:15:00
Yes, it does, actually.
:15:03
Your design predates
all existing guidance systems.
:15:07
It was ahead of its time in '69
but this technology's obsolete now.
:15:12
None of the current engineers
even speak the language...
:15:15
...and the older guys are all...
:15:18
- ...are...
- Yeah.
:15:20
It wasn't designed for this
duration of duty, that's what.
:15:25
It was designed for the Skylab.
:15:27
My advice is to capture it
and bring it home.
:15:30
It's too big.
:15:32
For the space shuttle?
What kind of bird is it?
:15:35
It's a Russian
communications satellite.
:15:40
What the hell's my guidance system
doing on a Russian satellite?
:15:44
That's not our primary concern
at this time.
:15:48
Where's it orbiting? Or is that
not your primary concern either?
:15:53
1,000 miles.
:15:56
Rate of decay?
:15:57
8,000 meters per day and accelerating.
:16:03
It's coming home,
five weeks at the most, I got.
:16:07
NASA's calculations agree.
But here we are.
:16:10
Doctor, you designed this system.
:16:14
If anyone can solve this problem,
it's you.
:16:22
For a minute there, I thought
you two might be Bob Gerson's lackeys.
:16:27
But your knowledge...
:16:29
...and your knowledge of history
seems to make that impossible.
:16:34
Gerson's been taking credit
for my work since '58...
:16:37
...when he replaced my ass
with a monkey.
:16:45
You don't work for Gerson, do you?
:16:47
He's a project manager at NASA. He's
one of many assigned to this problem.
:16:55
I think it's time for you two
to head on out of here.
:16:58
- Dr.Corvin, your country needs you.
- Put a sock in it, sonny.