Capricorn One Page #5

DELIVERED A LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM

CHEAP ENOUGH SO THEY COULD MAKE

A PROFIT ON THE DEAL.

WORKS OUT FINE FOR EVERYBODY.

CON-AMALGAMATE MAKES MONEY,

WE HAVE OUR LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM,

EVERYTHING IS PEACHY!

EXCEPT THEY MADE A LITTLE BI TOO MUCH PROFIT.

WE FOUND OUT TWO MONTHS AGO,

IT WON'T WORK.

YOU GUYS WOULD ALL BE DEAD IN THREE

WEEKS. IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT.

SO ALL I HAVE TO DO IS REPORT THA AND SCRUB THE MISSION.

CONGRESS HAS ITS EXCUSE,

THE PRESIDENT STILL HAS HIS DESK

AND WE HAVE NO MORE PROGRAM.

WHAT'S SIXTEEN YEARS?

AN ACTUAL DROP IN THE BUCKET!

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S THE END OF THE SPEECH.

NOW, WE'RE GETTING

TO WHAT THEY CALL

THE MOMENT OF THE TRUTH.

COME WITH ME,

I WANNA SHOW YOU SOMETHING.

ROGER, HOUSTON. TMI BURN TIME

WILL BE 5 MINS. 45 SECS.

ROGER, CAPRICORN.

DELTA VAPOR BURN TIME 3.3 SECS.

THERE'S A DOOR HERE. I'M GONNA OPEN I AND WALK INTO ANOTHER AREA.

IF YOU FOLLOW ME, YOU'LL SEE A BIT MORE.

I'LL ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS AND...

AND WE'RE GOING TO...

WHY DON'T YOU JUST FOLLOW ME?

YOU DON'T REALLY THINK YOU'RE GONNA

GET AWAY WITH THIS?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S A CHANCE.

MAYBE IT'S NOT A VERY GOOD ONE,

BUT IT'S A CHANCE.

WHO KNOWS ABOUT THIS?

ALMOST NOBODY.

HOUSTON IS MONITORING THE ACTUAL FLIGHT.

ALL THE TELEMETRY IS COMING FROM

THE COMMAND MODULE,

SO ARE YOUR VOICES AND MEDICAL DATA.

WE RECORDED EVERYTHING FROM

THE PRACTICE SIMULATIONS.

THEY DON'T KNOW.

ALL WE NEED FROM YOU IS THE ACTUAL

TELEVISION TRANSMISSIONS

DURNIG THE FLIGHT AND THE MARS LANDING,

THAT'S ALL.

JUST THE TELEVISION TRANSMISSIONS.

THAT'S ALL?

JUST THE TELEVISION TRANSMISSIONS.

WE INSERTED A CHANGE IN

THE ONBOARD COMPUTER,

SO THE SPACECRAFT WILL LAND

TWO HUNDRED MILES OFF TARGE WHEN IT RETURNS TO EARTH.

YOU'LL BE FLOWN TO AN ISLAND

NEAR THAT POINT.

FROM THERE YOU'LL BE TRANSFERRED

TO A HELICOPTER.

THE HELICOPTER WILL FLY YOU TO THE SPACE

CAPSULE AND YOU'LL BE PUT INSIDE.

IT'LL TAKE THE RECOVERY FORCES

A MINIMUM OF AN HOUR AND A HALF

TO REACH THE SPLASHDOWN SITE.

BY THEN, YOU'LL BE INSIDE THE CAPSULE.

WHEN THE PRIME RECOVERY CARRIER

ARRIVES,

THEY'LL FIND YOU INSIDE THE CAPSULE

AND TAKE YOU OUT OF THE SPACECRAFT.

YOU'VE THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING.

I DON'T KNOW. I HOPE SO.

OF COURSE, YOU'RE SURE WE'LL GO ALONG,

RIGHT?

NO, I'M NOT.

WHAT IF WE SAY NO?

I DON'T KNOW.

DON'T SAY NO.

WHEN DOES ALLEN FUNT COME RUNNING IN

AND TELL US WE'RE ON CANDID CAMERA?

JESUS! YOU THINK I LIKE THIS?

YOU THINK I REALLY BELIEVE I'M STANDING

HERE IN THIS CRAZINESS

TELLING YOU ABOUT PATCHING

AND TAPE RECORDINGS

AND TELEMETRY AND AN ISLAND TWO

HUNDRED MILES FROM THE TARGET ZONE?

I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL

I'M DOING, EITHER!

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