There's another hold from NASA, another delay. Alan Shepard sits there, patiently waiting....
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Eric Sevareid:
[broadcasting]
There's another hold from NASA, another delay. Alan Shepard sits there, patiently waiting. What can be going through a man's mind at this moment?
[cut to Shepard in his space capsule]
Alan Shepard:
Gordo?... Gordo, I have to urinate.
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What kind of delays?
There's another hold from NASA,
another delay.
And Alan Shepard sits
there patiently waiting.
What can be going through
a man's mind at this moment?
Gordo.
I have to urinate.
Urinate?
Urinate? No.
We did not think of that.
This is only a 15-minute flight.
The man's been up there for hours.
Could he do it in his suit?
That's dangerous.
To introduce liquid...
Clip duration: 36 seconds
Views: 299
Timestamp in movie: 00h 00m 00s
Uploaded: 12 December, 2020
Genres: adventure, biography, drama
Summary: The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers prefe
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00:41 What do you have to do to get your picture up there anyway
01:33 What are you two rookies gonna have
00:34 The hatch just BLEW
00:41 Request permission to relieve bladder
01:24 I'm tired of being forthright
00:23 The first American into space is not going to be a...
00:53 Make another note here
00:25 I'll tell you something
00:11 You damn right it is
00:21 You boys know what makes this bird go up
00:18 Who was the best pilot I ever saw
00:13 Not very funny
00:27 Squirming Hatchblower
00:20 Anybody that goes up in the damn thing is gonna be Spam in a...
01:47 And as I was sayin'
00:15 Sounds dangerous
00:39 Congratulations
00:29 Star Voyager Gus Grissom
00:29 Which one are you
00:33 We're not saying anything new here