Space Cowboys

Frank is the only engineer... 492 00:39:38,655 --> 00:39:41,681 ...proficient in such obsolete technology. 493 00:39:43,927 --> 00:39:46,088 Given the short amount of time... 494 00:39:46,296 --> 00:39:48,594 ...he's the only engineer to do the job. 495 00:39:51,968 --> 00:39:54,994 So Frank Corvin's band of... 496 00:39:55,638 --> 00:39:58,368 ...Leisure World aviators are going into space. 497 00:39:58,574 --> 00:40:01,202 NASA agree to all this? Did the Russians? 498 00:40:01,411 --> 00:40:04,778 - Frank didn't give us a lot of choice. - I figured that. 499 00:40:04,981 --> 00:40:08,473 You hate each other way too much to have cooked this up together. 500 00:40:10,186 --> 00:40:11,380 Count me out. 501 00:40:11,888 --> 00:40:14,857 I think you guys need to get a new flight director. 502 00:40:15,892 --> 00:40:18,793 You know, one thing is driving me nuts, though. 503 00:40:20,063 --> 00:40:24,830 How did a guidance system from Skylab end up in a Russian bird? 504 00:40:26,035 --> 00:40:30,495 I don't know, Gene, but apparently I'm the man who can fix it. 505 00:40:30,707 --> 00:40:35,644 Grow up, will you, Frank? Can't you be a team player for once? 506 00:40:35,912 --> 00:40:39,279 Why can't you assist my astronauts as an engineer? 507 00:40:39,482 --> 00:40:44,044 If I wasn't 100% sure that my guys could do as well as your astronauts... 508 00:40:44,253 --> 00:40:46,517 ...I wouldn't go anywhere near it. 509 00:40:47,156 --> 00:40:49,090 Still the same old Frank, huh? 510 00:40:49,926 --> 00:40:52,417 Well, that's the consensus around here. 511 00:40:54,464 --> 00:40:58,958 So you fellas made a deal? Fine. Here's my deal. 512 00:40:59,535 --> 00:41:03,335 I am the flight director and I can pull the plug on this one. 513 00:41:03,573 --> 00:41:05,097 When it's over, it's over. 514 00:41:05,308 --> 00:41:07,970 I am not turning over a new space shuttle... 515 00:41:08,311 --> 00:41:12,247 ...to rookies with a month's training. You're taking two of my guys. 516 00:41:12,982 --> 00:41:17,885 Ethan, who's a brown-nosing snot and Roger, who's a cocky little shit. 517 00:41:18,254 --> 00:41:20,586 But they're the two best astronauts. 518 00:41:20,790 --> 00:41:23,691 They fly or the package stays on the ground. 519 00:41:24,761 --> 00:41:27,958 - Deal? - Well, okay, Gene. 520 00:41:28,297 --> 00:41:30,424 And if I sense for one second... 521 00:41:30,633 --> 00:41:33,898 ...that your team isn't cutting it physically or mentally... 522 00:41:34,103 --> 00:41:37,095 ...you're off, and my original team flies. 523 00:41:38,207 --> 00:41:40,641 So let's see if you still got it to go. 524 00:41:41,010 --> 00:41:42,102 Suck it up, Frank. 525 00:41:47,383 --> 00:41:51,444 - Gene's the same guy I remembered. - Yeah, he's an asshole. 526 00:41:51,654 --> 00:41:53,315 - A prick. - Some things never change. 527 00:41:54,123 --> 00:41:56,990 Now just cough when I say, okay? 528 00:41:57,427 --> 00:41:58,621 Cough. 529 00:41:58,928 --> 00:42:00,486 And again, please. 530 00:42:01,697 --> 00:42:02,686 Morning, gentlemen. 531 00:42:03,332 --> 00:42:07,291 I'm Dr.Caruthers. I'll be assisting Dr.Michaelson here. 532 00:42:09,939 --> 00:42:11,065 Hi. 533 00:42:16,813 --> 00:42:18,781 Nothing to be ashamed of. 534 00:42:19,248 --> 00:42:20,647 Easy for you to say. 535 00:42:20,883 --> 00:42:23,977 - Cover your eye and read the chart. - Time me. 536 00:42:24,220 --> 00:42:26,085 "E, F, L, E, P, T... 537 00:42:26,289 --> 00:42:27,984 ...P, L, E, P, F, L, F, L, E... 538 00:42:28,191 --> 00:42:29,954 ...P, T, P, L, F, E, T, E... 539 00:42:30,159 --> 00:42:33,560 ...L, O, P, Z, D, D, E, F, P, O, T, E, C... 540 00:42:33,996 --> 00:42:36,556 ...F, L, E, P, T, P, L, E, P... 541 00:42:36,766 --> 00:42:40,964 ...F, L, F, L, E, P, T, P, L, F, L, T, M, A, D... 542 00:42:41,170 --> 00:42:42,137 ...in U, S, A." 543 00:42:42,338 --> 00:42:46,399 Made in the USA. That's one for the economy, I guess. 544 00:42:46,742 --> 00:42:48,175 You have 20/10 vision. 545 00:42:48,377 --> 00:42:51,505 - I'll be damned. - And 14 seconds. 546 00:42:52,782 --> 00:42:55,842 All right. "E, F, L, E, P, T... 547 00:42:56,052 --> 00:42:57,986 ...P, L, E, P, F, L, E... 548 00:42:58,187 --> 00:43:03,124 ...L, E, P, T, L, P, E, F, E, T, Z, E, T... 549 00:43:06,229 --> 00:43:07,196 ...T." 550 00:43:07,396 --> 00:43:10,160 - 20/20. - And five seconds slow. 551 00:43:10,466 --> 00:43:11,558 Good. 552 00:43:12,235 --> 00:43:13,429 - Next. - I'm next. 553 00:43:13,970 --> 00:43:17,872 - Five seconds, my ass. - I wish I could be your next. 554 00:43:18,474 --> 00:43:22,672 Get your fiance to take you to a French brasserie and give you oysters. 555 00:43:22,879 --> 00:43:26,371 - If he won't, can I? - Let's see how you do on your physical. 556 00:...