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It could have been damaged in an explosion, so, let's consider that engine dead.

7 seconds sound clip from the Apollo 13 movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:08:34 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- If there's been serious damage to the spacecraft...

- They blow up and they die!

- That is not the argument! We're talking about time! Not whether or not these guys...

- I'm not gonna sugarcoat this for you!

- Okay, hold it. Let's hold it down. Let's hold it down, people.

- The only engine we've got with enough power for a direct abort is the SPS on the service module.

- It could have been damaged in an explosion, so, let's consider that engine dead.

- We light that thing up, could blow the whole works. Just too risky. We're not gonna take that chance.

- The only thing the command module's good for is re-entry. So, that leaves us with the LEM, which means free-return trajectory.

- Once we get the guys around the moon, we'll fire up the LEM engine, make a long burn, pick up some speed, and get them home as quick as we can.

- I'm wondering what the Grumman guys think about this.

- We can't make any guarantees.

[...]

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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