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.
10 seconds sound clip from the Apollo 13 movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:08:50 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- 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.
- I'm wondering what the Grumman guys think about this.
- We can't make any guarantees.
- We designed the LEM to land on the moon, not fire the engine up there for course corrections.
- Well, unfortunately, we're not landing on the moon, are we?
- I don't care what anything was designed to do. I care about what it can do.
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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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