The Reluctant Astronaut
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:21:06
Fred Gifford. Where're ya headed?
Roy Fleming. Personnel office.

:21:12
I gotta go up there and check in.
I've been on a bus since...

:21:16
Fred Gifford!
That's right.

:21:19
Hey, Fred Gifford!
:21:22
Boy, I saw your flight
on Channel 11 last week.

:21:25
They wouldn't let you stay up two more
orbits, would they? Well, orders are orders.

:21:30
Fred Gifford.
:21:32
Boy, you were one of those guys
that's been right up there into space.

:21:35
And I'm sittin' right on
the same seat with ya.

:21:39
Mind if I touch ya?
:21:42
You're gonna be working
at the Space Center? Yeah.

:21:45
Mind if I ask you a couple
of questions? Go ahead.

:21:47
Well, when you shoot off,
do ya faint or black out or anything?

:21:52
Oh, no, no. You take a couple of"G's",
but not enough to make you faint.

:21:57
Oh, it sounds awful. About how high
in the sky do you drive that thing?

:22:01
Anywhere from 90
to a couple hundred miles.

:22:04
I bet you wouldn't look down for a million
dollars. Sure, it's a beautiful sight.

:22:09
Never get me to look down.
I don't care how darn beautiful it is.

:22:11
Reentry's what rough. Suddenly,
you just start to drop there.

:22:15
And you're sitting backwards,
wondering if that drogue chute...

:22:18
is ever gonna open and you're
falling and falling and falling.

:22:22
That's enough.
Don't say anymore.

:22:25
Makes me dizzy
just to think about it.

:22:32
That's the personnel office over
there. Oh, well, thanks a lot.

:22:35
By the way, whatcha gonna be
doing? I'm gonna be an astronaut.


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