:30:03
So they could just check their coordinates
to aim missiles at all of our launching pads.
:30:08
If they had the film.
:30:10
The irony is that it's still here...
:30:13
...at Zebra.
:30:15
Somewhere.
:30:18
- And this is not the way to find it.
- How did it get here?
:30:22
- The Russians ran into a little trouble.
- That's encouraging.
:30:26
Initially academic, or so it seemed.
:30:28
The satellite was orbiting over North
America, western Russia and Siberia...
:30:32
...but that darling little camera
went right on...
:30:35
...taking pictures
when it wasn't supposed to.
:30:38
- Beautiful pictures.
- Of Russian installations.
:30:40
Which makes that piece of film
the most dangerous...
:30:43
...and desirable...
:30:45
...bit of information in the world.
:30:47
And then they ran into real trouble.
You see, here they are, orbiting like this...
:30:52
...when they fired the retros
for a comedown in Siberia...
:30:55
...one of the rockets misfired.
Instead of slowing the satellite...
:30:59
...they just swung it into a new orbit
from pole to pole.
:31:02
That's embarrassing for the Russians.
Nine-tenths of it...
:31:06
...was over water and our free world.
:31:08
None was over the Soviet Union
or any sphere of Communist influence.
:31:11
That's when the lights began to burn
in the Kremlin.
:31:14
Although the orbit had been radically
changed, the satellite was not aborted.
:31:18
They still had sufficient control to bring
it down in a reentry. But where?
:31:24
A pickup in the ocean would involve
a whole naval operation. We'd know.
:31:27
And a land expedition would be even worse.
:31:30
They should have asked us.
:31:32
They were hoping
we didn't know it existed.
:31:34
We calculated they had 13 days maximum
in which to determine the point of reentry.
:31:40
Beyond that, the satellite would
slow down, reenter of its own accord...
:31:44
...and burn up in the atmosphere.
:31:46
- Consider their dilemma.
- The Arctic or the Antarctic.
:31:49
The Antarctic is busy.
There are scientific expeditions there...
:31:52
...from the U.S., Great Britain,
Netherlands, Chile...
:31:55
...France, Australia, New Zealand...
- Russia.
:31:58
And Russia. We sent Vaslov down there
to sniff about, just in case...