,331 --> 00:48:34,391 Not at all. 640 00:48:34,415 --> 00:48:35,915 Good. Excuse us. 641 00:48:37,919 --> 00:48:39,499 - Napkin. - Thanks. 642 00:48:40,088 --> 00:48:43,128 It's a small spacecraft for three grown men to live in full-time. 643 00:48:43,842 --> 00:48:45,472 - Should we sit down? - Sure. 644 00:48:57,397 --> 00:49:01,227 Everyone believes it would be in the best interests of the agency... 645 00:49:02,485 --> 00:49:04,213 and the country 646 00:49:04,237 --> 00:49:06,867 for Edward to make a public denial, 647 00:49:07,574 --> 00:49:13,013 stating emphatically that he was grossly misquoted by that reporter 648 00:49:13,037 --> 00:49:16,917 and strongly disassociating himself from those remarks. 649 00:49:22,505 --> 00:49:25,295 I also think, in that instance, 650 00:49:26,926 --> 00:49:30,806 Deke would be able to persuade Dr. von Braun to reinstate him on 15. 651 00:49:34,559 --> 00:49:38,099 - It's not that simple, Marge. - Mmm. 652 00:49:43,193 --> 00:49:45,004 Eddie would never get up and lie. 653 00:49:45,028 --> 00:49:47,173 He went to Annapolis. Right? 654 00:49:47,197 --> 00:49:50,237 Duty, honor, country. Those things matter to him. 655 00:49:51,784 --> 00:49:54,763 You don't have to go to Annapolis to have integrity, Karen. 656 00:49:54,787 --> 00:49:58,017 No, I don't mean to imply that, but I know my husband-- 657 00:49:58,041 --> 00:49:59,631 Duty, honor, country. 658 00:50:01,085 --> 00:50:02,415 I believe in those things. 659 00:50:05,381 --> 00:50:06,421 Sometimes... 660 00:50:07,842 --> 00:50:09,432 you have to pick two. 661 00:50:18,102 --> 00:50:20,902 This is a very exciting time. 662 00:50:21,272 --> 00:50:24,627 Just one month ago, Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov 663 00:50:24,651 --> 00:50:26,861 became the first man to step foot on the moon. 664 00:50:27,779 --> 00:50:31,069 Now, American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin 665 00:50:31,533 --> 00:50:33,123 hope to do the same. 666 00:50:33,493 --> 00:50:37,123 Much preparation has been made for this moment. 667 00:50:37,580 --> 00:50:41,210 Millions of people around the world await their landing. 668 00:50:42,293 --> 00:50:44,713 Once they are on the moon's surface... 669 00:50:48,925 --> 00:50:50,465 Your father says he misses you. 670 00:50:52,053 --> 00:50:55,393 He says you don't call. You don't write. 671 00:50:56,850 --> 00:50:58,577 You should go home and see him. 672 00:50:58,601 --> 00:50:59,641 I'll call. 673 00:51:00,603 --> 00:51:02,233 Have you no wish to go home? 674 00:51:02,772 --> 00:51:05,732 No sentimental attachments to Huntsville? 675 00:51:07,235 --> 00:51:09,065 To paraphrase a great man, 676 00:51:10,071 --> 00:51:14,081 "Alabama is not a place for feelings." 677 00:51:14,993 --> 00:51:17,833 Your tongue will get you in trouble one day, Margo. 678 00:51:18,454 --> 00:51:19,714 So I've heard. 679 00:51:23,126 --> 00:51:26,397 One minute to reacquisition of signal from Apollo 11. 680 00:51:26,421 --> 00:51:27,921 One minute to reacquisition. 681 00:51:28,965 --> 00:51:32,005 All the work was for this moment. 682 00:51:32,760 --> 00:51:36,100 We are about to land a man on the moon. 683 00:51:41,477 --> 00:51:42,477 Come. 684 00:51:49,944 --> 00:51:51,284 Godspeed, Eagle. 685 00:51:53,364 --> 00:51:55,384 Eagle has begun its final descent... 686 00:51:55,408 --> 00:51:56,448 Final approach! 687 00:51:58,953 --> 00:52:00,055 Come on now, Neil. 688 00:52:00,079 --> 00:52:02,539 You got this, buddy! Right down the pipe! 689 00:52:03,249 --> 00:52:05,644 Okay. Gather round, gather round. Come on, kids. Come on. 690 00:52:05,668 --> 00:52:08,108 - Come on. Sit down, Shane. - They're heading for the landing. 691 00:52:08,379 --> 00:52:09,648 Isn't this exciting? 692 00:52:09,672 --> 00:52:13,235 Two men to descend from orbit to the moon's surface 693 00:52:13,259 --> 00:52:14,695 and then back up again. 694 00:52:14,719 --> 00:52:15,821 Cheers. 695 00:52:15,845 --> 00:52:17,573 It is a marvel of modern engineering. 696 00:52:24,312 --> 00:52:25,482 There it is. 697 00:52:26,856 --> 00:52:28,896 There is a crossing half a mile to the east. 698 00:52:35,031 --> 00:52:36,161 This way. 699 00:52:39,035 --> 00:52:40,763 Turn that off! 700 00:52:40,787 --> 00:52:42,287 Silence from now on! 701 00:52:50,129 --> 00:52:52,419 Beta ARM. Altitudes are a little high. 702 00:52:56,928 --> 00:52:59,968 Houston, I'm getting a little fluctuation in the AC voltage now. 703 00:53:01,933 --> 00:53:04,453 Roger. Looks good to us. You're still looking good at three. 704 00:53:04,477 --> 00:53:05,597 Coming up three minutes. 705 00:53:07,981 --> 00:53:10,941 Our position checks downrange show us to be a little long. 706 00:53:20,493 --> 00:53:23,293 AGS has gone about two feet per second greater than it should be. 707 00:53:25,206 --> 00:53:28,894 Roger. That still looks good to us. You are go. You are go for landing. 708 00:53:28,918 --> 00:53:31,378 Roger. Understood. Go for landing. 709 00:53:33,631 --> 00:53:34,921 Three thousand feet. 710 00:53:36,050 --> 00:53:37,695 Eight hundred feet. 711 00:53:37,719 --> 00:53:40,049 Eight hundred feet. Into the AGS, 47 degrees. 712 00:53:40,972 --> 00:53:42,722 Eagle, looking great. You're go. 713 00:53:44,058 --> 00:53:45,348 Thirty-five degrees. 714 00:53:46,728 --> 00:53:51,167 Thirty-five degrees. 750. Coming down to 23. 715 00:53:51,191 --> 00:53:52,401 Copy. 716 00:53:53,151 --> 00:53:55,611 Three hundred feet, down three and a half, 47 forward. 717 00:53:57,238 --> 00:53:58,818 Altitude velocity light. 718 00:53:59,782 --> 00:54:00,992 Watch your shadow out there. 719 00:54:03,244 --> 00:54:04,584 I see the shadow. 720 00:54:05,455 --> 00:54:08,035 Wait. Got some boulders up ahead. 721 00:54:08,666 --> 00:54:09,666 Right in our path. 722 00:54:10,293 --> 00:54:12,883 I'm going long, looking for a better site. 723 00:54:13,379 --> 00:54:14,379 Thrusting forward. 724 00:54:15,632 --> 00:54:18,110 One hundred feet, three and a half down, nine forward. 725 00:54:18,134 --> 00:54:19,304 Five percent. 726 00:54:19,761 --> 00:54:21,431 Control, how much fuel does he have left? 727 00:54:21,930 --> 00:54:23,010 Twenty seconds, Flight. 728 00:54:24,390 --> 00:54:25,430 Seventy-five feet. 729 00:54:26,100 --> 00:54:28,650 Rocks everywhere. Still looking for a spot to set down. 730 00:54:29,312 --> 00:54:30,732 He's outside the safety margin. 731 00:54:32,565 --> 00:54:33,725 Should we abort? 732 00:54:36,069 --> 00:54:38,909 Neil knows the situation. It's his spacecraft now. 733 00:54:41,407 --> 00:54:43,197 Lights on. Twenty feet. 734 00:54:44,244 --> 00:54:45,596 Kicking up some dust. 735 00:54:45,620 --> 00:54:47,515 - Lot of dust. - Drifting right. 736 00:54:47,539 --> 00:54:48,539 Watch that one! 737 00:54:49,415 --> 00:54:50,455 Watch it! 738 00:54:51,167 --> 00:54:52,247 We've lost telemetry. 739 00:54:52,919 --> 00:54:53,919 No bioreadings! 740 00:54:54,796 --> 00:54:55,815 Lost contact. 741 00:54:55,839 --> 00:54:58,400 AGC is negative. And no data from the onboard computer. 742 00:54:58,424 --> 00:54:59,860 Flight, I've got nothing here. 743 00:54:59,884 --> 00:55:01,484 - I've lost the whole board! - No signal! 744 00:55:07,809 --> 00:55:09,889 Settle down, people. Settle! 745 00:55:11,980 --> 00:55:13,770 CAPCOM, see if you can raise the LEM. 746 00:55:14,858 --> 00:55:16,728 Eagle, Houston. Do you read? 747 00:55:19,028 --> 00:55:21,158 Eagle, this is Houston. Do you read? 748 00:55:26,828 --> 00:55:28,868 Eagle, this is Houston, do you copy? 749 00:55:30,456 --> 00:55:32,643 Eagle, Houston. Do you read? 750 00:55:32,667 --> 00:55:34,227 CAPCOM, see if Columbia can reach them. 751 00:55:34,878 --> 00:55:38,168 Columbia, Houston. We've lost contact with the Eagle. See if you can raise them. 752 00:55:38,715 --> 00:55:40,234 Roger that, Houston. 753 00:55:40,258 --> 00:55:42,548 Eagle, Columbia. Do you read? Over. 754 00:55:44,804 --> 00:55:48,274 Eagle, this is Columbia. Can you copy my transmission? Come back. 755 00:55:52,145 --> 00:55:53,395 Eagle, this is Columbia. 756 00:55:53,855 --> 00:55:55,055 How do you read? 757 00:56:01,696 --> 00:56:04,316 Eagle, this is Houston. Do you copy? 758 00:56:04,908 --> 00:56:05,908 Over. 759 00:56:11,998 --> 00:56:14,168 Is it possible the spacecraft exploded? 760 00:56:15,126 --> 00:56:16,937 Unlikely. 761 00:56:16,961 --> 00:56:18,439 If the LEM had exploded, 762 00:56:18,463 --> 00:56:20,399 we would have seen some precursor events 763 00:56:20,423 --> 00:56:22,401 in the telemetry stream before we lost signal. 764 00:56:22,425 --> 00:56:25,446 They're outta fuel, so they're definitely down. 765 00:56:25,470 --> 00:56:27,114 Maybe it was just communications. 766 00:56:27,138 --> 00:56:28,638 And all telemetry? No. 767 00:56:29,682 --> 00:56:31,494 These are independent systems. 768 00:56:31,518 --> 00:56:36,648 They could not fail simultaneously unless there was a catastrophic event. 769 00:56:38,733 --> 00:56:39,863 So they crashed? 770 00:56:40,860 --> 00:56:42,150 Most likely. 771 00:56:43,947 --> 00:56:45,591 The skin on the Eagle is so thin, 772 00:56:45,615 --> 00:56:48,025 you could punch a hole in it with a screwdriver. 773 00:56:51,579 --> 00:56:54,058 At least they were in their suits. 774 00:56:54,082 --> 00:56:56,882 So, they could've survived a breach of the LEM's hull. 775 00:57:01,798 --> 00:57:04,678 If they are alive, what's our contingency plan? 776 00:57:05,009 --> 00:57:06,904 There is no contingency plan. 777 00:57:06,928 --> 00:57:10,058 There is no way to effect a rescue from the lunar surface. 778 00:57:10,974 --> 00:57:14,774 Columbia will pass over Tranquility in 54 minutes. 779 00:57:15,562 --> 00:57:17,152 There's a telescope on board. 780 00:57:17,647 --> 00:57:19,357 Maybe Mike can see something from orbit. 781 00:57:20,441 --> 00:57:23,321 Eagle, this is Houston. Do you copy? Over. 782 00:57:32,412 --> 00:57:35,558 I'm coming up on the Sea of Tranquility now. 783 00:57:35,582 --> 00:57:37,792 I'm following the surface terrain. 784 00:57:38,751 --> 00:57:41,341 I think the landing site should be coming up soon. 785 00:57:42,046 --> 00:57:44,966 Can't see anything yet. Nothing. 786 00:57:46,217 --> 00:57:49,405 Can't see-- Wait. There. 787 00:57:49,429 --> 00:57:51,157 Don't know if you can see this. 788 00:57:51,181 --> 00:57:52,533 I don't see anything. 789 00:57:52,557 --> 00:57:54,201 Mike's got a better view through the scope. 790 00:57:54,225 --> 00:57:56,135 We're just looking at a shitty TV screen. 791 00:57:56,519 --> 00:57:58,609 I see Eagle. 792 00:57:59,022 --> 00:58:04,128 I'd say she's about six to eight miles southwest to the targeted landing site. 793 00:58:04,152 --> 00:58:07,339 Seems to be in a pretty rocky area. 794 00:58:07,363 --> 00:58:09,383 Can't see any movement or activity. 795 00:58:09,407 --> 00:58:11,087 He wouldn't be able to from that altitude. 796 00:58:11,743 --> 00:58:13,413 At least we know where they are. 797 00:58:14,287 --> 00:58:16,957 Eagle, this is Houston. Do you copy? Over. 798 00:58:17,665 --> 00:58:20,603 Thousands have gathered in cities across the world, 799 00:58:20,627 --> 00:58:25,107 waiting with bated breath for any word on the fate of Apollo 11 and its crew. 800 00:58:25,131 --> 00:58:29,028 But as more time passes, hope is beginning to fade. 801 00:58:29,052 --> 00:58:33,657 In Rome, Pope Paul led the faithful in prayers for the return of the men, 802 00:58:33,681 --> 00:58:35,159 quoting the Ninth Psalm, 803 00:58:35,183 --> 00:58:38,733 "The Lord is a stronghold in times of trouble." 804 00:58:41,231 --> 00:58:47,201 To recap: It's been over four hours since radio contact with the Eagle was lost... 805 00:58:47,737 --> 00:58:50,549 Karen, you and Louanne head over to the Aldrin house. 806 00:58:50,573 --> 00:58:52,676 Betty and Jackie, to the Collins. 807 00:58:52,700 --> 00:58:55,054 Linda, you come with me over to the Armstrongs. 808 00:58:55,078 --> 00:58:56,805 There's gonna be a lot of press out there, 809 00:58:56,829 --> 00:58:58,849 but you just push past them and say "No comment." 810 00:58:58,873 --> 00:59:00,684 Everyone else, stay here with Tracy and the kids 811 00:59:00,708 --> 00:59:02,338 and hold down the fort, please. 812 00:59:02,836 --> 00:59:04,296 Stay by your phones. 813 00:59:05,129 --> 00:59:06,629 I think it's gonna be a long night. 814 00:59:08,716 --> 00:59:09,716 Let's go. 815 00:59:16,599 --> 00:59:17,493 Mr. President, 816 00:59:17,517 --> 00:59:20,037 after running various simulations 817 00:59:20,061 --> 00:59:21,163 it is our judgment 818 00:59:21,187 --> 00:59:23,290 that the likelihood of the astronauts 819 00:59:23,314 --> 00:59:25,864 having survived a crash of this nature 820 00:59:26,359 --> 00:59:28,045 is very low. 821 00:59:28,069 --> 00:59:29,989 It's... 822 00:59:30,405 --> 00:59:31,715 such a tragedy. 823 00:59:31,739 --> 00:59:36,011 There is a statement that was prepared for you in just this eventuality. 824 00:59:36,035 --> 00:59:37,075 Yeah, I've read it. 825 00:59:37,620 --> 00:59:38,620 I'll... 826 00:59:39,455 --> 00:59:42,415 alert the networks that I want airtime to address the nation. 827 00:59:46,254 --> 00:59:47,844 "In ancient days..." 828 00:59:49,132 --> 00:59:50,592 better ancient times, I think. 829 00:59:51,092 --> 00:59:52,842 "In ancient times..." 830 00:59:53,178 --> 00:59:57,598 "men looked at stars and saw their heroes in the constellations." 831 00:59:58,558 --> 01:00:00,978 "In modern times we do much the same..." 832 01:00:01,728 --> 01:00:04,768 "but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood..." 833 01:00:06,024 --> 01:00:09,034 "and these men will remain the foremost in our hearts." 834 01:00:09,777 --> 01:00:14,197 "For every human being who looks up at the moon in the nights to come..." 835 01:00:15,116 --> 01:00:17,866 "will know that there is some corner of another world..." 836 01:00:18,536 --> 01:00:20,406 "that is forever mankind." 837 01:00:22,040 --> 01:00:25,060 Okay, that's great. We'll do it just like that. 838 01:00:58,159 --> 01:01:01,159 There's nothing left for us to do in the back, 839 01:01:02,163 --> 01:01:03,543 so they let us go. 840 01:01:05,416 --> 01:01:07,126 There is an old superstition. 841 01:01:08,461 --> 01:01:11,261 Never drink to a success before it happens. 842 01:01:11,881 --> 01:01:15,069 Not very scientific, but good advice. 843 01:01:15,093 --> 01:01:17,473 Doctor, we have a problem. 844 01:01:21,266 --> 01:01:23,953 Mike, I think we all understand how you feel, but... 845 01:01:23,977 --> 01:01:27,414 All due respect, Houston, I don't think you do understand. 846 01:01:27,438 --> 01:01:30,292 I decided a long time ago that if something like this were to happen, 847 01:01:30,316 --> 01:01:32,026 that I wasn't coming home alone. 848 01:01:32,443 --> 01:01:34,129 I'm staying right where I am. 849 01:01:34,153 --> 01:01:35,573 Columbia, out. 850 01:01:36,155 --> 01:01:38,467 He doesn't get to make that decision. 851 01:01:38,491 --> 01:01:40,010 Give him a direct command. An order. 852 01:01:40,034 --> 01:01:43,055 The man's 200,000 miles away. How you gonna enforce it? 853 01:01:43,079 --> 01:01:45,558 I am not calling the president and telling him 854 01:01:45,582 --> 01:01:48,882 that Michael Collins refuses to come home alone. 855 01:01:49,377 --> 01:01:51,063 Find his wife. Get her to talk to him. 856 01:01:51,087 --> 01:01:54,984 Oh, Jesus Christ. Please tell me we are not gonna bring this man's wife in. 857 01:02:04,726 --> 01:02:07,788 Houston. Tranquility Base here. Do you read? Over. 858 01:02:07,812 --> 01:02:09,772 Tranquility Base, Houston. Neil, is that you? 859 01:02:10,190 --> 01:02:11,820 That's affirmative, Houston. 860 01:02:12,233 --> 01:02:15,296 Just wanted to let you know that the Eagle has landed. 861 01:02:15,320 --> 01:02:17,506 She might have clipped a feather or two on the way down, 862 01:02:17,530 --> 01:02:20,593 but she's still here, and so are we. 863 01:02:33,213 --> 01:02:34,648 Copy that, Tranquility. 864 01:02:34,672 --> 01:02:37,302 You just made a whole lot of people very happy down here. 865 01:02:38,051 --> 01:02:39,695 Glad to hear it, Houston. 866 01:02:39,719 --> 01:02:42,469 We're pretty happy up here too, to tell you the truth. 867 01:02:43,681 --> 01:02:45,681 I think I got this camera working, Neil. 868 01:02:48,603 --> 01:02:50,193 We have a picture, Eagle. 869 01:02:53,316 --> 01:02:54,646 Not one of my better landings. 870 01:02:55,568 --> 01:02:58,005 But like we used to say in the navy, 871 01:02:58,029 --> 01:03:00,529 any landing that you can walk away from is a good one. 872 01:03:02,075 --> 01:03:03,302 We had a rough start, 873 01:03:03,326 --> 01:03:06,656 but we've decided to pick ourselves up and get back to work. 874 01:03:12,043 --> 01:03:13,883 Well, we did it. 875 01:03:14,504 --> 01:03:15,924 We're on the moon. 876 01:03:17,090 --> 01:03:18,680 Now we gotta get 'em home.