Space Cowboys Page #6

Avionics on this thing, some of them|are quite old. B-52-type stuff.

My next guests are the most famous men|in America. There they are on People.

USA Today calls them|The Ripe Stuff.

Please welcome Team Daedalus.

-How are you?|-Nice to see you.

Have a seat, guys.

Thank you, gentlemen.

lts an honor to meet you all.|This is a very exciting story.

You all come from varied backgrounds.

One of you is a Baptist minister.

Is that Tank? Can I call you Tank?|Tank Sullivan.

You may call me Tank.

What is that?|Thats a cross with a rocket on it.

What faith is that?|Im not familiar with it.

-Its mine.|-Lutheran?

-What is it? What is it?|-Its Baptist.

Which guy is the babe magnet?|That would be Jerry.

-Thats Jerry.|-Are you?

I keep telling these guys|its got nothing to do with me.

It depends entirely on the woman...

...and how willing she is to discover|her infiinite supply oforgasms.

-Really?|-Yeah, its true.

-Its the truth.|-You know, I think...

... women watching are going, No|mater their age, men never change.

-You all have a military background?|-Thats true. Thats true.

North or South? Which side?|Im teasing.

-You see-- Im sorry.|-Low.

I know, I know. You cant help it.

What did he do?

So the relay patch is the key?

Plain as the nose on your face.

-Howd you bypass the heat exchanger?|-l didnt bypass anything.

Youre not being very forthcoming|on the guidance system.

lKid, lve done everything|short of...

...calculus instructions to bring you|up to speed.

What do you want, a picture?|Connect the dots?

Excuse me. l hold two masters|degrees from MlT, Dr. Corvin.

Maybe you ought to|get your money back.

You were just brought up on|a different set of technologies.

Youre compromising this mission. lm|your backup on a need-to-know basis.

You dont need to know dick.|l dont need a backup.

Yes, you do.

More than you know.

Whats that supposed to mean?

What dont l know?

What dont l know?

You son of a b*tch.|Youre setting me up again.

Heres one of our astronauts now.|What a semi-pleasant surprise.

-You had no intention of sending me up.|-lm in the middle of something now.

Well, now, thats great.

You hung up on the head of|our program: the U.S. vice president.

-What can l do for you?|-You had no intention of sending me up.

You screwed me over in 1 958|and youre screwing me over now!

l screwed you over?

What did l do, make a deal with you|anyway? A chronic liar!

What deal? l didnt make any deal|with you. You blackmailed me.

lf you want to stick by your|so-called deal, then you lost.

l dont have to send you up.

What is all this?

lt means someone on your team|didnt pass his physical.

One of you has cancer.

lts in his pancreas.

And its inoperable.

Does he know about it?

Dr. Caruthers talked to him|this morning.

Jesus.

No.

No. Were going to get another|doctor and get another opinion.

Not one thats on your payroll.|This is even low by your standards.

Youll do anything|to keep me from going up.

Oh, really?

So thats what this dramas all about.

This whole time l thought|it was about your friend Hawk!

But its really about your seat|on the space shuttle.

You can just back off, because NASA|will send you up in the space shuttle.

You, Jerry and Tank, regardless|of whatever deal you had with me!

-l dont understand.|-Come on. Youre front-page news now.

A genuine all-American hero. Youve|made NASA popular all over again.

Thanks to you, theyll get|their juicy budget infusion...

...theyve been drooling over.

Youre going up, all right.|The vice president insists.

l have to call the head|of the space program back.

Youve got a lot of work to do|before we leave.

And you shut the door!

This is my Blackbird.

l retired this very airplane in 1 990.

And now...

...here we sit.

lve never actually seen one before.

SR-71 . This is what|a planes supposed to be.

This is ugly on the ground, leaks like|a sieve, but up around Mach one...

...the seals all expand, she dries up,|flies like a bat out of hell.

l took her right to the limit.

Shes only happy...

...going fast. lts not meant to sit.

Thats a lousy way to die,|just sitting around waiting....

-ls eight months the best l can do?|-They dont know.

-Theres chemo, radiation.|-Sh*t.

l watched my wife go out that way.|l aint doing it.

The love of your life.

What is a pancreas anyhow?

l mean, l dont know what|the damn thing does for you...

...besides give you cancer.

What kind of odds would|you have give you and me?

Better than 40.

l know how much this flight|meant to you.

Looks like l crashed another one.|lm sorry.

They want to take Jerry|and Tank and me.

Thats great. You played them|fellas just right. Thats good.

-You said yes, didnt you?|-l didnt say anything.

You dont want to blow it again.|This is your last shot.

This isnt easy.

Easy, hell.|Dont whine to me about easy.

Put yourself in my shoes.

Youve been blaming me for 40 years.

Youre not laying this on me.|You choke this one, its on you.

-All on you.|-What would you do?

ld leave your ass on the ground.

lll bet you would.

To go into space? You bet your ass.

ln a heartbeat.

lKnow what the worst day|in my life was?

The day you put the idea in my head|l could pilot a ship in space.

l dont care what happens.|lf this gets out to the press--

lts not about the press right now.

But whether Roger or Ethan--

lm not going up. Not without Hawk.

-Youre gonna blackmail me again?|-No, no.

lll teach Ethan what he needs|to know. l dont go if Hawk doesnt.

-Any ideas, Miss Holland?|-Yes.

Even with the cancer,|he still passed his physical...

...so theres no reason he cant fly|the mission. Especially with backup.

You and Frank will put me|in the loony bin.

Colonel Corvin? Miss Holland would|like you to wait here, sir.

Team Daedalus, all of Team Daedalus...

...has a launch in 92 hours.

So lets get rested and prepped.

Okay. Yes.

Whats this?

Have a look.

UTMC-coated, 1 .66, super high index|lenses on a Flexon alloy frame.

-Your prescription.|-My prescription?

Holy cow.

Holy cow.

l had them made for you.

-You owe me dinner now.|-Youd go out with Spider-Man?

-lf hell buy me oysters.|-lll buy you pearls.

l feel like dancing.

Bring that man back alive!

No, thats against my better|judgement, Barb.

l wont let him die.

General Corvin, General Hawkins,|welcome to Daedalus.

-Were not generals, son.|-Just saying it like it ought to be.

Youre good to go, men.

See you back on the ground,|Team Daedalus.

Good luck.

Well, weve only waited 40 years.

What do you say, Reverend Tank?|ls a prayer in order?

l was just reciting|the Shepards prayer.

Alan Shepards prayer.

Oh, Lord, please dont let us|screw up.

-Amen.|-Amen.

-Amen.|-Amen.

Amen, Reverend.

Lets have a comm check.

-PLT.|-MS One.

-MS Two.|-MS Three.

MS Four.

Fido, go. Guidance, go.

EECOM, go.

lNCO, go.

T-minus 1 5 seconds.

T-minus ten, nine, eight, seven.

We have a go for main engine start.

Three, two, one. lgnition.

Liftoff of space shuttle Daedalus|and STS-200.

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