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Gene Kranz:
Gentlemen, at this moment, I want you all to forget the flight plan. From this moment on, we are improvising a new mission: How do we get our people home?Gene Kranz:They are here. Do we turn them around, straight back, direct abort?Jerry Bostick - FIDO White:No, sir! No, sir! We get them on a free-return trajectory. It's the option with the fewest question marks for safety.Gene Kranz:I agree with Jerry. We use the moon's gravity, slingshot them around.R.E.T.R.O. White:No, the LEM will not support three guys for that amount of time. I mean, we've got to do a direct abort. We do an about-face, we bring the guys right home, right now.Booster White:Get them back soon, absolutely.Jerry Bostick - FIDO White:Look, we don't even know if the Odyssey's engine's even working. If there's been serious damage to this spacecraft...GUIDO White:They blow up and they die!R.E.T.R.O. White:That is not the argument! We're talking about time!Gene Kranz:Okay, hold it. Let's hold it down. The only engine we got with enough power for a direct abort is the SPS on the service module. From what Lovell has told us, that could have been damaged in an explosion, so let's consider that engine dead. We light that thing up, it could blow the whole works. It's just too risky. We're not going to take that chance. About the only thing the command module is good for is reentry, so that leaves us with the LEM, which means free-return trajectory. Once we get the guys around the moon, we'll fire the LEM engine, make a long burn, pick up some speed, and get them home as quickly as we can
Gentlemen, at this moment, I want you all to forget the flight plan. From this moment on, we are improvising a new mission: How do we get our people home?Gene Kranz:They are here. Do we turn them around, straight back, direct abort?Jerry Bostick - FIDO White:No, sir! No, sir! We get them on a free-return trajectory. It's the option with the fewest question marks for safety.Gene Kranz:I agree with Jerry. We use the moon's gravity, slingshot them around.R.E.T.R.O. White:No, the LEM will not support three guys for that amount of time. I mean, we've got to do a direct abort. We do an about-face, we bring the guys right home, right now.Booster White:Get them back soon, absolutely.Jerry Bostick - FIDO White:Look, we don't even know if the Odyssey's engine's even working. If there's been serious damage to this spacecraft...GUIDO White:They blow up and they die!R.E.T.R.O. White:That is not the argument! We're talking about time!Gene Kranz:Okay, hold it. Let's hold it down. The only engine we got with enough power for a direct abort is the SPS on the service module. From what Lovell has told us, that could have been damaged in an explosion, so let's consider that engine dead. We light that thing up, it could blow the whole works. It's just too risky. We're not going to take that chance. About the only thing the command module is good for is reentry, so that leaves us with the LEM, which means free-return trajectory. Once we get the guys around the moon, we'll fire the LEM engine, make a long burn, pick up some speed, and get them home as quickly as we can
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Gentlemen l want you all to forget the flight plan
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From this moment on we are improvising a new mission
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Sorry about that
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We'll get somebody to look at that Find a bulb around here
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How do we get our people home
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They are here
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Do we turn 'em around straight back direct abort Yes
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Gene l can't guarantee the burn yet
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No sir no sir no sir
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We get them on a free return trajectory
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lt's the option with the fewest question marks for safety
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l agree with Jerry We use the moon's gravity to slingshot them around
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The LEM will not support three guys for that amount of time lt barely holds two
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We've got to do a direct abort We do an about face bring the guys right home
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Get 'em back soon Absolutely
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We don't even know if the Odyssey's engine's working
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lf there's been serious damage to this spacecraft
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They blow up and they die
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That is not the argument We are talking about time Jesus Come on
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l'm not gonna sugarcoat this for you
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Okay hold it Let's hold it down
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Let's hold it down The only engine with enough power for a direct abort
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is the S P S on the service module
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From what Lovell has told us it could have been damaged in an explosion
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so let's consider that engine dead
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We light that thing up could blow the whole works
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lt's just too risky We're not gonna take that chance
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About the only thing the command module is good for is reentry
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That leaves us with the LEM which means free return trajectory
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Once we get the guys around the moon
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we'll fire up the LEM engine make a long burn
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pick up some speed and get 'em home as quick as we can
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Movie Summary
NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.
Actors
Gene Kranz
Jerry Bostick - Fido White
Booster White
Guido White
