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I think he's sort of foolishly optimistic, taking nylons and Hershey bars to the moon.

8 seconds sound clip from the Apollo 13 movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:02:21 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Turn off the IMU. Switch to SCS. Stand by. Over.

- It's a great day in New York, isn't it. It's girl watchers' weather.

- I like those ingenious girl watchers who put on Con Edison helmets and dig trenches in the street to get a better view.

- But speaking of girl watching, did you know that our first bachelor astronaut is on his way to the moon? Is it Swigert?

- Yeah, first bachelor. He's the kind, they say, who has a girl in every port. He has that reputation.

- I think he's sort of foolishly optimistic, taking nylons and Hershey bars to the moon.

- Did you read that three million... What do you say? Less viewers or fewer viewers?

- Three million fewer viewers watched the space shot than did the last one.

- Here is ABC science editor Jules Bergman.

- The Apollo 13 spacecraft has lost all electrical power.

- Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert are making their way through the tunnel to the lunar module, using it as a lifeboat so they'll have electrical power for their radios on the command module.

[...]

Apollo 13 Sound Clip

Apollo 13 poster

Voice quotes and sound clips from the movie Apollo 13 (1995). All waveform samples are in .wav and .mp3 format.

Actors: Tom Hanks (Jim Lovell), Bill Paxton (Fred Haise), Kevin Bacon (Jack Swigert), Gary Sinise (Ken Mattingly), Ed Harris (Gene Kranz)

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