:06:00
Sorry to intrude,
but we're on in ten.
:06:03
Thank you.
:06:05
You owe me a dime.
:06:07
- I never took the bet.
- Is he always like this?
:06:09
Emmett Seaborn
is following that story.
:06:12
Apollo 13 is America's 23rd manned
space flight, and tonight it appears...
:06:16
that no previous mission has ever posed
a greater risk to the lives of its crew.
:06:21
NASA's flight controllers, having
successfully guided four missions...
:06:28
It's Brett Hutchins.
Are you watching your TV?
:06:34
I'd love to be out there.
Who loves baseball more than me?
:06:37
I have to stay here and pitch Moburg
a piece on the astronauts' families.
:06:42
Yeah, I know they're under wraps.
Screw NASA. It's worth a shot, right?
:06:49
- Great. Yeah.
- As a result...
:06:52
the astronauts will likely
use the lunar module's engine...
:06:54
to send them
on a slingshot course...
:06:57
- around the moon and back to Earth.
- Thank you. Good-bye.
:06:59
But is the relatively tiny Aquarius
up to the task?
:07:04
That, unfortunately, is a question
that no one can answer.
:07:08
13, Houston,
we're water critical in the LEM...
:07:11
so we'd like to use
as little as possible.
:07:13
We'd like to make a free return maneuver
of a 16-foot-per-second burn...
:07:17
in about 37 minutes.
:07:18
Could you give us
a little bit more time?
:07:21
We're working up a PAD for it. What do
you think about doing it at that time?
:07:27
We'll give it a try, Houston,
if that's all we got.
:07:30
Press Center. Please hold.
:07:35
They're not telling us anything.
:07:36
I can't make 15 minutes.
:07:39
Copy.
:07:41
We've tentatively scheduled
the briefing for 11:30.
:07:43
- Is that Houston time?
- Yes.
:07:45
That's 15 minutes
after the final.
:07:47
I'm sorry.
We're doing the best we can.
:07:50
- How do I get a desk?
- Good luck.
:07:53
Press Center, please hold.
Sam.
:07:56
- Not now, Shirley.
- New York Times wants an exclusive.
:07:59
- Tell them I'll call later.
- Call their office.