Apollo 13 Page #4

astronauts in the fire. All of 'em.

Could that happen again?

Well, I'll tell ya

somethin' about that fire.

Um, a lot of things went wrong.

The, uh... The door.

It's called the hatch. They couldn't

get it open when they needed to get out.

That was one thing. And, uh...

Well, a lot of things

went wrong in that fire.

Did they fix it?

Oh, yes. Absolutely.

We fixed it.

It's not a problem anymore.

I can't believe they still

have you doing public appearances.

Well, Henry Hurt was... all over me.

I know. But with a training

schedule this tight...

Well, it's... It's the program, Marilyn.

You know, it's NASA.

Hey! Hey, you're

Jim Lovell, aren't ya?

Hey! Lucky 13!

Right on!

That's the second time

it's done that.

I was looking at the kids'

school schedule coming up.

Yeah?

- It's a very busy week.

- Yeah.

I'm thinking about

not going to the launch.

Huh.

The kids need me at home, honey.

Marilyn, we've had

these kids for awhile now.

They've never kept you from

comin' to the other launches.

But now we have your mother.

She's just had this stroke.

Mom's fine.

It's not like I've

never been to a launch.

The other wives

have not done three.

I just don't think

I can go through all that.

I'll just be glad

when this one's over.

Well, you're gonna miss

a hell of a show.

- Jim.

- Hey, guys. See ya in a few weeks.

Take care.

Bring us back a moon rock.

So the number 13

doesn't bother you.

Only if it's a Friday, Phil.

Apollo 13, lifting off

at 1300 hours and 13 minutes...

and entering the moon's

gravity on April 13?

Uh, Ken Mattingly here has been

doing some scientific experiments...

regarding that very phenomenon,

haven't you?

Uh, yes. Well, I had a black cat,

uh, walk over a broken mirror...

under the lunar module ladder.

It didn't seem to be a problem.

We're considering a letter

we got from a fella...

who said we oughta take

a pig with us for good luck.

Does it bother you that the public

regards this flight as routine?

There's nothing routine about flying

to the moon. I can vouch for that.

And, uh, I think that

an astronaut's last mission...

his final flight... that's always

going to be very special.

Why is this your last, Jim?

I'm in command

of the best ship...

with the best crew

that anybody could ask for...

and I'll be walking in a place

where there's 400 degrees difference...

between sunlight and shadow.

I can't imagine, uh,

ever topping that.

We have that scheduled

for 0900 hours tomorrow.

- That's not gonna work, Walter.

- Why?

Freddo and I are gonna be goin' over the

lunar surface experiments tomorrow...

and Ken's gonna be

back in the simulator.

We're gonna be goin' over

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