Hidden Figures Page #4

Yes.

Im also going to ask you to check

Mr. Staffords math

as well as others on this

floor from time to time.

I can.. I can handle'm all, Al.

Im sure you can, Paul.

Im sure all of you can.

But if that were the case,

Shingles wouldnt be flying off the

heat shield, now would they.

Excuse me. Can I have

everyone's attention for a moment?

Thank you. Just a..

Just to be clear..

In 14 days the Mercury 7

will be here for training.

And I have no doubt in my mind

that theyre going to be

Asking us questions about our work.

I think that's a pretty reason

we're giving. We're putting a human..

on top of a missile and

shooting him into space?

And its never been done before.

And because its never been done.

Everything we do

between now and

then is going to matter.

Its going to matter to their wives.

To their children.

I believe its going to matter to

the whole damn country.

So this Space Task Group will be

as advertised.

America's greatest engineering

and scientific minds

will not gonna have a problem

with having their work checked.

Will they, Paul?

No, sir.

Good. So lets have an amen, damnit

Amen.

Amen.

All right!

My numbers are spot on.

Ill double check them, sir.

No problem.

- Im not gonna be able to..

- Work on what you can read.

The rest is classified.

You dont have clearance.

Excuse me...

May I ask you where the ladies room is?

Sorry, I have no idea where

your bathroom is?

Yes, sir.

Ah! Yes.

- Ruth!

- Yes, Mr. Harrison.

Wheres that girl go with the numbers?

On a... break.

We take breaks now.

My God, where have you been?

Are you finished yet?

Almost.

He said about the end of the day?

The end of the day around

here was yesterday.

I need those done first.

He wants those done first.

- OK !

- Get going.

Mr. Harrison.

Oh! Yeah, just settle up,

you know.

And Staffords heat shield calcs?

Its hard to be sure, sir.

Hard to be sure.

You know what were doing here?

Trying to put a man in space, sir.

Thats right.

Thats right. So you can

throw that in the trash.

Excuse me?

I said you can throw it away!

Here.

It's not an insult to your work.

It's just..

.. Obsolete.

That's how fast things are moving around here.

If I said I was sorry,

I'd be saying it all day.

What Im asking you to do.. what Im

asking everyone one in that room,

all my... geniuses,

is to look beyond the numbers.

To look around them.

Through them.

For answers to questions we dont even

know to ask.

Math that doesnt yet exist.

Because without it,

were not going anywhere.

I mean, were staying on the ground.

Were not...

flying into space. Were not..

circling the earth. And were certainly

not touching the moon. And in my mind..

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