2 00:00:45,530 --> 00:00:48,090 14, 15... 3 00:00:48,250 --> 00:00:51,000 16, prime... 4 00:00:51,170 --> 00:00:53,360 18, prime... 5 00:00:54,010 --> 00:00:55,440 20... 6 00:00:56,010 --> 00:00:57,520 21... 7 00:00:57,690 --> 00:00:59,040 22, prime... 8 00:00:59,210 --> 00:01:00,540 West Virginia Collegiate Institute 9 00:01:00,570 --> 00:01:03,200 is the best school for Negros in the state. 10 00:01:03,370 --> 00:01:05,640 It's the only school past the eighth grade 11 00:01:05,730 --> 00:01:06,730 anywhere near here. 12 00:01:07,410 --> 00:01:08,840 Isosceles. 13 00:01:09,570 --> 00:01:10,920 Scalene. 14 00:01:11,090 --> 00:01:12,680 Equilateral. 15 00:01:13,530 --> 00:01:14,750 Rhombus. 16 00:01:14,930 --> 00:01:16,720 Trapezoid. 17 00:01:16,890 --> 00:01:18,880 Katherine's in the sixth grade. 18 00:01:19,050 --> 00:01:20,100 They want to take her early. 19 00:01:20,130 --> 00:01:21,760 Tetrahedron. 20 00:01:22,970 --> 00:01:24,600 Dodecahedron. 21 00:01:24,770 --> 00:01:26,460 They're offering a full scholarship. 22 00:01:26,490 --> 00:01:27,960 All you have to do is get there. 23 00:01:29,730 --> 00:01:30,870 Ms. Coleman... 24 00:01:31,610 --> 00:01:34,760 why don't you solve the equation on the board? 25 00:01:41,650 --> 00:01:43,240 We took up a collection 26 00:01:43,330 --> 00:01:44,720 amongst the teachers and such. 27 00:01:44,890 --> 00:01:45,890 It's not a lot... 28 00:01:45,970 --> 00:01:48,160 but it's enough to help get you settled in. 29 00:01:49,170 --> 00:01:51,550 That's more than kind, Ms. Sumner. 30 00:02:03,250 --> 00:02:04,820 If the product of two terms 31 00:02:04,850 --> 00:02:06,920 is zero then common sense says 32 00:02:07,050 --> 00:02:10,160 at least one of the two terms has to be zero to start with. 33 00:02:10,330 --> 00:02:13,240 So if you move all the terms over to one side, 34 00:02:13,450 --> 00:02:15,440 you can put the quadratics into a form 35 00:02:15,530 --> 00:02:16,750 that can be factored... 36 00:02:16,930 --> 00:02:18,520 allowing that side of the equation 37 00:02:18,610 --> 00:02:19,610 to equal zero. 38 00:02:20,490 --> 00:02:21,900 Once you've done that, it's pretty straightforward 39 00:02:21,930 --> 00:02:22,930 from there. 40 00:02:26,330 --> 00:02:27,970 In all my years of teaching... 41 00:02:28,610 --> 00:02:31,440 I've never seen a mind like the one your daughter has. 42 00:02:32,450 --> 00:02:33,450 Katherine! 43 00:02:33,530 --> 00:02:35,280 Hurry on now, love. 44 00:02:35,850 --> 00:02:37,320 You have to go. 45 00:02:38,130 --> 00:02:39,800 Let Mama tuck you in. 46 00:02:46,130 --> 00:02:48,640 You have to see what she becomes. 47 00:03:14,810 --> 00:03:16,360 Okay, try to turn it over now. 48 00:03:17,850 --> 00:03:18,990 Katherine? 49 00:03:19,570 --> 00:03:20,840 Mary! 50 00:03:21,330 --> 00:03:22,330 Somebody! 51 00:03:22,450 --> 00:03:23,450 Katherine! 52 00:03:23,570 --> 00:03:26,000 Quit staring off into space and turn the damn car over. 53 00:03:26,170 --> 00:03:27,310 I got it. 54 00:03:29,050 --> 00:03:30,190 I'm not deaf. 55 00:03:30,370 --> 00:03:31,370 I wonder sometimes. 56 00:03:32,930 --> 00:03:33,930 Here it goes. 57 00:03:36,770 --> 00:03:38,840 Yeah, it's the starter. 58 00:03:39,010 --> 00:03:41,840 That is definitely the starter. 59 00:03:42,010 --> 00:03:43,840 This starter is starting to make us late. 60 00:03:44,010 --> 00:03:45,450 We are all gonna end up unemployed... 61 00:03:45,530 --> 00:03:47,910 riding around in this pile of junk to work every day. 62 00:03:48,130 --> 00:03:49,840 You're welcome to walk the 16 miles. 63 00:03:50,050 --> 00:03:52,040 Or sit in the back of the bus. 64 00:03:53,250 --> 00:03:54,840 I won't do neither. 65 00:03:55,530 --> 00:03:56,720 I'll hitchhike. 66 00:04:01,050 --> 00:04:02,400 Girls. 67 00:04:08,290 --> 00:04:09,640 No crime in a broken-down car. 68 00:04:10,330 --> 00:04:12,040 No crime being Negro neither. 69 00:04:12,210 --> 00:04:13,350 Button it up, Mary. 70 00:04:14,050 --> 00:04:16,430 Nobody wants to go to jail behind your mouth. 71 00:04:16,610 --> 00:04:18,130 I'll do my best, sugar. 72 00:04:30,890 --> 00:04:33,270 Not a great place for three of y'all be having car trouble. 73 00:04:33,930 --> 00:04:36,490 We didn't pick the place, Officer. It picked us. 74 00:04:36,650 --> 00:04:38,160 You being disrespectful? 75 00:04:38,330 --> 00:04:39,720 No, sir. 76 00:04:40,250 --> 00:04:41,470 You have identification on you? 77 00:04:41,650 --> 00:04:43,120 Yes, sir. Yes, sir. 78 00:04:45,130 --> 00:04:47,160 We're just on our way to work... 79 00:04:47,330 --> 00:04:48,390 at Langley. 80 00:04:49,450 --> 00:04:50,920 NASA, sir. 81 00:04:51,090 --> 00:04:52,600 We do a great deal of the calculating. 82 00:04:52,770 --> 00:04:54,440 Getting our rockets into space. 83 00:04:54,650 --> 00:04:56,120 All three of you? Yes, sir. 84 00:04:56,290 --> 00:04:57,290 Yes, Officer. 85 00:04:58,770 --> 00:04:59,770 NASA. 86 00:04:59,930 --> 00:05:01,120 Now that's something. 87 00:05:02,090 --> 00:05:04,520 I had no idea they hired... 88 00:05:04,690 --> 00:05:08,280 There are quite a few women working in the space program. 89 00:05:16,970 --> 00:05:18,960 Damn Russians are watching us right now. 90 00:05:19,690 --> 00:05:20,960 Sputniks. 91 00:05:22,330 --> 00:05:24,120 You girls ever meet those astronauts? 92 00:05:24,290 --> 00:05:25,680 Mercury Seven? 93 00:05:25,890 --> 00:05:27,280 Absolutely. 94 00:05:27,650 --> 00:05:31,840 Uh, yes, sir. We work with those gentlemen all the time. 95 00:05:31,970 --> 00:05:34,200 Those boys are the best we got. I'm sure of that. 96 00:05:34,370 --> 00:05:35,400 Yeah. Yeah. 97 00:05:35,530 --> 00:05:37,260 We gotta get a man up there before the commies do. 98 00:05:37,290 --> 00:05:38,290 Yes. Absolutely. 99 00:05:38,370 --> 00:05:39,820 Whole damn country's counting on them. 100 00:05:39,850 --> 00:05:40,960 That's for certain. 101 00:05:41,130 --> 00:05:42,680 Hard being of service broken down 102 00:05:42,810 --> 00:05:44,520 on the side of the road, though. 103 00:05:44,810 --> 00:05:46,400 Right, right. 104 00:05:46,570 --> 00:05:48,240 Well, do y'all need a tow or something? 105 00:05:48,410 --> 00:05:50,010 No, thank you, Officer. I think I got it. 106 00:05:50,170 --> 00:05:51,230 Just give me my... 107 00:05:51,410 --> 00:05:54,680 Just need to bypass the starter. 108 00:05:57,090 --> 00:05:59,040 She's good at this stuff. 109 00:05:59,650 --> 00:06:01,800 Whoo! Attagirl. 110 00:06:02,930 --> 00:06:03,930 We're all set. 111 00:06:04,090 --> 00:06:06,470 Well, hell, least I can do is give y'all an escort. 112 00:06:06,650 --> 00:06:08,200 I imagine you're running late to work. 113 00:06:08,370 --> 00:06:10,040 No, sir. We wouldn't wanna bother you. 114 00:06:10,210 --> 00:06:11,490 That would be wonderful, Officer. 115 00:06:12,770 --> 00:06:14,040 Thank you so much, sir. 116 00:06:14,130 --> 00:06:15,130 Follow me. 117 00:06:15,210 --> 00:06:16,210 I'm driving. 118 00:06:16,290 --> 00:06:18,060 Hurry up, Dorothy, before he changes his mind. 119 00:06:18,090 --> 00:06:20,240 - We're coming. - Hold your horses. 120 00:06:26,930 --> 00:06:28,140 Yes! Whoa, slow down, Mary! 121 00:06:28,170 --> 00:06:29,640 Mary, slow down! You're too close! 122 00:06:29,730 --> 00:06:30,860 Be quiet. He said to follow him. 123 00:06:30,890 --> 00:06:32,080 He didn't mean up his behind! 124 00:06:35,370 --> 00:06:37,360 Dear Lord, I don't even know where to begin! 125 00:06:37,530 --> 00:06:38,880 Oh, I'll tell you where to begin. 126 00:06:39,090 --> 00:06:41,680 Three Negro women are chasing a white police officer 127 00:06:41,850 --> 00:06:43,600 down the highway in Hampton, Virginia... 128 00:06:43,770 --> 00:06:45,600 1961. 129 00:06:45,770 --> 00:06:49,600 Ladies, that there is a God-ordained miracle. 130 00:06:50,810 --> 00:06:53,720 And, tomorrow, I'm riding the bus. 131 00:06:58,090 --> 00:06:59,800 I'm moving over 132 00:07:04,250 --> 00:07:06,550 I'm on a sidewalk 133 00:07:06,650 --> 00:07:08,480 I'm going over 134 00:07:15,450 --> 00:07:17,960 Lift off is good. Trajectory is stable. 135 00:07:19,130 --> 00:07:20,240 Show me. 136 00:07:21,290 --> 00:07:22,560 No, exactly. 137 00:07:22,730 --> 00:07:25,000 40.349110 degrees North. 138 00:07:29,970 --> 00:07:32,400 Ascent angle 46. 56. 139 00:07:32,930 --> 00:07:35,560 Approaching 7,400 miles per hour. 140 00:07:37,170 --> 00:07:38,600 118 seconds. 141 00:07:41,450 --> 00:07:43,120 Boosters have disengaged. 142 00:07:48,250 --> 00:07:49,640 Second stage success. 143 00:07:52,290 --> 00:07:54,450 Korabl-Sputnik 4 is orbital. 144 00:07:56,330 --> 00:07:58,480 Orbital entry is established. 145 00:07:58,650 --> 00:08:00,240 Russian orbital entry is established. 146 00:08:02,650 --> 00:08:03,840 Jim Webb. 147 00:08:05,130 --> 00:08:06,600 Yes, Mr. President. 148 00:08:07,290 --> 00:08:08,960 We certainly are, sir. 149 00:08:10,210 --> 00:08:11,960 Uh, it looks like they've achieved 150 00:08:12,050 --> 00:08:13,400 at least one orbit, maybe two. 151 00:08:15,610 --> 00:08:18,200 Chernushka is ready to go again. 152 00:08:18,370 --> 00:08:22,840 So is our comrade, Ivan, a brave space traveler. 153 00:08:23,010 --> 00:08:25,640 We have proven life can be sustained in space. 154 00:08:25,810 --> 00:08:27,880 Now we will be first to send a human. 155 00:08:28,050 --> 00:08:31,040 A damn dog and a damn mannequin. 156 00:08:33,490 --> 00:08:38,320 And then, a 1.6 megaton RDS-37 thermonuclear warhead... 157 00:08:38,970 --> 00:08:41,200 drops down in the middle of Des Moines. 158 00:08:41,370 --> 00:08:42,770 Well, that's a pretty big jump, sir. 159 00:08:42,850 --> 00:08:43,850 What? 160 00:08:43,930 --> 00:08:46,160 Just that... Who the hell is he? 161 00:08:46,330 --> 00:08:48,360 Paul Stafford, our lead engineer, Mr. Webb. 162 00:08:48,530 --> 00:08:49,730 I think what he meant to say... 163 00:08:49,930 --> 00:08:52,290 is that speculation, at least on our side of the equation... 164 00:08:52,370 --> 00:08:54,360 by definition can be... 165 00:08:54,530 --> 00:08:56,160 just a little dangerous. 166 00:08:56,330 --> 00:08:57,360 Dangerous? 167 00:08:57,530 --> 00:08:59,990 You know what's dangerous, Mr. Stafford? 168 00:09:00,170 --> 00:09:02,200 Inaction and indecision. 169 00:09:02,850 --> 00:09:05,000 The Russians have a spy satellite 170 00:09:05,090 --> 00:09:06,090 lapping the planet, 171 00:09:06,250 --> 00:09:08,320 taking pictures of God knows what! 172 00:09:09,530 --> 00:09:11,830 The President is demanding an immediate response. 173 00:09:12,010 --> 00:09:13,570 No more delay. Alan Shepard, John Glenn, 174 00:09:13,690 --> 00:09:14,820 your uncle Bob, it doesn't matter. 175 00:09:14,850 --> 00:09:15,910 Get us up there, Harrison. 176 00:09:16,090 --> 00:09:18,280 We can't justify a space program 177 00:09:18,450 --> 00:09:20,720 that doesn't put anything in space. 178 00:09:22,690 --> 00:09:24,520 How'd that feel in there, Paul? 179 00:09:24,690 --> 00:09:26,680 You think you enlightened the administrator? 180 00:09:27,610 --> 00:09:28,610 Hmm? 181 00:09:28,850 --> 00:09:30,920 No, he didn't look enlightened to me. 182 00:09:31,370 --> 00:09:33,040 He look enlightened to you, Sam? 183 00:09:33,210 --> 00:09:34,270 Not particularly. 184 00:09:34,450 --> 00:09:35,510 And just so you know, 185 00:09:35,610 --> 00:09:37,180 he's not wrong about what he said in there. 186 00:09:37,210 --> 00:09:38,600 You know that, right? 187 00:09:38,810 --> 00:09:40,480 Because now that they can get up there, 188 00:09:40,570 --> 00:09:41,710 a bomb will follow. 189 00:09:42,450 --> 00:09:44,720 It's what happens to all our good ideas. 190 00:09:45,210 --> 00:09:47,120 I imagine theirs too. Where's... 191 00:09:47,570 --> 00:09:48,760 Where's the machine? 192 00:09:48,930 --> 00:09:49,930 Any day now, Mr. Harrison. 193 00:09:50,410 --> 00:09:52,200 Any day now. Yes, sir. 194 00:09:52,410 --> 00:09:54,710 What's it called? The initials. 195 00:09:54,890 --> 00:09:56,080 The IBM. 196 00:09:56,290 --> 00:09:57,760 International Business Machines. 197 00:09:57,930 --> 00:10:00,600 Space is a business. 198 00:10:00,810 --> 00:10:02,600 I need a mathematician. 199 00:10:02,770 --> 00:10:04,050 I'll put in another request, sir. 200 00:10:04,090 --> 00:10:05,330 "Another request." Jesus Christ. 201 00:10:05,490 --> 00:10:07,600 We don't have a single person in this entire building 202 00:10:07,770 --> 00:10:10,070 that can handle analytic geometry? 203 00:10:10,250 --> 00:10:11,290 That's what I've been told. 204 00:10:11,410 --> 00:10:12,540 Tell me something else, Ruth... 205 00:10:12,570 --> 00:10:14,000 like we're gonna find such a person 206 00:10:14,170 --> 00:10:15,560 before the Russians plant a flag 207 00:10:15,650 --> 00:10:16,650 on the damn moon. 208 00:10:26,810 --> 00:10:27,810 A real good time. 209 00:10:27,970 --> 00:10:29,050 All right, Gloria. 210 00:10:29,090 --> 00:10:30,730 You'll be with engineering, building four. 211 00:10:32,810 --> 00:10:33,920 Ladies, ladies. 212 00:10:34,090 --> 00:10:35,620 If you're tardy, you don't get an assignment. 213 00:10:35,650 --> 00:10:36,740 If you don't get an assignment, 214 00:10:36,770 --> 00:10:37,830 you don't have a job. 215 00:10:39,130 --> 00:10:40,190 Eleanor. 216 00:10:40,290 --> 00:10:41,960 Data Reduction, building 202. 217 00:10:42,170 --> 00:10:43,280 Data Reduction? 218 00:10:43,450 --> 00:10:45,000 You're welcome to join the charmers 219 00:10:45,130 --> 00:10:46,640 in Magnetoplasma Dynamics. 220 00:10:46,810 --> 00:10:47,950 Oh, no, ma'am. 221 00:10:48,170 --> 00:10:50,520 Thank you. Data Reduction is just fine. 222 00:10:50,690 --> 00:10:52,200 Mm-hmm. 223 00:10:53,290 --> 00:10:54,600 Mary. Present. 224 00:10:54,770 --> 00:10:57,200 The Mercury Seven prototype has arrived for testing. 225 00:10:57,370 --> 00:10:59,320 Mr. Zielinski's requesting you 226 00:11:00,210 --> 00:11:01,320 for permanent assignment. 227 00:11:01,490 --> 00:11:02,800 Are you serious? 228 00:11:02,970 --> 00:11:03,970 Get moving. 229 00:11:06,050 --> 00:11:08,160 Ooh, thank you, Jesus. 230 00:11:08,330 --> 00:11:09,440 Thank you, Jesus! 231 00:11:09,850 --> 00:11:12,040 Oh, thank you. Mary, Mary. Keep it inside. 232 00:11:12,970 --> 00:11:14,560 Okay. I'm sorry, Dor. 233 00:11:16,970 --> 00:11:18,320 All right, Ms. Late. 234 00:11:18,490 --> 00:11:20,520 You will also be supporting the east group. 235 00:11:21,890 --> 00:11:23,360 Mrs. Mitchell. 236 00:11:23,530 --> 00:11:25,480 We're on double-time this morning, girls. 237 00:11:25,650 --> 00:11:27,950 I need these calculations before lunch. 238 00:11:28,650 --> 00:11:31,400 Space Task Group needs a computer, ASAP. 239 00:11:31,850 --> 00:11:34,150 Someone with a handle on analytic geometry. 240 00:11:34,930 --> 00:11:37,160 We can't fill that position out of the east group. 241 00:11:37,330 --> 00:11:38,470 Permanent or temp? 242 00:11:38,650 --> 00:11:41,000 Everything's temporary, Dorothy. 243 00:11:41,170 --> 00:11:42,200 You have someone? 244 00:11:42,370 --> 00:11:43,560 Yes, ma'am. 245 00:11:43,770 --> 00:11:45,680 Katherine's the gal for that. 246 00:11:45,850 --> 00:11:48,000 She can handle any numbers you put in front of her. 247 00:11:48,170 --> 00:11:49,480 I'll check her credentials. 248 00:11:51,850 --> 00:11:54,000 Didn't think I'd come all the way down here. 249 00:11:54,170 --> 00:11:55,880 Here. Finish passing those out. 250 00:11:56,050 --> 00:11:57,050 Yes, ma'am. 251 00:12:02,090 --> 00:12:03,640 Mrs. Mitchell. 252 00:12:03,810 --> 00:12:04,810 If I could... 253 00:12:06,370 --> 00:12:08,750 My application for supervisor, ma'am. 254 00:12:08,930 --> 00:12:10,700 Was just wondering if they're still considering me 255 00:12:10,730 --> 00:12:12,080 for that position. 256 00:12:12,250 --> 00:12:13,310 Yes. 257 00:12:13,490 --> 00:12:15,560 Well, the official word is no. 258 00:12:16,170 --> 00:12:18,810 They're not assigning a permanent supervisor for the colored group. 259 00:12:19,610 --> 00:12:20,920 May I ask why? 260 00:12:21,090 --> 00:12:22,560 I don't know why. 261 00:12:22,770 --> 00:12:24,240 I didn't ask why. 262 00:12:24,410 --> 00:12:25,960 We need a supervisor, ma'am. 263 00:12:26,130 --> 00:12:28,120 We haven't had one since Miss Jansen got sick. 264 00:12:28,290 --> 00:12:29,640 It's been almost a year. 265 00:12:29,810 --> 00:12:31,400 Things are working just fine as is. 266 00:12:31,610 --> 00:12:34,360 I'm doing the work of a supervisor. 267 00:12:34,690 --> 00:12:36,880 Well, that's NASA for you. 268 00:12:37,650 --> 00:12:40,360 Fast with rocket ships, slow with advancement. 269 00:12:40,970 --> 00:12:43,200 Get those trajectory calcs worked out. 270 00:12:43,410 --> 00:12:45,000 We need them for the Redstone test. 271 00:13:18,130 --> 00:13:20,880 Mach one tunnel test. T-minus one minute. 272 00:13:33,570 --> 00:13:35,520 No shoe is worth your life. 273 00:13:35,690 --> 00:13:36,830 One moment. 274 00:13:37,730 --> 00:13:39,920 T-minus 10, 9... 275 00:13:40,090 --> 00:13:41,360 8... 276 00:13:41,450 --> 00:13:42,450 7... 277 00:13:42,490 --> 00:13:45,320 6, 5, 4... 278 00:14:11,810 --> 00:14:13,000 Shut it down. 279 00:14:19,170 --> 00:14:23,080 If we alter the exterior from smooth to corrugated... 280 00:14:23,250 --> 00:14:25,840 the capsule might have more stability. 281 00:14:26,010 --> 00:14:29,280 But the friction, it is under during re-entry... 282 00:14:29,450 --> 00:14:32,640 Most shield erosion occurs 283 00:14:32,810 --> 00:14:35,720 on the posterior side abutting the retro-boosters. 284 00:14:36,690 --> 00:14:37,880 Conclusion? 285 00:14:40,690 --> 00:14:42,400 The area closest to the boosters 286 00:14:42,490 --> 00:14:43,840 is closest to the heat. 287 00:14:44,730 --> 00:14:46,960 Coupled with rising temperature on re-entry... 288 00:14:47,130 --> 00:14:48,720 the contact softens. 289 00:14:49,890 --> 00:14:52,000 We could consider another fastener 290 00:14:52,090 --> 00:14:53,400 other than the bolts. 291 00:14:55,530 --> 00:14:56,590 Yes. 292 00:14:57,890 --> 00:14:59,000 Yes. 293 00:15:04,530 --> 00:15:05,670 There is another opening 294 00:15:05,770 --> 00:15:07,560 in the Engineer Training Program. 295 00:15:08,570 --> 00:15:10,920 Flat head rivets would reduce wind drag. 296 00:15:11,090 --> 00:15:13,800 Mary, a person with engineer's mind 297 00:15:13,890 --> 00:15:15,400 should be an engineer. 298 00:15:15,610 --> 00:15:17,410 You can't be a computer the rest of your life. 299 00:15:17,570 --> 00:15:18,710 Mr. Zielinski... 300 00:15:19,450 --> 00:15:21,040 I'm a Negro woman. 301 00:15:21,210 --> 00:15:23,040 I'm not gonna entertain the impossible. 302 00:15:23,210 --> 00:15:24,680 And I'm a Polish Jew 303 00:15:24,770 --> 00:15:26,760 whose parents died in a Nazi prison camp. 304 00:15:26,930 --> 00:15:29,960 Now I'm standing beneath a spaceship 305 00:15:30,130 --> 00:15:33,080 that's going to carry an astronaut to the stars. 306 00:15:33,290 --> 00:15:36,720 I think we can say we are living the impossible. 307 00:15:37,530 --> 00:15:39,240 Let me ask you... 308 00:15:39,410 --> 00:15:40,840 if you were a white male, 309 00:15:41,090 --> 00:15:42,440 would you wish to be an engineer? 310 00:15:43,730 --> 00:15:47,000 I wouldn't have to. I'd already be one. 311 00:15:47,570 --> 00:15:49,400 Skirts must be worn past the knee. 312 00:15:49,570 --> 00:15:51,760 Sweaters are preferred to blouses. 313 00:15:51,930 --> 00:15:52,960 No jewelry. 314 00:15:53,050 --> 00:15:55,160 A simple pearl necklace is the exception. 315 00:15:55,330 --> 00:15:58,080 Your supervisor is Mr. Al Harrison, 316 00:15:58,250 --> 00:16:00,400 Director of the Space Task Group. 317 00:16:00,610 --> 00:16:03,840 You'll write research, proof calculations, so forth. 318 00:16:04,010 --> 00:16:06,800 Do not talk to Mr. Harrison unless he talks to you. 319 00:16:07,650 --> 00:16:10,080 Not many computers last more than a few days. 320 00:16:10,250 --> 00:16:12,280 He's been through a dozen in as many months. 321 00:16:13,090 --> 00:16:14,280 Come on, keep up. 322 00:16:14,770 --> 00:16:16,280 Things move fast around here. 323 00:16:17,610 --> 00:16:18,920 Your clearance. 324 00:16:20,290 --> 00:16:22,880 They've never had a colored in here before, Katherine. 325 00:16:23,090 --> 00:16:24,230 Don't embarrass me. 326 00:16:50,410 --> 00:16:51,720 This wasn't emptied last night. 327 00:16:51,890 --> 00:16:53,600 I'm sorry, I'm not the... 328 00:16:54,610 --> 00:16:55,800 custodian. 329 00:17:11,410 --> 00:17:12,470 Excuse me, ma'am. 330 00:17:12,650 --> 00:17:14,680 Mr. Harrison's computer reporting. 331 00:17:14,890 --> 00:17:17,520 Take the desk in the back. I'll get you work in a bit. 332 00:17:20,890 --> 00:17:24,080 Mr. Harrison won't warm up to you. Don't expect it. 333 00:17:24,250 --> 00:17:25,570 Do your work, keep your head down. 334 00:17:26,330 --> 00:17:27,330 Thank you. 335 00:17:27,810 --> 00:17:29,560 Go on. Get settled. 336 00:17:40,890 --> 00:17:41,890 Paul. 337 00:17:42,570 --> 00:17:44,280 Why are we still losing shingles 338 00:17:44,410 --> 00:17:45,600 off the heat shield? 339 00:17:45,770 --> 00:17:48,120 We're working with a prototype of the capsule, Al. 340 00:17:48,290 --> 00:17:50,100 Its lid is one third the size of what it's going... 341 00:17:50,130 --> 00:17:51,130 I get that. 342 00:17:51,890 --> 00:17:54,720 So, what do we do with our million dollar fan, Karl? 343 00:17:54,930 --> 00:17:57,160 Turn it down? No, Al. I don't think... 344 00:17:57,650 --> 00:17:58,710 It was a joke. 345 00:18:00,170 --> 00:18:01,960 Paul, if the heat shield comes off... 346 00:18:02,130 --> 00:18:03,810 what do you think happens to our astronaut? 347 00:18:03,890 --> 00:18:04,890 I know. 348 00:18:06,450 --> 00:18:08,130 So we're gonna come up with a solve, right? 349 00:18:08,210 --> 00:18:09,370 Yes, sir. We're working on it. 350 00:18:10,010 --> 00:18:11,720 Ruth, what's the status on that computer? 351 00:18:11,890 --> 00:18:13,880 She's right behind you, Mr. Harrison. 352 00:18:19,010 --> 00:18:21,390 Does she handle Analytic Geometry? 353 00:18:21,570 --> 00:18:24,440 Absolutely. And she speaks. 354 00:18:24,610 --> 00:18:25,830 Yes, sir. I do. 355 00:18:26,970 --> 00:18:28,600 Which one? Both. 356 00:18:28,770 --> 00:18:30,240 Geometry and speaking. 357 00:18:32,370 --> 00:18:34,480 Ruth, get me the... 358 00:18:37,610 --> 00:18:38,610 You think you... 359 00:18:39,610 --> 00:18:41,100 You think you can find me the Frenet frame 360 00:18:41,130 --> 00:18:42,130 for this data? 361 00:18:42,290 --> 00:18:43,560 Using the Gram-Schmidt... 362 00:18:43,690 --> 00:18:45,720 Orthogonalization algorithm. Yes, sir. 363 00:18:45,890 --> 00:18:48,520 I prefer it over Euclidean coordinates. 364 00:18:51,770 --> 00:18:53,080 Okay, good. 365 00:18:54,170 --> 00:18:56,170 Good, then I'm gonna need it by the end of the day. 366 00:18:56,210 --> 00:18:57,320 Yes. 367 00:18:57,490 --> 00:18:58,630 I'm also gonna ask you 368 00:18:58,730 --> 00:18:59,810 to check Mr. Stafford's math 369 00:18:59,970 --> 00:19:01,320 as well as others' on this floor 370 00:19:01,410 --> 00:19:02,470 from time to time. 371 00:19:02,650 --> 00:19:03,650 I can handle that, Al. 372 00:19:03,810 --> 00:19:05,680 I'm sure you can, Paul. I'm sure they all can. 373 00:19:05,850 --> 00:19:07,320 But if that were the case 374 00:19:07,490 --> 00:19:09,020 shingles wouldn't be flying off the heat shield, 375 00:19:09,050 --> 00:19:10,050 now would they? 376 00:19:12,130 --> 00:19:13,920 Excuse me, could I have everyone's attention 377 00:19:14,010 --> 00:19:15,070 for a moment? 378 00:19:17,210 --> 00:19:18,680 Thank you. 379 00:19:19,530 --> 00:19:20,840 Just to be clear... 380 00:19:21,010 --> 00:19:23,880 in 14 days, the Mercury Seven will be here for training. 381 00:19:24,050 --> 00:19:26,880 And I have no doubt in my mind that they're going to be 382 00:19:27,050 --> 00:19:28,880 asking us questions about our work. 383 00:19:29,770 --> 00:19:31,160 I think that's pretty reasonable 384 00:19:31,330 --> 00:19:33,280 given we're putting a human on top of a missile, 385 00:19:33,490 --> 00:19:34,490 shooting him into space, 386 00:19:34,650 --> 00:19:36,000 and it's never been done before. 387 00:19:37,730 --> 00:19:38,890 Because it's never been done, 388 00:19:38,970 --> 00:19:41,350 everything we do between now and then is gonna matter. 389 00:19:43,010 --> 00:19:44,600 It's gonna matter to their wives... 390 00:19:45,810 --> 00:19:47,320 to their children. 391 00:19:48,010 --> 00:19:50,130 I believe it's gonna matter to the whole damn country. 392 00:19:51,610 --> 00:19:55,150 So this Space Task Group will be as advertised. 393 00:19:55,330 --> 00:19:58,560 America's greatest engineering and scientific minds 394 00:19:58,890 --> 00:20:00,280 are not gonna have a problem 395 00:20:00,370 --> 00:20:02,800 with having their work checked. Are they, Paul? 396 00:20:03,210 --> 00:20:04,240 No, sir. 397 00:20:04,410 --> 00:20:06,320 Good. So let's have an amen, damn it. 398 00:20:06,490 --> 00:20:07,490 Amen. 399 00:20:08,130 --> 00:20:10,200 Amen! 400 00:20:10,930 --> 00:20:11,990 All right. 401 00:20:40,570 --> 00:20:42,200 My numbers are spot on. 402 00:20:43,850 --> 00:20:46,120 I will double check them, sir. No problem. 403 00:20:54,610 --> 00:20:55,610 Uh... 404 00:20:55,810 --> 00:20:57,820 I'm not gonna be able to... Work on what you can read. 405 00:20:57,850 --> 00:21:00,600 The rest is classified. You don't have clearance. 406 00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:19,960 These are the numbers Mr. Harrison gave me. 407 00:21:20,130 --> 00:21:22,080 Yes, I'm absolutely... Excuse me. 408 00:21:22,250 --> 00:21:23,720 May I ask where the ladies' room is? 409 00:21:23,930 --> 00:21:26,390 Sorry. I have no idea where your bathroom is. 410 00:21:27,210 --> 00:21:28,680 Yes, sir. 411 00:21:29,450 --> 00:21:31,240 Uh, yes, sir. 412 00:22:01,250 --> 00:22:03,840 Summertime in Virginia was an oven 413 00:22:05,010 --> 00:22:07,160 All the kids eating ice cream with their cousins 414 00:22:08,290 --> 00:22:10,880 I was studyin' while you was playing the dozens 415 00:22:11,970 --> 00:22:14,560 Don't act like you was there when you wasn't 416 00:22:14,650 --> 00:22:16,360 Runnin' from the man 417 00:22:16,450 --> 00:22:17,670 Runnin' from the badge 418 00:22:18,930 --> 00:22:21,200 Don't act like you was there when you wasn't 419 00:22:21,570 --> 00:22:23,200 Runnin' toward our plans 420 00:22:23,290 --> 00:22:24,720 And the judges hands 421 00:22:25,850 --> 00:22:27,880 Don't act like you was there when you wasn't 422 00:22:28,970 --> 00:22:31,560 I know they say you crawl before you walk 423 00:22:32,410 --> 00:22:35,160 But in my mind I already jog 424 00:22:35,810 --> 00:22:38,680 If I stand still I cannot get far 425 00:22:39,370 --> 00:22:41,480 They want the moon I'm on Mars 426 00:22:41,570 --> 00:22:46,880 Sometime my mind dives deep when I'm runnin' 427 00:22:48,610 --> 00:22:53,630 Together we'll fly But no more runnin' 428 00:22:55,090 --> 00:22:56,090 Ruth! 429 00:22:56,250 --> 00:22:57,250 Yes, Mr. Harrison? 430 00:22:57,850 --> 00:23:00,040 Ruth, where's that girl with the numbers? 431 00:23:00,210 --> 00:23:02,320 On a... break. 432 00:23:03,450 --> 00:23:04,480 We take breaks now? 433 00:23:06,770 --> 00:23:11,760 Sometime my mind dives deep When I'm runnin' 434 00:23:12,890 --> 00:23:15,450 I don't want no free ride 435 00:23:16,210 --> 00:23:18,840 I'm just sick and tired of runnin' 436 00:23:20,290 --> 00:23:25,120 Together we fly But no more runnin' 437 00:23:32,370 --> 00:23:33,560 My God, where have you been? 438 00:23:33,770 --> 00:23:34,910 Are you finished yet? 439 00:23:35,090 --> 00:23:36,120 Uh... 440 00:23:36,210 --> 00:23:37,880 Almost. He said by the end of the day. 441 00:23:37,970 --> 00:23:39,840 The end of the day around here was yesterday. 442 00:23:41,250 --> 00:23:42,520 I need those done first. 443 00:23:42,690 --> 00:23:44,040 He wants those done first. Okay. 444 00:23:44,210 --> 00:23:45,210 Get going. 445 00:23:45,410 --> 00:23:46,470 I'm sorry about that. 446 00:23:47,410 --> 00:23:48,880 Somebody's working on it right now. 447 00:24:54,730 --> 00:24:55,790 Mr. Harrison. 448 00:24:57,650 --> 00:24:59,640 Yeah. Uh, Just set it... You know. 449 00:25:02,730 --> 00:25:04,880 And Stafford's heat shield calcs? 450 00:25:06,290 --> 00:25:08,040 It's hard to be sure, sir. 451 00:25:08,850 --> 00:25:10,200 Hard to be sure. 452 00:25:11,050 --> 00:25:12,680 You know what we're doing here? 453 00:25:14,330 --> 00:25:16,240 Trying to put a man into space, sir. 454 00:25:16,410 --> 00:25:17,600 That's right. 455 00:25:18,610 --> 00:25:20,530 That's right. So you can throw that in the trash. 456 00:25:20,690 --> 00:25:21,960 Excuse me? 457 00:25:22,690 --> 00:25:24,640 I said you can throw it away. 458 00:25:25,170 --> 00:25:26,170 Here. 459 00:25:27,290 --> 00:25:28,760 It's not an insult to your work. 460 00:25:28,970 --> 00:25:30,480 It's just obsolete. 461 00:25:30,650 --> 00:25:32,880 That's how fast things are moving around here. 462 00:25:33,050 --> 00:25:35,400 If I said I was sorry, I'd be saying it all day. 463 00:25:36,290 --> 00:25:37,350 What I'm asking you to do, 464 00:25:37,450 --> 00:25:39,010 what I'm asking everyone in that room... 465 00:25:39,170 --> 00:25:41,240 all my geniuses... 466 00:25:41,410 --> 00:25:43,080 is to look beyond the numbers. 467 00:25:43,970 --> 00:25:45,920 To look around them. 468 00:25:46,090 --> 00:25:47,720 Through them. 469 00:25:47,890 --> 00:25:50,120 For answers to questions we don't even know to ask. 470 00:25:50,930 --> 00:25:52,960 Math that doesn't yet exist. 471 00:25:53,570 --> 00:25:55,870 Because without it, we're not going anywhere. 472 00:25:56,050 --> 00:25:57,800 We're staying on the ground. 473 00:25:57,970 --> 00:26:00,530 We're not flying into space. We're not circling the Earth. 474 00:26:00,690 --> 00:26:02,400 And we're certainly not touching the Moon. 475 00:26:02,570 --> 00:26:03,760 And in my mind... 476 00:26:04,970 --> 00:26:07,320 In my mind, I'm already there. 477 00:26:09,570 --> 00:26:10,570 Are you? 478 00:26:12,130 --> 00:26:13,270 Yes, sir. 479 00:26:14,210 --> 00:26:15,430 Good. 480 00:26:15,610 --> 00:26:16,980 Because I don't need another smart girl 481 00:26:17,010 --> 00:26:18,230 with an adding machine. 482 00:26:21,570 --> 00:26:22,920 Can I go, sir? 483 00:26:26,290 --> 00:26:28,000 Yeah, go. 484 00:26:29,290 --> 00:26:30,680 Yes, you can go. 485 00:27:01,970 --> 00:27:05,200 We've been waiting for hours. Next time, you take the bus. 486 00:27:05,370 --> 00:27:06,590 She's in a mood. 487 00:27:10,010 --> 00:27:11,880 People talkin' tryin' to break us up 488 00:27:12,290 --> 00:27:15,160 Why won't they let us be? 489 00:27:15,290 --> 00:27:17,800 Brick and stones may break my bones 490 00:27:17,890 --> 00:27:19,880 But talk don't bother me 491 00:27:19,970 --> 00:27:23,080 I've been abused 492 00:27:23,210 --> 00:27:24,600 In my heart 493 00:27:25,250 --> 00:27:27,600 I haven't been late one day in 10 years. 494 00:27:27,770 --> 00:27:30,400 Haven't been out sick. Haven't complained. 495 00:27:30,570 --> 00:27:31,570 My work's on time. 496 00:27:31,650 --> 00:27:33,040 It's done right. It's done well. 497 00:27:33,210 --> 00:27:34,560 It's not fair, that's a fact. 498 00:27:34,730 --> 00:27:36,240 What's not fair is having 499 00:27:36,330 --> 00:27:37,460 the responsibility of a supervisor... 500 00:27:37,490 --> 00:27:39,280 - but not the title or the pay. - Mmm. 501 00:27:40,130 --> 00:27:41,270 Watching you two move on. 502 00:27:42,250 --> 00:27:44,040 Now, don't get me wrong. 503 00:27:44,210 --> 00:27:46,770 Any upward movement is movement for us all. 504 00:27:48,130 --> 00:27:49,920 Just isn't movement for me. 505 00:27:50,090 --> 00:27:51,090 Truth be told, Dorothy... 506 00:27:51,250 --> 00:27:53,480 I don't even know if I can keep up in that room. 507 00:27:54,410 --> 00:27:56,920 I'll be back with the computers in a week. 508 00:27:57,090 --> 00:27:58,840 Or out of a job entirely. 509 00:27:59,010 --> 00:28:00,040 Oh, please. 510 00:28:00,210 --> 00:28:01,860 You're better with the numbers than anyone in there, 511 00:28:01,890 --> 00:28:02,970 Katherine, and you know it. 512 00:28:03,050 --> 00:28:05,180 Just make that pencil move as fast as your mind does... 513 00:28:05,210 --> 00:28:06,680 you'll be fine. 514 00:28:06,850 --> 00:28:08,720 And you, have some respect. 515 00:28:08,890 --> 00:28:10,520 Get your damn feet off my dashboard. 516 00:28:10,610 --> 00:28:11,730 This isn't your living room. 517 00:28:16,090 --> 00:28:17,840 I sound like a supervisor, don't I? 518 00:28:18,010 --> 00:28:19,560 A mean old salty one. 519 00:28:19,730 --> 00:28:21,560 Riddled with authority, no question. 520 00:28:23,050 --> 00:28:24,800 You don't mess with Mrs. Vaughan. 521 00:28:26,090 --> 00:28:27,480 Turn that music up. 522 00:28:43,970 --> 00:28:45,170 Good night, Katherine. 523 00:28:45,290 --> 00:28:46,290 Bye, Kat. 524 00:28:46,370 --> 00:28:47,370 Good night, ladies. 525 00:28:47,450 --> 00:28:48,770 - See you in the morning. - Bye. 526 00:28:57,610 --> 00:28:58,610 Hey, baby. 527 00:28:58,770 --> 00:28:59,830 Hello, Mama. 528 00:29:00,450 --> 00:29:03,160 I was fixing to call the National Guard. 529 00:29:04,330 --> 00:29:07,950 Sorry, Mama. New assignment. 530 00:29:08,130 --> 00:29:09,920 Space Task Group. 531 00:29:10,090 --> 00:29:12,080 Oh, my word. That sounds important. 532 00:29:12,250 --> 00:29:13,920 It's a promotion? 533 00:29:14,250 --> 00:29:16,920 It might be a slight promotion. 534 00:29:17,730 --> 00:29:19,040 But you want the job, right? 535 00:29:20,970 --> 00:29:22,520 I think so. 536 00:29:22,690 --> 00:29:24,440 It's a challenge, but... 537 00:29:24,570 --> 00:29:26,680 It's nothing you can't handle, Katherine. 538 00:29:28,650 --> 00:29:30,280 Thank you, Mama. 539 00:29:31,890 --> 00:29:32,950 Are they asleep yet? 540 00:29:33,170 --> 00:29:34,760 They're pretending to be. 541 00:29:34,930 --> 00:29:37,080 - What are you doing? - I don't... 542 00:29:37,250 --> 00:29:38,920 They're not pretending well enough. 543 00:29:39,010 --> 00:29:40,010 Constance! 544 00:29:40,090 --> 00:29:41,960 Thank you, Mama. Love you. 545 00:29:42,130 --> 00:29:43,480 This is my bed. No. 546 00:29:43,570 --> 00:29:44,570 Get off! 547 00:29:44,650 --> 00:29:46,040 Go back to yours! I'm oldest! No. 548 00:29:46,130 --> 00:29:47,420 - What are you doing? - Get off! 549 00:29:47,450 --> 00:29:48,670 What are you doing? 550 00:29:48,850 --> 00:29:51,410 It's not fair how Joylette gets to sleep by herself 551 00:29:51,610 --> 00:29:53,240 because she's the oldest. 552 00:29:53,410 --> 00:29:54,840 Yes, it is fair. No, it's not. 553 00:29:55,010 --> 00:29:56,500 - Yes, it is. - Nuh-uh. 554 00:29:56,530 --> 00:29:58,760 Constance, Kathy, sit. 555 00:30:02,930 --> 00:30:05,080 Now, I understand... 556 00:30:05,290 --> 00:30:07,960 you want to be grown and have your own space. 557 00:30:08,850 --> 00:30:10,800 So, whoever sleeps in that bed, 558 00:30:10,930 --> 00:30:12,520 in Joylette's place... 559 00:30:12,690 --> 00:30:14,440 will also do the dishes... 560 00:30:14,610 --> 00:30:16,360 take out the trash... 561 00:30:16,530 --> 00:30:18,480 and do all of Joylette's chores. 562 00:30:19,170 --> 00:30:21,470 That's okay. Never mind. 563 00:30:21,650 --> 00:30:23,360 Yeah, she's not so terrible to share with. 564 00:30:25,730 --> 00:30:26,730 Okay. 565 00:30:26,810 --> 00:30:28,200 Then don't let me come home 566 00:30:28,290 --> 00:30:30,320 and find you like this again, you hear me? 567 00:30:30,490 --> 00:30:32,950 You're supposed to been asleep a long time ago. 568 00:30:33,130 --> 00:30:34,640 We just wanted to say goodnight. 569 00:30:34,810 --> 00:30:37,370 You've been gone for 300 hours. 570 00:30:39,650 --> 00:30:41,680 I know. I work a full-time job now. 571 00:30:41,850 --> 00:30:43,360 You all know that. 572 00:30:45,330 --> 00:30:48,120 I have to be Mommy and Daddy. 573 00:30:52,570 --> 00:30:54,560 I miss your father just as much as anyone. 574 00:30:55,330 --> 00:30:57,520 He's with the angels. 575 00:30:57,690 --> 00:30:59,640 Yes, he's with all the angels. 576 00:30:59,810 --> 00:31:01,480 And he's watching over us. 577 00:31:01,650 --> 00:31:03,920 Every minute, okay? 578 00:31:04,090 --> 00:31:06,470 That's why we have to be strong. 579 00:31:06,570 --> 00:31:07,570 All right? 580 00:31:07,650 --> 00:31:09,000 Yes, Mama. Yes, Mama. 581 00:31:09,170 --> 00:31:10,520 Y'all get some rest, okay? 582 00:31:11,090 --> 00:31:12,090 Mama? 583 00:31:12,170 --> 00:31:13,170 Yes, baby? 584 00:31:13,770 --> 00:31:16,070 Are the Russians fixin' to attack us? 585 00:31:16,690 --> 00:31:17,830 Where'd you get that from? 586 00:31:18,010 --> 00:31:19,530 We had to hide under our desks today... 587 00:31:20,370 --> 00:31:21,430 all scrunched up. 588 00:31:22,050 --> 00:31:24,080 Okay, baby, that's called a drill. 589 00:31:24,250 --> 00:31:25,720 It means, uh... 590 00:31:25,890 --> 00:31:27,360 you practice safety 591 00:31:27,450 --> 00:31:29,830 just in case something happens. 592 00:31:32,450 --> 00:31:35,280 Truth is, we don't know what they're doing up there. 593 00:31:35,450 --> 00:31:36,920 You going to space, too? 594 00:31:37,130 --> 00:31:38,520 No, baby. 595 00:31:38,690 --> 00:31:41,840 But I'm going to do what I can 596 00:31:42,050 --> 00:31:45,040 to help those brave men get there. Yes, I am. 597 00:31:45,210 --> 00:31:48,040 You could fly up to space if you wanted to, Mama. 598 00:31:48,210 --> 00:31:49,680 You could be an astronaut. 599 00:31:49,890 --> 00:31:51,760 Did you draw this? Yes, Mama. 600 00:31:53,090 --> 00:31:55,080 Is that me? 601 00:31:55,250 --> 00:31:56,250 Mmm-hmm. 602 00:31:56,970 --> 00:31:58,110 You see this? 603 00:31:59,610 --> 00:32:01,200 Oh, my goodness. 604 00:32:01,370 --> 00:32:02,960 I love you, baby. 605 00:32:04,050 --> 00:32:05,050 I know. 606 00:32:05,210 --> 00:32:06,600 Come here. 607 00:32:06,770 --> 00:32:09,120 All right. Now this time really go to bed. 608 00:32:09,730 --> 00:32:10,730 Okay? 609 00:32:10,890 --> 00:32:12,600 I love y'all. Good night. 610 00:32:12,770 --> 00:32:13,890 Good night. Good night, Mama. 611 00:32:13,930 --> 00:32:15,880 I love my picture, baby. 612 00:32:24,650 --> 00:32:25,760 Thank you, Lord. 613 00:32:28,290 --> 00:32:30,120 - Praise God! - Praise God! 614 00:32:30,290 --> 00:32:32,400 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 615 00:32:34,570 --> 00:32:35,570 Hallelujah. 616 00:32:37,010 --> 00:32:38,400 Praise God... 617 00:32:39,410 --> 00:32:42,120 that change is coming. 618 00:32:44,130 --> 00:32:47,440 From the Southern Christian Leadership Conference... 619 00:32:47,610 --> 00:32:49,600 to the good reverend Dr. King... 620 00:32:49,770 --> 00:32:51,080 Amen! Hallelujah! 621 00:32:51,250 --> 00:32:53,440 ...to the students sitting in at lunch counters 622 00:32:53,530 --> 00:32:54,530 in North Carolina. 623 00:32:54,690 --> 00:32:55,690 That's right. Yes, sir. 624 00:32:55,810 --> 00:32:58,640 His faith in us has no limit. 625 00:32:59,370 --> 00:33:02,640 The good Lord has our very own women 626 00:33:02,810 --> 00:33:04,440 working on rocket ships. 627 00:33:08,610 --> 00:33:11,640 And we have National Guardsmen 628 00:33:11,850 --> 00:33:12,990 defending our freedom. 629 00:33:13,170 --> 00:33:15,440 Give a shout of praise for Colonel Jim Johnson. 630 00:33:18,210 --> 00:33:20,120 Returning home, by the grace of God 631 00:33:20,290 --> 00:33:22,640 to set up a National Guard unit 632 00:33:23,010 --> 00:33:24,280 right here in Hampton. 633 00:33:25,290 --> 00:33:26,720 Can I get a hallelujah in here? 634 00:33:26,890 --> 00:33:28,880 Hallelujah! 635 00:33:33,130 --> 00:33:34,520 I just don't understand. 636 00:33:35,330 --> 00:33:36,680 I don't understand it. 637 00:33:36,850 --> 00:33:38,490 I don't wanna talk about this again, okay? 638 00:33:38,890 --> 00:33:40,240 A female engineer? 639 00:33:41,410 --> 00:33:42,410 A female engineer? 640 00:33:42,970 --> 00:33:44,080 We're Negro, baby. 641 00:33:44,170 --> 00:33:45,530 Ain't no such thing. Understand it. 642 00:33:45,650 --> 00:33:47,000 It's not like that there, Levi. 643 00:33:47,170 --> 00:33:48,480 You can't apply for freedom. 644 00:33:48,650 --> 00:33:51,360 Freedom is never granted to the oppressed. 645 00:33:51,530 --> 00:33:53,040 It's got to be demanded. Taken. 646 00:33:53,210 --> 00:33:55,040 Stop quoting your slogans at me. 647 00:33:55,570 --> 00:33:57,840 There is more than one way to achieve something. 648 00:33:58,010 --> 00:33:59,010 I don't want any greens. 649 00:33:59,050 --> 00:34:01,000 Hey. I tell you about interrupting? 650 00:34:01,090 --> 00:34:02,840 Here. Try this, baby. 651 00:34:04,930 --> 00:34:05,930 Yes. 652 00:34:06,010 --> 00:34:07,800 You're gonna eat them greens, too. 653 00:34:07,890 --> 00:34:09,840 Kids need to eat their vegetables. 654 00:34:10,010 --> 00:34:11,720 You'd know that if you was ever home. 655 00:34:14,090 --> 00:34:16,000 You better settle down, Levi Jackson. 656 00:34:16,170 --> 00:34:17,840 Unless you want this female's mind, 657 00:34:17,930 --> 00:34:19,920 right here, in front of everybody. 658 00:34:22,010 --> 00:34:23,440 All I'm saying... 659 00:34:23,610 --> 00:34:25,360 don't play the fool. 660 00:34:25,530 --> 00:34:27,360 I don't wanna see you get hurt. 661 00:34:27,530 --> 00:34:29,440 NASA's never ever given you guys your due. 662 00:34:29,610 --> 00:34:30,960 Having a couple of extra degrees 663 00:34:31,050 --> 00:34:32,190 ain't gonna change that. 664 00:34:33,730 --> 00:34:35,880 Civil rights ain't always civil. 665 00:34:41,530 --> 00:34:43,200 I don't want any greens either. 666 00:34:43,370 --> 00:34:44,400 No lip, little miss. 667 00:34:44,610 --> 00:34:46,090 Your brother gets them, and so do you. 668 00:34:49,090 --> 00:34:51,440 I hear he's planning on staying in the area. 669 00:34:52,890 --> 00:34:54,800 Oh, yeah? Well, that's good for him. 670 00:34:54,970 --> 00:34:57,430 Katherine, go find your way over there. 671 00:34:57,610 --> 00:35:00,640 That Colonel Jim is a tall glass of water. 672 00:35:00,810 --> 00:35:02,080 That he is. 673 00:35:02,290 --> 00:35:04,800 Tall, strong, commanding. 674 00:35:04,970 --> 00:35:07,240 And I bet he's like that day and night. 675 00:35:07,410 --> 00:35:10,000 Mary, it's Sunday. 676 00:35:10,170 --> 00:35:11,480 Please have some shame. 677 00:35:11,650 --> 00:35:12,920 I will not. 678 00:35:13,650 --> 00:35:16,110 Hmm, I think he's smiling over here. 679 00:35:16,290 --> 00:35:17,480 At you. 680 00:35:21,930 --> 00:35:23,150 Well I'm not smiling back. 681 00:35:23,250 --> 00:35:24,280 Yes, you are. Oh, child. 682 00:35:24,370 --> 00:35:26,200 You are all teeth right now. I am not. 683 00:35:27,410 --> 00:35:28,630 Come over here. 684 00:35:29,090 --> 00:35:30,130 He's coming over. 685 00:35:30,250 --> 00:35:31,620 Now, why would he be doing that? 686 00:35:31,650 --> 00:35:33,330 - 'Cause Mary's waving at him. - No! 687 00:35:33,450 --> 00:35:35,140 Ladies, I'm not ready. It's too late. Fix your hair. 688 00:35:35,170 --> 00:35:36,170 Hello, Colonel. 689 00:35:37,250 --> 00:35:38,440 I'm Dorothy Vaughan. 690 00:35:38,610 --> 00:35:40,740 That's Mary Jackson. I believe you met her husband, Levi. 691 00:35:40,770 --> 00:35:42,280 Yes, ma'am. Good to meet y'all. 692 00:35:42,450 --> 00:35:43,800 And Mrs. Katherine Goble. 693 00:35:43,970 --> 00:35:45,760 She's not married. She's a widow... 694 00:35:45,930 --> 00:35:48,120 ...with three beautiful little girls. 695 00:35:48,290 --> 00:35:49,290 So well behaved. 696 00:35:49,450 --> 00:35:51,600 Angels on earth is what we like to call them. 697 00:35:51,770 --> 00:35:53,440 Dorothy, slice of pie? 698 00:35:53,610 --> 00:35:55,120 I'd love one. 699 00:35:55,290 --> 00:35:56,760 Excuse me. 700 00:35:56,970 --> 00:35:58,100 You already have a slice of pie... 701 00:35:58,130 --> 00:35:59,130 Uh-huh. 702 00:36:02,810 --> 00:36:05,440 I was just, uh, fixing my three babies some plates... 703 00:36:05,650 --> 00:36:06,840 Let me help you. 704 00:36:07,810 --> 00:36:09,030 Sure. 705 00:36:09,210 --> 00:36:11,200 Fruit salad. Mmm-hmm. 706 00:36:12,690 --> 00:36:15,560 Pastor mentioned you're a computer at NASA. 707 00:36:15,650 --> 00:36:16,650 Yes. 708 00:36:16,690 --> 00:36:18,040 What's that entail? 709 00:36:18,650 --> 00:36:19,650 Oh. 710 00:36:19,970 --> 00:36:21,960 We calculate the mathematics necessary 711 00:36:22,130 --> 00:36:24,690 to enable launch and landing for the space program. 712 00:36:25,050 --> 00:36:27,350 That's pretty heady stuff. 713 00:36:27,530 --> 00:36:28,560 Yes, it is. 714 00:36:28,730 --> 00:36:30,440 They let women handle that sort of... 715 00:36:30,530 --> 00:36:31,530 Uh... 716 00:36:33,650 --> 00:36:36,030 That's not what I mean. 717 00:36:36,210 --> 00:36:37,520 What do you mean? 718 00:36:40,410 --> 00:36:43,640 I'm just surprised that something so... 719 00:36:45,490 --> 00:36:46,760 taxing... Mmm-hmm. 720 00:36:46,850 --> 00:36:48,360 Mr. Johnson. 721 00:36:49,490 --> 00:36:51,680 If I were you, I'd quit talking right now. 722 00:36:51,850 --> 00:36:53,070 I didn't mean no disrespect. 723 00:36:54,330 --> 00:36:55,600 I will have you know 724 00:36:55,770 --> 00:36:57,840 I was the first Negro female student 725 00:36:58,010 --> 00:37:00,200 at West Virginia University Graduate School. 726 00:37:00,930 --> 00:37:02,150 On any given day... 727 00:37:02,370 --> 00:37:04,440 I analyze the manometer levels 728 00:37:04,530 --> 00:37:06,990 for air displacement, friction, and velocity 729 00:37:07,210 --> 00:37:09,640 and compute over 10,000 calculations 730 00:37:09,730 --> 00:37:11,440 by cosine, square root... 731 00:37:11,610 --> 00:37:13,640 and, lately, analytic geometry. 732 00:37:13,730 --> 00:37:14,730 By hand. 733 00:37:15,250 --> 00:37:17,810 There are 20 bright, highly capable 734 00:37:17,930 --> 00:37:19,720 Negro women in the West Computing Group. 735 00:37:19,930 --> 00:37:22,360 And we're proud to be doing our part for the country. 736 00:37:23,210 --> 00:37:24,210 So, yes. 737 00:37:24,370 --> 00:37:26,750 They let women do some things at NASA, Mr. Johnson. 738 00:37:27,450 --> 00:37:29,720 And it's not because we wear skirts. 739 00:37:30,290 --> 00:37:32,280 It's because we wear glasses. 740 00:37:33,450 --> 00:37:34,920 Have a good day. 741 00:37:48,970 --> 00:37:50,240 Scott, welcome to Langley. 742 00:37:51,610 --> 00:37:52,720 Welcome to Langley. Welcome. 743 00:37:53,570 --> 00:37:55,240 Good to have you here, gentlemen. 744 00:38:04,330 --> 00:38:05,600 Thank you. 745 00:38:05,810 --> 00:38:08,440 That's Alan Shepard, U.S. Navy pilot. 746 00:38:08,610 --> 00:38:10,440 He could be the first man in space. 747 00:38:10,650 --> 00:38:13,280 And that's Scott Carpenter and Walter Schirra... 748 00:38:13,450 --> 00:38:15,000 also Navy pilots. 749 00:38:15,170 --> 00:38:17,920 All under 5'11", 180 pounds. 750 00:38:18,090 --> 00:38:19,680 IQs over 130. Mmm. 751 00:38:19,850 --> 00:38:21,760 And handsome must be a requirement too. 752 00:38:21,930 --> 00:38:24,640 How could you possibly be ogling these white men? 753 00:38:24,810 --> 00:38:25,810 It's equal rights. 754 00:38:25,930 --> 00:38:27,920 I have the right to see fine in every color. 755 00:38:28,930 --> 00:38:32,240 And that's John Glenn. He's the only Marine Corps pilot. 756 00:38:32,810 --> 00:38:34,920 Gentlemen, if we may, much to see around here. 757 00:38:35,130 --> 00:38:37,010 Well, heck, we haven't shaken all the hands yet. 758 00:38:37,050 --> 00:38:38,690 We have a fairly tight itinerary, Colonel. 759 00:38:38,770 --> 00:38:39,770 Ruth, he's fine. 760 00:38:39,970 --> 00:38:41,260 He's coming this way. Look straight ahead. 761 00:38:41,290 --> 00:38:42,290 I'm looking right at him. 762 00:38:42,450 --> 00:38:45,440 Ladies, I didn't wanna run off without saying hello. 763 00:38:45,610 --> 00:38:47,120 Seem to be in a big rush around here. 764 00:38:47,290 --> 00:38:49,200 The Russians certainly aren't slowing down any. 765 00:38:49,370 --> 00:38:50,960 They can't build a damn refrigerator. 766 00:38:51,050 --> 00:38:52,650 How the heck did they beat us into space? 767 00:38:53,970 --> 00:38:55,260 And what do you ladies do for NASA? 768 00:38:55,290 --> 00:38:57,850 Calculate your trajectories. Launch and landing. 769 00:38:57,970 --> 00:38:59,020 You can't get anywhere without the numbers. 770 00:38:59,050 --> 00:39:00,050 No, sir. 771 00:39:00,650 --> 00:39:04,000 Mary Jackson, Mr. Glenn. Engineering. 772 00:39:04,170 --> 00:39:05,620 And I'm proud as the devil to be working with you. 773 00:39:05,650 --> 00:39:06,790 Thank you, Mary. 774 00:39:06,890 --> 00:39:07,890 John. 775 00:39:09,250 --> 00:39:10,800 John, let's take it inside. Yes, sir. 776 00:39:10,970 --> 00:39:12,600 Guys. Nice meeting you guys. 777 00:39:12,890 --> 00:39:14,250 Thank you, Colonel. Good luck, sir. 778 00:39:14,330 --> 00:39:15,640 God bless you all. 779 00:39:16,650 --> 00:39:17,840 Thank you. That's wonderful. 780 00:39:18,650 --> 00:39:19,650 Thank you! 781 00:39:50,170 --> 00:39:51,560 Mr. Harrison wants you to confirm 782 00:39:51,730 --> 00:39:54,360 launch and landing for the Redstone rocket test. 783 00:39:59,370 --> 00:40:02,600 I cannot work on what I cannot see, Mr. Stafford. 784 00:40:02,770 --> 00:40:03,830 It's illegible. 785 00:40:04,050 --> 00:40:05,650 Those numbers have already been confirmed 786 00:40:05,730 --> 00:40:07,600 by two engineers in this department and myself. 787 00:40:07,690 --> 00:40:09,800 This is more or less a dummy check. 788 00:40:46,410 --> 00:40:48,410 You have one, we make it two. Make it double, okay? 789 00:40:48,450 --> 00:40:50,240 We gotta get it. Just make it happen. 790 00:40:53,090 --> 00:40:55,280 No one thought to measure these things? 791 00:40:55,450 --> 00:40:57,080 I'm afraid not, sir. 792 00:40:58,490 --> 00:41:00,600 Well, would you like us to stop? 793 00:41:00,770 --> 00:41:02,760 No. No, just... 794 00:41:03,410 --> 00:41:05,840 Actually, no. Just keep going. 795 00:41:06,850 --> 00:41:09,480 In fact, use the big hammer. 796 00:41:09,650 --> 00:41:10,650 Yes, sir. 797 00:41:10,770 --> 00:41:12,900 Come on, use the big hammer. You heard the man. Let's go. 798 00:41:12,930 --> 00:41:13,930 Watch out. 799 00:41:39,970 --> 00:41:40,970 Ma'am. 800 00:41:43,330 --> 00:41:45,560 Our runner can pick up your work, Dorothy. 801 00:41:46,530 --> 00:41:48,200 You need to be working, not walking. 802 00:41:48,370 --> 00:41:51,640 Oh, it's break time, ma'am. No trouble at all. 803 00:41:51,810 --> 00:41:53,480 Since you made the trip... 804 00:41:53,650 --> 00:41:55,760 you can take that batch over there. 805 00:41:56,530 --> 00:41:58,320 Sure thing, Mrs. Mitchell. 806 00:42:01,330 --> 00:42:03,520 You need something else? Yes, ma'am. 807 00:42:04,370 --> 00:42:06,020 I was wondering if you know what they're building 808 00:42:06,050 --> 00:42:07,050 over in the tech wing. 809 00:42:09,930 --> 00:42:12,000 It's called an IBM. 810 00:42:12,170 --> 00:42:13,640 A mainframe machine. 811 00:42:14,370 --> 00:42:15,880 Apparently, it can do our calculations 812 00:42:16,010 --> 00:42:17,050 in a fraction of the time. 813 00:42:17,730 --> 00:42:18,730 Hmm. 814 00:42:19,330 --> 00:42:21,000 I guess that's good for NASA. 815 00:42:24,410 --> 00:42:26,520 Hurry on, now. Best if you do it in one trip. 816 00:42:44,210 --> 00:42:45,270 Excuse me. 817 00:43:13,490 --> 00:43:14,490 Hi. 818 00:43:20,050 --> 00:43:21,800 What are you looking at, Paul? 819 00:43:30,130 --> 00:43:31,560 Is that correct? 820 00:43:33,010 --> 00:43:34,010 Yeah. 821 00:43:40,810 --> 00:43:41,840 Whose work is that? 822 00:43:44,090 --> 00:43:45,920 I said, whose work is that? 823 00:43:48,930 --> 00:43:50,520 Katherine Goble, sir. 824 00:43:54,410 --> 00:43:55,410 Hello. Hi. 825 00:43:55,450 --> 00:43:56,500 How did you know the Redstone 826 00:43:56,530 --> 00:43:58,080 couldn't support orbital flight? 827 00:43:58,250 --> 00:43:59,420 That's classified information. 828 00:43:59,450 --> 00:44:00,450 It's top secret. 829 00:44:01,090 --> 00:44:03,280 It's no secret why the Redstone tests keep failing. 830 00:44:03,450 --> 00:44:04,920 It's fine for sub-orbital flight 831 00:44:05,090 --> 00:44:07,120 but it can't handle the weight of the capsule 832 00:44:07,290 --> 00:44:08,290 and push it into space. 833 00:44:08,930 --> 00:44:10,440 Numbers don't lie. 834 00:44:11,370 --> 00:44:13,360 And you figured all that out with this? 835 00:44:15,130 --> 00:44:16,960 Half the data is redacted. 836 00:44:17,850 --> 00:44:21,200 But what's there tells a story if you read between the lines. 837 00:44:21,370 --> 00:44:23,050 The distance from launch to orbit, we know. 838 00:44:23,210 --> 00:44:24,400 Redstone mass, we know. 839 00:44:24,490 --> 00:44:26,440 Mercury capsule weight, we know. 840 00:44:26,650 --> 00:44:29,440 And the speeds are there in the data. 841 00:44:29,650 --> 00:44:31,280 You did the math. 842 00:44:31,690 --> 00:44:32,690 Yes, sir. 843 00:44:33,490 --> 00:44:35,320 I looked beyond. 844 00:44:37,490 --> 00:44:39,790 How do you know about the Atlas rocket? 845 00:44:42,810 --> 00:44:44,800 That's not math. 846 00:44:44,970 --> 00:44:46,030 That data is not here. 847 00:44:46,170 --> 00:44:47,840 Like you said, it's classified. 848 00:44:54,010 --> 00:44:55,800 I held it up to the light. 849 00:44:56,010 --> 00:44:57,320 You held it up to the light? 850 00:44:57,490 --> 00:44:58,550 Yes, sir. 851 00:45:03,850 --> 00:45:04,850 Well, there it is. 852 00:45:05,010 --> 00:45:06,010 Mmm-hmm. 853 00:45:07,330 --> 00:45:08,330 Atlas. 854 00:45:09,250 --> 00:45:10,310 What's your name? 855 00:45:10,490 --> 00:45:12,000 Katherine Goble. 856 00:45:13,330 --> 00:45:14,680 Are you a spy, Katherine? 857 00:45:14,850 --> 00:45:15,850 Am I what? 858 00:45:15,890 --> 00:45:17,090 I said, are you a Russian spy? 859 00:45:17,170 --> 00:45:18,520 No, sir. 860 00:45:18,690 --> 00:45:20,040 I'm not Russian. 861 00:45:21,570 --> 00:45:23,200 She's not Russian, sir. 862 00:45:25,010 --> 00:45:26,840 All right then, we have nothing to lose here. 863 00:45:27,010 --> 00:45:28,060 Give her everything she needs 864 00:45:28,090 --> 00:45:29,340 to work on Shepard's trajectories. 865 00:45:29,370 --> 00:45:31,440 Without redaction. Are we clear on that? 866 00:45:31,610 --> 00:45:32,880 Are we sure about this? 867 00:45:33,090 --> 00:45:34,090 What's the issue, Paul? 868 00:45:34,250 --> 00:45:35,680 You heard her. 869 00:45:35,850 --> 00:45:36,850 She's not a spy. 870 00:45:37,690 --> 00:45:39,280 I just don't think it's a good idea. 871 00:45:39,450 --> 00:45:43,120 You know what I think's a good idea? Darker ink. 872 00:45:43,290 --> 00:45:44,570 I think darker ink's a good idea. 873 00:45:44,690 --> 00:45:45,780 Ruth, could you pass it along? 874 00:45:45,810 --> 00:45:46,810 Yes, sir. 875 00:45:46,970 --> 00:45:48,030 Thank you, Katherine. 876 00:45:48,210 --> 00:45:49,350 Thank you, sir. 877 00:45:55,890 --> 00:45:57,880 This interrogation's over. 878 00:46:16,450 --> 00:46:18,600 You can probably get to the moon and back with this. 879 00:46:18,770 --> 00:46:20,160 Just not the bathroom. 880 00:46:20,330 --> 00:46:22,480 At least they're not blind of what you do. 881 00:46:22,650 --> 00:46:23,730 It's not gonna matter soon. 882 00:46:23,930 --> 00:46:26,520 This IBM's gonna put us all out of work. 883 00:46:26,690 --> 00:46:28,600 How you doing? What can we do about it? 884 00:46:29,330 --> 00:46:31,320 Only one thing to do. 885 00:46:31,490 --> 00:46:33,200 Learn all we can, make ourselves valuable. 886 00:46:33,810 --> 00:46:35,260 Somewhere down the line, a human being 887 00:46:35,290 --> 00:46:36,580 is gonna have to push the buttons. 888 00:46:36,610 --> 00:46:38,000 That's right. 889 00:46:40,210 --> 00:46:41,760 Oh, mercy. 890 00:46:41,930 --> 00:46:43,520 Well, she must be lost. 891 00:46:43,690 --> 00:46:44,900 NASA doesn't commission females 892 00:46:44,930 --> 00:46:46,250 for the Engineer Training Program. 893 00:46:47,450 --> 00:46:51,150 That position is available to any qualified applicant. 894 00:46:51,330 --> 00:46:54,120 Right. Except, you don't have the educational requirements. 895 00:46:54,290 --> 00:46:55,350 I have a bachelor's degree 896 00:46:55,450 --> 00:46:56,780 in mathematics and physical science. 897 00:46:56,810 --> 00:46:58,680 It's the same as most engineers around here. 898 00:46:58,850 --> 00:47:01,360 We now require advanced extension courses 899 00:47:01,450 --> 00:47:02,960 through the University of Virginia. 900 00:47:03,130 --> 00:47:05,320 It's in the employee handbook. In addendum. 901 00:47:06,610 --> 00:47:07,730 In case you haven't read it. 902 00:47:08,370 --> 00:47:10,520 Every time we have a chance to get ahead... 903 00:47:10,730 --> 00:47:11,870 they move the finish line. 904 00:47:12,050 --> 00:47:13,450 I just follow the rules around here. 905 00:47:13,650 --> 00:47:15,160 And I expect everyone who works for me 906 00:47:15,290 --> 00:47:16,290 to follow them as well. 907 00:47:16,450 --> 00:47:19,640 There are no special circumstances for anyone. 908 00:47:20,130 --> 00:47:22,280 Y'all should be thankful you have jobs at all. 909 00:47:28,130 --> 00:47:31,600 "For those that cannot attend classes at the University of Virginia... 910 00:47:31,770 --> 00:47:34,150 "advanced extension courses are available 911 00:47:34,330 --> 00:47:36,120 "at the Hampton High School." 912 00:47:36,850 --> 00:47:39,120 That's still a segregated school, Mary. 913 00:47:39,290 --> 00:47:41,750 Virginia acts like Brown versus Board of Education 914 00:47:41,850 --> 00:47:42,850 never happened. 915 00:47:43,050 --> 00:47:45,320 They are never gonna allow a colored woman 916 00:47:45,490 --> 00:47:47,480 to just take classes at an all-white school. 917 00:47:47,650 --> 00:47:49,440 Well, sounds about right. 918 00:47:49,610 --> 00:47:51,320 That's all you gonna say? 919 00:47:51,410 --> 00:47:53,140 I'm not gonna sit here all day and listen to you complain 920 00:47:53,170 --> 00:47:54,360 about the way things are. 921 00:47:54,530 --> 00:47:55,610 We're trying to play cards. 922 00:47:55,730 --> 00:47:57,340 Petition the court. Fight for what you want. 923 00:47:57,370 --> 00:47:58,840 But quit talking about it. 924 00:48:01,850 --> 00:48:03,480 I've been complaining? For days. 925 00:48:03,650 --> 00:48:04,650 Ladies. 926 00:48:05,850 --> 00:48:07,960 Not one more peep about work. 927 00:48:08,130 --> 00:48:09,190 Deal me in. 928 00:48:09,330 --> 00:48:10,330 Katherine? 929 00:48:10,370 --> 00:48:11,760 - Come on. - Oh, no. 930 00:48:11,890 --> 00:48:12,950 Right here. You. 931 00:48:13,130 --> 00:48:15,000 Child, I needed this. 932 00:48:15,210 --> 00:48:16,210 Thank you. 933 00:48:18,690 --> 00:48:20,880 Don't give her anymore, Katherine. 934 00:48:21,090 --> 00:48:23,200 I can't. She drank it all. 935 00:48:23,370 --> 00:48:25,640 Listen, I'm fine. 936 00:48:25,810 --> 00:48:27,680 I'm as fine as I have ever been. 937 00:48:27,890 --> 00:48:29,640 You're drunk as you've ever been. 938 00:48:31,050 --> 00:48:32,560 Come on. Let's dance, ladies. 939 00:48:34,210 --> 00:48:35,480 Come on, Kat. Let's dance. 940 00:48:35,690 --> 00:48:36,970 Go and dance with her, Katherine. 941 00:48:37,090 --> 00:48:38,440 Come on. Get out here. 942 00:48:38,530 --> 00:48:39,640 Hide that. 943 00:48:39,730 --> 00:48:40,820 We gonna teach you how to dance. 944 00:48:40,850 --> 00:48:41,850 You go ahead. 945 00:48:41,930 --> 00:48:43,880 All right. It's too low. 946 00:48:44,050 --> 00:48:45,680 We gonna teach you how to get a man. 947 00:48:45,770 --> 00:48:47,680 - Teach me? What? - That's right. Come on! 948 00:48:47,770 --> 00:48:49,400 You got to know how to dance. 949 00:48:49,570 --> 00:48:51,040 Slow. Slow. Come on. 950 00:48:51,210 --> 00:48:53,160 Twirl it around. Twirl, twirl. 951 00:48:53,370 --> 00:48:55,480 Yes! Twirl, twirl, twirl. 952 00:48:55,570 --> 00:48:57,240 Whoo! Look at her, Dorothy. 953 00:48:57,410 --> 00:48:59,400 Can I win me one of those fancy dance contests? 954 00:48:59,570 --> 00:49:00,840 Whip it around. 955 00:49:02,850 --> 00:49:04,420 Yeah, and on the outside. 956 00:49:04,450 --> 00:49:05,720 Was it better than Mama's? 957 00:49:05,930 --> 00:49:07,200 No, not really. 958 00:49:07,370 --> 00:49:08,890 Segregation must go! 959 00:49:09,290 --> 00:49:12,760 Segregation must go! 960 00:49:12,930 --> 00:49:14,960 Segregation must go! 961 00:49:15,130 --> 00:49:16,920 Segregation must go! 962 00:49:21,210 --> 00:49:22,420 Don't pay attention to all that. 963 00:49:22,450 --> 00:49:23,930 We're not part of that trouble. Go on. 964 00:49:35,730 --> 00:49:37,920 "Mind. They must have done..." 965 00:49:42,290 --> 00:49:44,590 We don't want any trouble in here. 966 00:49:45,290 --> 00:49:47,400 Oh, I'm not here for any trouble, ma'am. 967 00:49:47,570 --> 00:49:48,630 What are you here for? 968 00:49:49,450 --> 00:49:50,450 A book. 969 00:49:50,610 --> 00:49:52,960 You have books in the colored section. 970 00:49:54,290 --> 00:49:55,960 It doesn't have what I'm looking for. 971 00:49:56,130 --> 00:49:58,280 That's just the way it is. 972 00:50:02,450 --> 00:50:03,780 Go on, now. You know better than this. 973 00:50:03,810 --> 00:50:06,110 Get your hands off my boys! Don't touch them. 974 00:50:07,330 --> 00:50:09,080 You have a blessed day. 975 00:50:17,610 --> 00:50:20,960 Separate and equal are two different things. 976 00:50:21,170 --> 00:50:23,680 Just 'cause it's the way, doesn't make it right. 977 00:50:23,850 --> 00:50:24,960 Understand? 978 00:50:26,010 --> 00:50:27,010 Yes, Mama. 979 00:50:27,050 --> 00:50:29,320 You act right, you are right. 980 00:50:29,490 --> 00:50:31,120 That's for certain. 981 00:50:31,290 --> 00:50:32,290 Understand? 982 00:50:32,450 --> 00:50:33,480 Yes, Mama. 983 00:50:39,690 --> 00:50:41,360 You took that book, Mama? 984 00:50:41,530 --> 00:50:43,480 Son, I pay taxes. 985 00:50:43,690 --> 00:50:45,680 And taxes pay for everything in that library. 986 00:50:45,850 --> 00:50:47,840 Can't take something you already paid for. 987 00:50:52,530 --> 00:50:56,000 "Fortran is a new and exciting language... 988 00:50:56,170 --> 00:50:59,520 "used by programmers to communicate with computers. 989 00:50:59,690 --> 00:51:03,000 "It is exciting, as it is the wave of the future." 990 00:51:04,010 --> 00:51:05,480 All right, everybody smile. 991 00:51:05,570 --> 00:51:07,130 - Everybody smile. - Aw! 992 00:51:10,530 --> 00:51:11,530 Make a wish. Make a wish. 993 00:51:11,690 --> 00:51:13,160 Blow. Try again. 994 00:51:13,330 --> 00:51:14,840 There you go. 995 00:51:16,090 --> 00:51:18,000 Leonard, you need to get you a job now. 996 00:51:18,130 --> 00:51:19,130 Two jobs. 997 00:51:20,410 --> 00:51:21,900 Your baby is nine. What are you gonna do? 998 00:51:21,930 --> 00:51:23,540 Thank you, man. Yeah, you're just in time. 999 00:51:23,570 --> 00:51:24,880 Look at that. 1000 00:51:25,050 --> 00:51:27,040 Look at what? What a surprise. 1001 00:51:27,210 --> 00:51:28,720 Can't complain, man. 1002 00:51:29,770 --> 00:51:31,520 I'll say. 1003 00:51:31,730 --> 00:51:33,720 Howard must have invited him. Mmm-hmm. 1004 00:51:34,250 --> 00:51:36,600 Let me go help them with those flowers. 1005 00:51:46,290 --> 00:51:48,200 Walter, you behave yourself. 1006 00:51:48,370 --> 00:51:50,830 Now, you know, I'm just... Yeah. 1007 00:51:52,730 --> 00:51:54,440 That's right, baby. Shake it. 1008 00:51:55,410 --> 00:51:57,240 Yeah. There you go. 1009 00:52:00,890 --> 00:52:03,240 Good to see you. Yes. Thank you. 1010 00:52:11,810 --> 00:52:13,920 I believe I owe you an apology. 1011 00:52:16,250 --> 00:52:18,550 Well, was that it? 1012 00:52:19,290 --> 00:52:21,040 Can I make it while we dance? 1013 00:52:33,090 --> 00:52:35,650 I'm afraid I simply misspoke the other day, Mrs. Goble. 1014 00:52:37,930 --> 00:52:40,160 I've been away for a long time. 1015 00:52:41,090 --> 00:52:43,920 I imagine I'm just out of practice. 1016 00:52:44,610 --> 00:52:45,800 Mmm-hmm. 1017 00:52:46,410 --> 00:52:48,840 I was hoping you'd allow me to start over. 1018 00:52:50,290 --> 00:52:51,290 Mmm-hmm. 1019 00:52:52,090 --> 00:52:53,640 See, the thing is... 1020 00:52:53,810 --> 00:52:55,730 I have an interest in getting to know you better. 1021 00:52:56,330 --> 00:52:57,330 Mmm-hmm. 1022 00:52:59,330 --> 00:53:00,970 You're one tough customer, huh? 1023 00:53:03,490 --> 00:53:05,200 You haven't said you're sorry yet. 1024 00:53:05,370 --> 00:53:06,590 Right. 1025 00:53:06,770 --> 00:53:07,800 Of course. 1026 00:53:11,930 --> 00:53:13,800 I'm sorry, Katherine. 1027 00:53:14,010 --> 00:53:15,150 For what, Jim? 1028 00:53:15,970 --> 00:53:17,760 Underestimating you. 1029 00:53:18,650 --> 00:53:20,440 And any other woman like you... 1030 00:53:22,610 --> 00:53:24,800 Though I don't imagine there's many. 1031 00:53:26,850 --> 00:53:29,000 That's good practice, right there. 1032 00:53:32,170 --> 00:53:33,780 We interrupt this musical programming 1033 00:53:33,810 --> 00:53:35,520 with breaking news. 1034 00:53:35,690 --> 00:53:37,840 The Soviet news agency has announced 1035 00:53:38,010 --> 00:53:40,040 that Russian cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, 1036 00:53:40,170 --> 00:53:42,360 has become the first man in space. 1037 00:53:42,530 --> 00:53:43,530 Gagarin completed 1038 00:53:43,650 --> 00:53:44,890 one full orbit around the planet 1039 00:53:45,050 --> 00:53:47,200 in 108 minutes. 1040 00:53:47,370 --> 00:53:49,050 Stay tuned to this station for more details 1041 00:53:49,210 --> 00:53:50,520 as they become available. 1042 00:53:51,850 --> 00:53:54,040 Guess that puts us behind the curve. 1043 00:53:54,210 --> 00:53:55,530 The Vostok-1 rocket... 1044 00:53:55,570 --> 00:53:58,840 delivered Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's 3KA capsule... 1045 00:53:59,010 --> 00:54:00,880 into orbit, at 6:07 UTC... 1046 00:54:01,690 --> 00:54:05,390 Reentering Russian airspace at 7: 55 UTC. 1047 00:54:05,570 --> 00:54:07,120 Proving conclusively that man 1048 00:54:07,210 --> 00:54:08,840 could survive orbital space flight. 1049 00:54:09,250 --> 00:54:10,560 Gagarin was awarded 1050 00:54:10,730 --> 00:54:12,060 the Order of Lenin and a Gold Star... 1051 00:54:12,090 --> 00:54:13,880 Well, they beat the pants off us. 1052 00:54:14,050 --> 00:54:15,160 Let's go. 1053 00:54:15,330 --> 00:54:16,380 He is also conferred the title... 1054 00:54:16,410 --> 00:54:17,650 Let's learn how to fly to space. 1055 00:54:17,730 --> 00:54:19,920 "First Soviet Astronaut"... 1056 00:54:20,090 --> 00:54:22,880 and has been proclaimed a national hero. 1057 00:54:23,050 --> 00:54:26,000 This is a day of unprecedented triumph... 1058 00:54:26,170 --> 00:54:27,920 for the Russian space program 1059 00:54:28,090 --> 00:54:30,320 and a crushing blow for America 1060 00:54:30,410 --> 00:54:32,400 in the race for space. 1061 00:54:32,570 --> 00:54:34,400 I wanna thank everyone for staying. 1062 00:54:35,570 --> 00:54:37,720 I know it's late. And after what I just saw, 1063 00:54:37,890 --> 00:54:40,520 I'm sure everyone's probably anxious to just go home. 1064 00:54:40,970 --> 00:54:43,270 Before we do, I just have to ask a question. 1065 00:54:44,890 --> 00:54:46,760 The same one 1066 00:54:46,890 --> 00:54:48,700 I've been asking myself all the way over here... 1067 00:54:48,730 --> 00:54:49,760 which is... 1068 00:54:51,650 --> 00:54:53,120 How the hell did we find ourself 1069 00:54:53,250 --> 00:54:55,120 in second place in a two-man race? 1070 00:54:55,930 --> 00:54:56,930 Anybody? 1071 00:54:57,930 --> 00:54:58,930 Paul? 1072 00:55:00,450 --> 00:55:01,930 And I think Glenn said it pretty well. 1073 00:55:02,090 --> 00:55:03,170 They're just outworking us. 1074 00:55:03,250 --> 00:55:05,480 The reason I have to think that 1075 00:55:05,650 --> 00:55:06,740 is because I refuse to believe 1076 00:55:06,770 --> 00:55:08,320 that the Russians are smarter than us 1077 00:55:08,490 --> 00:55:10,000 or that they have more technology, 1078 00:55:10,090 --> 00:55:11,600 or that they care more. 1079 00:55:13,330 --> 00:55:15,160 But I don't know. Is that possible? 1080 00:55:16,410 --> 00:55:17,680 Is it possible that it actually 1081 00:55:17,770 --> 00:55:19,280 means more to them? 1082 00:55:20,810 --> 00:55:23,960 We're in the fight of our lives, people. 1083 00:55:24,130 --> 00:55:26,430 We're not on some epic joy ride. 1084 00:55:26,610 --> 00:55:28,280 I just saw seven faces 1085 00:55:28,610 --> 00:55:30,440 who aren't sure that we can get there. 1086 00:55:34,970 --> 00:55:36,760 This is our problem. 1087 00:55:37,610 --> 00:55:39,120 And so as of right now 1088 00:55:41,090 --> 00:55:43,100 there's only two things you need to know going forward. 1089 00:55:43,130 --> 00:55:44,640 One is staying here, working late, 1090 00:55:44,770 --> 00:55:45,970 that's gonna be a fact of life. 1091 00:55:47,170 --> 00:55:48,640 And two, don't expect your paychecks 1092 00:55:48,770 --> 00:55:50,300 to reflect the extra time it's gonna take 1093 00:55:50,330 --> 00:55:52,280 to catch up and pass those bastards. 1094 00:55:54,210 --> 00:55:55,780 For those of you who can't work that way, 1095 00:55:55,810 --> 00:55:58,160 I understand and thank you for what you've done. 1096 00:55:59,330 --> 00:56:00,800 For everyone else... 1097 00:56:01,770 --> 00:56:04,040 I suggest you call your wives 1098 00:56:04,210 --> 00:56:05,600 and tell them how it's gonna be. 1099 00:56:06,050 --> 00:56:07,520 I'll start with mine. 1100 00:57:04,890 --> 00:57:07,080 Sam, turn it up. Turn it up. 1101 00:57:07,250 --> 00:57:08,250 Yes, sir. 1102 00:57:10,530 --> 00:57:12,080 John. Morning, sir. 1103 00:57:17,090 --> 00:57:20,080 7-5, 7-4, 7-3... 1104 00:57:27,290 --> 00:57:28,720 End of the day. 1105 00:57:34,730 --> 00:57:35,920 Okay, we're looking good. 1106 00:57:40,770 --> 00:57:43,070 Okay. 1107 00:57:52,810 --> 00:57:54,200 Sir, might be the selector latch. 1108 00:57:54,330 --> 00:57:55,550 I'm taking a walk. 1109 00:57:55,730 --> 00:57:57,330 We're honored to serve our country. 1110 00:57:57,490 --> 00:57:59,720 So we don't think about danger. 1111 00:57:59,890 --> 00:58:01,880 We don't have time to be scared. 1112 00:58:02,090 --> 00:58:03,920 We got a job to do. 1113 00:58:09,970 --> 00:58:12,120 Good morning. Good morning. 1114 00:58:12,290 --> 00:58:14,400 Mrs. Jackson. 1115 00:58:14,570 --> 00:58:16,760 Colored seats are at the back of the court room. 1116 00:58:16,930 --> 00:58:18,280 Thank you, ma'am. 1117 00:58:37,450 --> 00:58:39,320 So, which one of you wants to go first? 1118 00:59:02,850 --> 00:59:07,320 The IBM 7090 data processing system. 1119 00:59:07,530 --> 00:59:09,680 It has the capability of solving 1120 00:59:09,850 --> 00:59:12,840 over 24,000 multiplications 1121 00:59:14,170 --> 00:59:15,170 per second. 1122 00:59:15,370 --> 00:59:17,040 Holy Moses, that's lightning fast. 1123 00:59:17,210 --> 00:59:18,410 They'll never get that to work. 1124 00:59:18,690 --> 00:59:20,800 Oh, it'll run eventually. 1125 00:59:20,970 --> 00:59:23,010 And when it does, we have to know how to program it. 1126 00:59:23,210 --> 00:59:24,610 Unless you'd rather be out of a job. 1127 00:59:24,690 --> 00:59:26,160 No, ma'am. 1128 00:59:31,930 --> 00:59:33,320 Mr. Z... 1129 00:59:34,090 --> 00:59:35,840 I got a court date. 1130 00:59:39,890 --> 00:59:41,200 "The computer uses it 1131 00:59:41,330 --> 00:59:42,880 "as its high speed storage unit, 1132 00:59:43,050 --> 00:59:45,080 "an information holding device." 1133 00:59:45,210 --> 00:59:46,210 Hmm. 1134 00:59:47,010 --> 00:59:48,200 You have a brain. 1135 00:59:48,370 --> 00:59:49,880 That I can work with. 1136 00:59:53,570 --> 00:59:55,560 This is in the wrong spot. 1137 01:00:00,410 --> 01:00:02,240 Attagirl. 1138 01:00:04,530 --> 01:00:05,530 Ruth. 1139 01:00:05,850 --> 01:00:07,300 Yes, sir. Get me the Cape on the line. 1140 01:00:07,330 --> 01:00:09,160 Shepard's trajectories need to be updated. 1141 01:00:12,050 --> 01:00:13,080 Wow. 1142 01:00:14,930 --> 01:00:15,990 Where is she? 1143 01:00:20,130 --> 01:00:22,170 You and I are no different from each other 1144 01:00:23,570 --> 01:00:25,320 Shut our eyes when we slumber I see numbers 1145 01:00:26,970 --> 01:00:30,120 Black and white we're computers, I am color 1146 01:00:30,730 --> 01:00:32,490 Don't act like you was there when you wasn't 1147 01:00:38,410 --> 01:00:41,040 I don't want no free ride 1148 01:00:45,730 --> 01:00:48,360 Some nights I cry 1149 01:00:48,450 --> 01:00:50,480 'Cause I can see the day comin' 1150 01:00:52,650 --> 01:00:54,640 Together we fly 1151 01:00:55,530 --> 01:00:58,040 Oh, but no more runnin' 1152 01:01:02,970 --> 01:01:04,600 No more runnin' 1153 01:01:14,610 --> 01:01:15,730 Where the hell have you been? 1154 01:01:16,170 --> 01:01:18,360 Everywhere I look, you're not where I need you to be. 1155 01:01:18,530 --> 01:01:19,670 It's not my imagination. 1156 01:01:19,850 --> 01:01:21,960 Now where the hell do you go every day? 1157 01:01:24,850 --> 01:01:26,440 To the bathroom, sir. 1158 01:01:26,610 --> 01:01:27,800 To the bathroom? 1159 01:01:28,450 --> 01:01:29,590 To the damn bathroom. 1160 01:01:30,930 --> 01:01:32,150 For 40 minutes a day? 1161 01:01:35,210 --> 01:01:36,720 What do you do in there? 1162 01:01:37,810 --> 01:01:40,370 We're T-minus zero here. I put a lot of faith in you. 1163 01:01:42,570 --> 01:01:44,950 There's no bathroom for me here. 1164 01:01:45,810 --> 01:01:47,540 What do you mean there is no bathroom for you here? 1165 01:01:47,570 --> 01:01:49,920 There is no bathroom. 1166 01:01:50,090 --> 01:01:52,800 There are no colored bathrooms in this building 1167 01:01:52,970 --> 01:01:54,920 or any building outside the West Campus, 1168 01:01:55,050 --> 01:01:56,360 which is half a mile away. 1169 01:01:56,570 --> 01:01:57,570 Did you know that? 1170 01:01:59,250 --> 01:02:02,680 I have to walk to Timbuktu just to relieve myself. 1171 01:02:02,850 --> 01:02:04,920 And I can't use one of the handy bikes. 1172 01:02:05,090 --> 01:02:07,000 Picture that, Mr. Harrison. 1173 01:02:07,770 --> 01:02:08,830 My uniform... 1174 01:02:09,010 --> 01:02:11,720 Skirt below my knees, my heels, 1175 01:02:11,810 --> 01:02:13,200 and a simple string of pearls. 1176 01:02:13,370 --> 01:02:15,040 Well, I don't own pearls. 1177 01:02:15,210 --> 01:02:17,000 Lord knows you don't pay coloreds enough 1178 01:02:17,090 --> 01:02:18,600 to afford pearls! 1179 01:02:19,530 --> 01:02:23,600 And I work like a dog, day and night, 1180 01:02:23,810 --> 01:02:25,880 living off of coffee from a pot 1181 01:02:25,970 --> 01:02:27,440 none of you wanna touch! 1182 01:02:40,210 --> 01:02:42,770 So, excuse me 1183 01:02:42,930 --> 01:02:44,520 if I have to go to the restroom 1184 01:02:44,610 --> 01:02:46,360 a few times a day. 1185 01:03:57,810 --> 01:03:59,200 There you have it. 1186 01:04:03,610 --> 01:04:04,960 No more colored restrooms. 1187 01:04:06,050 --> 01:04:08,280 No more white restrooms. 1188 01:04:08,450 --> 01:04:10,040 Just plain old toilets. 1189 01:04:11,330 --> 01:04:12,760 Go wherever you damn well please. 1190 01:04:13,330 --> 01:04:14,960 Preferably closer to your desk. 1191 01:04:22,690 --> 01:04:26,080 Here at NASA, we all pee the same color. 1192 01:04:52,650 --> 01:04:54,280 Heard you was fighting the flu. 1193 01:04:54,450 --> 01:04:56,160 Figured you could use some soup. 1194 01:04:56,330 --> 01:04:57,760 Hot meal for the girls. 1195 01:04:58,770 --> 01:05:00,560 Come on in. 1196 01:05:06,690 --> 01:05:08,000 Excuse me. 1197 01:05:08,170 --> 01:05:10,600 Okay, ladies. Let's say grace. 1198 01:05:11,650 --> 01:05:13,160 Bow your heads. 1199 01:05:17,050 --> 01:05:19,610 Dear Lord, thank you for this meal. 1200 01:05:19,770 --> 01:05:21,800 We ask that you bless this food 1201 01:05:21,890 --> 01:05:23,920 so that it may bless our bodies. 1202 01:05:24,090 --> 01:05:26,040 In Jesus's name we pray. 1203 01:05:27,970 --> 01:05:29,600 Amen. Amen. 1204 01:05:33,050 --> 01:05:35,960 It's a historic day, here at Cape Canaveral. 1205 01:05:36,130 --> 01:05:37,440 And here's what we can expect. 1206 01:05:37,610 --> 01:05:40,480 Alan Shepard and Freedom 7 will be launched into space 1207 01:05:40,650 --> 01:05:43,320 at an altitude of about 116 miles an hour. 1208 01:05:43,410 --> 01:05:45,360 Dorothy, come on, you gonna miss it! Oh, boy! Go. 1209 01:05:45,450 --> 01:05:46,700 - Come on, Dorothy. - I'm coming. 1210 01:05:46,730 --> 01:05:48,520 ...then he will land around 35 miles 1211 01:05:48,610 --> 01:05:49,690 off the coast of Florida... 1212 01:05:49,890 --> 01:05:51,000 where he'll be picked up 1213 01:05:51,170 --> 01:05:52,540 by the men of the USS Lake Champlain... 1214 01:05:52,570 --> 01:05:53,570 Finally. Come over here. 1215 01:05:53,770 --> 01:05:55,600 who set out for this historic purpose. 1216 01:05:57,050 --> 01:05:58,660 Freedom 7, we're going to have to bleed off 1217 01:05:58,690 --> 01:06:01,400 some of the pressure inside the liquid oxygen tank. 1218 01:06:01,490 --> 01:06:04,560 That should reduce the temperature inside the capsule. Over. 1219 01:06:04,730 --> 01:06:06,280 Any day now, CAPCOM. 1220 01:06:06,490 --> 01:06:08,290 Fix your little problem and light this candle. 1221 01:06:08,690 --> 01:06:10,000 Roger that, Freedom 7. 1222 01:06:10,170 --> 01:06:11,560 Stand by. 1223 01:06:11,730 --> 01:06:12,940 Temperature is returning to normal. 1224 01:06:12,970 --> 01:06:14,920 Running one more launch status check. 1225 01:06:15,090 --> 01:06:16,150 All systems now go. 1226 01:06:16,370 --> 01:06:17,840 Move to final countdown sequence. 1227 01:06:18,010 --> 01:06:19,520 Moving to final countdown sequence. 1228 01:06:19,610 --> 01:06:20,610 Roger that. 1229 01:06:21,450 --> 01:06:22,840 We're at T-minus 10... 1230 01:06:23,530 --> 01:06:24,590 nine... 1231 01:06:24,770 --> 01:06:25,880 eight... 1232 01:06:26,090 --> 01:06:27,360 seven... 1233 01:06:27,530 --> 01:06:28,720 six... 1234 01:06:28,930 --> 01:06:30,120 five... 1235 01:06:30,290 --> 01:06:31,560 four... 1236 01:06:31,730 --> 01:06:32,730 three... 1237 01:06:32,850 --> 01:06:34,040 two... 1238 01:06:34,210 --> 01:06:35,480 one... 1239 01:06:35,650 --> 01:06:36,870 zero. 1240 01:06:39,170 --> 01:06:40,390 We have ignition. 1241 01:06:41,090 --> 01:06:42,360 And we have lift off. 1242 01:06:43,330 --> 01:06:44,550 Get up there. 1243 01:06:44,730 --> 01:06:46,960 Lift off, and the clock is started. 1244 01:06:50,770 --> 01:06:53,680 Fuel is go. 2.5G. 1245 01:06:53,850 --> 01:06:54,910 Get on up there. 1246 01:06:55,090 --> 01:06:56,280 - Come on! - Lift off at 1247 01:06:56,370 --> 01:06:58,240 34 minutes after the hour. 1248 01:07:18,850 --> 01:07:21,040 Pitch 88. Trajectory is good. 1249 01:07:23,930 --> 01:07:25,600 Yaw is okay. 1250 01:07:25,770 --> 01:07:27,560 Switching manual roll. 1251 01:07:27,730 --> 01:07:29,720 Yes! 1252 01:07:31,730 --> 01:07:33,680 For the eyes of the world 1253 01:07:33,850 --> 01:07:35,960 now look into space, 1254 01:07:36,130 --> 01:07:38,430 to the Moon and to the planets beyond. 1255 01:07:38,530 --> 01:07:39,530 Yes! We did it! 1256 01:07:39,610 --> 01:07:41,720 And we have vowed... 1257 01:07:41,890 --> 01:07:44,240 that we shall not see it governed... 1258 01:07:44,410 --> 01:07:46,640 by a hostile flag of conquest... 1259 01:07:47,330 --> 01:07:50,560 but by a banner of freedom and peace. 1260 01:07:51,290 --> 01:07:53,920 We set sail on this new sea... 1261 01:07:54,090 --> 01:07:57,360 because there is new knowledge to be gained... 1262 01:07:57,530 --> 01:07:59,400 and new rights to be won. 1263 01:07:59,890 --> 01:08:02,480 We choose to go to the Moon in this decade 1264 01:08:02,690 --> 01:08:04,240 and do the other things... 1265 01:08:04,410 --> 01:08:06,080 not because they are easy... 1266 01:08:06,250 --> 01:08:08,040 but because they are hard. 1267 01:08:08,890 --> 01:08:10,680 Suppose we should all thank President Kennedy 1268 01:08:10,850 --> 01:08:12,720 for the continued job security. 1269 01:08:16,690 --> 01:08:18,200 Uh, Gus Grissom's up next. 1270 01:08:18,650 --> 01:08:20,880 Another suborbital flight with a Redstone. 1271 01:08:21,730 --> 01:08:22,790 It's our last shot 1272 01:08:22,890 --> 01:08:24,280 before we strap Glenn to the Atlas 1273 01:08:25,410 --> 01:08:26,880 and pray we can bring him back down. 1274 01:08:27,090 --> 01:08:28,560 Yes, and I imagine he'd like us 1275 01:08:28,650 --> 01:08:30,400 to have the math worked out beforehand. 1276 01:08:32,250 --> 01:08:34,000 Good work, gentlemen. 1277 01:08:34,170 --> 01:08:36,280 Go have dinner with your kids 1278 01:08:36,450 --> 01:08:38,000 and let's get back to work. 1279 01:08:50,250 --> 01:08:54,160 Look what you've done to me 1280 01:08:54,610 --> 01:08:59,080 Make me behave like I wouldn't ever 1281 01:08:59,450 --> 01:09:01,440 I know you're the one for me 1282 01:09:03,330 --> 01:09:07,160 Your essence is the ink in the word "forever" 1283 01:09:10,650 --> 01:09:13,110 I think it's high time that I kissed you, Katherine. 1284 01:09:14,050 --> 01:09:16,480 Oh, and why is that? 1285 01:09:18,610 --> 01:09:21,600 Figured you attracted to me, same as I to you. 1286 01:09:23,050 --> 01:09:24,880 Is that right? Mmm-hmm. 1287 01:09:25,690 --> 01:09:28,150 Or you would have told me to get going a long time ago. 1288 01:09:42,650 --> 01:09:45,160 Haven't kissed a man in a long time. 1289 01:09:46,250 --> 01:09:47,640 Almost forgot how to. 1290 01:10:01,130 --> 01:10:03,590 The FBI has arrested four white men 1291 01:10:03,690 --> 01:10:05,120 accused of throwing a fire bomb 1292 01:10:05,290 --> 01:10:06,640 into a Freedom Rider bus 1293 01:10:06,770 --> 01:10:08,840 outside of Anniston, Alabama... 1294 01:10:09,010 --> 01:10:10,530 - Hi, babies. - The bus filled rapidly 1295 01:10:10,650 --> 01:10:11,820 Hi, Mama. ...with black smoke. 1296 01:10:11,850 --> 01:10:13,070 We all hit the floor. 1297 01:10:13,250 --> 01:10:15,480 All of us realized the bus was on fire... 1298 01:10:15,650 --> 01:10:17,720 and had to go out into the mob. 1299 01:10:17,890 --> 01:10:19,100 The kids don't need to be watching this. 1300 01:10:19,130 --> 01:10:20,440 They need to see this. 1301 01:10:20,610 --> 01:10:22,170 When we got off the bus in Birmingham... 1302 01:10:22,330 --> 01:10:23,680 Everybody needs to see this. 1303 01:10:23,850 --> 01:10:25,600 ...took me and forced me out of the door... 1304 01:10:25,770 --> 01:10:26,910 and threw me into the crowd. 1305 01:10:27,090 --> 01:10:29,680 And then I was beaten by one big guy and several others. 1306 01:10:29,850 --> 01:10:33,000 We think we're rendering a great service to our nation. 1307 01:10:33,210 --> 01:10:35,880 For this is not a struggle for ourselves alone. 1308 01:10:36,090 --> 01:10:38,920 It is a struggle to save the soul of America. 1309 01:10:39,090 --> 01:10:40,200 Mary Jackson. 1310 01:10:40,770 --> 01:10:43,880 Petition to attend courses at Hampton High School. 1311 01:10:47,330 --> 01:10:48,720 Good morning, Your Honor. 1312 01:10:53,330 --> 01:10:55,920 Hampton High School is a white school, Mrs. Jackson. 1313 01:10:57,170 --> 01:10:59,320 Yes, Your Honor. I'm aware of that. 1314 01:10:59,530 --> 01:11:01,200 Virginia, still a segregated state. 1315 01:11:01,410 --> 01:11:03,280 Regardless of what the federal government says, 1316 01:11:03,490 --> 01:11:05,640 regardless of what the Supreme Court says, 1317 01:11:05,810 --> 01:11:07,600 our law is the law. 1318 01:11:08,410 --> 01:11:10,600 Your Honor, if I may. 1319 01:11:10,770 --> 01:11:12,440 I believe there are special circumstances 1320 01:11:12,530 --> 01:11:13,530 to be considered. 1321 01:11:13,690 --> 01:11:15,320 What would warrant a colored woman 1322 01:11:15,410 --> 01:11:16,410 attending a white school? 1323 01:11:18,330 --> 01:11:20,080 May I approach your bench, sir? 1324 01:11:33,210 --> 01:11:34,210 Your Honor... 1325 01:11:34,730 --> 01:11:36,440 you of all people should understand 1326 01:11:36,570 --> 01:11:38,000 the importance of being first. 1327 01:11:38,810 --> 01:11:40,440 How's that, Mrs. Jackson? 1328 01:11:41,170 --> 01:11:43,240 You were the first in your family 1329 01:11:43,330 --> 01:11:45,200 to serve in the Armed Forces. 1330 01:11:45,410 --> 01:11:46,550 U.S. Navy. 1331 01:11:46,730 --> 01:11:49,030 The first to attend university. 1332 01:11:49,250 --> 01:11:50,720 George Mason. 1333 01:11:50,890 --> 01:11:53,080 And the first state judge to be recommissioned 1334 01:11:53,290 --> 01:11:55,590 by three consecutive governors. 1335 01:11:55,770 --> 01:11:57,440 You've done some research. 1336 01:11:57,890 --> 01:11:59,200 Yes, sir. 1337 01:11:59,650 --> 01:12:00,960 What's the point? 1338 01:12:01,130 --> 01:12:02,440 The point is, Your Honor... 1339 01:12:02,610 --> 01:12:04,800 no Negro woman in the state of Virginia... 1340 01:12:05,010 --> 01:12:07,310 has ever attended an all-white high school. 1341 01:12:07,490 --> 01:12:08,490 It's unheard of. 1342 01:12:08,650 --> 01:12:10,240 Yeah. Unheard of. 1343 01:12:11,050 --> 01:12:13,610 And before Alan Shepard sat on top of a rocket, 1344 01:12:13,810 --> 01:12:15,880 no other American had ever touched space. 1345 01:12:16,410 --> 01:12:18,360 And now, he will forever be remembered 1346 01:12:18,570 --> 01:12:20,950 as the U.S. Navy man from New Hampshire, 1347 01:12:21,130 --> 01:12:23,160 the first to touch the stars. 1348 01:12:24,890 --> 01:12:26,030 And I, sir... 1349 01:12:26,210 --> 01:12:28,720 I plan on being an engineer at NASA, 1350 01:12:28,890 --> 01:12:30,800 but I can't do that without taking them classes 1351 01:12:30,970 --> 01:12:32,640 at that all-white high school. 1352 01:12:33,570 --> 01:12:36,130 And I can't change the color of my skin. 1353 01:12:36,930 --> 01:12:40,440 So I have no choice but to be the first. 1354 01:12:41,370 --> 01:12:43,200 Which I can't do without you, sir. 1355 01:12:44,450 --> 01:12:45,450 Your Honor... 1356 01:12:45,490 --> 01:12:48,000 out of all the cases you're gonna hear today... 1357 01:12:48,170 --> 01:12:50,680 which one is gonna matter 100 years from now? 1358 01:12:51,530 --> 01:12:54,280 Which one is gonna make you the first? 1359 01:12:57,250 --> 01:12:58,250 Hmm. 1360 01:13:05,450 --> 01:13:07,120 Only the night classes... 1361 01:13:08,130 --> 01:13:09,560 Mrs. Jackson. 1362 01:13:16,610 --> 01:13:19,120 Yes, yes, yes! 1363 01:13:19,290 --> 01:13:20,350 Yes! 1364 01:13:21,650 --> 01:13:24,110 Oh, my God. I cannot believe. 1365 01:13:48,650 --> 01:13:49,700 How late did he say he was gonna be? 1366 01:13:49,730 --> 01:13:51,620 Excuse me. No more than five minutes, sir. 1367 01:13:51,650 --> 01:13:53,120 Gus Grissom's coordinates. 1368 01:13:53,330 --> 01:13:56,240 Uh, I'd like to get a jump on John Glenn's trajectory. 1369 01:13:57,690 --> 01:13:59,250 Do you have any idea what you're asking? 1370 01:13:59,290 --> 01:14:02,480 An orbital launch with an Atlas rocket is going to take time. 1371 01:14:02,690 --> 01:14:04,440 Is there a problem? 1372 01:14:05,690 --> 01:14:06,960 Mr. Harrison... 1373 01:14:07,810 --> 01:14:09,360 I was wondering. 1374 01:14:09,530 --> 01:14:11,320 Uh-huh. I've been wondering my whole life, 1375 01:14:11,410 --> 01:14:13,040 so you just spit it out. 1376 01:14:13,210 --> 01:14:15,120 Well, sir... 1377 01:14:17,210 --> 01:14:20,600 I would like to get a jump on John Glenn's trajectory. 1378 01:14:20,770 --> 01:14:21,820 This isn't about plugging in numbers, 1379 01:14:21,850 --> 01:14:23,050 it's about inventing the math. 1380 01:14:23,210 --> 01:14:24,900 And I think you and I talked about that, right? 1381 01:14:24,930 --> 01:14:25,930 It doesn't exist. 1382 01:14:26,090 --> 01:14:27,090 I can do it, sir. 1383 01:14:27,250 --> 01:14:28,680 Do you have any idea how exacting 1384 01:14:28,770 --> 01:14:30,280 these calculations have to be? 1385 01:14:30,490 --> 01:14:32,870 It's like shooting a sawed-off shotgun from a thousand feet 1386 01:14:33,010 --> 01:14:35,740 and getting that one BB through a hole so tiny, you can't even see it. 1387 01:14:35,770 --> 01:14:36,780 Okay, let me see what you've got. 1388 01:14:36,810 --> 01:14:37,890 I'm an excellent shot, sir. 1389 01:14:38,490 --> 01:14:40,520 How have the Grissom numbers been? 1390 01:14:41,130 --> 01:14:42,600 They've been spot on. 1391 01:14:45,290 --> 01:14:46,510 Give Glenn's orbit a go. 1392 01:14:48,090 --> 01:14:49,740 But you run it all through Stafford, you understand? 1393 01:14:49,770 --> 01:14:50,770 Yes, sir. 1394 01:14:51,330 --> 01:14:52,390 Thank you. 1395 01:14:56,610 --> 01:14:58,320 Computers don't author reports. 1396 01:15:05,290 --> 01:15:07,720 CAPCOM, this is Liberty Bell 7. 1397 01:15:07,810 --> 01:15:08,810 Loud and clear. 1398 01:15:11,010 --> 01:15:12,880 Okay, it's a nice ride up to now. 1399 01:15:13,050 --> 01:15:14,050 Roger. 1400 01:15:14,650 --> 01:15:16,760 Liberty Bell 7, this is Hook 1 approaching. 1401 01:15:16,850 --> 01:15:17,850 Ready to hook on. Over. 1402 01:15:18,010 --> 01:15:20,240 I read you loud and clear. Over. 1403 01:15:21,170 --> 01:15:22,410 The hatch is blown, CAPCOM. 1404 01:15:22,450 --> 01:15:25,640 The Liberty Bell 7 capsule is taking on water. 1405 01:15:25,810 --> 01:15:27,720 Gus Grissom is out of the capsule. 1406 01:15:27,890 --> 01:15:30,400 Rescuers are now going to pull him 1407 01:15:30,490 --> 01:15:31,490 from the ocean waves. 1408 01:15:31,650 --> 01:15:35,720 Unfortunately, the Liberty Bell 7 capsule is lost. 1409 01:15:35,930 --> 01:15:36,930 Mama. 1410 01:15:38,850 --> 01:15:39,850 I can't, I can't. Mary. 1411 01:15:47,130 --> 01:15:48,180 Mr. Harrison, 1412 01:15:48,210 --> 01:15:49,530 taxpayer money sank into the ocean 1413 01:15:49,570 --> 01:15:50,840 along with your capsule. 1414 01:15:51,010 --> 01:15:52,010 So what makes you think 1415 01:15:52,090 --> 01:15:53,880 you can bring John Glenn home safely? 1416 01:15:54,050 --> 01:15:55,050 Let me say first... 1417 01:15:55,130 --> 01:15:56,530 discovery is never just for the sake 1418 01:15:56,570 --> 01:15:57,610 of discovery, gentlemen... 1419 01:15:57,730 --> 01:15:59,800 but for the sake of human survival. 1420 01:16:00,410 --> 01:16:02,680 And it will always come with a risk. 1421 01:16:04,290 --> 01:16:06,360 Whoever gets there first will make the rules. 1422 01:16:06,530 --> 01:16:08,520 That's been true of every civilization. 1423 01:16:09,290 --> 01:16:10,680 And so, I think the bigger question 1424 01:16:10,810 --> 01:16:12,280 for this body to consider is... 1425 01:16:12,450 --> 01:16:16,040 who do you want calling the shots in space? 1426 01:16:16,770 --> 01:16:18,680 We have to know what's out there, Senator. 1427 01:16:19,530 --> 01:16:20,920 We have to touch the stars, 1428 01:16:21,010 --> 01:16:23,310 if only to ensure our own survival. 1429 01:16:23,490 --> 01:16:25,320 And only a man can do that. 1430 01:16:27,210 --> 01:16:28,600 We'll get John Glenn home safely 1431 01:16:28,690 --> 01:16:30,160 because we have to. 1432 01:16:31,170 --> 01:16:33,360 Because he has to tell us what he saw. 1433 01:16:36,930 --> 01:16:38,920 The Redstone rocket went straight up. 1434 01:16:39,610 --> 01:16:41,360 But the capsule didn't have enough speed 1435 01:16:41,450 --> 01:16:42,970 to go into orbit, so it came back down. 1436 01:16:43,850 --> 01:16:47,160 Essentially a triangle. Earth, sub-orbit, Earth. 1437 01:16:47,330 --> 01:16:48,920 That math was known. 1438 01:16:49,130 --> 01:16:51,590 That took Shepard, took Grissom. 1439 01:16:52,450 --> 01:16:53,960 That cannot take Glenn. 1440 01:16:54,930 --> 01:16:56,520 Now, the Atlas rocket... 1441 01:16:57,330 --> 01:16:59,120 that can push us into orbit. 1442 01:16:59,290 --> 01:17:02,400 Goes up, delivers the capsule into an elliptical orbit. 1443 01:17:03,290 --> 01:17:05,000 Earth's gravity keeps pulling at it 1444 01:17:05,170 --> 01:17:07,800 but it's going so fast, it keeps missing the Earth. 1445 01:17:07,970 --> 01:17:09,720 That's how it stays in orbit. 1446 01:17:09,890 --> 01:17:12,160 Now, getting it back down... 1447 01:17:13,010 --> 01:17:14,600 that's the math we don't know. 1448 01:17:16,690 --> 01:17:17,690 Yes, Katherine. 1449 01:17:17,850 --> 01:17:20,520 So the capsule will spin around the Earth forever 1450 01:17:20,690 --> 01:17:22,600 because there's nothing to slow it down? 1451 01:17:23,330 --> 01:17:24,330 That's right. 1452 01:17:24,490 --> 01:17:27,440 Slowing it down at precisely the right moment, 1453 01:17:27,610 --> 01:17:29,200 at precisely the right amount, 1454 01:17:29,370 --> 01:17:30,370 that's the task. 1455 01:17:33,530 --> 01:17:34,530 Yes, Katherine. 1456 01:17:34,690 --> 01:17:38,120 So it needs to move from an elliptical orbit... 1457 01:17:39,650 --> 01:17:41,720 to a parabolic orbit. 1458 01:17:41,930 --> 01:17:42,930 Yes. 1459 01:17:43,770 --> 01:17:45,760 That's the "Go/No-go." 1460 01:17:45,930 --> 01:17:47,880 Now at this point, it's a pin head. 1461 01:17:48,530 --> 01:17:50,040 We bring him in too soon... 1462 01:17:50,210 --> 01:17:51,840 He burns up on reentry. 1463 01:17:52,010 --> 01:17:53,230 That's right. 1464 01:17:53,410 --> 01:17:54,720 We bring him in too late... 1465 01:17:54,890 --> 01:17:56,480 he's pushed out of Earth's gravity. 1466 01:17:56,650 --> 01:17:59,960 And any changes to mass, weight, speed, time... 1467 01:18:00,130 --> 01:18:03,480 distance, friction, or a puff of wind... 1468 01:18:04,410 --> 01:18:06,440 would alter the "Go/No-go." 1469 01:18:06,610 --> 01:18:09,560 And we start our calculations over. 1470 01:18:09,970 --> 01:18:10,970 Yes. 1471 01:18:11,730 --> 01:18:16,480 So we need to be able to choose this reentry point. 1472 01:18:16,650 --> 01:18:19,640 Now this "Go/No-go," this has to be exact. 1473 01:18:19,810 --> 01:18:20,840 Sam. 1474 01:18:21,490 --> 01:18:23,600 These are the latest Redstone numbers 1475 01:18:23,690 --> 01:18:25,000 in current capsule data. 1476 01:18:25,170 --> 01:18:26,720 Obviously, we know the launch spot. 1477 01:18:26,810 --> 01:18:27,810 Thanks. 1478 01:18:27,890 --> 01:18:29,640 A Pentagon briefing should illuminate 1479 01:18:29,730 --> 01:18:31,440 where the Navy needs the recovery zone. 1480 01:18:31,650 --> 01:18:33,480 Then we work backwards from there. 1481 01:18:34,250 --> 01:18:37,760 And the rest is on us, so let's get to work. 1482 01:18:38,490 --> 01:18:39,490 Uh, Mr. Stafford. 1483 01:18:39,810 --> 01:18:40,810 What, Katherine? 1484 01:18:40,850 --> 01:18:42,200 If I could attend the briefings, 1485 01:18:42,290 --> 01:18:44,440 I'd be more useful to the project. 1486 01:18:44,610 --> 01:18:46,440 Pentagon briefings are closed door. 1487 01:18:46,610 --> 01:18:49,440 Yes, but if we don't have the information 1488 01:18:49,530 --> 01:18:50,840 of the changes... 1489 01:18:51,010 --> 01:18:52,010 we can't keep up. 1490 01:18:52,210 --> 01:18:53,500 I need those changes as they occur. 1491 01:18:53,530 --> 01:18:54,650 As you said, it's a pin head. 1492 01:18:54,810 --> 01:18:56,560 Katherine, that's the job. 1493 01:18:56,730 --> 01:18:58,280 You asked for this assignment, 1494 01:18:58,370 --> 01:19:00,440 so just calculate with what you have. 1495 01:19:00,610 --> 01:19:02,560 Or we'll find someone who can. 1496 01:19:09,290 --> 01:19:10,320 Okay. 1497 01:19:23,090 --> 01:19:24,960 Attagirl. 1498 01:19:25,570 --> 01:19:27,640 What the hell are you doing? You can't be in here. 1499 01:19:27,810 --> 01:19:28,840 Who are you? 1500 01:19:29,010 --> 01:19:30,920 I'm with the West Computing Group. 1501 01:19:32,170 --> 01:19:33,390 Dorothy Vaughan, sir. 1502 01:19:33,570 --> 01:19:35,280 This is a very delicate piece of equipment. 1503 01:19:35,450 --> 01:19:37,220 I'm sorry, sir. I'm just trying to be helpful. 1504 01:19:37,250 --> 01:19:39,480 Uh-huh. Bill, we've got numbers. 1505 01:19:41,930 --> 01:19:43,560 What kind of numbers? 1506 01:19:47,690 --> 01:19:49,040 Well, I'll be. 1507 01:19:50,130 --> 01:19:51,190 What's your name again? 1508 01:19:52,130 --> 01:19:53,320 Dorothy Vaughan. 1509 01:19:54,530 --> 01:19:55,960 Dorothy Vaughan. 1510 01:20:03,250 --> 01:20:05,680 Sir, the parameters for Friendship 7. 1511 01:20:06,090 --> 01:20:07,440 Oh, this is all moot. 1512 01:20:07,610 --> 01:20:09,440 We're altering the window on the capsule. 1513 01:20:09,610 --> 01:20:11,090 When did this happen? Six minutes ago. 1514 01:20:11,290 --> 01:20:12,680 The math is changing. Start over. 1515 01:20:12,850 --> 01:20:16,120 Sir, if I could attend the briefings, I could stay current... 1516 01:20:16,290 --> 01:20:17,760 Katherine, we have been through this. 1517 01:20:17,930 --> 01:20:18,930 It is not possible. 1518 01:20:19,090 --> 01:20:20,660 There is no protocol for women attending. 1519 01:20:20,690 --> 01:20:21,830 There's no protocol for a man 1520 01:20:21,970 --> 01:20:23,210 circling the Earth either, sir. 1521 01:20:23,250 --> 01:20:25,880 Okay. That is just the way things are. 1522 01:21:00,130 --> 01:21:01,640 Colonel Glenn's launch coordinates, 1523 01:21:01,730 --> 01:21:03,210 accounting for the window change, sir. 1524 01:21:03,330 --> 01:21:04,550 I have told you this. 1525 01:21:04,650 --> 01:21:06,170 Computers don't author reports. Fix it. 1526 01:21:06,290 --> 01:21:08,400 Those are my calculations. My name should be on it. 1527 01:21:08,570 --> 01:21:10,480 That is not the way this works. 1528 01:21:10,650 --> 01:21:13,000 Paul. What's happening here? 1529 01:21:13,170 --> 01:21:15,320 Mr. Harrison, I would like to attend today's briefing. 1530 01:21:15,490 --> 01:21:16,550 And why is that? 1531 01:21:16,770 --> 01:21:19,400 Sir, the data changes so fast. The capsule changes. 1532 01:21:19,610 --> 01:21:21,000 The weight and the landing zones 1533 01:21:21,090 --> 01:21:22,600 are all changing, every day. 1534 01:21:22,770 --> 01:21:25,000 I do my work, you attend these briefings, 1535 01:21:25,090 --> 01:21:26,090 I have to start over. 1536 01:21:26,650 --> 01:21:28,560 Colonel Glenn launches in a few weeks. 1537 01:21:29,130 --> 01:21:30,650 We don't have the math figured out yet. 1538 01:21:31,650 --> 01:21:33,120 Why is it she can't attend? 1539 01:21:33,330 --> 01:21:34,500 Because she doesn't have clearance, Al. 1540 01:21:34,530 --> 01:21:35,960 I cannot do my work effectively 1541 01:21:36,170 --> 01:21:37,410 if I do not have all of the data 1542 01:21:37,490 --> 01:21:39,680 and all of the information as soon as it's available. 1543 01:21:39,850 --> 01:21:41,500 I need to be in that room, hearing what you hear. 1544 01:21:41,530 --> 01:21:43,200 Pentagon briefings are not for civilians. 1545 01:21:43,290 --> 01:21:44,460 It requires the highest clearance. 1546 01:21:44,490 --> 01:21:45,500 I feel like I'm the best person 1547 01:21:45,530 --> 01:21:46,690 to present my calculations... 1548 01:21:46,770 --> 01:21:48,780 You're not gonna let this go, are you? No, I am not. 1549 01:21:48,810 --> 01:21:50,760 And she is a woman. There is no protocol 1550 01:21:50,890 --> 01:21:51,980 for a woman attending these meetings. 1551 01:21:52,010 --> 01:21:53,320 Okay, I get that part, Paul. 1552 01:21:56,370 --> 01:21:57,880 But within these walls, 1553 01:21:58,890 --> 01:22:00,360 who makes the rules? 1554 01:22:00,530 --> 01:22:02,040 You, sir. You are the boss. 1555 01:22:02,210 --> 01:22:04,840 You just have to act like one. Sir. 1556 01:22:14,210 --> 01:22:15,350 You keep quiet. 1557 01:22:16,250 --> 01:22:17,310 Thank you. 1558 01:22:18,250 --> 01:22:19,310 Good morning. 1559 01:22:20,250 --> 01:22:21,470 Gentlemen. 1560 01:22:30,490 --> 01:22:31,490 This is Katherine Goble 1561 01:22:31,570 --> 01:22:33,920 with our Trajectory and Launch Window division. 1562 01:22:34,890 --> 01:22:37,240 Her work is pertinent to today's proceedings. 1563 01:22:38,490 --> 01:22:39,490 Come on. 1564 01:22:40,730 --> 01:22:41,920 Wanna get her a chair? 1565 01:22:43,770 --> 01:22:44,900 We have a confirmed launch window... 1566 01:22:44,930 --> 01:22:46,250 Get her a chair, please. Yes, sir. 1567 01:22:46,330 --> 01:22:47,380 We have a confirmed launch window 1568 01:22:47,410 --> 01:22:48,520 for Friendship 7. 1569 01:22:48,690 --> 01:22:49,850 Let's discuss a landing zone. 1570 01:22:50,410 --> 01:22:52,710 The Navy needs a singular landing zone. 1571 01:22:52,890 --> 01:22:55,160 20 miles square is what we can service for retrieval. 1572 01:22:55,370 --> 01:22:56,370 Outside of that 1573 01:22:56,530 --> 01:22:58,240 we risk the capsule's recovery. 1574 01:22:58,410 --> 01:23:00,680 We'd like three possible recovery areas. 1575 01:23:00,850 --> 01:23:02,210 We can't cover half the damn ocean. 1576 01:23:02,890 --> 01:23:04,000 With all due respect, 1577 01:23:04,130 --> 01:23:05,840 our capsule's being altered daily. 1578 01:23:06,770 --> 01:23:09,040 We're orbiting the Earth at what speed now? 1579 01:23:10,050 --> 01:23:11,050 Uh... 1580 01:23:15,210 --> 01:23:17,800 17,544 miles per hour... 1581 01:23:17,970 --> 01:23:19,800 at the time the rocket delivers the capsule 1582 01:23:19,930 --> 01:23:21,120 into low space orbit. 1583 01:23:24,730 --> 01:23:26,410 Well, that's one hell of a speeding ticket. 1584 01:23:28,930 --> 01:23:29,930 Okay. 1585 01:23:29,970 --> 01:23:31,400 So we have the vehicle's speed, 1586 01:23:31,490 --> 01:23:32,600 the launch window... 1587 01:23:32,770 --> 01:23:34,400 and for argument's sake, the landing zone 1588 01:23:34,490 --> 01:23:35,760 is the Bahamas. 1589 01:23:35,930 --> 01:23:37,640 Should be enough to figure the "Go/No-go"? 1590 01:23:37,810 --> 01:23:39,280 Yeah, in theory, sir. 1591 01:23:39,450 --> 01:23:41,040 We need to be past theory at this point. 1592 01:23:41,250 --> 01:23:42,880 We'll be able to calculate a "Go/No-go" 1593 01:23:42,970 --> 01:23:44,480 with that information. 1594 01:23:44,650 --> 01:23:46,560 When exactly is that gonna happen? 1595 01:23:57,010 --> 01:23:58,010 Katherine. 1596 01:24:00,850 --> 01:24:02,520 Have a go at it. 1597 01:24:27,650 --> 01:24:32,670 The "Go" point for re-entry is 2,990 miles 1598 01:24:34,050 --> 01:24:36,680 from where we want Colonel Glenn to land. 1599 01:24:36,890 --> 01:24:39,120 If we assume that's the Bahamas... 1600 01:24:40,050 --> 01:24:44,760 at 17,544 miles per hour... 1601 01:24:45,290 --> 01:24:46,510 upon re-entry... 1602 01:24:47,290 --> 01:24:49,040 370 feet... 1603 01:24:49,650 --> 01:24:51,360 at a descent angle... 1604 01:24:51,570 --> 01:24:54,880 of 46.56 degrees. 1605 01:24:55,530 --> 01:24:56,530 Distance... 1606 01:24:57,170 --> 01:25:00,680 velocity squared, sine... 1607 01:25:00,850 --> 01:25:03,040 gravity squared. 1608 01:25:05,010 --> 01:25:07,600 Sine, 32 feet. 1609 01:25:08,490 --> 01:25:11,320 And the distance would be... 1610 01:25:11,490 --> 01:25:17,240 20,530,372 feet... 1611 01:25:18,730 --> 01:25:23,080 or 2,990 miles... 1612 01:25:24,010 --> 01:25:28,920 or 46.33 degrees. 1613 01:25:31,210 --> 01:25:33,670 Okay, so that puts your landing zone 1614 01:25:33,770 --> 01:25:37,390 at 5.0667 degrees North... 1615 01:25:37,570 --> 01:25:40,560 77.3333 degrees West. 1616 01:25:41,890 --> 01:25:43,560 Which is here. 1617 01:25:46,530 --> 01:25:48,120 Right here. 1618 01:25:48,290 --> 01:25:50,400 Give or take 20 square miles. 1619 01:25:55,370 --> 01:25:56,560 I like her numbers. 1620 01:25:58,050 --> 01:25:59,240 Thank you. 1621 01:26:00,290 --> 01:26:01,880 That, of course, is assuming 1622 01:26:01,970 --> 01:26:04,600 the capsule hits the re-entry point exactly. 1623 01:26:05,210 --> 01:26:07,240 How do we ensure that? 1624 01:26:07,970 --> 01:26:09,960 That's the math we don't have yet, gentlemen. 1625 01:26:10,450 --> 01:26:11,880 We're working on it. 1626 01:26:14,130 --> 01:26:15,270 Katherine. 1627 01:26:19,130 --> 01:26:21,420 What's it gonna take to make this thing worth the price tag? 1628 01:26:21,450 --> 01:26:23,800 We're just getting up to speed here, Mr. Harrison. 1629 01:26:23,930 --> 01:26:24,960 I need more manpower. 1630 01:26:25,130 --> 01:26:26,920 I need programmers, folks to feed the cards. 1631 01:26:27,090 --> 01:26:28,560 Get them, for crying out loud. 1632 01:26:28,650 --> 01:26:29,650 Okay. 1633 01:26:29,810 --> 01:26:31,760 You're the IBM man, right? Yes, sir. 1634 01:26:31,930 --> 01:26:33,760 Go pull them out of the sky if you have to. 1635 01:26:33,930 --> 01:26:35,620 Let's get ahead of this thing or I'm not paying you. 1636 01:26:35,650 --> 01:26:36,870 Understood. 1637 01:26:40,170 --> 01:26:42,240 I got that one, I got that one. 1638 01:26:43,650 --> 01:26:45,400 I'm not paying any of you. 1639 01:26:55,010 --> 01:26:56,010 Me? 1640 01:26:56,170 --> 01:26:57,800 Temporarily, yes. 1641 01:26:57,970 --> 01:27:00,080 We need the IBM for Glenn's launch. 1642 01:27:00,250 --> 01:27:02,210 The lead engineer says you're good with the cards, 1643 01:27:02,250 --> 01:27:03,560 programming and such. 1644 01:27:04,130 --> 01:27:05,800 What about the girls here? 1645 01:27:05,970 --> 01:27:08,430 Human computers can't calculate an orbital flight 1646 01:27:08,530 --> 01:27:09,920 in the time we have. 1647 01:27:10,090 --> 01:27:11,520 They'll stay put for now. 1648 01:27:11,690 --> 01:27:13,360 What about after now? 1649 01:27:14,130 --> 01:27:16,590 After Glenn's launch, 1650 01:27:16,690 --> 01:27:18,990 NASA's dissolving the computing groups. 1651 01:27:21,370 --> 01:27:23,280 I'm not accepting reassignment 1652 01:27:23,370 --> 01:27:25,360 unless I bring my ladies with me. 1653 01:27:26,170 --> 01:27:27,280 Excuse me? 1654 01:27:27,450 --> 01:27:29,960 We're gonna need a lot of manpower to program that beast. 1655 01:27:30,130 --> 01:27:31,350 I can't do it alone. 1656 01:27:31,530 --> 01:27:34,680 My gals are ready. They can do the work. 1657 01:27:38,290 --> 01:27:39,350 Ladies. 1658 01:27:41,810 --> 01:27:43,400 We've been reassigned. 1659 01:27:44,810 --> 01:27:45,950 Leave your calculators. 1660 01:27:46,050 --> 01:27:47,560 You won't need them where we're going. 1661 01:28:47,970 --> 01:28:49,800 Welcome, ladies. 1662 01:28:59,970 --> 01:29:02,120 You know what your job is, Paul? 1663 01:29:03,570 --> 01:29:05,640 Find the genius among those geniuses. 1664 01:29:06,130 --> 01:29:07,480 To pull us all up. 1665 01:29:08,650 --> 01:29:10,440 We all get to the peak together 1666 01:29:11,330 --> 01:29:13,040 or we don't get there at all. 1667 01:29:16,330 --> 01:29:18,480 Yes. Well, good night, sir. 1668 01:29:47,930 --> 01:29:50,080 I don't know what time I'm coming home. 1669 01:29:50,250 --> 01:29:51,920 Class ends at nine. 1670 01:29:55,010 --> 01:29:56,520 You got something to say? 1671 01:29:57,610 --> 01:29:59,480 I thought you might need these. 1672 01:30:02,970 --> 01:30:05,120 You can refill them with any weight lead you want. 1673 01:30:06,530 --> 01:30:09,360 You see, you just hit the top like this. 1674 01:30:10,210 --> 01:30:12,200 All right? The lead comes out. 1675 01:30:12,970 --> 01:30:14,680 You put the new lead in... 1676 01:30:14,890 --> 01:30:17,720 and new pencil. 1677 01:30:21,370 --> 01:30:23,640 You gonna make a fine engineer. 1678 01:30:24,650 --> 01:30:25,650 You think so? 1679 01:30:25,810 --> 01:30:26,870 Yes. 1680 01:30:27,890 --> 01:30:30,800 And nobody dare stand in the way... 1681 01:30:30,970 --> 01:30:33,400 of Mary Jackson's dreams. 1682 01:30:33,530 --> 01:30:34,960 Myself included. 1683 01:30:40,410 --> 01:30:42,640 Don't make me mad again. 1684 01:30:42,810 --> 01:30:44,030 Yes, ma'am. 1685 01:30:47,730 --> 01:30:49,640 And don't make me late, either. 1686 01:30:49,810 --> 01:30:51,330 You gonna be late. I'mma make you late. 1687 01:30:51,530 --> 01:30:52,920 You won't be late. 1688 01:30:59,490 --> 01:31:00,550 All right, gentlemen. 1689 01:31:00,770 --> 01:31:01,770 Tonight, we discuss 1690 01:31:01,850 --> 01:31:05,000 Planck-Einstein wavelength relationships. 1691 01:31:09,090 --> 01:31:10,200 Yes? 1692 01:31:11,770 --> 01:31:12,830 I'm Mary Jackson. 1693 01:31:13,010 --> 01:31:14,360 I'm enrolled. 1694 01:31:16,690 --> 01:31:18,680 Well, the curriculum is not designed 1695 01:31:18,770 --> 01:31:19,910 for teaching a woman. 1696 01:31:20,610 --> 01:31:22,600 I imagine it's the same as teaching a man. 1697 01:31:24,410 --> 01:31:26,360 I don't see a colored section. 1698 01:31:26,530 --> 01:31:28,280 Should I just take any seat? 1699 01:31:33,770 --> 01:31:34,880 Thank you. 1700 01:31:39,930 --> 01:31:41,520 Okay. Uh... 1701 01:31:41,970 --> 01:31:43,360 Planck-Einstein. 1702 01:31:45,250 --> 01:31:46,250 The problem... 1703 01:31:46,290 --> 01:31:49,480 is when the capsule moves from an elliptical orbit 1704 01:31:49,610 --> 01:31:51,120 to a parabolic orbit. 1705 01:31:51,890 --> 01:31:54,270 There's no mathematical formula for that. 1706 01:31:54,490 --> 01:31:56,920 Because we can calculate launch and landing... 1707 01:31:57,090 --> 01:31:58,440 but without this conversion 1708 01:31:58,610 --> 01:32:00,960 the capsule stays in orbit, we can't bring it back home. 1709 01:32:03,330 --> 01:32:05,170 Maybe we've been thinking about this all wrong. 1710 01:32:05,610 --> 01:32:06,610 How's that? 1711 01:32:11,130 --> 01:32:12,760 Maybe it's not new math at all. 1712 01:32:14,810 --> 01:32:16,480 It could be old math. 1713 01:32:17,570 --> 01:32:19,760 Something that looks at the problem numerically, 1714 01:32:19,850 --> 01:32:21,400 and not theoretically. 1715 01:32:21,570 --> 01:32:23,320 Math is always dependable. 1716 01:32:24,410 --> 01:32:25,680 For you it is. 1717 01:32:32,170 --> 01:32:34,520 Euler's method. 1718 01:32:34,690 --> 01:32:35,830 Yes. 1719 01:32:36,010 --> 01:32:38,080 But that's ancient. But it works. 1720 01:32:38,690 --> 01:32:40,360 It works numerically. 1721 01:33:16,570 --> 01:33:17,710 That's it. 1722 01:33:20,170 --> 01:33:21,390 Let's type it up. 1723 01:33:21,570 --> 01:33:22,570 Okay. 1724 01:33:25,410 --> 01:33:26,470 Huh. 1725 01:33:47,690 --> 01:33:48,880 Dorothy. 1726 01:33:49,770 --> 01:33:51,080 Mrs. Mitchell. 1727 01:33:57,410 --> 01:33:59,240 You're working late today. 1728 01:34:00,210 --> 01:34:02,560 Seems to always happen that way. 1729 01:34:02,730 --> 01:34:04,720 Yes. Seems to. 1730 01:34:12,570 --> 01:34:13,570 Thank you. 1731 01:34:17,690 --> 01:34:20,440 I hear the IBM's up to full capacity. 1732 01:34:21,610 --> 01:34:23,240 You certainly have a knack for it. 1733 01:34:23,930 --> 01:34:26,720 My father taught me a thing or two about mechanics. 1734 01:34:27,610 --> 01:34:29,800 You know, I have a few girls in the East Group 1735 01:34:29,970 --> 01:34:32,270 that have an interest in learning more about it. 1736 01:34:32,450 --> 01:34:33,560 It is the future. 1737 01:34:33,730 --> 01:34:36,030 I may bring them by, if it's all the same to you. 1738 01:34:36,930 --> 01:34:38,600 That's not my decision, ma'am. 1739 01:34:39,130 --> 01:34:40,800 That would be the supervisor's. 1740 01:34:41,770 --> 01:34:43,480 Yes, that's true. 1741 01:34:45,730 --> 01:34:47,320 Good night, Mrs. Mitchell. 1742 01:34:49,290 --> 01:34:50,760 You know, Dorothy. 1743 01:34:52,490 --> 01:34:54,400 Despite what you may think... 1744 01:34:55,610 --> 01:34:57,800 I have nothing against y'all. 1745 01:34:58,010 --> 01:34:59,150 I know. 1746 01:35:00,330 --> 01:35:02,480 I know you probably believe that. 1747 01:35:15,130 --> 01:35:16,330 Good night, Katherine. 1748 01:35:17,410 --> 01:35:18,520 Good night. 1749 01:35:20,770 --> 01:35:22,480 Mama! Hey, babies. 1750 01:35:22,650 --> 01:35:24,480 Mama. Hi. 1751 01:35:25,170 --> 01:35:26,310 Hey. 1752 01:35:26,810 --> 01:35:29,520 Oh, please don't tell me I missed someone's birthday. 1753 01:35:29,690 --> 01:35:30,690 No, you didn't. 1754 01:35:30,850 --> 01:35:31,910 No, you didn't, Mama. 1755 01:35:32,130 --> 01:35:33,680 Madame, your seat. 1756 01:35:33,850 --> 01:35:35,600 Well, thank you. 1757 01:35:36,690 --> 01:35:38,520 Wait, is it my birthday? 1758 01:35:38,690 --> 01:35:39,830 No, Mama. 1759 01:35:41,130 --> 01:35:42,520 You all look so pretty. 1760 01:35:45,690 --> 01:35:47,880 Mama, what's going on? 1761 01:35:51,010 --> 01:35:52,360 Good evening, Katherine. 1762 01:35:58,370 --> 01:35:59,650 So you're not gonna say anything? 1763 01:35:59,810 --> 01:36:01,240 It's not my place. 1764 01:36:03,050 --> 01:36:04,270 You, either? 1765 01:36:07,010 --> 01:36:09,120 Okay, I'm not gonna do this all night. 1766 01:36:12,050 --> 01:36:13,520 Oh, mother of mercy. 1767 01:36:14,250 --> 01:36:15,250 That's for me. 1768 01:36:18,570 --> 01:36:20,680 Are you sad, Mama? No. 1769 01:36:20,850 --> 01:36:23,080 It's okay, Mama. He's a good man. 1770 01:36:23,250 --> 01:36:25,000 I know. 1771 01:36:25,170 --> 01:36:26,460 I just can't help it. 1772 01:36:26,490 --> 01:36:28,240 He hasn't even asked you yet. 1773 01:36:29,330 --> 01:36:31,200 I know, but he is. 1774 01:36:31,370 --> 01:36:32,370 You are, right? 1775 01:36:32,530 --> 01:36:33,750 If y'all will let me. 1776 01:36:33,930 --> 01:36:36,040 Well, go on. She's already crying. 1777 01:36:36,210 --> 01:36:37,560 Oh, hush. 1778 01:36:37,730 --> 01:36:38,770 This was my mother's ring. 1779 01:36:39,570 --> 01:36:41,000 It's beautiful. 1780 01:36:41,770 --> 01:36:43,210 She and my father were married for... 1781 01:36:43,370 --> 01:36:44,590 For 52 years. 1782 01:36:46,530 --> 01:36:48,600 Figure it's about as lucky a ring as you can get. 1783 01:36:50,450 --> 01:36:52,520 The day I met you, I called my mother 1784 01:36:52,690 --> 01:36:55,760 and I said, "Mom, I met the woman I want to marry." 1785 01:36:55,930 --> 01:36:57,120 What'd she say? 1786 01:36:57,290 --> 01:36:58,820 She said, "She must be something, Jimmy. 1787 01:36:58,850 --> 01:36:59,850 "Really something." 1788 01:37:00,050 --> 01:37:01,110 Then what'd you say? 1789 01:37:01,290 --> 01:37:02,510 I said, "No. 1790 01:37:03,730 --> 01:37:05,600 "She's more than something. 1791 01:37:05,770 --> 01:37:07,280 "She's everything." 1792 01:37:08,130 --> 01:37:09,130 Now... 1793 01:37:09,970 --> 01:37:11,520 I planned on this being more romantic. 1794 01:37:11,610 --> 01:37:12,940 I'll make that up to you real soon. 1795 01:37:12,970 --> 01:37:14,030 It's okay. 1796 01:37:15,370 --> 01:37:17,120 But I know marrying you 1797 01:37:18,050 --> 01:37:19,640 includes marrying your girls as well. 1798 01:37:21,730 --> 01:37:23,120 Amen to that. 1799 01:37:23,810 --> 01:37:24,810 I do. 1800 01:37:24,970 --> 01:37:26,800 I didn't ask you yet. 1801 01:37:26,970 --> 01:37:28,080 Hurry up. 1802 01:37:30,770 --> 01:37:32,440 Oh, my goodness. 1803 01:37:33,290 --> 01:37:34,290 Oh! 1804 01:37:35,650 --> 01:37:39,160 My babies. Look, girls, isn't it beautiful? 1805 01:37:40,130 --> 01:37:41,240 Look, Mama. 1806 01:37:43,010 --> 01:37:45,050 The Mercury-Atlas space vehicle... 1807 01:37:45,170 --> 01:37:46,210 which will put John Glenn, 1808 01:37:46,250 --> 01:37:47,850 the first American, into Earth's orbit... 1809 01:37:47,930 --> 01:37:51,080 has already undergone five unmanned flight tests. 1810 01:37:51,250 --> 01:37:52,250 NASA has confirmed 1811 01:37:52,330 --> 01:37:55,080 that the IBM 790 data processing system... 1812 01:37:55,250 --> 01:37:57,400 has been utilized to confirm all of the mission 's... 1813 01:37:57,570 --> 01:37:59,840 launch and recovery system calculations. 1814 01:38:00,010 --> 01:38:01,770 The modifications and equipment installations 1815 01:38:01,850 --> 01:38:03,120 are progressing on schedule. 1816 01:38:03,290 --> 01:38:05,000 Yes, sir. Right in here. 1817 01:38:06,690 --> 01:38:07,690 You wanted to see me, sir? 1818 01:38:07,850 --> 01:38:08,850 Have a seat. 1819 01:38:09,970 --> 01:38:11,640 Is there something wrong, Mr. Harrison? 1820 01:38:11,810 --> 01:38:13,360 No, there's nothing wrong. 1821 01:38:15,130 --> 01:38:16,920 In fact, our IBM is churning out numbers 1822 01:38:17,010 --> 01:38:19,160 in fractions of the time any human can. 1823 01:38:19,330 --> 01:38:21,000 Present company included. 1824 01:38:21,690 --> 01:38:23,160 That's good then. 1825 01:38:26,050 --> 01:38:27,190 Maybe. 1826 01:38:28,210 --> 01:38:29,690 The thing is, the Cape's now insisting 1827 01:38:29,810 --> 01:38:32,080 on doing all the backups down there, on site. 1828 01:38:33,330 --> 01:38:34,330 I see. 1829 01:38:34,370 --> 01:38:36,360 So we won't be running backups here. 1830 01:38:37,610 --> 01:38:40,360 And truth be told, we can't keep up with that IBM anyhow. 1831 01:38:43,730 --> 01:38:45,560 Long story short, we no longer need 1832 01:38:45,650 --> 01:38:47,200 a computer in this department. 1833 01:38:48,810 --> 01:38:50,720 Progress is a double-edged sword. 1834 01:38:55,970 --> 01:38:58,350 Let's have you report back to the West Group for now. 1835 01:38:58,530 --> 01:39:00,320 We'll see if we can find another assignment. 1836 01:39:01,010 --> 01:39:02,360 Thank you, sir. 1837 01:39:06,250 --> 01:39:07,250 Katherine, I'm... 1838 01:39:09,410 --> 01:39:11,000 I'm sorry about this. 1839 01:39:12,090 --> 01:39:14,240 It's out of my hands, if you can believe that. 1840 01:39:15,570 --> 01:39:16,840 I understand. 1841 01:39:40,090 --> 01:39:41,090 Katherine. 1842 01:39:43,250 --> 01:39:44,920 We heard you got engaged. 1843 01:39:45,130 --> 01:39:46,130 Yes. 1844 01:39:46,850 --> 01:39:48,040 That's thoughtful of you. 1845 01:39:55,410 --> 01:39:56,880 They're lovely. 1846 01:39:57,050 --> 01:39:58,880 Mr. Harrison's idea, really. 1847 01:39:59,450 --> 01:40:02,400 Although I suspect his wife did the picking out. 1848 01:40:02,570 --> 01:40:05,400 Can't imagine he has an eye for anything but numbers. 1849 01:40:06,810 --> 01:40:08,280 Now you have a great wedding. 1850 01:40:09,890 --> 01:40:11,800 You did good work around here, Katherine. 1851 01:40:41,490 --> 01:40:43,140 Hello there. Good to see you. 1852 01:40:43,170 --> 01:40:44,770 Hi, Reverend. How you doing? How are you? 1853 01:40:46,010 --> 01:40:49,200 I don't think I felt a thing the first time I did this. 1854 01:40:49,370 --> 01:40:50,840 I was so nervous. 1855 01:40:53,010 --> 01:40:54,060 You're just as beautiful 1856 01:40:54,090 --> 01:40:55,230 as you were back then. 1857 01:40:55,450 --> 01:40:57,040 - You think so? - Mmm. 1858 01:40:57,690 --> 01:40:59,160 Just a little older. 1859 01:40:59,530 --> 01:41:01,600 And a little fuller. 1860 01:41:01,690 --> 01:41:03,000 But you look good. 1861 01:41:07,370 --> 01:41:09,280 Well, here we go. Again. 1862 01:41:09,770 --> 01:41:10,820 Project Mercury... 1863 01:41:10,850 --> 01:41:12,200 named after the winged messenger 1864 01:41:12,290 --> 01:41:14,720 of the gods in Roman mythology. Today, 1865 01:41:14,810 --> 01:41:17,370 three years, two months, and three days afterwards... 1866 01:41:17,930 --> 01:41:19,500 we're ready, after 10 scheduled attempts... 1867 01:41:19,530 --> 01:41:21,000 Attagirl. 1868 01:41:21,170 --> 01:41:23,040 to try again to put our first man into orbit... 1869 01:41:23,210 --> 01:41:24,840 to put Colonel John Glenn into orbit. 1870 01:41:24,930 --> 01:41:27,490 Colonel John Glenn will be the first American to orbit the Earth. 1871 01:41:28,090 --> 01:41:29,090 As you can see, there are 1872 01:41:29,210 --> 01:41:30,410 thousands of people here today 1873 01:41:30,530 --> 01:41:32,360 to witness this historic event. 1874 01:41:33,370 --> 01:41:34,880 Paul, something's off here. 1875 01:41:35,050 --> 01:41:37,200 These landing coordinates don't match yesterday's. 1876 01:41:39,410 --> 01:41:40,880 The IBM just ran them. 1877 01:41:41,850 --> 01:41:43,840 Well, then the IBM was wrong yesterday. 1878 01:41:44,530 --> 01:41:45,560 Right? 1879 01:41:46,410 --> 01:41:47,880 Or the damn thing's wrong today. 1880 01:41:51,770 --> 01:41:53,840 Paul, am I right? 1881 01:41:54,690 --> 01:41:56,240 It appears so. 1882 01:41:58,410 --> 01:42:01,040 The IBM's been spot-on up to this point, John. 1883 01:42:01,130 --> 01:42:03,240 But we'll run it again, see what it comes up with. 1884 01:42:03,410 --> 01:42:05,120 Look, I'm gonna be honest with you, Al. 1885 01:42:05,290 --> 01:42:07,240 When I fly, I fly the machine. 1886 01:42:07,410 --> 01:42:09,760 And right now it seems like this machine is flying me. 1887 01:42:09,930 --> 01:42:11,090 We're on the same page, John. 1888 01:42:11,130 --> 01:42:12,400 Our guys are on it. 1889 01:42:12,610 --> 01:42:14,360 Let's get the girl to check the numbers. 1890 01:42:15,130 --> 01:42:16,880 - The girl? - Yes, sir. 1891 01:42:18,810 --> 01:42:19,870 You mean Katherine? 1892 01:42:20,050 --> 01:42:22,040 Yes, sir. The smart one. 1893 01:42:22,210 --> 01:42:24,590 I mean, she says they're good, I'm ready to go. 1894 01:42:25,770 --> 01:42:26,930 All right. We'll get into it. 1895 01:42:27,090 --> 01:42:28,310 Roger. 1896 01:42:30,410 --> 01:42:31,410 Sam. 1897 01:42:32,290 --> 01:42:33,760 Go find Katherine Goble. 1898 01:42:33,930 --> 01:42:36,120 She needs to verify Glenn's "Go/No-go," 1899 01:42:36,290 --> 01:42:37,490 or we're staying on the ground. 1900 01:42:37,610 --> 01:42:38,750 Yes, sir. 1901 01:43:02,610 --> 01:43:04,160 I'm looking for Katherine Goble. 1902 01:43:04,370 --> 01:43:05,510 It's Katherine Johnson now. 1903 01:43:05,690 --> 01:43:07,330 They need you to verify these coordinates. 1904 01:43:08,370 --> 01:43:11,000 ...and tourists have poured into Cocoa Beach for weeks. 1905 01:43:11,170 --> 01:43:13,200 Took this whole area surrounding Cape Canaveral 1906 01:43:13,330 --> 01:43:14,800 and Florida, really. 1907 01:43:14,970 --> 01:43:17,200 And all around the country, it's as if time... 1908 01:43:17,370 --> 01:43:19,440 All right, give her some space. Let her work. 1909 01:43:19,610 --> 01:43:23,280 ...as we await Colonel John Glenn's launch. 1910 01:43:23,450 --> 01:43:25,360 A truly historic day for America. 1911 01:43:25,530 --> 01:43:28,320 The country has waited for several months, 1912 01:43:28,490 --> 01:43:31,520 through many failed unmanned Atlas rocket tests 1913 01:43:31,730 --> 01:43:34,680 and 10 scheduled manned attempts... 1914 01:43:34,850 --> 01:43:36,920 which were canceled for various mechanical 1915 01:43:37,010 --> 01:43:38,840 or system complications. 1916 01:43:38,930 --> 01:43:39,930 Even the weather... 1917 01:43:40,010 --> 01:43:41,660 All the final tests and checks 1918 01:43:41,690 --> 01:43:42,800 are being conducted. 1919 01:43:42,970 --> 01:43:45,680 John Glenn is ready to board the Friendship 7. 1920 01:43:45,850 --> 01:43:48,080 But today we remain truly optimistic, 1921 01:43:48,170 --> 01:43:50,550 and it's a "Go" day in all regards. 1922 01:43:50,730 --> 01:43:52,320 The capsule is ready. 1923 01:43:52,490 --> 01:43:54,200 The rocket itself is A-Okay, 1924 01:43:54,370 --> 01:43:56,160 and the weather here at Cape Canaveral... 1925 01:43:56,330 --> 01:43:58,520 Anything from Langley? Not yet. 1926 01:43:58,690 --> 01:43:59,830 We are being told 1927 01:44:00,010 --> 01:44:01,520 that Mission Control at NASA 1928 01:44:01,690 --> 01:44:03,920 is conducting a final check of the launch 1929 01:44:04,050 --> 01:44:05,190 and recovery coordinates. 1930 01:44:05,370 --> 01:44:07,880 Including the "Go/No-go" calculations... 1931 01:44:08,050 --> 01:44:09,050 so crucial 1932 01:44:09,090 --> 01:44:10,850 to a safe and successful launch and recovery. 1933 01:44:11,010 --> 01:44:13,570 After years of waiting, and months of delay, 1934 01:44:13,770 --> 01:44:16,760 Colonel Glenn is finally ready for that space flight... 1935 01:44:16,930 --> 01:44:19,050 that we've been waiting for with so much anticipation. 1936 01:44:19,210 --> 01:44:21,020 These last-minute checks could indicate 1937 01:44:21,050 --> 01:44:22,920 a hesitancy on NASA's behalf. 1938 01:44:23,090 --> 01:44:24,570 But let us say, without reservation... 1939 01:44:25,370 --> 01:44:27,240 that the safety of Colonel John Glenn 1940 01:44:27,410 --> 01:44:28,610 is paramount to the mission... 1941 01:44:29,050 --> 01:44:30,560 and to the nation itself. 1942 01:44:30,730 --> 01:44:31,870 No, sir. We're still a go. 1943 01:44:32,410 --> 01:44:33,600 Yes, sir. 1944 01:44:37,370 --> 01:44:38,370 That's it. 1945 01:44:43,090 --> 01:44:45,170 What the devil are you doing? Are you taking a break? 1946 01:44:49,370 --> 01:44:50,560 Yes! 1947 01:44:51,250 --> 01:44:53,080 Say yeah 1948 01:44:53,370 --> 01:44:54,400 Yeah 1949 01:44:55,290 --> 01:44:56,760 Say, yeah! 1950 01:44:57,610 --> 01:44:58,610 Yeah 1951 01:45:00,890 --> 01:45:04,280 Don't you know, we never ever 1952 01:45:05,090 --> 01:45:07,280 Never know what makes us major 1953 01:45:08,530 --> 01:45:11,240 Your and my alchemy 1954 01:45:11,330 --> 01:45:12,440 Yes, we can 1955 01:45:12,570 --> 01:45:15,280 One and one equals three 1956 01:45:15,450 --> 01:45:16,590 Yes, we can 1957 01:45:16,730 --> 01:45:18,880 I feel it like lightning in the forest 1958 01:45:19,450 --> 01:45:20,450 Yes, we can 1959 01:45:20,570 --> 01:45:23,280 Pick a number, pick a note Harmonize the chords 1960 01:45:23,450 --> 01:45:25,520 You're my woman don't need another 1961 01:45:25,610 --> 01:45:27,290 Get behind the other We can lift each other 1962 01:45:27,330 --> 01:45:29,630 It's all very well that we may never... 1963 01:45:29,810 --> 01:45:30,810 Whoo! 1964 01:45:32,570 --> 01:45:33,960 Do you have the time? 1965 01:45:35,330 --> 01:45:36,360 Yes, we can 1966 01:45:36,450 --> 01:45:38,680 Like a solar system they're surrounded by you 1967 01:45:39,450 --> 01:45:40,450 Yes, we can 1968 01:45:40,850 --> 01:45:43,120 Pick a number, pick a note Harmonize the chords 1969 01:45:43,290 --> 01:45:45,280 You're my woman don't need another 1970 01:45:45,450 --> 01:45:47,280 Get behind the other we can lift each other 1971 01:45:47,450 --> 01:45:49,480 ...It's all very well that we may never... 1972 01:45:49,770 --> 01:45:50,770 Whoo! 1973 01:45:51,290 --> 01:45:53,040 You're my woman Don't need another 1974 01:45:53,130 --> 01:45:55,480 Get behind the other We can lift each other 1975 01:45:57,090 --> 01:45:58,120 Whoo! 1976 01:46:05,530 --> 01:46:06,530 Sir. 1977 01:46:11,130 --> 01:46:12,160 Pad 14. 1978 01:46:24,210 --> 01:46:25,210 Katherine. 1979 01:46:30,490 --> 01:46:31,490 Come on. 1980 01:46:35,130 --> 01:46:36,960 Sir, we've got Pad 14 on the box. 1981 01:46:37,530 --> 01:46:38,730 All right. Let me in there. 1982 01:46:42,170 --> 01:46:44,680 This is Langley, we have the coordinates confirmed. 1983 01:46:44,850 --> 01:46:46,370 Stand by, Langley. 1984 01:46:48,810 --> 01:46:49,810 We can confirm... 1985 01:46:50,010 --> 01:46:52,840 the "Go/No-go" point for re-entry is... 1986 01:46:53,010 --> 01:46:58,360 16.11984 degrees latitude... 1987 01:46:58,530 --> 01:47:04,080 -165.2356 degrees longitude. 1988 01:47:05,330 --> 01:47:07,040 The launch window is a go. 1989 01:47:07,210 --> 01:47:09,200 The landing coordinates match. 1990 01:47:09,410 --> 01:47:11,000 That is very good news, Al. 1991 01:47:11,770 --> 01:47:14,330 It's a little hard to trust something you can't look in the eyes. 1992 01:47:14,410 --> 01:47:15,880 That's right, Colonel. 1993 01:47:16,050 --> 01:47:17,760 Katherine did manage to calculate 1994 01:47:17,930 --> 01:47:20,040 a few decimal points further than that hunk of metal. 1995 01:47:20,890 --> 01:47:22,680 I will take every digit you got. 1996 01:47:22,770 --> 01:47:23,890 Be sure to thank her for me. 1997 01:47:24,570 --> 01:47:26,240 Gentlemen, let's launch this rocket. 1998 01:47:26,410 --> 01:47:27,720 Good luck, Friendship 7. 1999 01:47:27,890 --> 01:47:29,360 Godspeed, Langley. 2000 01:47:32,690 --> 01:47:34,080 Here at Cape Canaveral... 2001 01:47:34,250 --> 01:47:35,800 the countdown has resumed... 2002 01:47:35,970 --> 01:47:37,520 as Colonel John Glenn... 2003 01:47:37,730 --> 01:47:39,280 is now aboard the Friendship 7... 2004 01:47:39,450 --> 01:47:41,800 high above the Atlas rocket on Pad 14. 2005 01:47:42,450 --> 01:47:44,560 A height of over 93 feet. 2006 01:47:44,730 --> 01:47:45,810 So far, the countdown is... 2007 01:47:45,890 --> 01:47:48,270 These are pictures from Cape Canaveral, Florida. 2008 01:47:48,490 --> 01:47:50,560 The gantry is now moving back. 2009 01:47:50,730 --> 01:47:52,440 We are go for launch. 2010 01:47:52,610 --> 01:47:55,200 The Mercury spacecraft umbilical is out. 2011 01:47:56,130 --> 01:47:58,080 T-minus 10 seconds, and counting. 2012 01:47:58,290 --> 01:47:59,540 Water systems, go. Mercury capsule, go. 2013 01:47:59,570 --> 01:48:00,620 Eight, seven... 2014 01:48:00,650 --> 01:48:02,480 Six, five... Ready engine. Start. 2015 01:48:02,650 --> 01:48:03,740 four... 2016 01:48:03,770 --> 01:48:05,920 three, two... Good Lord, ride all the way. 2017 01:48:06,130 --> 01:48:08,240 One, zero. 2018 01:48:08,410 --> 01:48:09,600 Ignition. 2019 01:48:10,610 --> 01:48:11,750 Lift off. 2020 01:48:16,010 --> 01:48:18,120 The M-A 6 vehicle has lifted off. 2021 01:48:21,090 --> 01:48:22,610 It's getting a little bumpy along here. 2022 01:48:22,690 --> 01:48:24,840 Roger that. You are in Max Q. 2023 01:48:25,010 --> 01:48:26,480 Roger that, CAPCOM. 2024 01:48:26,690 --> 01:48:28,520 All systems are reported go. 2025 01:48:28,690 --> 01:48:30,160 20 seconds to SECO. 2026 01:48:30,330 --> 01:48:32,240 The trajectory is still A-Okay. 2027 01:48:32,450 --> 01:48:33,480 Go for SECO. 2028 01:48:34,490 --> 01:48:37,120 Roger that, CAPCOM. Go for SECO. 2029 01:48:41,770 --> 01:48:44,200 Zero G and I feel fine. 2030 01:48:44,650 --> 01:48:47,160 John Glenn reports everything looks good. 2031 01:48:47,970 --> 01:48:50,480 Oh, that view is tremendous! 2032 01:48:52,050 --> 01:48:54,000 Roger that, Friendship 7. 2033 01:48:59,010 --> 01:49:00,800 You are go for orbit. 2034 01:49:00,970 --> 01:49:02,440 Thank you, CAPCOM. 2035 01:49:07,650 --> 01:49:09,800 All right. Ten and a half hours to go. 2036 01:49:09,970 --> 01:49:11,400 If we make seven round trips. 2037 01:49:12,850 --> 01:49:14,160 I could use a coffee. 2038 01:49:15,970 --> 01:49:18,000 Well, as we approach the end of the day 2039 01:49:18,130 --> 01:49:19,680 here on the Eastern Seaboard... 2040 01:49:19,850 --> 01:49:22,560 Colonel Glenn is just beginning his third orbit... 2041 01:49:22,730 --> 01:49:25,240 three-quarters of the way across the African continent. 2042 01:49:25,410 --> 01:49:27,000 We see he's currently over Zanzibar... 2043 01:49:27,210 --> 01:49:29,670 which is the next tracking station coming up. 2044 01:49:29,850 --> 01:49:32,000 Thankfully, the F riendship 7 capsule is... 2045 01:49:40,850 --> 01:49:42,360 New assignment came down the pike. 2046 01:49:45,890 --> 01:49:48,080 Always changing around here. 2047 01:49:48,250 --> 01:49:50,160 It's hard to keep up. 2048 01:49:52,850 --> 01:49:54,220 Seems like they're going to need a permanent team 2049 01:49:54,250 --> 01:49:56,080 to feed that IBM. 2050 01:49:56,250 --> 01:49:57,680 How big of a team? 2051 01:49:57,850 --> 01:49:59,760 Thirty, to start. 2052 01:50:02,530 --> 01:50:04,760 Thank you for the information, Mrs. Mitchell. 2053 01:50:06,410 --> 01:50:09,360 You're quite welcome, Mrs. Vaughan. 2054 01:50:23,690 --> 01:50:24,720 Hmm. 2055 01:50:54,330 --> 01:50:55,760 We have a warning light. 2056 01:50:56,450 --> 01:50:58,400 CAPCOM 7, I have a warning light. 2057 01:50:58,570 --> 01:50:59,710 Stand by, Seven. 2058 01:51:00,450 --> 01:51:02,280 Sir, we have a warning light. 2059 01:51:05,970 --> 01:51:07,320 What are we looking at, Paul? 2060 01:51:07,490 --> 01:51:08,520 Uh... 2061 01:51:08,610 --> 01:51:10,640 The heat shield may have come loose. 2062 01:51:10,810 --> 01:51:12,880 Seven, will you confirm the landing bag 2063 01:51:12,970 --> 01:51:13,970 is in the off position? 2064 01:51:15,010 --> 01:51:16,480 Affirmative, CAPCOM. 2065 01:51:16,650 --> 01:51:17,960 Al, we need to get him down now. 2066 01:51:18,130 --> 01:51:19,840 He could burn up on re-entry. 2067 01:51:28,810 --> 01:51:30,640 Come on, babies. 2068 01:51:30,810 --> 01:51:31,920 There is a man in space. 2069 01:51:32,130 --> 01:51:33,620 And we don't want to miss it, so we gotta hurry. 2070 01:51:33,650 --> 01:51:35,320 Something's wrong with Glenn! 2071 01:51:35,490 --> 01:51:36,850 What's going on? Come on, let's go. 2072 01:51:36,930 --> 01:51:39,120 Come on. Hurry up, now. Y'all follow me. 2073 01:51:40,450 --> 01:51:42,680 We just learned that the Friendship 7... 2074 01:51:42,890 --> 01:51:45,840 is in danger of losing its heat shield. 2075 01:51:46,010 --> 01:51:48,040 Have you heard any banging noises... 2076 01:51:48,210 --> 01:51:49,840 or anything of this type at higher rates? 2077 01:51:50,010 --> 01:51:51,360 That is a negative, CAPCOM. 2078 01:51:51,530 --> 01:51:53,320 This poses a grave danger to the mission. 2079 01:51:53,490 --> 01:51:57,270 Tell them not to jettison the retro-package. 2080 01:51:57,810 --> 01:51:58,860 NASA is confirming there is 2081 01:51:58,890 --> 01:52:00,030 some sort of malfunction 2082 01:52:00,170 --> 01:52:01,300 with the capsule's heat shield... 2083 01:52:01,330 --> 01:52:03,630 and it may not stay in place. 2084 01:52:03,850 --> 01:52:05,800 If the heat shield's loose... 2085 01:52:05,970 --> 01:52:09,320 the retro-package straps might hold it in place. 2086 01:52:09,490 --> 01:52:10,520 Will that work? 2087 01:52:10,690 --> 01:52:12,360 It will work. 2088 01:52:12,530 --> 01:52:15,090 It will hold it until he reaches the "Go/No-go" point. 2089 01:52:15,250 --> 01:52:16,250 It will work. 2090 01:52:16,370 --> 01:52:20,400 Al, he has to override the.05G. 2091 01:52:20,570 --> 01:52:21,570 Do it. 2092 01:52:21,730 --> 01:52:23,080 Friendship 7... 2093 01:52:23,250 --> 01:52:26,080 we're recommending that the retro-package not... 2094 01:52:26,250 --> 01:52:28,320 I repeat, not be jettisoned. 2095 01:52:28,530 --> 01:52:32,360 This means that you will have to override the. 05G switch. 2096 01:52:32,530 --> 01:52:33,530 Roger. 2097 01:52:33,730 --> 01:52:36,030 Is there a reason for this? Over. 2098 01:52:36,210 --> 01:52:37,210 Stand by, Seven. 2099 01:52:42,570 --> 01:52:43,710 Not at this time, Seven. 2100 01:52:45,090 --> 01:52:46,520 Roger that, Command. 2101 01:52:46,610 --> 01:52:49,200 I will make a manual.05G entry... 2102 01:52:49,410 --> 01:52:51,710 and bring the scope in. Over. 2103 01:52:55,370 --> 01:52:56,560 He knows. 2104 01:53:04,250 --> 01:53:05,890 Without a heat shield... 2105 01:53:05,970 --> 01:53:07,810 there is no way that Colonel Glenn can get back 2106 01:53:07,890 --> 01:53:09,060 through the Earth's atmosphere. 2107 01:53:09,090 --> 01:53:10,760 The heat is simply too overpowering. 2108 01:53:11,450 --> 01:53:13,600 A malfunction in the automatic control system... 2109 01:53:13,810 --> 01:53:17,040 is causing the spacecraft to yaw in a skid-like fashion. 2110 01:53:17,210 --> 01:53:18,880 Thus putting the Friendship 7's 2111 01:53:18,970 --> 01:53:21,240 re-entry point in jeopardy. 2112 01:53:21,410 --> 01:53:24,760 Even now, Colonel Glenn is streaking toward the United States. 2113 01:53:24,930 --> 01:53:27,390 And he must begin the retro-sequence 2114 01:53:27,490 --> 01:53:29,320 300 miles west of California... 2115 01:53:29,490 --> 01:53:31,120 if he's to reenter the atmosphere 2116 01:53:31,290 --> 01:53:32,430 at the designated point... 2117 01:53:32,610 --> 01:53:34,480 and land in the recovery area 2118 01:53:34,610 --> 01:53:37,440 700 miles south and east of Florida. 2119 01:53:37,610 --> 01:53:40,240 Stay tuned to this station for further details. 2120 01:53:40,410 --> 01:53:42,560 You're going to be using fly-by-wire 2121 01:53:42,650 --> 01:53:43,650 for re-entry. 2122 01:53:43,810 --> 01:53:46,480 You'll need to maintain a zero angle, over. 2123 01:53:46,650 --> 01:53:48,760 Roger. I'm on fly-by-wire. 2124 01:53:48,970 --> 01:53:50,960 Back it up with manual. Over. 2125 01:53:51,130 --> 01:53:52,270 Keep talking to him. 2126 01:53:52,450 --> 01:53:53,450 Roger. 2127 01:53:53,610 --> 01:53:55,960 The weather, the recovery area... 2128 01:53:56,130 --> 01:53:58,430 three foot waves, 10 miles visibility. 2129 01:53:58,610 --> 01:54:00,960 CAPCOM, you're going out. 2130 01:54:01,130 --> 01:54:02,960 He's crossing the communication blackout zone. 2131 01:54:06,090 --> 01:54:07,480 There's a real fireball outside. 2132 01:54:07,610 --> 01:54:08,930 It's getting a little hot in here. 2133 01:54:22,290 --> 01:54:23,600 CAPCOM, do you copy? 2134 01:54:52,690 --> 01:54:55,150 Friendship 7, do you copy? Over. 2135 01:54:59,370 --> 01:55:00,370 Again. 2136 01:55:00,530 --> 01:55:02,520 Friendship 7, do you copy? Over. 2137 01:55:17,090 --> 01:55:19,240 Friendship 7, do you copy? Over. 2138 01:55:32,570 --> 01:55:34,800 Loud and clear, CAPCOM. 2139 01:55:34,890 --> 01:55:37,160 Roger that. How are you doing? 2140 01:55:38,730 --> 01:55:41,440 My condition is good. That was a real fireball. Boy! 2141 01:55:41,610 --> 01:55:42,610 Roger that. 2142 01:55:42,730 --> 01:55:44,080 Let's get you all the way home. 2143 01:55:44,410 --> 01:55:45,410 Roger that. 2144 01:55:45,450 --> 01:55:47,680 Here's hoping these landing coordinates still hold. 2145 01:55:47,850 --> 01:55:52,240 Approaching 16.11984. 2146 01:55:52,330 --> 01:55:53,330 Roger. 2147 01:55:53,410 --> 01:55:57,400 Approaching minus 165.2356... 2148 01:55:57,570 --> 01:56:00,520 in three, two, one. 2149 01:56:00,730 --> 01:56:02,200 Engaging chutes. 2150 01:56:03,930 --> 01:56:05,240 Beautiful chute! 2151 01:56:06,090 --> 01:56:07,360 How are we looking, CAPCOM? 2152 01:56:07,570 --> 01:56:09,400 Your "'Go/No-go" is good. 2153 01:56:09,610 --> 01:56:11,720 Landing coordinates are spot on, 7. 2154 01:56:12,490 --> 01:56:13,490 Roger that, CAPCOM. 2155 01:56:15,330 --> 01:56:18,080 I've always wanted to swim in the Bahamas. Over. 2156 01:56:21,810 --> 01:56:25,120 John Glenn has splashed down and he is being recovered. 2157 01:56:25,290 --> 01:56:26,320 Thank you! 2158 01:56:28,130 --> 01:56:30,720 John Glenn has splashed down safely... 2159 01:56:30,890 --> 01:56:33,320 and is being recovered by the USS Noa. 2160 01:56:36,170 --> 01:56:38,120 Good job. Great job, guys. 2161 01:56:38,290 --> 01:56:39,290 Katherine. 2162 01:56:44,410 --> 01:56:45,410 Nice work. 2163 01:56:46,650 --> 01:56:48,160 You too, Mr. Harrison. 2164 01:56:49,530 --> 01:56:50,640 So, um... 2165 01:56:52,170 --> 01:56:53,840 you think we can get to the moon? 2166 01:56:55,970 --> 01:56:58,430 We're already there, sir. 2167 01:57:01,970 --> 01:57:02,970 Yeah. 2168 01:57:11,650 --> 01:57:13,120 Thank you so much. Thank you. 2169 01:57:41,010 --> 01:57:43,880 Girls, this is Mrs. Vaughan... 2170 01:57:44,050 --> 01:57:45,400 your supervisor. 2171 01:57:45,570 --> 01:57:47,000 She'll show you how things work. 2172 01:57:47,850 --> 01:57:48,880 Come on in. 2173 01:57:51,330 --> 01:57:55,240 The IBM 7090 data processing system... 2174 01:57:55,370 --> 01:58:00,200 is capable of solving 24,000 multiplications per second. 2175 01:59:47,490 --> 01:59:49,600 They'll call it a mystery 2176 01:59:50,170 --> 01:59:52,630 But we're gonna call it Victory 2177 01:59:52,770 --> 01:59:54,280 We'll be writing history 2178 01:59:54,650 --> 01:59:55,960 It's gonna be 2179 01:59:56,330 --> 01:59:57,640 Victory 2180 01:59:57,770 --> 01:59:59,680 They'll be signs on top of signs 2181 01:59:59,770 --> 02:00:01,040 Just so you know the 2182 02:00:01,130 --> 02:00:02,560 History 2183 02:00:02,650 --> 02:00:04,520 It's saying victory 2184 02:00:05,850 --> 02:00:07,640 Is with me 2185 02:00:08,330 --> 02:00:10,680 Oh, let them laugh about it 2186 02:00:10,850 --> 02:00:13,200 Don't worry what the doubter's saying 2187 02:00:13,330 --> 02:00:15,360 Yes, it's an uphill battle 2188 02:00:15,490 --> 02:00:17,790 But guess who else is playin ' 2189 02:00:18,210 --> 02:00:20,670 The next time y'all in action 2190 02:00:20,850 --> 02:00:22,840 And the ghost is in the room 2191 02:00:23,410 --> 02:00:25,790 Watch you work through the masses 2192 02:00:25,890 --> 02:00:27,680 You know that we've been used 2193 02:00:27,890 --> 02:00:30,000 Don't let it be 2194 02:00:30,330 --> 02:00:32,000 Don't let it be 2195 02:00:32,690 --> 02:00:37,040 No matter how deep 2196 02:00:37,690 --> 02:00:42,680 I swear just believe 2197 02:00:42,810 --> 02:00:44,720 You'll find victory 2198 02:00:44,930 --> 02:00:47,360 Find your victory 2199 02:00:47,690 --> 02:00:49,920 They'll call it a mystery 2200 02:00:50,530 --> 02:00:51,880 But we're gonna call it 2201 02:00:52,010 --> 02:00:53,010 Victory 2202 02:00:53,090 --> 02:00:55,000 We'll be writing history 2203 02:00:55,090 --> 02:00:56,720 It's gonna be 2204 02:00:56,890 --> 02:00:58,110 Victory 2205 02:00:58,210 --> 02:01:00,160 They'll be signs on top of signs 2206 02:01:00,250 --> 02:01:01,920 Just so you know the 2207 02:01:02,050 --> 02:01:03,190 History 2208 02:01:03,330 --> 02:01:05,040 It's saying victory 2209 02:01:07,050 --> 02:01:08,760 Is with me 2210 02:01:09,410 --> 02:01:12,000 The Bible says you should pray for nothing 2211 02:01:12,090 --> 02:01:13,960 'Cause every week it's gonna be something 2212 02:01:14,050 --> 02:01:17,000 You know the devil can't wait to jump in 2213 02:01:17,130 --> 02:01:19,080 And complicate the things you trust in 2214 02:01:19,210 --> 02:01:21,510 But I know my foundation 2215 02:01:21,610 --> 02:01:24,200 Is solid and can take some hating 2216 02:01:24,930 --> 02:01:27,080 Prayer's gon' be on this space station 2217 02:01:27,250 --> 02:01:29,280 On the way to the master's apron 2218 02:01:29,370 --> 02:01:32,040 They'll call it a mystery 2219 02:01:32,130 --> 02:01:33,480 Victory 2220 02:01:33,570 --> 02:01:35,720 We'll be writing history 2221 02:01:35,810 --> 02:01:36,840 It's gon' be 2222 02:01:36,930 --> 02:01:38,560 Victory 2223 02:01:38,650 --> 02:01:41,080 It's saying victory 2224 02:01:42,370 --> 02:01:43,760 Is with me 2225 02:01:45,770 --> 02:01:47,080 Hey! 2226 02:01:47,450 --> 02:01:49,240 Oh 2227 02:01:58,890 --> 02:02:01,190 When I first got here 2228 02:02:01,290 --> 02:02:03,280 I defined my way 2229 02:02:03,450 --> 02:02:05,910 But the end of the days were dark 2230 02:02:06,090 --> 02:02:08,600 When I was not clear 2231 02:02:08,930 --> 02:02:10,280 You showed me my mistakes 2232 02:02:10,650 --> 02:02:13,440 But told me keep the pace Don't get lost 2233 02:02:13,610 --> 02:02:18,160 So should I not fear, yeah 2234 02:02:19,090 --> 02:02:21,080 That's how it feels when you love me 2235 02:02:21,170 --> 02:02:23,680 And you're my sightseer 2236 02:02:23,810 --> 02:02:25,800 'Cause before I'm in a rut 2237 02:02:25,930 --> 02:02:28,880 You multiply by 10 times what they took from me 2238 02:02:29,770 --> 02:02:33,470 You send out a branch from the longest tree 2239 02:02:34,850 --> 02:02:36,640 When I'm in quicksand 2240 02:02:37,490 --> 02:02:41,320 But in my mind it's really your arm to me 2241 02:02:41,530 --> 02:02:45,520 Can't believe it, what a lift and hard to believe 2242 02:02:45,650 --> 02:02:48,030 Surrender But there's a difference 2243 02:02:48,170 --> 02:02:50,360 Surrender, surrender 2244 02:02:50,490 --> 02:02:53,160 'Cause I understand Explain to me 2245 02:02:53,330 --> 02:02:55,560 There's no coincidence 2246 02:02:55,650 --> 02:02:57,680 Just confirmation 2247 02:02:58,010 --> 02:02:59,320 Let me see them hands 2248 02:03:00,170 --> 02:03:01,920 I was down on myself 2249 02:03:02,010 --> 02:03:03,600 And I called you 2250 02:03:03,690 --> 02:03:08,680 And your answer is "What can I do?" 2251 02:03:10,850 --> 02:03:13,000 So much you do for me 2252 02:03:15,130 --> 02:03:18,670 In the sound of my breath seen all the years 2253 02:03:18,850 --> 02:03:20,800 Of surrender 2254 02:03:21,210 --> 02:03:24,360 Just know I'm here 2255 02:03:26,050 --> 02:03:28,680 Reporting for duty 2256 02:03:29,330 --> 02:03:32,320 When it feel this good Don't ever let go, go 2257 02:03:32,410 --> 02:03:35,560 Don't ever let go, oh 2258 02:03:36,890 --> 02:03:39,560 When it feel this good Don't ever let go, go 2259 02:03:39,730 --> 02:03:41,240 Don't ever let go, oh 2260 02:03:41,530 --> 02:03:43,200 Don't ever let go, oh 2261 02:03:44,890 --> 02:03:46,030 Hard to believe 2262 02:03:46,330 --> 02:03:48,200 Surrender but there's a difference 2263 02:03:48,330 --> 02:03:50,240 Surrender, surrender 2264 02:03:51,090 --> 02:03:53,600 'Cause I understand Explain to me 2265 02:03:54,210 --> 02:03:56,120 There's no coincidence 2266 02:03:56,210 --> 02:03:57,920 Just confirmation 2267 02:03:58,730 --> 02:04:00,320 Let me see them hands 2268 02:04:00,410 --> 02:04:01,630 Please, just wave 2269 02:04:01,730 --> 02:04:03,160 Wave, wave 2270 02:04:03,250 --> 02:04:06,040 Wave, wave Wave 2271 02:04:06,290 --> 02:04:07,350 In this place 2272 02:04:08,090 --> 02:04:09,600 Just wave Wave 2273 02:04:09,730 --> 02:04:10,920 Wave your hands 2274 02:04:11,690 --> 02:04:13,280 Wave, wave 2275 02:04:18,770 --> 02:04:22,360 Try to understand the way I've been behaving 2276 02:04:22,730 --> 02:04:25,920 It's a funny thing you really gotta see 2277 02:04:26,730 --> 02:04:29,760 Is it just your love that's got me going crazy? 2278 02:04:30,250 --> 02:04:32,440 Or are my eyes playing with me 2279 02:04:35,410 --> 02:04:38,440 All day your love just comes shining down 2280 02:04:39,410 --> 02:04:42,200 Just like the sweetest bees 2281 02:04:43,290 --> 02:04:46,600 I feel you from my root to my crown 2282 02:04:47,330 --> 02:04:51,280 It's mighty good to me Like caramel 2283 02:04:51,410 --> 02:04:53,200 He's right beside me 2284 02:04:53,290 --> 02:04:55,280 My mind's his carousel 2285 02:04:55,370 --> 02:04:57,280 It's how he rides me 2286 02:04:57,410 --> 02:04:59,440 So there's no parallels 2287 02:04:59,530 --> 02:05:03,120 Y'all know me very well 2288 02:05:03,450 --> 02:05:05,080 It's yellow lightning 2289 02:05:06,970 --> 02:05:09,800 Try to understand the way I've been behaving 2290 02:05:10,810 --> 02:05:13,760 It's a funny thing you really gotta see 2291 02:05:14,770 --> 02:05:17,800 Is it just your love that's got me going crazy 2292 02:05:17,930 --> 02:05:20,280 Or are my eyes playing with me 2293 02:05:20,610 --> 02:05:22,640 Just like a mirage 2294 02:05:24,410 --> 02:05:28,160 I love you like you were gold 2295 02:05:28,610 --> 02:05:30,910 Just like a mirage 2296 02:05:32,490 --> 02:05:35,800 I love you like you were gold 2297 02:05:36,610 --> 02:05:38,640 Just like a mirage 2298 02:05:40,330 --> 02:05:42,760 I love you like you were gold 2299 02:05:42,930 --> 02:05:44,600 Gold, gold 2300 02:05:45,170 --> 02:05:47,520 And I'm sorry, baby 2301 02:05:47,690 --> 02:05:49,680 For the what ifs, maybes 2302 02:05:49,810 --> 02:05:51,600 I've taken too far 2303 02:05:51,690 --> 02:05:53,760 I know I must be looking crazy 2304 02:05:53,850 --> 02:05:55,760 I'm sorry, baby 2305 02:05:55,970 --> 02:05:57,840 For the what ifs, maybes 2306 02:05:57,970 --> 02:05:59,520 I take it too far 2307 02:05:59,730 --> 02:06:02,560 You know I must be looking crazy 2308 02:06:02,850 --> 02:06:05,800 Try to understand the way I've been behaving 2309 02:06:06,810 --> 02:06:09,600 It's a funny thing you really gotta see 2310 02:06:10,970 --> 02:06:13,800 Is it just your love that's got me going crazy 2311 02:06:14,170 --> 02:06:16,320 Or are my eyes playing with me 2312 02:06:18,770 --> 02:06:21,840 I spent many nights on my knees praying 2313 02:06:22,850 --> 02:06:25,800 From the side effects of all this heat 2314 02:06:26,850 --> 02:06:29,880 But I'm telling y'all it does feel amazing 2315 02:06:30,170 --> 02:06:32,840 Or are my eyes playing with me