WEBVTT - Chapter 3 – Integrity & Illusions

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<v Speaker 1>Buzz an audio drama for iHeart Podcasts starring John Lithgow

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<v Speaker 1>and Jeffrey Errand as buzz Aldrin. This series is based

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<v Speaker 1>on real events. However, certain characters, names, incidents, locations, and

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<v Speaker 1>dialogue have been fictionalized for dramatic purposes. Chapter three, I've

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<v Speaker 1>been married four times.

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<v Speaker 2>The triumph of hope over experience. It's an old joke,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm an old man. If you're one ring where

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<v Speaker 2>that optimism comes from. When you're facing an immovable deadline

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<v Speaker 2>to get to the moon and the technology's undependable at best,

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<v Speaker 2>hope is all you have. Several of the projections.

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<v Speaker 3>If we lose pressure in the tunnels between the command

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<v Speaker 3>and lunar modules during redocking, we risk a catastrophic explosion.

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<v Speaker 3>We may need to get Rockwell's design team to reconceptualize

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<v Speaker 3>the entire ringlatch mechanism.

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<v Speaker 4>That all mean we'll still be doing calculations when the

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<v Speaker 4>Russians send up their next mission.

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Kraft, former director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, never

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<v Speaker 2>took his eyes off the prize.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, then, Chris, that's what we'll be doing. We'll go

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<v Speaker 5>when we're ready, And not a minute before I lost

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<v Speaker 5>one crew. I'm not about to have it happen again.

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<v Speaker 2>For flight director Gene Krantz, Apollo eleven was a mission

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<v Speaker 2>fueled by equal parts liquid nitrogen and guilt. More on

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<v Speaker 2>that later.

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<v Speaker 5>There are three men in this room whose lives depend

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<v Speaker 5>on the ring latch mechanism working to maximum efficiency.

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<v Speaker 6>Neil, I think we go even if it's a fifty

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<v Speaker 6>to fifty.

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<v Speaker 4>Chance, buzz, I'll risk it at twenty percent.

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<v Speaker 7>Would you get into a jet with those odds I have?

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<v Speaker 4>That's the business we're in, Mike.

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<v Speaker 7>The business we're in is doing the job and coming

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<v Speaker 7>back alive in that order of priority. Maybe for you,

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<v Speaker 7>but as far as I'm concerned, this isn't about swinging

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<v Speaker 7>decks or five beta kapakes. I'm a general son. He

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<v Speaker 7>taught me the difference between acceptable risk and suicide. So

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<v Speaker 7>if it comes down to a choice between a mission

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<v Speaker 7>that pushes risk beyond what's acceptable and seeing my kids

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<v Speaker 7>grow up, I'm staying on the ground.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember wondering what kind of pilot thinks like that.

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<v Speaker 2>It took seeing my own kids grow up for me

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<v Speaker 2>to realize what kind of father doesn't. And if failing

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<v Speaker 2>technology and dissension among the crew wasn't problematic enough. What

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<v Speaker 2>we feared most suddenly became a reality.

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<v Speaker 8>In France.

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<v Speaker 9>Let's check that out, sir. We intercepted a Soviet radio transmission.

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<v Speaker 9>We launched a zond and one on a lunar trajectory.

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<v Speaker 5>Jesus Christ, can you put it through?

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<v Speaker 9>Did you translate one hundred and eighty seconds and a

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<v Speaker 9>fight of the zond and one down range sixty five

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<v Speaker 9>kilometers alther tuode five zero sixteen.

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<v Speaker 3>Seventeen based on a free return trajectory, they'll reach lunar

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<v Speaker 3>orbit in seventy two.

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<v Speaker 4>Hours and we won't have launched, and there goes your

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<v Speaker 4>place in history.

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<v Speaker 6>Jesus, buzz. If that's what you think this is about.

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<v Speaker 5>Knock it off, all of you, Dmitri.

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<v Speaker 9>We're only hearing Russian ground control no voices from inside

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<v Speaker 9>the spacecraft. Pro We know the zond could be unmapped.

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<v Speaker 7>No, there's a crew on board three possibly four.

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<v Speaker 4>CIA says they're flying with a live escape tarer.

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<v Speaker 9>The Russians haven't done a successful Earth orbit.

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<v Speaker 5>They don't give a damn about testing.

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<v Speaker 2>It's about landing men on the Moon before we do.

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<v Speaker 8>What do I tell the press?

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<v Speaker 2>Nothing?

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<v Speaker 3>I have to give him some kind of information.

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<v Speaker 5>Damn it, Brian, I'm talking a complete muse blackout.

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<v Speaker 7>Okay.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't want our people to think that Russians have

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<v Speaker 5>beaten us unless there's absolute proof that that's the case.

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<v Speaker 3>Undt.

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<v Speaker 5>Meanwhile, we proceed back to work. At least the question

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<v Speaker 5>of replacing Buzz becomes moot.

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<v Speaker 9>Is it?

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<v Speaker 5>Facts are facts, Chris. If the Russians get there first,

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<v Speaker 5>they get there.

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<v Speaker 2>There was a picture on the wall in Gene Krantz's

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<v Speaker 2>office Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffey, the crew of.

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<v Speaker 10>Apollo one bishop control off.

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<v Speaker 2>They died in a flash fire on the launch path.

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<v Speaker 2>Jeane was flight director. I never saw Jeane cry until

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<v Speaker 2>that day, and I hadn't seen it since.

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<v Speaker 5>All we can do is make sure Apollo eleven's the

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<v Speaker 5>best and safest mission it can be. Doctor Ludwig raised

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<v Speaker 5>doubts about Buzz's ability to work with Neil and Mike,

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<v Speaker 5>and the disaster of his life is likely to be

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<v Speaker 5>after the.

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<v Speaker 4>Mission to work together, because they're professionals, His life afterward.

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<v Speaker 7>Is none of our concern.

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<v Speaker 11>If this was a system's defect, we'd replace it. I

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<v Speaker 11>still have nightmares about gus Ed and Roger. I can

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<v Speaker 11>still hear them screaming, Apollo. I was an accident we

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<v Speaker 11>couldn't prevent.

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<v Speaker 2>Meanwhile, I was having nightmares of my own, nightmares I

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't shake. If Ludwig had known about them, she wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>have had me ground it, she'd have had me committed.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Buzz Aldrin, and this is the story you think

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<v Speaker 2>you know, but you don't.

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<v Speaker 10>Infrequent five five four, perfect quality Beavior, the angle l

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<v Speaker 10>one arapermand part.

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<v Speaker 2>You're listening to, Buzz. This is the story of my

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<v Speaker 2>greatest achievement. Chapter three.

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<v Speaker 9>Uh, the Soviets Sunden one is downrange forty eight hundred.

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<v Speaker 2>The Soviets were on their way to the Moon, leaving

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<v Speaker 2>us in their backwash, or so we.

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<v Speaker 9>Thought altitude approaching one hundred and thirty a mile.

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<v Speaker 2>Their launch surprised us. Oh what happened, But not as

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<v Speaker 2>much as their radio transmission going silent less than twenty

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<v Speaker 2>minutes into its flight.

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<v Speaker 9>They may have changed frequency.

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<v Speaker 5>Could be a satellite malfunction.

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<v Speaker 6>No, sir, it's not.

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<v Speaker 3>The satellite canyon's still transmitting.

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<v Speaker 6>What about the relay stations in Guam and Perth, both active.

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<v Speaker 3>So's Jodrell Bank in the UK and Punta de l

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<v Speaker 3>Este in Uruguay.

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<v Speaker 2>Did we trust the Russians? In a word, niet.

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<v Speaker 5>They could have cut the transmission themselves, so we're in

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<v Speaker 5>the dark until they plant their flag.

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<v Speaker 6>Or kept their flight path undetected while they track hours

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<v Speaker 6>so they could destroy Apollo eleven as it approaches the

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<v Speaker 6>moon or after it lands.

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<v Speaker 4>I'll call Barkley at cia in teed O'Rourke at the Pentagon.

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<v Speaker 5>Dieck set up a whiteboard track the Russians progress based

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<v Speaker 5>on presumed speed and trajectory.

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<v Speaker 6>Gotcha, what do you say?

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<v Speaker 8>Both?

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<v Speaker 3>Another beer?

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<v Speaker 12>Why not?

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<v Speaker 4>The night is young?

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<v Speaker 3>Anything for an American hero much obliged path.

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<v Speaker 2>The night was geriatric. By the time I got home,

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<v Speaker 2>Joan was asleep on the couch, an empty bottle on

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<v Speaker 2>the floor. When I first met her, she didn't touch

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<v Speaker 2>the stuff. I chalked it up to a theatrical career

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<v Speaker 2>that never took off. I mean, it couldn't have been

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<v Speaker 2>my fault, not in a million years. At the same time,

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<v Speaker 2>across town, Rachel Ludwig was digging up more dirt on me.

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<v Speaker 12>Aldrin Junior Edwin Eugene MMP evaluation administered by doctor Paul McCone,

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<v Speaker 12>January twenty eighth, nineteen sixty three.

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<v Speaker 9>Okay, in your family history, Colonel, other indications of mental illness, depression,

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<v Speaker 9>drug or alcohol abuse.

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<v Speaker 4>Categorically no, My parents are as solid as a rock.

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<v Speaker 11>Your grandparents same.

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<v Speaker 6>On both sides.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, good?

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<v Speaker 9>Did you know your grandparents?

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<v Speaker 4>My mother's father died before I was born.

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<v Speaker 2>What was the cause of his death?

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<v Speaker 4>Natural? As far as I know.

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<v Speaker 2>I knew further, but I wasn't about to let the

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<v Speaker 2>end of his life be the ruination of mine.

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<v Speaker 11>Shipped off from Charleston, South Carolina.

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<v Speaker 12>Yea, Rachel Ludwig Slayton.

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<v Speaker 8>What can I do for you?

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<v Speaker 11>Dike?

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<v Speaker 6>You can go to the window and open the drapes

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<v Speaker 6>and look out to the parking lot.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, I see you in the phone.

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<v Speaker 6>Booth the l Paradise Motel. The R and the S

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<v Speaker 6>are burned out. Is this the best accommodation NASCA come

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<v Speaker 6>up with?

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<v Speaker 8>I like the anonymity.

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<v Speaker 6>I thought we'd have heard from you after you saw.

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<v Speaker 8>A Buzz It didn't go well.

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<v Speaker 6>I've got a final simulation today, docking procedure. Buzz wrote

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<v Speaker 6>the book on it. That's what put him on the

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<v Speaker 6>crew in the first place.

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<v Speaker 12>I'm not changing my recommendation. You and mister Krans can

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<v Speaker 12>pressure me all you want, but Colonel Aldren should not

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<v Speaker 12>be a part of Apollo eleven, no matter what happens

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<v Speaker 12>in the simulation.

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<v Speaker 6>I agree, So does Gene Krantz more or less.

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<v Speaker 12>Really, but Craft doesn't. Is that because he loves Oldren

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<v Speaker 12>or he hates me?

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<v Speaker 6>Yes? And because he sees everything he's ever worked for

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<v Speaker 6>slipping away. It's killing him?

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<v Speaker 12>Rachel, How do I get him to see that replacing

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<v Speaker 12>Colonel Aldren is the best thing for the mission and

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<v Speaker 12>for the colonel himself.

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<v Speaker 6>It'll take more than seven year old memos and evaluations.

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<v Speaker 6>It would take something current and irrefutable.

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<v Speaker 2>Back at the Aldron house, Joan and I were getting dressed.

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<v Speaker 2>It was feeding time, not for Popo the chimp, but

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<v Speaker 2>for the vultures from the press.

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<v Speaker 8>Mm hmm, how's your head centered on my shoulders? Why?

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<v Speaker 1>Uh?

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<v Speaker 4>You knocked back the best part of a bottle last

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<v Speaker 4>night while.

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<v Speaker 8>You wererapping the All American boy?

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<v Speaker 4>I think you just ought to slow down.

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<v Speaker 8>Popo doesn't mind.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you ready?

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<v Speaker 8>Let's do this hurdle question?

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<v Speaker 5>Are you?

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<v Speaker 6>Are you holding up?

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<v Speaker 9>Okay?

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<v Speaker 1>I think all the wives are happy through old and

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<v Speaker 1>so proud.

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<v Speaker 4>Believe me, they're a lot stronger than we are without

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<v Speaker 4>them holding down the four.

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<v Speaker 3>In dramatic arts from Rutgers. Did you have aspirations of

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<v Speaker 3>a career on Broadway or in Hollywood?

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<v Speaker 8>My role here is well more fulfilling than anything.

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<v Speaker 4>I'd like to amplify my response on orbital docking procedures.

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<v Speaker 4>It was the subject.

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<v Speaker 2>Of my doctorate.

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<v Speaker 4>The increase in velocity of the chaser craft carries it

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<v Speaker 4>to a higher orbit than the target. Docking occurs at

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<v Speaker 4>a rate of point one feet per second to point two.

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<v Speaker 5>Thank you, Colonel Aldron.

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<v Speaker 6>Thanks fellas, question later fell.

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<v Speaker 8>No more questions.

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<v Speaker 4>Thank you, see you, honey.

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<v Speaker 6>Don't you ever cut me off?

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<v Speaker 2>You understand me?

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<v Speaker 7>Ever, I swear to God.

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<v Speaker 6>Duff you were losing them.

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<v Speaker 4>No one gives a goddamn about Joan's theatrical career.

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<v Speaker 6>As a matter of fact, they do. I'll never understand

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<v Speaker 6>orbital rendezvous, but they.

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<v Speaker 8>Want to connect with you as if you're a typical

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<v Speaker 8>American family. That's what we're selling.

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<v Speaker 4>Maybe that's what it's about for you. But I'm an

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<v Speaker 4>engineer and a pilot, not a salesman.

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<v Speaker 2>Duff was always spouting off about us being a typical

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<v Speaker 2>American family. But we weren't, so why should we Why

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<v Speaker 2>should I have to pretend we were. We weren't just

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<v Speaker 2>a husband and wife. We were a team. Joan supported me,

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<v Speaker 2>and I let her to me. It was about integrity.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought I had it, and NASA didn't. Another on

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<v Speaker 2>my list of attributes. I was pretentious as hell. Little

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<v Speaker 2>did I know my bigger problem had been watching us

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<v Speaker 2>from down the block, waiting for me to leave.

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<v Speaker 12>Yes, missus Aldrin, I'm Rachel Ludwig, flight surgeon for Apollo eleven.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, I know who you are. Come in, Thank you,

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<v Speaker 8>thanks right through here.

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<v Speaker 10>Thanks?

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<v Speaker 12>Oh well, having a chimp for a pet.

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<v Speaker 8>It's it's that's most people's reaction. Buzz bought, I'm back

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<v Speaker 8>from Panama last year for Christmas. Isn't the right popo?

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<v Speaker 8>And now you're part of the family.

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<v Speaker 12>From what I've seen you do well with the press.

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<v Speaker 12>I was a theater major, happy, thrilled, proud, it's an act.

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<v Speaker 12>Saying it for the thousand time and making it sound

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<v Speaker 12>like it's the first that's an act.

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<v Speaker 8>Have a seat.

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<v Speaker 12>I would have thought Colonel Aldren would have told you

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<v Speaker 12>not to see me in light of my recommendation that

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<v Speaker 12>he'd be replaced as a member of the crew.

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<v Speaker 8>My husband is one of the strongest men I've ever met.

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<v Speaker 12>You know, I'm also a psychiatrist.

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<v Speaker 8>And the strongest physically and emotionally.

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<v Speaker 5>Well.

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<v Speaker 12>Questions have been raised as to whether he's capable of

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<v Speaker 12>being lunar module pilot and if he can maintain an

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<v Speaker 12>emotionally stable life.

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<v Speaker 8>After the mission.

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<v Speaker 12>Questions raised by you based on existing data.

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<v Speaker 8>You know him better than anyone. Are there any insights

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<v Speaker 8>that you could get. He's confident, competent.

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<v Speaker 12>His family history indicates a strong predisposition to depression, alcohol abuse,

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<v Speaker 12>and suicide.

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<v Speaker 8>Every family has a history.

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<v Speaker 12>Missus Aldren, I know you want what's best for your

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<v Speaker 12>husband and your family, and.

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<v Speaker 8>What's best for him is to go to the moon.

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<v Speaker 8>How can you question that?

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<v Speaker 12>If confidence and competence were.

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<v Speaker 8>All there, that is all that matters. There are two

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<v Speaker 8>buzz aldrons.

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<v Speaker 12>One of them has all the qualities you've mentioned, but

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<v Speaker 12>the other is critically damaged.

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<v Speaker 8>I think you know that. I think you should go.

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<v Speaker 12>Not flying would hurt the astronaut, but it might just

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<v Speaker 12>save the man.

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<v Speaker 8>You're out to destroy him. And I Won't help You

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<v Speaker 8>Get out of My House.

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<v Speaker 13>Out Buzz, starring John Lithgow and Jeffrey Errand, is created

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<v Speaker 13>by Stephen Cronish and directed by John Scott Dryden.

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<v Speaker 8>Chapter three is written by Stephen.

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<v Speaker 1>Kronish and Matt Graham. Original music is by Sasha Putnam.

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<v Speaker 1>Sound designed by Elouise Whitmore. The producer is Emma Hearn.

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<v Speaker 1>The executive producers are Jeremy Fox, John Scott Dryden, Stephen Cronish,

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<v Speaker 1>Howard Stringer and Jason English. Buzz is a production of

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<v Speaker 1>Thoroughbred Studios, gold Hawk Productions and iHeart Podcasts.