:24:02
I take it you're not
alerting everyone like this.
:24:04
Nobody knows.
That's the way it stays.
:24:07
For the next ten days, there are
only nine telescopes in the world...
:24:10
that can spot the asteroid,
and we control eight of 'em.
:24:13
The president's classified
this information top secret.
:24:16
If news like this got out,
:24:17
there'd be an overnight breakdown
of basic social services worldwide.
:24:21
Rioting, mass religious hysteria,
total chaos, you can imagine.
:24:26
Basically the worst parts of the Bible.
:24:31
Six billion people on the planet.
:24:34
Why'd you guys call me?
:24:37
- We need you to prep the team
we're sending up.
- Up?
:24:40
We'll send them to the asteroid,
they'll land, drill a hole,
they'll drop some nukes,
:24:44
take off and detonate,
if we can fix this equipment problem.
:24:47
The drilling unit's a prototype we've
been building for the Mars project.
:24:51
You, uh-- You might recognize the rig.
:24:55
Yeah, well, I guess
I should recognize it. It's my design.
:24:59
- [ Man Chattering On P.A. ]
- [ Helicopter Blades Whirring ]
:25:02
- Did you steal a key
to the Patent Office ?
- Yeah, basically.
:25:05
Let me get this straight.
I got pulled off an oil rig,
:25:08
flown halfway around the world
because you stole my drill design.
:25:11
Couldn't read the plans right and did
a pisspoor job of putting it together.
:25:15
- Patents don't apply to outer space.
- [ Dan ] You shut up, Quincy.
:25:18
It's not going to Mars any more.
It's gonna try to save this planet.
:25:21
And we need to know
what's wrong with it pretty quick.
:25:23
- You said we did a bad job
of putting it together?
- No, I said...
:25:26
you did a pisspoor job
of putting it together.
:25:29
First of all, you got the flow system
all reversed. Let me guess.
:25:32
- You've been tearin' up rotors
and you can't figure out why.
- Yeah, that's right.
:25:36
Well, that's because
your cams are all wrong, Mr Wizard.
:25:38
Who's been operating this thing?
:25:41
- Right there.
- We've actually--
:25:44
- We've had them training
for eight months solid now.
- Eight whole months?
:25:47
- Well, pretty much, yeah.
- Well, gee whiz.
:25:50
Well, this is the team
that has to do the job up there.
:25:52
We need you to train them down here.
:25:54
Well, Mr Stamper, what do you think ?
:25:56
You know, drilling's a science.
It's an art.
:25:59
I'm a third generation driller,
doin' it all my life.