Apollo 13 (I) (1995)
Chris Ellis: Deke Slayton
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Quotes
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[Jim Lovell is told that Ken Mattingly will be too sick to fly]
Jim Lovell : I've trained for the Fra Mauro highlands... and this is FLIGHT SURGEON HORSESHIT, Deke!
Deke Slayton : Jim, if you hold out for Ken, you will not be on Apollo 13. It's your decision.
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Deke Slayton : [as Swigert is piloting the command module for docking] Come on rookie, park that thing!
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Deke Slayton : Jim, we've got a problem. I got some blood work back from the lab. Charlie Duke has the measles.
Jim Lovell : [unconcerned] So we need a new back-up.
Deke Slayton : You've all been exposed to it.
Jim Lovell : Oh, I've had the measles.
Deke Slayton : Ken Mattingly hasn't.
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Gene Kranz : Come on, I want whatever you guys got on the power-up procedures. We've got to get something up to these guys.
Deke Slayton : Gene, they're working on it.
Gene Kranz : I don't want the want the whole damn bible, just give me a couple of chapters. We've got to give these guys something.
Deke Slayton : They're working on it now.
NASA engineer : I'll get over there and get an estimate.
Gene Kranz : Goddamnit! I don't want another estimate! I want the procedures! Now!
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NASA Director : He specifically wanted a quote from a flight director.
Gene Kranz : Who wanted a quote?
Deke Slayton : The president.
Gene Kranz : The president?
Glynn Lunney : Nixon. He wants odds.
Gene Kranz : We are not losing the crew.
NASA Director : Gene, I gotta give him odds. Five to one against? Three to one?
Glynn Lunney : I don't think they're that good.
Gene Kranz : [firmly] We are not losing those men!
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Deke Slayton : Jim, we're gonna get that power-up procedure to you. We're gonna get it as soon as we possibly can. Ken Mattingly's in the simulator right now.
Jim Lovell : [hopeful] Ken's working on it?
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Dr. Chuck : Haise is running a temperature, and none of 'em have slept.
Deke Slayton : I can't order these guys to go to sleep. Could you sleep up there?