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L don't care what anything was designed to do l care about what it can do
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Apollo 13

I don't care about what anything was DESIGNED to do, I care about what it CAN do

Gene Kranz:
I don't care about what anything was DESIGNED to do, I care about what it CAN do

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l don't care what anything was designed to do l care about what it can do
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7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
01:09:14
Uploaded
Feb 25, 2026
Genres
adventure, drama, history
Production
Imagine Entertainment,Universal Pictures

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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

Ed Harris
Gene Kranz
Ed Harris
He specifically wanted a quote from a flight director Who wanted a quoteThe President The PresidentNixon He wants oddsWe are not losing the crewl gotta give him odds Five to one againstThree to one l don't think they're that goodWe are not losing those - Apollo 13 00:21
He specifically wanted a quote from a flight director Who...
Mare TranquillitatisNeil and Buzz's old neighborhoodComin' up on Mount MarilynJim you gotta take a look at thisl've seen it - Apollo 13 00:18
Mare TranquillitatisNeil and Buzz's old...
So long Earth Catch you on the flip side - Apollo 13 00:05
So long Earth Catch you on the flip side
Gentlemen what are your intentionsl'd like to go home - Apollo 13 00:11
Gentlemen what are your intentionsl'd like to go home
So you're telling me you can only give our guys 45 hoursThat brings them to about thereGentlemen that's not acceptable - Apollo 13 00:16
So you're telling me you can only give our guys 45...
Power is everything What do you meanWithout it they don't talk to us they don't correct their trajectorythey don't turn the heat shield aroundWe gotta turn everything off now They're not gonna make it to reentryWhat do you mean everything With everything - Apollo 13 00:25
Power is everything What do you meanWithout it they...
We gotta turn off the radars cabin heaterinstrument displays guidance computer everythingGuidance computer What if they need to do another burnThey won't know which way they're pointedThe more time we talk the more juice they wasteI've looked at data for - Apollo 13 00:18
We gotta turn off the radars cabin heaterinstrument displays...
To make sure the batteries didn't die before we got all the way homeI want you to find every engineer who designed every switch circuittransistor and light bulb up thereThen talk to the guy in the assembly line who actually built the thingFind out how to - Apollo 13 00:22
To make sure the batteries didn't die before we got all...
We never lost an American in spaceWe're sure as hell not gonna lose one on my watchFailure is not an option - Apollo 13 00:08
We never lost an American in spaceWe're sure as hell...
What Huh Good you're not deadl've been trying to get in touch with you for 45 minutes - Apollo 13 00:08
What Huh Good you're not deadl've been trying to...
What There's been an explosionOxygen tanks are gone Two fuel cells gone Command module shut downWhat about the crew Crew's fine so farTrying to keep them alive in the LEMWe're gonna have to shut that down pretty soon tooWe got a lot of people working the - Apollo 13 00:25
What There's been an explosionOxygen tanks are gone Two...
How much power do we have to play withBarely enough to run this coffee pot for nine hours - Apollo 13 00:06
How much power do we have to play withBarely enough to run...
Glad you're here You know what's going onJohn's brought me up to speedWhat's left in the batteries We don't knowWe gotta get started on some shortcuts for power upYou know how shortIt's all in the sequencing If we can skip whatever we don't absolutely - Apollo 13 00:38
Glad you're here You know what's going...
Oh Christ What's upNo more waste dumps We're just gonna have to store it - Apollo 13 00:09
Oh Christ What's upNo more waste dumps We're just...
And that's it. - Apollo 13 00:07
And that's it.
We just put Sir lsaac Newton in the driver's seat - Apollo 13 00:05
We just put Sir lsaac Newton in the driver's seat
Ls it a m or p m - Apollo 13 00:12
Ls it a m or p m
Haise is running a temperature and no one has sleptI can't order these guys to go to sleep Could you sleep up there - Apollo 13 00:09
Haise is running a temperature and no one has sleptI...
Gene we have a situation brewing with the carbon dioxideWe got a CO2 filter problem on the lunar moduleFive filters on the LEM Meant for 2 guys for a day and a halfl told the doc They're already up to 8 on the gaugesAnything over 15 and you get impaired - Apollo 13 00:39
Gene we have a situation brewing with the carbon dioxideWe...
We gotta find a way to make thisfit into the hole for thisusing nothing but that - Apollo 13 00:12
We gotta find a way to make thisfit into the hole for...