:39:01
With all due respect to the guys,
why don't we just capture the bird...
:39:06
...bring it home with a crew
trained in satellite retrieval?
:39:10
It's too big, Gene.
:39:13
Too big?
:39:16
For the space shuttle?
:39:22
How did you guys get it up there
in the first place?
:39:26
There were modifications
post-deployment.
:39:30
Listen up, people.
:39:34
This system has to be fixed on-site.
:39:36
Frank is the only engineer...
:39:38
...proficient in
such obsolete technology.
:39:43
Given the short amount of time...
:39:46
...he's the only engineer
to do the job.
:39:51
So Frank Corvin's band of...
:39:55
...Leisure World aviators
are going into space.
:39:58
NASA agree to all this?
Did the Russians?
:40:01
- Frank didn't give us a lot of choice.
- I figured that.
:40:04
You hate each other way too much
to have cooked this up together.
:40:10
Count me out.
:40:11
I think you guys
need to get a new flight director.
:40:15
You know, one thing
is driving me nuts, though.
:40:20
How did a guidance system from Skylab
end up in a Russian bird?
:40:26
I don't know, Gene, but apparently
I'm the man who can fix it.
:40:30
Grow up, will you, Frank?
Can't you be a team player for once?
:40:35
Why can't you assist my astronauts
as an engineer?
:40:39
If I wasn't 100% sure that my guys
could do as well as your astronauts...
:40:44
...I wouldn't go anywhere near it.
:40:47
Still the same old Frank, huh?
:40:49
Well, that's the consensus
around here.
:40:54
So you fellas made a deal?
Fine. Here's my deal.
:40:59
I am the flight director and
I can pull the plug on this one.