Capsule Page #2

I don't know how much!

I know! I've always known.

The first British man in space.

The first man in space.

Five years as a test pilot and here...

at the frontier of science and technology.

I'm going up.

It's going to be a tough few months.

Yes, in this case. But you are up to it.

You know how tough it was, when the Americans had

you fly over Eastern Europe. I'll be with you.

I'll be by your side. Trust me.

Now tell me everything. I want to know.

The launch is scheduled for December 4th.

It's a one day trip.

So you're home for Christmas then, Mr.Spaceman?

Yes.

Guy? Guy?

You find it?

Yeah I did.

When did you put this on, Harry?

Will I be telling? A man has his secrets.

You... you are full of them.

Thank you.

I'll be home soon.

Yes, you are.

Guy? It's time.

We are ready to go here, after your checks.

Three minutes to window.

Roger that.

Thrusters to auto mode. Check.

Power control to auto. Check.

Reserve System off. Check.

Gyro-stabilizers off. Check.

Suit, Oxygen. On.

Check.

Come on.

Okay, okay.

We hear you clearly. We are ready, going.

Hit the switch.

Here we go.

Jee! Bugger. Sh*t. Harry?

Harry? Oh God!

God! OK...

Come here.

Come on, Hermes! Come on!

Oh God! Come on, Hermes. Come on.

What's that? What is it? What's that?

Oh! Sh*t.

Come on, Hermes!

Don't fight me. Don't...

Come on!

Oh God!

Come on, Hermes! Come on!

Come on! Wake up, please!

Come on!

Yeah. Okay. Alright! That's it.

Okay. Okay. Yeah!

That's it.

Come on. Easy. Easy. That's it.

Come on.

That's it! That's it!

Easy easy. Yes.

Okay. Thank you.

Thank you.

Fyling... Fylingdales, come in.

Harry?

This is mission control. Taylor, come in.

This is mission control. Please respond.

This is mission control. Please come in.

If you are there, we can't read you.

I can't get hold of him. Not there!

Guy, if you're there, please respond!

I'm here. I'm here. I'm here.

Thank God. Oh! You bastard!

You alright? What happened?

What's wrong with Hermes?

Oh! My God! My head is dizzy.

The oxygen still on 19... 19.

I'm not feeling alright. Can't think straight.

If you thought putting a 9G loop was bad,

Harry, you should have a go on this.

Feels like I bloody got off Wallis.

I can't see.

Relax for a moment.

Take your time to sit and think.

There's enough in the compartment for a short while.

Short... short while? How long is a short while, Harry?

Taylor? It's Graham.

Hello Graham.

What exactly does your

fuel read-up say up there?

Tank's 22, figures two-two.

No, Graham. It's reading 20.

What else happened up there, Taylor?

Well I can't... You know what, Graham?

You tell me.

Just get me down from here, fellas.

Harry? How about that re-entry window?

How much do we have left?

It's already gone, Guy.

No... Harry, you said that...

We can't bring you down just yet.

Not until we find out, what is wrong with capsule.

How it happened and how to fix it.

What? That's not good enough, Harry.

Understood.

I'm going to take you off the scope-box,

so... so it's just me.

Guy, it's just me now.

Harry, what's going on?

What are you not telling me?

We are... Don't know what to say about it.

Harry. Mate. Come on.

It's me. What's going on?

You know procedure. Way this works.

We can't bring you down. Not after this. Not yet.

We're trying everything we can. I assure you.

Clearly what you're doing isn't good enough!

No of this should have happened.

No, but it has.

We're fixing it. Everyone here is working

to get you down safe and sound.

Harry, the problem is up here.

It's not down there.

I don't see how I can.

What do you mean? One minute, Guy.

Do it! If that's the way, do it!

Listen Guy, Graham is going to walk through

a procedure, we need you to do right now.

Ah! Yes. Roger that.

Listen to me carefully.

Our system reports, you have a fuel leak.

Your port thruster has failed.

It's probably damaged.

The diagnostics indicate the control circuits are still functional,

so we can only presume, it must be something with physical damage.

Physical damage? No!

We need you to shut off that valve for the thruster.

Graham? What do you mean by physical damage?

We have to keep...

Graham, listen to me. Physical damage!?

How the hell did a thruster fail?

Have you sent me here with anything that isn't f***ed?

We have our best men going through your telemetry now.

Hermes has a million and one parts.

This is cutting edge British technology.

Really it can be anything.

An overload is always on the cards.

An overload? This isn't an overload, Graham.

This is my f***ing fuel supply!

First my bloody oxygen and now my sodding fuel!

Guy, you need to trust us.

We have a fix. We need you to

effect that fix quickly.

Alright. Alright. What do you need me to do?

The panel is down to your left. There are four valves.

The second one is for the port thruster.

Close it down.

Jesus!

Come on.

Graham, it hasn't! It's not working!

Give it a moment.

Okay, alright, it's a...

Yeah, it's reading 15, figures one-five.

Is that enough to get me home? For re-entry?

Chaps?

It will be enough.

Bloody hope so.

What does your Oxygen read-out say?

It says...

saying 14, figures one-four.

What do I do now? How do I get back?

Guy... we went with our flight patt...

Harry, Harry say again. I lost you for a minute.

You were breaking up.

Can you hear me? We are working on a flight...

Harry?

Harry, is there someone else on the radio?

Someone else!? No! There's no one else here.

Well, I can hear someone else talking.

Guy, who? What can you hear?

Can you hear me?

I can now. Just about. I'm losing you Harry.

Hold on. Graham...

You are inside restricted airspace.

Harry, Harry! Can you hear that?

Guy, is everything all right?

No! There's somebody else on the radio.

You must immediately change course.

Guy, can you hear me?

Harry? Harry?

Harry, listen, I can hear someone else on the radio,

and I can't understand them.

I think it is Russian.

Guy, did you Russian?

Well... I think so.

No! Don't listen to them. Don't listen to anyone.

Don't talk to Russ...

Harry? Harry? Harry? Harry? Hello?

Come back, Harry. Harry? Fylingdales?

Fylingdales, this is Hermes.

Fylingdales, this is Hermes. Please respond.

Fylingdales? Fylingdales?

This is Hermes. Please respond.

Harry? Graham?

please come in, Ha...

Fylingdales, I can't hear you, but...

Maybe you can hear me, so I'm gonna keep talking.

There are a lot of radio chatter

that I don't understand.

But... I think, maybe it's Russian.

What did you mean "Don't trust them"?

And how come they are getting

though now and you can't?

I don't know what to do to get you back you were. Alright?

So if you are receiving this, find a way to get back to me.

Alright...

I realize I\m stuck up here now.

And missed my re-entry point...

but my oxygen is down to 14 percent.

What the hell am I supposed to do?

Come on. Come on. Come on.

It's beautiful, Lottie.

It is.

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