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In June, 1968 it was decided...
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that we'd ship LEM 3 to NASA as she was
and finish the work at the Cape.
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You know, I don't know
what I'm so worked up about.
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I mean,
what's the worst that could happen?
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Well, we ship the LEM to NASA...
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we never get it to fly...
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the Russians beat us to the moon...
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and within ten years we're all living
under the iron thumb of Communism.
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Exactly.
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Hey, remember when seven years
seemed like a long time?
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Remember when this whole thing
was only gonna cost 500 million?
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You know, I can't even remember
when it was gonna cost a billion.
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Unfortunately, moving LEM 3
to the Cape...
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did little to ease
the pressure we were under.
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Tom, there's still at least
a hundred things wrong with it.
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- We'll get it fixed in time.
- No, you won't.
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There is no way in three months
that thing is gonna be ready to fly.
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Look, Jim, it's...
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It's a good machine.
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Just needs a little fine-tuning.
That's all.
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You don't have to whisper.
It can't hear you.
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Look, I want it to go up
as much as you do.
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I know we're running out of time.
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It's 18 months
to the end of the decade...
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and we still haven't had a single
manned Apollo flight.
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I know that.
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But that doesn't change the facts.
LEM 3 is not ready to fly.
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And it won't be any time soon.
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That's gonna have to be
my recommendation to headquarters.
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Now, with the LEM 3
not ready to fly...
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after Wally and the 7 crew
go up with the C.S.M. In October...
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that means there won't be another
Apollo flight until the spring, right?
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Right.
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Well, maybe not.
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George has come up with
a rather wild idea.