:10:00
I can make a call.
He won't do it again.
:10:02
Hold on. I'll tell you what.
Draft a reply.
:10:05
Say that his idea has merit and that
I'm going to send it along to Brainerd.
:10:09
And then see if this Mr. Houbolt
isn't due a vacation soon...
:10:14
because, Dear God, he needs one.
:10:16
"Somewhat as a voice in the wilderness."
:10:22
Does it have merit?
:10:24
Well, actually
it's an intriguing notion.
:10:26
It's a little risky,
but it could save a lot of weight.
:10:30
I don't think
there's a chance in hell...
:10:31
that Lunar Orbit Rendezvous
is the way we're gonna go...
:10:33
but it is interesting.
:10:35
I'll see you at 3:00.
:10:38
In July 1962, the idea that didn't have
a chance in hell of succeeding...
:10:42
succeeded.
:10:43
NASA selected Lunar Orbit Rendezvous
as the way to go to the moon.
:10:47
Now the question became:
"Who would build the lander?"
:10:51
My name is Tom Kelly.
:10:53
On the day after election day, 1962...
:10:55
I waited with the rest
of the Grumman lander team...
:10:57
for a call from my boss, Joe Gavin.
:11:00
Whoever's tapping the pencil,
if you value your life, please stop.
:11:04
Sorry.
:11:11
Any word?
:11:13
Yeah, Frank.
We got the contract.
:11:15
We're all just observing a moment of
silence for the companies that didn't.
:11:26
Look, this is crazy.
:11:29
I mean, this might not happen
for an hour or more.
:11:31
Let's go back to work,
and I'll let you know.