Apollo 13

(33 votes)   [last lines]
Jim Lovell: [narrating] The mission of Apollo 13 was called The Successful failiure. That means, we've made it back safely, but never made it to the moon. However, we have found out, that it was a faulty coil in the oxygen tanks which caused the explosion and crippled the odyssey. It was a minor defect, but it occured before I was called the ship's captain. Fred Haise never stopped going to space, he signed on to a mission on thr Apollo 18. But, that mission was cancelled cue to budget cuts, he never flew in space again. Neither did Jack Swigert. He left the space program and was elected to congress for the state of Colorado. But, he died of cancer before he was able to take office. Ken Mattingly took command for mission control for the Apollo 17 and flew the Space Shuttle, and he’s never gotten the measles. The other workers left to do other things, but some are still there. As for me, my 7 days on Apollo 13 were my last in space. I watched people made it to Moon and back safely. Sometimes, I catch myself looking up to the Moon and I wonder, when are we going back, and when will that be?


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(120 votes)   Controller #1: Is it A.M. or P.M.?
Controller #2: A.M. Very, very A.M.


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(119 votes)   Henry Hurt: I, uh, I have a request from the news people.
Marilyn Lovell: Uh-huh?
Henry Hurt: They're out front here. They want to put a transmitter up on the lawn.
Marilyn Lovell: Transmitter?
Henry Hurt: Kind of a tower, for live broadcast.
Marilyn Lovell: I thought they didn't care about this mission. They didn't even run Jim's show.
Henry Hurt: Well, it's more dramatic now. Suddenly people are...
Marilyn Lovell: Landing on the moon wasn't dramatic enough for them - why should NOT landing on it be?
Henry Hurt: Look, I, um, I realize how hard this is, Marilyn, but the whole world is caught up in this, it's historic-...
Marilyn Lovell: No, Henry! Those people don't put one piece of equipment on my lawn. If they have a problem with that, they can take it up with my husband. He'll be HOME... on FRIDAY!


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(117 votes)   Congressman: Now Jim, people in my state keep asking why we're continuing to fund this program now that we've beaten the Russians to the Moon.
Jim Lovell: Imagine if Christopher Columbus had come back from the New World and no one returned in his footsteps.


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(112 votes)   Blanche Lovell: Are you scared?
Susan Lovell: [nods]
Blanche Lovell: Don't you worry. If they could get a washing machine to fly, my Jimmy could land it.


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(111 votes)   Deke Slayton: Jim, we've got a problem. I got some blood work back from the lab. Charley Duke has the measles.
Jim Lovell: [Unconcerned] So we need a new back-up.
Deke Slayton: You've all been exposed to it.
Jim Lovell: Oh, I've had the measles.
Deke Slayton: Ken Mattingly hasn't.


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(110 votes)   Jack Swigert: I've been going over the numbers again. Have they called up with a re-entry plan yet? 'Cause we're coming in too shallow, we're coming in too damn fast.
Jim Lovell: We're working on something, Jack, just hold on.
Jack Swigert: Listen, listen, they gave us too much delta vee, they had us burn too long. At this rate, we're going to skip right out of the atmosphere and we're never going to get home.
Fred Haise, Sr.: What are you talking about? How'd you figure that?
Jack Swigert: I can add.
Jim Lovell: Jack, they've got half the Ph.D.'s on the planet working on it.
Fred Haise, Sr.: Houston says we're right on the money.
Jack Swigert: And what if they had made a mistake, all right? And there was no way to reverse it, you think they would tell us? There's no reason for them to tell us!
Fred Haise, Sr.: What do you mean they're not going to tell us? That's bull****!
Jim Lovell: All right, there's a thousand things that have to happen in order. We are on number eight. You're talking about number six hundred and ninety-two.
Jack Swigert: And in the meantime, I'm trying to tell you we're coming in too fast. I think they know it, and I think that's why we don't have a God-damned reentry plan.
Jim Lovell: That's duly noted, thank you Jack.


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(110 votes)   Jack Swigert: [about to turn power back on in the capsule] Ken, there's an awful lot of condensation on these panels. What's the story of them shorting out?
Ken Mattingly: Umm... We'll just have to take that one at a time, Jack.
Jack Swigert: [to himself] Like trying to drive a toaster through a car wash.


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(109 votes)   FIDO Gold: Looks like Mrs. Kranz pulled out the ol' needle and thread again...
Technician: [Gene puts on a flight vest with an Apollo 13 patch on it, everyone begins applauding] Hey Gene, I guess we can go now!
Gene Kranz: Save it for splashdown fellas...


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(106 votes)   Jim Lovell: Gentlemen, what are your intentions?
[Jack Swigert and Fred Haise turn around and stare at Lovell]
Jim Lovell: I'd like to go home.


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(103 votes)   Jim Lovell: We just lost the moon.


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(102 votes)   Fred Haise: It hurts when I urinate.
Jim Lovell: Well, you're not getting enough water.
Fred Haise: No, I'm drinkin' my rations, same as you... I think old Swigert gave me the clap. Been pissin' in my relief tube.
Jim Lovell: Well, that'd be a hot one at the debriefing for the flight surgeons... Another first for America's spacemen.


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(100 votes)   Jim Lovell: [after the center engine cuts out shortly after takeoff] Looks like we've had our glitch for this mission.


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(89 votes)   [US income tax returns are due in 2 days, but Swigert is 200,000 miles away]
Jack Swigert: Uh, well, if anyone from the, uh, from the IRS is watching, I... forgot to file my, my, my 1040 return. Um, I meant to do it today, but, uh...
Sy Liebergot: [back at Mission Control] That's no joke. They'll jump on him!


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(75 votes)   [watching the Apollo 11 landing on TV]
Pete Conrad: Jim, you think it's too late for him to abort?
Jim Lovell: No, he still has time to get outta there, he just needs someone to wave him off.


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