:11:03
That's exactly what had happened.
:11:05
Before our first stage
had finished doing its job...
:11:07
observers back on the ground
later reported...
:11:10
that not just one...
:11:12
but two bolts of lightning
rode our exhaust contrail...
:11:15
all the way back down to the pad
and hit the tower.
:11:18
That was a hell of a simulation.
:11:20
I think we need a little more
all-weather testing, guys.
:11:24
Al's got all the buses back on-line.
:11:27
We'll square up our platform
when we get into orbit.
:11:29
So I had done my part
to help out in a crisis.
:11:33
Of course, we owe a lot
to that EECOM fella, John Aaron.
:11:37
But to me,
the real hero was Pete Conrad.
:11:40
He kept his hand on the abort handle
the entire time.
:11:43
But he kept his cool
and he never used it.
:11:53
Once I got into Earth's orbit...
:11:55
I found space flight was everything
it was supposed to be.
:12:04
Take a look at this.
:12:14
Those are campfires down there.
:12:19
- That's something, isn't it?
- Yes.
:12:21
Beautiful.
:12:23
Down there, people were gathered
around man's most primitive discovery.
:12:28
Here the three of us were...
:12:30
riding 250,000 miles into space
on a flame.
:12:37
Man, that sky is black.
:12:42
Yes, it is.
:12:46
How we looking, Dickie?
:12:47
You all finished
realigning the platform?
:12:50
- I is finished.
- Outstanding.
:12:54
That will give them something
to write about tonight.
:12:56
I bet all our wives fainted.
:12:57
I'll bet they did when they heard you
call about 18 lights.