1:04:17
Freddo, we're gonna have
to execute some sort of burn.
1:04:20
It's just a matter of when.
1:04:25
'- Did they shut us all down in there?
'- Yeah.
1:04:29
Didn't think we'd
be back in here so soon.
1:04:32
Houston, how far off course
do you project we are?
1:04:36
Over.
1:04:41
Okay, people, listen up!
1:04:43
Gentlemen, I want you all
to forget the flight plan.
1:04:46
From this moment on, we are
improvising a new mission.
1:04:50
Sorry about that.
1:04:54
'- We'll get somebody to look at that.
'- Find a bulb around here.
1:04:56
How do we get our people home?
1:05:00
They are here.
1:05:02
'- Do we turn 'em around,
straight back, direct abort?
'- Yes!
1:05:04
'- Gene'-'-
'- I can't guarantee the burn yet.
1:05:06
No, sir, no, sir, no, sir!
1:05:09
We get them on
a free'-return trajectory.
1:05:11
It's the option with the fewest
question marks for safety.
1:05:14
I agree with Jerry. We use the moon's
gravity to slingshot them around.
1:05:18
'- The LEM will not support three
guys for that amount of time.
'- It barely holds two.
1:05:21
We've got to do a direct abort. We do an
about'-face, bring the guys right home.
1:05:25
Get 'em back soon.
Absolutely.
1:05:27
We don't even know if
the Odyssey's engine's working.
1:05:29
If there's been serious damage
to this spacecraft'-'-
1:05:31
They blow up and they die!
1:05:33
'- That is not the argument!
We are talking about time!
'- Jesus! Come on!
1:05:35
I'm not gonna sugarcoat this for you!
1:05:38
Okay, hold it.
Let's hold it down.
1:05:41
Let's hold it down. The only engine
with enough power for a direct abort...
1:05:44
is the S.P.S.
on the service module.
1:05:46
From what Lovell has told us, it could
have been damaged in an explosion,
1:05:49
so let's consider
that engine dead.
1:05:50
We light that thing up,
could blow the whole works.
1:05:52
It's just too risky.
We're not gonna take that chance.
1:05:55
About the only thing the command
module is good for is reentry.
1:05:57
That leaves us with the LEM,
which means free'-return trajectory.