Marooned Page #6

...I want you to remember

I had a real good day.

Jim?

We better cut it off now.

Oh, there's one more thing

that I have to tell you.

I lost five pounds last week.

I can't wait till you see me.

You take care of yourself.

Take care.

Hi, sport.

Hiya, kid.

How are the mice?

Well, we're learning

something every day.

You writing a big, dull book

up there?

No. No, a small, dull book.

How are you?

I'm working on a little project.

I've developed an experimental

hypothesis for you to proof out.

Have you? Well, what is it?

I miss you like mad.

Yeah.

Your paper came out last week.

Professor Stavel said

it's a brilliant presentation.

It was the best he's ever read.

We're gonna make it, Teresa.

What?

- We're gonna make it back.

- What?

We're gonna make it back.

- I know.

- Believe me.

- Yes.

- I mean it, we're all coming back.

Listen, Teresa, I...

I want you and the kids to...

Look, I have to go now.

- I'll be seeing you.

- Stoney.

I'll be seeing you.

No, no.

I love you, remember that.

Remember that.

Buzz?

Yeah?

General LeClair called all the way

from Clark's Field.

- I thought that was so nice.

- Yeah.

They want to give you something,

a scroll or...

Look, hon...

...you don't seem to understand,

it's all falling apart up here.

You understand?

I understand, Buzz.

You see...

... I broke the washing machine,

and now I can't fix it.

I understand how you feel.

I could fix it if they'd

give me the tools.

But they won't.

Listen, honey, I wrote something.

We're all gonna sign it.

- Do you want to hear it?

- What?

"To the president, the White House,

Washington D. C:

Dear Mr. President...

... we just wanted to let you know

how much we appreciate...

...the heroic action

to save our husbands.

We are grateful to you

and to everyone in the nation.

The team effort of the past two days

will be an inspiration to us...

... our children and our..."

Don't you understand? It's all

falling apart and they're blaming me.

I don't feel very good.

Buzz...

...I have to go now.

I love you. I'll see you later.

Can you give me a reading on your

partial pressure of carbon dioxide?

Thank you, Dick.

I'll be all right.

I just gave you that!

Negative, Buzz.

Negative, you gave me a PS...

What difference does it make?

What's going on down there?

Why don't you get us out of here?

Get ahold of him, Jim.

Keep him away from the controls!

- Get us out...

- Sedate him, Jim, sedate him.

Buzz?

Come on. Buzz.

Now just get us out of here,

that's all! Come on!

Come on! Leave me alone!

Don't kill me!

Don't kill me!

It's not my fault!

Why'd you bring in his goddamn wife?

Keep him sedated,

keep him away from the controls.

Do you understand me?

You just get Dougherty off the pad.

He's tired, that's all.

Everybody's tired.

Fuel is complete.

Your final numbers:

Insertion into XRV, 8:36...

...hack sealed cabins burst, 8:42...

...liftoff, 8:
48, rendezvous, 9:33.

Roger, how's the wind?

Thirty-two knots and climbing.

- It's not changing course?

- Nope.

Well, Buzz, you're right.

This whole damn thing

is impossible.

No, you were right.

We're gonna do it anyway.

We're in position for launch.

- Do you read me, Ted?

- Roger.

Oxygen okay?

- Flight network.

- Go ahead.

We have a problem with

the liftoff on the KS system...

... but Fido's prepared

to back it up.

- Copy that, Fido?

- Affirmative, Flight.

All personnel in the control room

be advised...

... that prior to 1:20, we'll call

a hold if we have a problem.

After 1:
20, there is no hold.

- Okay, EMIL, how you doing?

- Go on three.

- EMIL, repeated configuration, right?

- That's right.

All right.

Raising the hatch cover.

- Ted, request idea. Signal off.

- Roger.

- Ted, secure the hatch cover.

- Roger.

- Power supply off?

- Verified.

Hatch secured.

- Your power supply, DC to off.

- Roger.

Lower the shroud.

Good, steady.

- Steady.

- Easy.

Good.

- Good.

- All right.

Easy.

- Easy.

- Slowly, slowly.

Good.

Easy, easy, easy.

- Network, this is Flight.

- Go, Flight.

- Verify ready.

- We are ready, Flight.

Shroud secure.

Launch control, this is Rescue,

radio is on.

Roger, all personnel

clear the launch area.

- PCS, LD.

- Go ahead.

- All video recorders on.

- Roger.

SRO, turn off your video recorder.

And focus spacecraft camera to

monitor spacecraft umbilical.

- PCS, LD?

- Stand by.

- LD tracking flight safety.

- Go ahead.

Command receiver checks

are complete.

LD, go ahead.

You can print out

your initial conditions.

- LD, flight safety.

- Go ahead.

- Verify item number one.

- Roger.

- STC this is LD.

- Go, LD.

- Are you ready for range recorder?

- Affirmative.

SRO, turn on your range recorder

for spacecraft function.

Roger, recorders are on.

T-minus eight minutes and counting.

- SRO, LD.

- Go, LD.

- SRO, you have a go on C-band.

- Roger.

- LD, this is ALD.

- Go ahead.

Range status is go,

global network status is go.

Roger, that completes

all items on page 420.

- LD, instrumentation.

- Go ahead.

- Verify item number two.

- Roger.

All personnel switch to channel

number two for status check.

- Instrumentation?

- Instrumentation, go.

- Propulsion?

- Go.

- Facility? Electrical?

- Go.

- Flight safety?

- Go.

- TCED?

- Go.

- MacDonnell?

- Mac is go.

- Aero jets?

- Go.

- PSO?

- Go.

- SRO?

- Go.

- Test wing?

- Go.

- LD, this is ALD.

- Go ahead.

Unless we get another computation

on the Q Alpha Beta plot...

... we may have to hold.

Unless I receive a go from you

on that, I will initiate a hold.

- SRO, this is LD.

- Go ahead, LD.

SRO, is the T-minus sync

locked out at this time?

That's affirmative, it is locked out

and we will bypass.

- Minus four minutes and counting.

- Item one under four minutes.

This is ALD, manual hold initiated

at minus three minutes.

We will hold at minus three minutes...

...waiting for the latest computation

on altitude-wind data.

- Propulsion, this is LD on two.

- Go ahead.

- How do your tank pressures look?

- Very good, we are go.

- Roger, item one under 230.

- Roger.

Range recorder back up.

This is launch director for a final

status communication check.

- Instrumentation?

- Go.

- Propulsion? Facility?

- Go.

- Electrical?

- Go.

- Track and flight safety?

- Go.

- Spacecraft?

- Go.

- TCED?

- Go.

- We'll go to 50.

- Go.

- Aero jets?

- Go.

- PSO?

- Go.

- SRO?

- Go.

- Test wing?

- Proceed with the launch.

Roger.

Launch control, Houston Flight.

Ask Rescue to prepare to copy.

Ted, are you ready

to copy computer updates?

Launch control, this is Rescue,

go ahead.

Address:
6-0-2-4-9-7.

Address:
6-1-3-5-6-7.

Flight, this is Rescue,

the computer's ready.

- STC, this is LD.

- Go ahead.

- Ready to pick up at this time?

- Roger, proceed.

Pick it up on my mark, ALD.

Three, two, one, mark.

This is launch control

at T-minus two minutes and counting.

In just 60 seconds,

we will start the count.

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