:18:00
and entering the moon's
gravity on April 13?
:18:03
Uh, Ken Mattingly here has been
doing some scientific experiments...
:18:07
regarding that very phenomenon,
haven't you?
:18:09
Uh, yes. Well, I had a black cat,
uh, walk over a broken mirror...
:18:14
under the lunar module ladder.
:18:16
It didn't seem to be a problem.
:18:18
We're considering a letter
we got from a fella...
:18:20
who said we oughta take
a pig with us for good luck.
:18:24
Does it bother you that the public
regards this flight as routine?
:18:27
There's nothing routine about flying
to the moon. I can vouch for that.
:18:31
And, uh, I think that
an astronaut's last mission'-'-
:18:35
his final flight'-'- that's always
going to be very special.
:18:40
Why is this your last, Jim?
:18:42
I'm in command
of the best ship...
:18:46
with the best crew
that anybody could ask for...
:18:49
and I'll be walking in a place
where there's 400 degrees difference...
:18:53
between sunlight and shadow.
:18:56
I can't imagine, uh,
ever topping that.
:19:05
We have that scheduled
for 0900 hours tomorrow.
:19:07
'- That's not gonna work, Walter.
'- Why?
:19:09
Freddo and I are gonna be goin' over the
lunar surface experiments tomorrow...
:19:13
and Ken's gonna be
back in the simulator.
:19:16
We're gonna be goin' over
the flight plan tonight.
:19:18
Gonna pay a visit to this machine
after you're hard down. Thanks.
:19:21
Jim, we've got a problem.
:19:24
We just got some blood work back from
the lab. Charlie Duke has the measles.
:19:29
So we need a new backup.
:19:31
'- You've all been exposed to it.
'- Oh, I've had the measles.
:19:35
Ken Mattingly hasn't.
:19:38
You wanna break up my crew
two days before the launch...
:19:42
when we can predict each other's moves,
read the tone of each other's voices?
:19:46
Ken Mattingly will be
getting seriously ill...
:19:48
precisely when you and Haise will
be ascending from the lunar surface.
:19:52
That's a lousy time for a fever.
:19:54
Jack Swigert has been
out of the loop for weeks.
:19:57
He's fully qualified
to fly this mission.
:19:59
He's a fine pilot, but when was
the last time he was in a simulator?