:26:02
Go ahead.
:26:05
- I no longer have the right crew.
- What do you mean ?
:26:09
- Bjornstrom can be up here
on the next shuttle.
- Bjornstrom is a geologist.
:26:13
He's good, but not for this. My people
just lost eight months of training.
:26:16
This is a different mission
with a different objective.
:26:18
- I haven't approved the mission yet.
- Yes, but whenyou do,
:26:21
it ought to be given
its best chance for success.
:26:26
I want McConnell
to fly right seat.
:26:29
Oh.
:26:33
Jim McConnell is no longer
on mission status.
:26:36
- Yeah, because you washed him out.
- He washed himselfout.
:26:40
He only had to pass
a few more psych evaluations,
:26:43
but... he refused
to take them.
:26:47
His wife was dead.
He didn't want to lay on the couch
and share it with strangers.
:26:51
That was his call,
butlhad tomake one too!
:26:54
It was tough as hell,
but I'd do it again !
:26:57
For Christ's sake, Ray.
She wasted away in front of his eyes.
:27:00
What was he supposed to do,
suck it up ? Get with the program ?
:27:03
What was his crime ?
That he showed a little emotion ?
:27:05
I couldn't trust him !
:27:09
When Maggie died,
it knocked the hell out ofhim.
:27:12
It knocked the hell
out of all ofus.
:27:14
Butyou know and I know
he's still the best we've got.
:27:17
He and Maggie
wrote the book on Mars.
:27:19
He's had more hours in the sims
than the rest ofus put together.
:27:22
We can do this. You give me McConnell
as copilot, and we will bring Luke home.
:27:27
It's a promise.