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You want to cut the duct tape three feet long. Just use your arm. It's an arm's length.

8 seconds sound clip from the Apollo 13 movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:29:30 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- The other materials you're gonna need are a lithium hydroxide canister... two lithium hydroxide canisters, I'm sorry, a roll of gray tape... duct tape.

- You need an LCG bag Two LCG bags the red suit hoses, and you've got the flight plan cover.

- What about their level of carbon dioxide?

- It's climbing.

- You're saying that they're almost out of breathable air?

- Now, wait a second. That's not what he said. He said we're working on it.

- You want to cut the duct tape three feet long. Just use your arm. It's an arm's length.

- Okay, Housotn, I see what you're getting at. Hold on.

- Hey, Jack, tear that piece of tape down the middle lengthwise.

- All right?

- Hold on, Houston.

- While the astronauts appear to have enough oxygen to keep them alive, one thing they have too much of is carbon dioxide.

- With each breath, the three men expel more of the poisonous gas into the lunar module cockpit and the scrubbers intended to keep the atmosphere breathable are quickly becoming saturated.

[...]

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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