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...until orbital decay slows it down
sufficiently...
...for it to re-enter the atmosphere?
If so, does the spacecraft and
everything in it get burnt to a crisp...
...is that right?
- Well, what's your point?
How long before that happens,
five years?
Seven years.
Have you given up hope, Mr. Keith?
Certainly not, Mr. Canon.
Why should I?
If you'll excuse me now, please.
Strawberry cereal cubes.
Soup, corn, cream.
Jim, why are we just lying here
waiting, huh?
For Ground to analyze
the entire telemetry.
So some smart-ass engineer
can tell us we're out of luck?
Why not go EVA?
We'll check the engine ourselves.
Maybe one of the fuel valves is frozen.
Maybe we took a meteor strike. Maybe
something hung up on separation.
Just relax.
Eat your chicken while it's hot.
What are you looking at, Stoney?
A disturbance in the inner-tropical
conversion zone.
Somebody's gonna have a hurricane.
- Where's the center, Stoney?
- It's just northeast of Cuba.
Yeah, nice thick clouds,
good east-west slope.
Looks like clouding circulation's
just beginning.
She's gonna be a big beast.
Alma, first of the season.
Houston, this is Simulator.
We have on the stand SPS
engine unit H37 modified block four.
This unit is an exact
one-to-one duplicate...
... of the primary equipment
in Ironman One.
We have analyzed
the engine telemetry.
And we're attempting
to construct a configuration...
... which will reproduce the conditions
that prevented ignition.
Three, two, one.
Firing the engine.
I say, apparently we have failed
to prevent ignition.
But we'll keep working on it.
All right, the president's waiting
for our recommendations.
All right, the president's waiting
for our recommendations.
One, a statement to be issued at the
conclusion of this meeting:
to discover...
...and correct
the spacecraft malfunction...
...in accordance
with contingency plans...
...designed to meet
such emergencies."
Two, a report to be issued
Tuesday morning...
...by the director
Emphasizing the high degree of safety
and success in the program thus far.
The accident will be compared to
the failure of an experimental aircraft.
It'll be noted that in the development
of such aircraft...
is considered acceptable.
Now, Wednesday morning,
if necessary...
...the president will issue
an appropriate message to the nation.
Emphasizing the courage
and determination of the crew.
And their final wish, that the program
Discussion?
Yeah, I have something.
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