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Talk about the wrong stuff.
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Good morning. I'm Colonel Willie Sharp.
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In addition to flying
one of the X-71 teams to that rock,
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my job is to train you to deal
with the mental and physical
rigors of working in space...
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so you don't freak out on the asteroid.
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United States astronauts
train for years.
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You have 12 days.
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Do we have any intelligent
questions before we get started?
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What's an X-71?
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You're the first civilians
to ever see her.
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We call 'em the X-71s.
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It's a top secret joint venture
with the Air Force.
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She and her sister ship in Vandenberg
are leaving for launch prep in Florida.
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Thought you oughta take a look.
The two shuttles going up are
the Freedom and lndependence.
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Her titanium alloy impenetrable
skin covers the toughest, meanest,
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most sophisticated space vehicle
man has ever made.
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Okay, Air Force Colonel Davis,
NASA pilot Tucker...
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will command the shuttle lndependence.
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Air Force Colonel Sharp,
NASA pilot Watts, shuttle Freedom.
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Munitions specialist Gruber and Halsey
will supervise the nuclear ordinance.
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Anyway, I just thought--
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thought you guys should meet.
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Gentlemen, welcome to our weightless
environmental training facility.
:38:30
So we're going swimming on
this asteroid. Is that what this is for?
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Here at downtown NASA, we call
this monster "Armadillo."
:38:36
Going to be retrofitted
with your drilling arm.
:38:38
She'll turn 800 turbo horses
in near-zero gravity.
:38:40
Mind if we take a look at her now?
:38:41
All these rubber hoses
gotta go, Max. Count 'em up.
:38:45
Make sure it's short-throw shifters.
:38:47
Quincy!
Somebody tell me what this is.
:38:51
Plastic ice cream scoop?
What'd that cost? About $400.
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This is about the sorriest group
of people I've seen in all
my entire military career.
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Your space flight's gonna be
a brutal assault on your senses.