:04:06
Tell me.
:04:08
They will build it.
:04:09
Who goes?
:04:10
The President's gone international
to spread the risk and cost--
:04:14
Who goes?
:04:15
Well, it's complicated.
:04:18
They have formed
a group of international candidates.
:04:22
Now, it's your discovery.
:04:24
They understand that.
You're at the top of a very short list.
:04:28
But they're also forming
a selection committee.
:04:31
It's made of scholars, theologians,
scientists, philosophers--
:04:35
You're on it.
:04:37
I've been asked, yes.
:04:41
I guess that means...
:04:43
...that you're a selector,
I'm a selectee and we can't....
:04:46
Yeah.
:04:47
What you don't understand, Ellie, is--
:04:50
I understand.
:04:53
I want you to know, whatever happens,
as far as I'm concerned....
:05:00
Good luck.
:05:05
Whatever you do, make sure
he doesn't monopolize the committee.
:05:09
He is not on the committee, Ellie.
:05:15
He just resigned.
He wants to be the one to go.
:05:20
The President is already feeling
the financial pinch.
:05:23
Sources say the cost of the project
is spiralling...
:05:26
...to more than a third
of a trillion dollars...
:05:29
...making this perhaps
the most expensive single project...
:05:32
...in all of human history.
:05:34
Months of debate finally reached...
:05:37
...a conclusion last week as 10
candidates were selected by the I.M.C....
:05:41
...representing a cross section
of political and religious views.
:05:45
Many are the same experts
who have consulted...
:05:48
...on the Machine's design and function.
:05:50
They will actively participate on-site,
during the construction process.
:05:55
The choice of these 10 candidates
has been controversial.
:05:58
One-third of the candidates
are American.