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IT HAS MORE CHANCE THAN WANTING

TO SHARE A LIFE TOGETHER.

I WOULD LIKE TO JUMP YOU.

GO JUMP YOURSELF.

I'M SORRY THAT YOU HAD TO WAIT OUTSIDE

THE HOUSE ALL DAY LIKE THIS.

THERE IS NOT MUCH THAT I CAN SAY

EXCEPT THA I'M VERY EXCITED AND PROUD.

EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE GOING

SMOOTHLY.

DR. KELLOWAY CALLED TO SAY THAT BRU

AND THE CREW WERE IN EXCELLENT SPIRITS.

HOW HAS ALL THIS DISRUPTED

YOUR FAMILY ROUTINE?

TERRIFIC QUESTION.

SHOVE IT!

WELL, THE CHILDREN WILL CONTINUE

TO GO TO SCHOOL:

AND WE'LL TRY TO MAINTAIN

A NORMAL EXISTENCE.

I SUPPOSE THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

UH, I JUST CAME OUT TO SAY HELLO

AND GO BACK INSIDE NOW.

THANK YOU. GOODBYE.

DR. BERGEN?

YES, ELLIOT?

I WONDER IF I COULD TALK TO YOU

FOR A MOMENT.

WHAT IS IT?

WELL, THERE'S SOMETHIN'...

I HAVE A PROBLEM, SIR.

OH, ARE YOU FEELING ALL RIGHT?

OH, YES, SIR. IT'S THE READOUT.

WHAT ABOUT THE READOUT?

WELL, I, I JUST CAN'T FIGURE

SOMETHING OUT.

WELL, PERHAPS I CAN BE OF SOME HELP.

WELL, I HOPE SO.

SEE, I RAN A CHECK ON THE TRANSMISSION,

ON MY OWN ON THE SIGNALS.

ON YOUR OWN?

YES, SIR.

I LIKE YOUR DEDICATION.

THE READOUT...

THE TELEVISION SIGNALS ARE COMING IN

AHEAD OF THE SPACECRAFT SIGNALS.

IT'S LIKE THEY'RE CLOSER OR SOMETHING.

OH, THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE. THERE MUST BE

SOME MALFUNCTION IN YOUR EQUIPMENT.

WELL, I DON'T THINK SO, DR. BERGEN. YOU

SEE, I DOUBLED CHECKED THAT CONSOLE.

WHICH CONSOLE ARE YOU ON?

THIRTY-SIX, SIR.

WELL, THAT'S THE ANSWER.

WE'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS

WITH THE CIRCUITRY ON THIRTY-SIX.

WE'VE HAD TROUBLE WITH IT BEFORE.

I'LL MAKE SURE IT'S REPAIRED AND,

THANK YOU FOR SHOWING ME THE PROBLEM.

YOU HAVE INITIATIVE, I LIKE THAT.

THIS IS PAUL CUNNINGHAM.

CAPRICORN CONTROL.

WE ARE AT TPLUS ONE 131 DAYS

4 HRS. 15 MINS. INTO THE FLIGHT.

5 MINS. FROM LANDING.

THE WIVES OF THE FLIGHT CREW

ARRIVED AT MISSION

CONTROL AT 2.31 EASTERN

DAYLIGHT TIME.

IN JUST A FEW MINUTES

WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING A SIGNAL

FROM THE SPACECRAFT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT IT TAKES

21 MINS. FOR THE SIGNAL

FROM MARS TO REACH EARTH.

WE HAVE NO WAY OF COMMUNICATING

WITH CAPRICORN ONE

AND WHAT WE WILL SEE ACTUALLY

HAPPENED 21 MINS. AGO.

THIS IS CAPRICORN CONTROL.

WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING NOW.

WE ARE CHANGING TO A SECONDARY

FREQUENCY.

HOUSTON, THIS IS CAPRICORN ONE.

CM-LM SEPARATION WAS NORMAL.

I HAVE CM VISUAL CONTAC THROUGH PORT WINDOW.

DELTA-VBURN TIME: 3.3 SECS.

3.3 SECS. BURN IS CORRECT.

WE SHOULD BE HEARING FROM

THE CM... SOON.

HOUSTON, THIS IS CAPRICORN CM.

JUST WAIT.

I SEE THE LM.

5 MINS. AFTER THE LANDING,

THAT A**HOLE PRICE'LL BE CALLIN'

TO TELL ME HOW PLEASED

THE PRESIDENT IS.

IF OUR DATA IS CORRECT, THEIR ALTITUDE

IS 2.2 MILES,

PITCH ANGLE, 20 DEGREES.

VERTICAL DESCENT 44.6 FEET PER SECOND.

WE HAVE PASSED LOW GATE.

ALTITUDE:
950 FEET. LOOKING GOOD.

15 SECS.

15 SECS.

10 SECS.

10 SECS.

NINE...

EIGHT...

SEVEN...

SIX...

FIVE...

FOUR...

THREE...

TWO...

ONE...

ZERO.

HOUSTON, THIS IS CAPRICORN ONE.

WE HAVE LANDED.

YES?

VICE PRESIDENT PRICE ON THE LINE.

HELLO.

HELLO, MR. VICE PRESIDENT.

YES, IT'S WONDERFUL, ISN'T IT?

PROUD MOMENT FOR ALL AMERICANS.

YOU CAN TELL THE PRESIDEN THAT'S VERY GRACIOUS OF HIM.

I APPRECIATE IT, I REALLY DO.

THANK YOU.

AND MY VERY BEST TO YOUR LOVELY WIFE.

YES.

GOODBYE.

A**HOLE.

DR., I WONDER IF I CAN SPEAK

TO YOU FOR A MOMENT.

CERTAINLY, WHAT SEEMS TO BE

THE PROBLEM?

WELL, I JUST CAN'T FIGURE

SOMETHING OUT, SIR.

WHAT IS THAT?

WELL, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE,

BUT IT'S THE READOUT.

I TOLD DR. BERGEN ABOUT IT A LONG TIME

AND HE SAID IT WAS IN THE CONSOLE.

I'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

WELL, WHAT CONSOLE ARE YOU ON?

TELEMETRY, SIR, THIRTY-SIX.

OH, YES, DR. BERGEN TOLD ME ABOUT THAT.

WE HAD THAT CONSOLE REPAIRED.

I KNOW, SIR, IT'S JUST...

I KEEP ON HAVING THE SAME READOUTS.

WELL, WHAT READOUT?

WELL, SIR, I RAN A PROGRAM ON MY OWN

JUST TO CHECK SOMETHING

AND THE READOUT IS DIFFERENT.

YOU RAN YOUR OWN PROGRAM?

YES, SIR,

AND...

I DON'T THINK IT'S THE CONSOLE.

WELL, WE'LL HAVE IT SHUT DOWN AND

I'LL SEE THAT IT'S SERVICED.

THANK YOU, ELLIOT, FOR BRINGING

THE MATTER TO MY ATTENTION.

YOU'RE WELCOME, SIR.

THIS IS PAUL CUNNINGHAM,

CAPRICORN CONTROL.

THE FLIGHT DIRECTOR ADVISES THA THE LM CREW HAS BEEN GIVEN A GO

FOR THE FIRST DVA ON

THE MARTIAN SURFACE.

BECAUSE THE TIME DELAY WOULD MAKE

A CONVERSATION IMPOSSIBLE,

THE CREW HAS TAKEN A PRERECORDED

MESSAGE:

FROM THE PRESIDENT WITH THEM.

THIS IS CAPRICORN CONTROL.

HOUSTON, WE'RE ACTIVATING

THE CAMERA.

ROGER, CAPRICORN.

HOUSTON, YOU SHOULD HAVE

A PICTURE NOW.

WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD PICTURE NOW.

HOUSTON, I AM OUTTA THE HATCH.

I AM ON THE LADDER.

HOUSTON, THE SUIT IS FUNCTIONAL.

THE LADDER IS STEADY.

I AM THREE STEPS FROM THE BOTTOM.

I'M TWO STEPS FROM THE BOTTOM.

HOUSTON, I'M ON THE BOTTOM STEP.

HOUSTON, I AM GONNA SET FOO ON THE SURFACE.

READY SLOW-MO.

I TAKE THIS STEP

IN THE JOURNEY OF PEACE

FOR ALL MANKIND.

TAKE SLOW-MO!

HOUSTON, I AM ON THE SURFACE.

ROGER, CAPRICORN. WE COPY.

I AM STARTING TO WALK NOW.

HOUSTON, THE SURFACE IS SOLID.

VISIBILITY IS GOOD.

I'M WALKING TOWARD THE CAMERA

NOW.

THE FOOTING IS SOLID.

SURFACE SEEMS POWDERY.

I AM PICKING UP THE CAMERA NOW.

I HAVE THE CAMERA.

THE PICTURE WILL GET SHAKY

FOR A WHILE.

THE FOOTING IS GOOD.

HOUSTON, I AM SETTING

THE CAMERA DOWN NOW.

THE ROCKS SEEM VERY POROUS.

HOUSTON, I AM OUTSIDE THE HATCH.

HOUSTON, I AM ON THE LADDER.

READY SLOW-MO.

HOUSTON, I'M STEPPING

ONTO THE SURFACE

TAKE SLOW-MO!

HOUSTON, I AM ON THE SURFACE.

WE ARE GOING TO SET THE FLAG

ON THE SURFACE.

WE DO NOT CLAIM THIS PLANE IN THE NAME OF AMERICA.

WE CLAIM IT IN THE NAME OF ALL THE

THE PEOPLE OF THE PLANET EARTH.

WE HOPE THAT OUR VISIT WILL INCREASE

THE UNDERSTANDING

OF THE HUMAN RACE.

WALKER SHOULD BE ACTIVATING

THE TAPE SOON:

WITH THE PRERECORDED MESSAGE

FROM THE PRESIDENT.

HOUSTON, I AM STARTING THE TAPE.

"TO THE MEN OF CAPRICORN ONE.

I BRING YOU GREETINGS

FROM YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS

AND ALL THE CITIZENS OF THE WORLD."

YOU ARE SO FAR AWAY.

IT TAKES LIGHT MORE THAN 20 MIN.

TO REACH YOU FROM HERE.

ONE COULD SAY NOT ONLY LIGHT,

ONE COULD SAY TIME.

YOU ARE IN ANOTHER TIME FROM US,

THE FUTURE.

WE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME,

FOR THIS MOMEN MORE THAN ANY MOMEN IN OUR HISTORY,

HAS MADE ALL OF THE PEOPLE

IN THE WORLD REALIZE

THAT WE ARE PART OF THE PLANET,

THAT IS PART OF THE SYSTEM,

THAT IS PART OF THE UNIVERSE.

WE ARE A SMALL ENERGETIC SPECIES,

CAPABLE OF PETTINESS,

YET CAPABLE OF BRILLIANCE.

WE KNOW HOW BAD WE CAN BE,

NOW YOU, THE MEN

OF CAPRICORN ONE,

HAVE SHOWN US HOW WONDERFUL

WE CAN BE:

BY SHOWING US HOW HIGH

WE CAN REACH.

YOU HAVE CROSSED

THE LAST GREAT FRONTIER

AND YOU HAVE SHOWN US

WHAT WE ARE:

PEOPLE.

OF DIFFERENT COLORS AND RELIGIONS

AND IDEOLOGIES,

HOWEVER, A SINGLE PEOPLE.

YOU ARE THE BASIC TRUTH IN US.

YOU ARE THE REALITY.

WE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN

AND WE WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL."

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