Apollo 18 Page #5

Repress is almost complete.

This is American astronaut

Ben Anderson.

Apollo 18. Do you copy?

This is Apollo 18. Do you copy?

Anyone, do you copy?

Anyone? Please, do you copy?

Please, anybody, do you copy?

Sh*t!

Yes, this is Captain Ben Anderson

of Apollo 18. Do you read me?

This is Ben Anderson. Copy? Anybody?

Anybody? Please, do you read me?

Captain Anderson,

this is the Deputy Secretary of Defense.

What? DOD? Yes!

Yes, this is Captain Ben Anderson.

Communicating with the Russians

and they are patching me through to you.

We're aware of your condition,

and we've made a decision.

- We can't bring you home.

- No.

No, no, no.

No, listen to me, please.

Listen, Nate got a cut on his body,

he got infected.

There's nothing on me.

Please, you have to come get me.

We can't take the risk.

We can't bring you back to Earth.

Please. Please, listen to me,

listen to me. Um...

I have a family.

I need my family, please.

We'll let your family

know you died a hero.

I'm sorry, Ben.

You gotta get... You get out here!

And you'll f***in' pick me up right now!

I did my job!

You do your job, you get me home!

Houston, please.

We'll stay on this channel with you,

but this decision's final.

You've done a great service

for your country, son, and for mankind.

MET...

...remote comm...

Astronaut Ryan Anderson,

with his dad, flying through space.

- Ryan, what are you doing?

- Just playing, Mom.

Don't play

with your dad's stuff

- Baby, is that recording?

- Sorry, Dad. Love you.

Baby, is that recording?

Sorry, Dad. Love you.

Love you. Love you.

...Dad. Love you.

Love you.

This is Freedom,

do you read me?

Liberty, this is Freedom.

Liberty, this is Freedom.

Do you read me?

- Liberty, this is Freedom.

- Yes, John, it's Ben. I hear you!

Ben, is that you? Do you copy?

Yes, John, this is Ben.

I hear you, copy.

I got you on the VHF, partner.

Where the hell are you?

- I'm in the LK.

- Yes! Goddamn.

They left me, John. Left me here!

Where's Nate? How is he?

He got sick and he didn't make it.

There's something down here, John.

And they knew about it. You hear me?

Those bastards knew about it!

Forget about the DOD, Ben.

Ben, I'm gonna get you outta there, OK?

You think you can pilot that thing?

- ...Pilot that thing?

- I don't have much a choice, do I?

Pilot ails look good, and there's...

there's plenty of fuel.

OK, buddy, you're not gonna

be able to dock with the CSM,

so you're gonna need

to get into a synchronized orbit

and you're gonna need to do

a little spacewalk... step on board.

How does that sound to you, pal?

Sounds beautiful, Johnny.

Sounds really beautiful.

I don't mean to rush you, partner,

but we are running out of time.

Tick-tock. You get that thing

into orbit, we can rendezvous.

I got it!

I got it, John!

Seven... six...

...five...

- Holy sh*t!

- Open this door.

Nate, you know I can't do that.

Please, you'll kill us both!

- I can't let you in.

- Then I'm comin' in.

No, no, no, no!

Nate, you'll kill us both! Please!

- What do you mean, Nate?

- Please! Nate!

- What do you mean, Nate? Nate's dead!

- No! Stop!

- Please! Stop!

- What's goin' on?!

- Stop!

- What's going on?!

No, Nate, don't do it, please! Please!

Jesus Christ! No!

Nate?

Nate. Oh, Christ. Nate!

No, no! No, no, no!

All right, Ben, if you

can launch, you need to do it now.

Our window is almost gone.

You need to launch!

Goddamn it, Ben,

we are cuttin' it way too close.

Benny, we are goin' home!

Benny, listen to me now.

We're gonna go home.

You hear me?

We're gonna go home.

I'm comin' home. I'm comin' home.

I have liftoff.

Freedom, do you read?

This is the Deputy Secretary of Defense.

Ben has been contaminated.

Do not try to rescue him.

Repeat, you will not recover him.

Contaminated by what? DOD?

What are you saying?

Where's Tommy?

You will not recover Anderson.

That is a direct order.

I'm on my way.

John, you are ordered

to abort rescue immediately.

Captain Anderson

is a high contamination threat.

You will not recover him.

You knew something was down

there and you sent them anyway.

I'm comin' home.

I'm comin' home, Ryan.

I'm comin' home.

DOD to Freedom, if you do not abort

in T-minus 60 seconds,

transmission will terminate.

You will not receive

an updated state vector.

You will run out of life support

package. You will not return home.

You have 45 seconds

to abort this rescue.

John, we have no choice.

We are begging you, do not do this.

Goddamn it, Benny!

We are goin' home!

Engine cutoff. I'm in orbit!

Ben! Ben!

Forget about me, John.

Get outta here.

Ben, you're coming in too fast.

We're gonna impact! Slow it down!

Ben!

Ben!

Ben!

We choose to go to the moon in this

decade and do the other things,

not because they are easy,

but because they are hard.

The voyage of Apollo

dramatized its risk.

The men of Apollo

epitomize the character

that accepts danger and surmounts it.

Theirs is the spirit that built America.

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