:41:02
Main valves have been activated.
:41:23
Okay, gentlemen,
so here's the flight plan.
:41:25
Now let's keep the laughter to
a minimum. I know this is not to scale.
:41:28
Both shuttles will take off
Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
:41:33
Now 67 minutes later,
:41:35
you're gonna dock with the Russian space
station to meet cosmonaut Andropov...
:41:39
who will refuel the shuttles
with liquid O2.
:41:42
That's your fuel.
Then you'll release...
:41:44
and take a 60-hour trip
toward the moon.
:41:47
Now we only have one shot
of landing on this rock,
:41:51
and that's precisely when
the asteroid passes by the moon.
:41:55
You'll then use lunar gravity
and burn your thrusters,
:41:58
slingshotting you around the moon,
:42:01
coming up behind the asteroid.
:42:03
- You'll be upward of 11 Gs.
- Yeah, I remember this one.
:42:06
It's where the coyote sat
his ass down in a slingshot...
:42:10
and he strapped himself
to an Acme rocket.
:42:13
- Is-ls that what we're doin' here?
- Rockhound.
:42:15
No, no, really, because it didn't
work out too well for the coyote, Harry.
:42:17
- [ Overlapping Chattering ]
- Actually, we have a lot better
rockets than the coyote.
:42:23
Now when you've finished...
:42:25
your Road Runner thrust move,
:42:28
you'll be moving
at 22,500 miles per hour.
:42:31
Coming around behind the asteroid,
:42:33
where we're hoping that the tail debris
will be cleared by the moon's gravity.
:42:36
And you'll land right here.
That's it.
:42:39
We got separate landing sites
for each team.
:42:41
Softest parts of the rock
as we can figure.
:42:43
At NASA, we don't take chances.
We double up on everything.
:42:47
First team that hits 800 feet wins.
:42:49
Now this rock is big, dense. It's got
some gravity. You can walk around,
:42:53
but use your thrusters
so you can work easier.
:42:56
Okay, Mr Truman, let's say
that we actually do land on this.