:14:01
But the circuitry still works.
It's sending us data.
:14:05
You're losing your uplink.
:14:09
There has to be a problem
in the manual routing drive.
:14:12
I don't think so.
:14:14
That's the consensus
among the engineers.
:14:16
Same engineers that sent you two here?
:14:22
Sorry, does that bother you?
:14:24
Yes, it does, actually.
:14:27
Your design predates
all existing guidance systems.
:14:30
It was ahead of its time in '69
but this technology's obsolete now.
:14:35
None of the current engineers
even speak the language...
:14:38
...and the older guys are all...
:14:41
...are...
- Yeah.
:14:43
It wasn't designed for this
duration of duty, that's what.
:14:47
It was designed for the Skylab.
:14:49
My advice is to capture it
and bring it home.
:14:51
It's too big.
:14:54
For the space shuttle?
What kind of bird is it?
:14:57
It's a Russian
communications satellite.
:15:02
What the hell's my guidance system
doing on a Russian satellite?
:15:05
That's not our primary concern
at this time.
:15:09
Where's it orbiting? Or is that
not your primary concern either?
:15:14
1000 miles.
:15:17
Rate of decay?
:15:18
8000 meters per day and accelerating.
:15:24
It's coming home, all right.
Five weeks at the most, I got.
:15:27
NASA's calculations agree.
But here we are.
:15:31
Doctor, you designed this system.
:15:34
If anyone can solve this problem,
it's you.
:15:42
For a minute there, I thought
you two might be Bob Gerson's lackeys.
:15:47
But your knowledge...
:15:48
...and your knowledge of history
seems to make that impossible.
:15:53
Gerson's been taking credit
for my work since '58...
:15:56
...when he replaced my ass
with a monkey.