WEBVTT - Chapter 9 – Gimbal Lock

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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 Aldren. 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.

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<v Speaker 2>Chapter nine, Sir Bernard's the Russian crafts altitude is dropping rapidly.

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<v Speaker 3>Bass it here.

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<v Speaker 4>At those speeds, She's really coming down much too fast?

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<v Speaker 5>This is it?

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<v Speaker 6>What are you seeing, Sir Bernard?

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<v Speaker 4>The Russian craft's landing is imminent and at a velocity

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<v Speaker 4>which firmly calls into question whether a soft landing is

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<v Speaker 4>indeed in her flight plan.

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<v Speaker 6>Are we talking a hard landing or an impact?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, scarcely much difference between them two at this velocity.

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<v Speaker 5>Houston.

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<v Speaker 6>Time to impact and location.

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<v Speaker 4>Time is seconds. Location is unclear, as are the Russians intentions?

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<v Speaker 6>Impact imminent? Mike, have you gotten a visual on Eagle

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<v Speaker 6>negative capcom Tell them to be on the lookout.

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<v Speaker 7>On the lookout, just tell them tranquility, This is Houston,

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<v Speaker 7>be advised.

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<v Speaker 8>We RIGI Houston, go ahead.

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<v Speaker 5>We are receiving reports that the Russians.

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<v Speaker 7>Impact is in head over.

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<v Speaker 2>Any idea of their location over negative, Are you ordering

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<v Speaker 2>us to evacuate?

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<v Speaker 4>Over?

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<v Speaker 7>Tell them no, negative, Tranquility precede as planned. Just be aware. Over.

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<v Speaker 5>That's about as comforting as a mesh life boat.

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<v Speaker 4>In five seconds to.

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<v Speaker 6>The impact, putting you on speaker.

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<v Speaker 4>Five four three two one. The Russian craft is crashed.

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<v Speaker 7>Tranquility. This is used the Russian vessels crashed into the

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<v Speaker 7>lunar surface. Report your status.

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<v Speaker 8>Over repeating, Neil and Buzz, report your status. Tranquility Base,

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<v Speaker 8>report your status. Are you all right?

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<v Speaker 7>The Russians could have made a direct hit on Tranquility Base.

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<v Speaker 6>Tranquility, this is Mission Control. Please report your status. Jodrell Bank,

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<v Speaker 6>this is Houston. Do you have a location on the

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<v Speaker 6>crash of the Russian spacecraft? Has it impacted? Neil and

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<v Speaker 6>Buzz at Tranquility Base.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm afraid I have no more information than you.

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<v Speaker 2>Two, Gene. If the Russians purposely targeted Tranquility, it would

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<v Speaker 2>be an act of war.

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<v Speaker 6>Contact the White House, the Pentagon, and the CIA.

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<v Speaker 9>Mission Control reading us.

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<v Speaker 6>We read you, Tranquility.

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<v Speaker 5>What is your status unchanged?

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<v Speaker 7>Housdon, You're all right?

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<v Speaker 5>Affirmative? Did you have visual contact with the Russian craft.

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<v Speaker 3>Prior to the crash the negative Houston, no visual when

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<v Speaker 3>did they hit.

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<v Speaker 9>Ago?

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<v Speaker 10>I never did find out where the Russians crashed, and

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<v Speaker 10>if there were cosmonauts on board, well, we were cold

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<v Speaker 10>warriors and I considered them the enemy. Then today, if

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<v Speaker 10>their bodies are still up there, I think of them

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<v Speaker 10>as fellow explorers whose deaths could have been my own.

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<v Speaker 10>I'm Buzz Aldron, and this is the story you think

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<v Speaker 10>you know, but you don't.

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<v Speaker 9>Ignition frequence five six five four are now.

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<v Speaker 5>With the quality Babe here the angle one tall tramp

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<v Speaker 5>for man one bamplate.

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<v Speaker 10>You're listening to Buzz. This is the story of my

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<v Speaker 10>greatest achievement. Chapter nine. After flying a quarter of a

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<v Speaker 10>million miles, Neil and I spent less than three hours

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<v Speaker 10>as lunar tour wrists. We set up some scientific experiments

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<v Speaker 10>that seemed important at the time, and then we did

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<v Speaker 10>what was essential for all time, planting our flag. We

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<v Speaker 10>came in peace on behalf of mankind. But even now

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<v Speaker 10>my heart beats faster because it gave America the wind

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<v Speaker 10>we desperately needed. Then we went back into the lunar

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<v Speaker 10>module for what I assumed would be a routine trip home.

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<v Speaker 10>Routine doesn't begin to describe it.

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<v Speaker 7>Houston.

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<v Speaker 3>We're three minutes to lift off from lunar's surface. Can

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<v Speaker 3>you confirm our scent angles pitch one thirty four and

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<v Speaker 3>yaw minus thirty two over Roger budd.

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<v Speaker 5>A scent angles verified. Eagle activate breaker to engage a

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<v Speaker 5>scent engine. Repeat Eagle, confirm a sent engine engagement.

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<v Speaker 3>Negative engine engagement. What's the ascent engine activation switch is missing?

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<v Speaker 10>Without the activation switch, we couldn't engage the ascent engine,

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<v Speaker 10>and without the ascent engine, we couldn't leave the moon.

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<v Speaker 5>Explain missing.

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<v Speaker 3>Gone, Houston, as in not here. One of us must

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<v Speaker 3>have broken it off when we came back into the

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<v Speaker 3>lunar module.

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<v Speaker 5>Was in me.

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<v Speaker 7>I never made contact with the console.

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<v Speaker 10>Jesus. The lunar module was the epitome of a place

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<v Speaker 10>for everything and everything in its place. Trouble was, everything

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<v Speaker 10>didn't include spare parts and everything. We didn't need to

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<v Speaker 10>lift off the Moon. We'd already tossed out.

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<v Speaker 1>Of the hatch.

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<v Speaker 7>Houston.

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<v Speaker 3>Can you verify that the ascent engines breaker is open

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<v Speaker 3>or closed?

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<v Speaker 5>We're showing it open. Agleins are still armed. Can you

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<v Speaker 5>manufacture a replacement for the break or switch?

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<v Speaker 10>Apollo eleven's three hundred million dollar investment, and two humans

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<v Speaker 10>were in jeopardy because of a broken switch that cost

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<v Speaker 10>a buck and a half. Sir, that there was another

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<v Speaker 10>problem brewing.

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<v Speaker 2>You've got a fuel line blockage and the psis continue

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<v Speaker 2>in a client.

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<v Speaker 10>Our lunar module had become a bomb with the fuse

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<v Speaker 10>already lit.

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<v Speaker 6>Capcom put Tranquility on a confidential status.

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<v Speaker 7>Standby. Tranquility will be back to you shortly.

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<v Speaker 10>Mission control obviously believed that space travel, like marriage, stands

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<v Speaker 10>a better chance of success if information is dispersed on

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<v Speaker 10>a need to know basis.

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<v Speaker 6>What's the cause of the blockage?

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<v Speaker 2>Heres? We can tell it's ice at minus one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and twenty centigrade. The fuel is frozen in the lines.

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<v Speaker 6>How fast does the PSI rise?

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<v Speaker 2>Two per second? The fuel in the ox hanceil burst

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<v Speaker 2>at three eights all over, So you're saying three minutes,

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<v Speaker 2>that's all we've got.

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<v Speaker 5>Drank qu This is Houston. We have an indication that

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<v Speaker 5>we've frozen up the descent fuel helium heat exchanger. There's

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<v Speaker 5>fuel trapped in the line and the PSI.

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<v Speaker 7>Is increasing over Did he say frozen? That's what it

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<v Speaker 7>sounded like.

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<v Speaker 11>To me, Roger Houston, I understand standby while we coordinate.

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<v Speaker 10>Over, I had been feeling sorry for Mike Collins orbiting

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<v Speaker 10>the moon but never setting foot on it. But at

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<v Speaker 10>least he wasn't dealing with broken switches and clogged fuel lines.

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<v Speaker 10>He'd make it home.

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<v Speaker 6>Burpot, let's burp.

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<v Speaker 5>It repeat, please, Houston.

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<v Speaker 6>Burp the fuel lines to dislodge the blockage, like when

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<v Speaker 6>you burp to clear gas.

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<v Speaker 5>I like to jug a two dollars picture of lone

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<v Speaker 5>Star Elroy.

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<v Speaker 6>You'll have to purge the lines invent the valves simultaneously.

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<v Speaker 6>Over for Roger, can you tell us.

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<v Speaker 5>What sort of contingency we're looking at? If we can't clear.

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<v Speaker 7>The blockage, we can't give you vectors to align the

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<v Speaker 7>abort guidance system. Even if you could get off the

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<v Speaker 7>surface in time, you won't have a rendezvous trajectory for Columbia.

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<v Speaker 7>Your ox and fuel pressures are building up, and you

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<v Speaker 7>need to purge and vent now. There are no other options.

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<v Speaker 7>Roger that, Houston. I'll purge the lines.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll vent the valves.

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<v Speaker 10>With the fuel line pressure still rising and possibly only

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<v Speaker 10>minutes to live. Neil and I started the purge and

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<v Speaker 10>vent procedure.

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<v Speaker 7>Any change in psi Houston, Ox going now, Fuel going now, Tranquility, Houston.

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<v Speaker 7>The pressure is not going down on our end. It's

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<v Speaker 7>increasing rapidly. Over standing by for.

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<v Speaker 5>Go on ags alignment and emergency aboard over.

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<v Speaker 7>You don't have time. Buzz, please vent fuel and ox again.

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<v Speaker 7>It's building back up over Houston.

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<v Speaker 5>We showed thirty psi in the fuel and thirty in

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<v Speaker 5>the oxidizer.

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<v Speaker 9>EGO.

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<v Speaker 7>We're reading psi much higher than that.

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<v Speaker 10>The fuel line pressure was mounting. If we couldn't stop it,

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<v Speaker 10>we'd have to evacuate the lunar module. But that would

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<v Speaker 10>mean a slow death compared to one that was quick

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<v Speaker 10>and painless.

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<v Speaker 6>Eagles gauges are failing. The helium exchanger must be a

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<v Speaker 6>block of ice by now. They need to lean on

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<v Speaker 6>that vent switch as hard as they can.

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<v Speaker 7>Tranquility. The pressure we're looking at it critical. Take the

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<v Speaker 7>master vent switch and hold it open. Don't let it

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<v Speaker 7>go over.

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<v Speaker 5>We're holding it open.

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<v Speaker 2>Capcom pressure still rising. Tell Eagle to keep vent.

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<v Speaker 7>Eagle, you need to ride that vent switch.

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<v Speaker 5>I can't ride it any harder.

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<v Speaker 9>Flight.

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<v Speaker 2>It looks like looks like the precious holding.

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<v Speaker 6>Now there's a slight declined Eagle.

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<v Speaker 7>We're seeing a decline in fuel anox.

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<v Speaker 5>Pressure Roger that Houston pressure is twenty psi on the

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<v Speaker 5>fuel side and twenty two in the OX now down

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<v Speaker 5>to seventeen.

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<v Speaker 6>And twenty flight.

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<v Speaker 7>I think we're in business.

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<v Speaker 6>Tranquility. We are looking good. Fuel line obstruction seems to

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<v Speaker 6>be dislodging over.

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<v Speaker 7>Music to my ears, Houston, can I breathe now?

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<v Speaker 5>Not yet, bus, We still need an ascend engine switch.

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<v Speaker 3>The Oh, that's why you're in charge flight. You think

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<v Speaker 3>of everything.

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<v Speaker 10>The trouble with you, buzz. People told me since I

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<v Speaker 10>was a kid is that you always have to have

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<v Speaker 10>the last word, But the last word almost never is.

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<v Speaker 10>We think there'll always be another chance to say I'm

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<v Speaker 10>sorry forgive me goodbye. But if we didn't fix that

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<v Speaker 10>switch time and oxygen would run out, mission control would

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<v Speaker 10>patch us through to our families, and those words really

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<v Speaker 10>would be our last. Would I remember to thank Joan

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<v Speaker 10>for being a good wife even though I was a

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<v Speaker 10>lousy husband. I thought of the night they made the

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<v Speaker 10>crew selections for Paulo eleven, Joan came home late from

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<v Speaker 10>her theater group. I was in my den, knocking back

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<v Speaker 10>self pity on the rocks.

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<v Speaker 3>Joni, Hey, and I saved my first drink to have

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<v Speaker 3>with you. Oh not just now, honey, I'll freshen mind.

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<v Speaker 10>You can catch up.

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<v Speaker 12>I'm sorry, buzz for what I heard. They picked Neil

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<v Speaker 12>to be commander.

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<v Speaker 3>Rah, it's all over town already.

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<v Speaker 6>Huh.

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<v Speaker 12>Oh, this is Houston. That's the decision final, Buzz. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 12>is the decision final?

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<v Speaker 3>There, it is my doctoral thesis, Orbital rendezvous Procedures. Catchy title.

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<v Speaker 3>Huh someone come loud eh, got me my five beta

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<v Speaker 3>kappa key.

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<v Speaker 4>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>Gyroscopes use nested gimbals and a flywheel that allow a

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<v Speaker 3>craft to measure its orientation in three D space, the

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<v Speaker 3>gyroscope maintaining a fixed position because of its angular momentum.

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<v Speaker 12>They must know you're the best pilot.

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<v Speaker 3>They are, And you've got a three gimbal system, one

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<v Speaker 3>rotating around the X, Y and Z ax is. The

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<v Speaker 3>rings can line up and get stuck because of the

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<v Speaker 3>conservation of angular momentum. Gimbal lock disaster in the making,

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<v Speaker 3>because you lose direction in one of the axes and

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<v Speaker 3>have to rely on manual navigation.

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<v Speaker 12>Honey, honey, listen to me. Neil may be the commander.

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<v Speaker 12>But they're going to come to rely on you. What

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<v Speaker 12>for I don't know, but trust me they will. If

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<v Speaker 12>there's a crisis, you'll come through, maybe save your life.

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<v Speaker 12>Annals and Mikes. That's when they realize they've got the

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<v Speaker 12>right man on this mission.

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<v Speaker 6>Sure you won't have that drink.

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<v Speaker 7>Quar, Mike be advised. We have an update for you

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<v Speaker 7>on the location of the lunar module. We estimate Neil

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<v Speaker 7>and Buzz are about four miles down range. Coordinates are

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<v Speaker 7>plus zero point seven nine niner correction for latitude plus

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<v Speaker 7>one to one point seven to three zero longitude over Roger, that.

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<v Speaker 5>Top ex plenty to coordinates, but I still can't see them.

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<v Speaker 7>Roger, Columbia, confirm when you a visual.

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<v Speaker 6>Teagle. What's the status on the ascent engine switch.

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<v Speaker 3>We've gone through about ten replacements, Houston. Nothing that'll remain

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<v Speaker 3>in position to give me the necessary leverage. Hold on

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<v Speaker 3>a second, Houston. I'm using a pen, a felt tipped pen.

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<v Speaker 3>It might be the right size for it's in the console.

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<v Speaker 3>It's giving me the necessary resistance to stay in position.

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<v Speaker 3>It's fully engaged in the switch.

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<v Speaker 7>Houston.

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<v Speaker 9>We have one chance at this Buzz.

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<v Speaker 5>I know tranquility. For your information, the circuitry looks real

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<v Speaker 5>fine on that of sent engine arm circuit breaker. We

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<v Speaker 5>a go for lunar lift off.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm ready if you are.

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<v Speaker 7>Let's talk with Colombia and go home, Roger.

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<v Speaker 3>Roger Houston master alarm on nine eight seven six engine

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<v Speaker 3>arm ascent proceed. Eagle has left the lunar's surface. He

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<v Speaker 3>advised of the pitch over very smooth, very quiet ride, Roderick.

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<v Speaker 11>We've left behind a replica of our Apollo eleven patch

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<v Speaker 11>and the olive branch.

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<v Speaker 5>Roger, we copy.

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<v Speaker 3>Beautiful.

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<v Speaker 10>I can say, without fear of contradiction, that never before

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<v Speaker 10>in human history did two men owe their lives to

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<v Speaker 10>burket fuel lines in a felt tipped.

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<v Speaker 5>Pen used in Colombia. I'm gonna solid radar lock on

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<v Speaker 5>Eagle four hundred.

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<v Speaker 7>And eighty feet per second, attempting to require visual Roger, Columbia, Eagle,

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<v Speaker 7>can you see Columbia negative?

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<v Speaker 5>Houston. We can't see him yet, Eagle, Columbia.

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<v Speaker 9>I'm coming to activate.

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<v Speaker 5>A navigation leader. There's still no visual on Columbia.

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<v Speaker 10>There they are, I see them.

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<v Speaker 7>Visual contact with Eagle, Roger, Columbia Eagle, you are Gopher, docking.

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<v Speaker 10>That's when I knew we were going to make it.

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<v Speaker 10>After all, orbital rendezvous procedures were my specialty. I'd rehearsed

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<v Speaker 10>them to the point where they were as natural as

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<v Speaker 10>parking my court Vette until.

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<v Speaker 11>Columbia, Columbia, Houston, you're very weak, say again, Eagle, do

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<v Speaker 11>you read.

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<v Speaker 5>We've got a problem? Used in our range is off

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<v Speaker 5>by thirty six minutes. I'm showing a bit of out

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<v Speaker 5>a plain velocity on my cross pointers.

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<v Speaker 4>Mike, We've got a guidance system failure.

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<v Speaker 6>Roger, that Buzz gyroscopes are in.

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<v Speaker 3>Gimbal luck, Columbia and Eagle are drifting.

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<v Speaker 7>Apart, Kison, where are we on fuel?

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<v Speaker 5>Dangerously low?

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<v Speaker 2>Eagle.

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<v Speaker 5>If your darking procedure failed, you won't have enough fuel

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<v Speaker 5>for another try.

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<v Speaker 9>Buzz, You're gonna have to duck with Colombia without the

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<v Speaker 9>benefit of gyros. This will be a manual procedure, and

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<v Speaker 9>it's in your hands.

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<v Speaker 5>You can do it.

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<v Speaker 8>Pal.

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<v Speaker 10>We weren't pals and never would be, but lunar modules

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<v Speaker 10>make strange bedfellows. He could have called me, honey, and

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<v Speaker 10>with our lives on the line, I wasn't gonna rubble.

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<v Speaker 1>Buzz starring John Lithgow and Jeffrey Errand is created by

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<v Speaker 1>Stephen Kronisch and directed by John Scott Dryden. Chapter nine

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<v Speaker 1>is written by Stephen Kronish. Original music is by Sasha Putnam,

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<v Speaker 1>editing and sound design by Elouise Whitmore. The producer is

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<v Speaker 1>Emma Hearn. The executive producers are Jeremy Fox, John Scott Dryden,

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<v Speaker 1>Stephen Cronish, Howard Stringer and Jason English. Buzz is a

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