1:05:00
They are here.
1:05:02
'- Do we turn 'em around,
straight back, direct abort?
'- Yes!
1:05:04
'- Gene'-'-
'- I can't guarantee the burn yet.
1:05:06
No, sir, no, sir, no, sir!
1:05:09
We get them on
a free'-return trajectory.
1:05:11
It's the option with the fewest
question marks for safety.
1:05:14
I agree with Jerry. We use the moon's
gravity to slingshot them around.
1:05:18
'- The LEM will not support three
guys for that amount of time.
'- It barely holds two.
1:05:21
We've got to do a direct abort. We do an
about'-face, bring the guys right home.
1:05:25
Get 'em back soon.
Absolutely.
1:05:27
We don't even know if
the Odyssey's engine's working.
1:05:29
If there's been serious damage
to this spacecraft'-'-
1:05:31
They blow up and they die!
1:05:33
'- That is not the argument!
We are talking about time!
'- Jesus! Come on!
1:05:35
I'm not gonna sugarcoat this for you!
1:05:38
Okay, hold it.
Let's hold it down.
1:05:41
Let's hold it down. The only engine
with enough power for a direct abort...
1:05:44
is the S.P.S.
on the service module.
1:05:46
From what Lovell has told us, it could
have been damaged in an explosion,
1:05:49
so let's consider
that engine dead.
1:05:50
We light that thing up,
could blow the whole works.
1:05:52
It's just too risky.
We're not gonna take that chance.
1:05:55
About the only thing the command
module is good for is reentry.
1:05:57
That leaves us with the LEM,
which means free'-return trajectory.
1:06:01
Once we get
the guys around the moon,
1:06:04
we'll fire up the LEM engine,
make a long burn,
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pick up some speed
and get 'em home as quick as we can.
1:06:08
Gene, I'm wondering what
the Grumman guys think about this.
1:06:12
We can't make any guarantees.
We designed the LEM to land on the moon,
1:06:16
not fire the engine out there
for course corrections.
1:06:19
Well, unfortunately, we're not
landing on the moon, are we?
1:06:23
I don't care what anything was designed
to do. I care about what it can do.
1:06:28
Let's get to work.
Let's lay it out, okay?
1:06:32
CAPCOM. Flight, he says
it will be ready in time.
1:06:35
After this burn, we've got to build
some time in the flight plan for sleep.
1:06:39
'- Run it by the F.A.O.
'- I've run it by the F.A.O.
1:06:42
Do we know how long
we're gonna fire that burn?
1:06:44
'- He specifically wanted
a quote from a flight director.
'- Who wanted a quote?
1:06:48
'- The President.
'- The President?
1:06:50
Nixon. He wants odds.
1:06:52
We are not losing the crew.
1:06:54
I gotta give him odds.
Five to one against?
1:06:57
'- Three to one?
'- I don't think they're that good.
1:06:59
We are not
losing those men!