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:29:14
Augmenting our restraint and...
:29:16
...communications console subsystem...
:29:18
...is your personal recording unit.
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Normal, infrared and ultraviolet lenses.
:29:24
Digital microchip good for
thousands of hours of recording.

:29:29
Okay, look, I understand...
:29:32
...the reason for recording
and documenting the mission.

:29:35
But I just want to go on record
one more time.

:29:38
The transmitted specs
never said anything about any chair...

:29:41
...or a restraining harness...
:29:43
...or survival gear.
:29:46
Why can't we just trust the original--
:29:48
Doctor, both the IMC Board
and the SI team reviewed the material...

:29:52
...and concluded
that the design impact is negligible.

:29:56
Bottom line is...
:29:58
...we're not putting anyone
aboard this Machine...

:30:00
...unless there is
some sort of minimal protection.

:30:03
End of story.
:30:11
We've given these to the astronauts
since the start of the space program.

:30:16
It's never been made public, of course.
:30:19
It's fast and it's painless.
:30:23
I'm going to travel 26 light years
to commit suicide?

:30:26
Something may go wrong.
:30:28
There may be
an unforeseen mechanical failure.

:30:32
You could be marooned, unable to return.
:30:36
There are 1,000 reasons we can think of
to have this...

:30:39
...but mostly it's for the reasons
we can't think of.


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