: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.
:06:01
And many
international observers ask why.
:06:04
The U.S. is shouldering
a large part of the cost--
:06:07
Isn't it true that contractors,
like Hadden Industries...
:06:10
...are making contributions
in exchange for technology rights?
:06:13
Different nations are being compensated
in different ways.
:06:17
Japan made headlines by opting
to forego candidate representation...
:06:21
...in exchange for the
systems integration subcontract.
:06:24
On what basis do you choose...
:06:26
...a human being to represent humanity?
:06:29
Good question, Larry.
:06:30
If nothing else...
:06:33
...it should be somebody fluent in
the language the message was given in.
:06:37
Science, in this case.
:06:38
Despite your obvious enthusiasm...
:06:41
...there's been a lot of criticism...
:06:43
...that this endeavor
is simply too dangerous.
:06:46
Some of that criticism from scientists.
:06:48
One Nobel Prize winner noted, his words:
:06:52
"There is every indication...
:06:54
...that this is beyond our capabilities,
that this endeavor will fail...
:06:58
...and that the Machine's occupant
will pay for it with his life."