Fred Haise
We're not gonna have power much longer. The ship's bleeding to death.
Played by Bill Paxton 
Apollo 13 (1995) · 94 quotes
Apollo 13 (1995) · 94 quotes
Got to tell you, I had an itch to take this baby down though. Do some prospecting. Damn, we were close.
Scenes with Fred Haise
7 scenes Fred Haise
Jack Swigert
[Jack Swigert smacks his head on the L.E.M. ceiling]
OW! God damn this piece of shit!
Fred Haise
Hey! This piece of shit's gonna get you home. That's cause that's all we got left, Jack!
Jack Swigert
What are you saying, Fred?
Fred Haise
I think you know what I'm saying.
Jack Swigert
Now wait a minute. All I did was stir those tanks.
Fred Haise
What was that gauge reading before you hit the switch?
Jack Swigert
Don't tell me how to fly the damn C.M. --
Fred Haise
You don't even know, do you!?
Jack Swigert
-- they brought me in here to do a job, they asked me to stir the damn tanks and I stirred the tanks!
Jim Lovell
Jack, stop kicking yourself in the ass.
Jack Swigert
This is NOT MY FAULT!
Jim Lovell
No one is saying it is. If I'm in the left-hand seat when the call comes up, I stir the tanks.
Jack Swigert
Yeah, well, tell HIM [Haise] that.
Fred Haise
I just asked you what the gauge was reading. And YOU DON'T KNOW!
Jim Lovell
All right gentlemen, we're not gonna do this. We're not gonna go bouncing off the walls for ten minutes, because we're just gonna end up right back here with the same problems! Try to figure out how to stay alive!
Reporter
So the number 13 doesn't bother you?
Fred Haise
Only if it's a Friday.
Reporter
Apollo 13, lifting off at 13:13, and entering the moon's gravity on April 13th?
Jim Lovell
Well, uh, as a matter of fact, our own Ken Mattingly has done some... research on that particular phenomenon. Ken?
Ken Mattingly
Well, I uh, had a black cat walk over a broken mirror under the lunar module ladder, didn't seem to be a problem.
Fred Haise
It hurts when I urinate.
Jim Lovell
Well, you're not getting enough water.
Fred Haise
No, I'm drinkin' my rations, same as you... I think old Swigert gave me the clap. Been pissin' in my relief tube.
Jim Lovell
Well, that'd be a hot one at the debriefing for the flight surgeons... Another first for America's space program.
Jim Lovell
Okay, Houston, the quad-heater circuit breakers are open.
CAPCOM
Copy that.
Fred Haise
We'll use the forward omni when the Earth's in the window, and we're switching to aft omni when we see the moon.
CAPCOM
We copy that, Thirteen. Aquarius, we don't want you to make any more waste dumps. The venting may push you off course.
Fred Haise
Oh, Christ.
Jack Swigert
What's up?
Jim Lovell
No more waste dumps. We're just gonna have to store it. Jack, we're gonna need some more urine bags. Okay, Houston, that leaves us with just the computer, which I'm shutting down now. [shuts off L.E.M. computer] And that's it. We just put Sir Isaac Newton in the driver's seat.
Jack Swigert
I've been going over the numbers again. Have they called up with a re-entry plan yet? 'Cause we're coming in too shallow.
Jim Lovell
We're working on something, Jack. Just hold on.
Fred Haise
I can't remember the ratio temperature; we got no references on board.
Jim Lovell
Well, let's see if Houston can pull up the MIL-SPECs.
Jack Swigert
Listen, listen, listen! They gave us too much Delta V, had us burn too long. At this rate, we're gonna skip right off of the atmosphere, and we're never gonna get back!
Fred Haise
What are you talking about? How'd you figure that?
Jack Swigert
I can add.
Jim Lovell
Jack, they've got half the Ph.Ds on the planet working on this.
Fred Haise
Houston says we're right on the money.
Jack Swigert
And what if they have made a mistake, all right, and there was no way to reverse it? You think they would tell us? There's no reason for them to tell us.
Fred Haise
What do you mean they're not gonna tell us? That's bullshit!
Jim Lovell
All right, there's 1,000 things that have to happen in order, we are on #8. You're taking about #692.
Jack Swigert
And in the meantime, I'm trying to tell you we're coming in too fast. I think they know it, and I think that's why we don't have a goddamn re-entry plan.
Jim Lovell
That's duly noted. Thank you, Jack. We agree with that.
Jack Swigert
[hits his head on the L.E.M. ceiling]
OW! God damn this piece of shit!
Fred Haise
Hey! This piece of shit's gonna get you home. That's 'cause that's the only thing we got left, Jack!
Jack Swigert
Now what are you saying, Fred?
Fred Haise
Well, I think you know what I'm saying.
Jack Swigert
Now wait a minute. All I did was stir those tanks.
Fred Haise
What was that gauge reading before you hit the switch?
Jack Swigert
Hey, don't tell me how to fly the damn C.M.–
Fred Haise
You don't even know, do you?!
Jack Swigert
–They brought me in here to do a job, they asked me to stir the damn tanks and I stirred the tanks!
Jim Lovell
Jack, stop kicking yourself in the ass, all right?
Jack Swigert
This is not my fault!
Jim Lovell
No one is saying it is. If I'm in the left-hand seat when the call comes up, I stir the tanks.
Jack Swigert
Yeah, well, tell him that. [points to Haise]
Fred Haise
I just asked you what the gauge was reading, and you don't know!
Jim Lovell
All right, look, we're not doing this, gentlemen, we're not gonna do this. We're not gonna go bouncing off the walls for ten minutes, because we're just gonna end up right back here with the same problems! Try to figure out how to stay alive!
CAPCOM
Aquarius, this is Houston.
Jim Lovell
Are we on VOX?!
Fred Haise
No, we're not on VOX.
Jim Lovell
[Turns on switch to transmit; calmly]
Yeah, Houston, this is Aquarius, go ahead.
CAPCOM
Yeah, Jim, could you check you check your CO2 gauge for us? [the CO2 warning light blinks on right at that moment]
Jim Lovell
Yeah, Houston, we were just looking at that. Our CO2 measurement has jumped 4 notches in the last hour.
Fred
That can't be right. I went over those numbers three times.
CAPCOM
Jim, that sounds about right. We were expecting that.
Jim Lovell
Well, that's very comforting to know, Houston. What do we do about it.
CAPCOM
Jim, we're working on a procedure down here for you. Do you copy?
Fred Haise
Oh, Christ.
Jim Lovell
All right, Houston, we're standing by for those procedures.
Fred Haise
Christ, I know why my numbers are wrong. I only figured it for two people.
Jack Swigert
[Lovell and Haise look over at Swigert]
Maybe I should just hold my breath.
CAPCOM
Aquarius, this is Houston.
Jim Lovell
Houston, Aquarius.
CAPCOM
Uh, Jim, we've got another course correction for you.
Jack Swigert
What's up?
Fred Haise
Something about another course correction.
Jim Lovell
Uh, We copy, uh, Houston. Be advised, it's gonna take Freddo and I awhile to power up the computer for the, uh, alignment platform if we have to fire the engine.
CAPCOM
Uh, negative on that, Jim. We can't spare power for the computer.
Fred Haise
We gotta do this blind?
Jim Lovell
Houston, without the computer, what do we use for orientation?
Gene Kranz
Come on, we gotta be able to give these guys something up there.
Bill Fenner
Without power, we can't give them a reading.
Gene Kranz
I'm not talking about power, I'm talking about reference.
Bill Strable
No, no. There's no references. We have a bunch of debris up there...
Jim Lovell
Houston, what's the story with this burn?
CAPCOM
We're trying to hash something out down here, Aquarius. Stand by.
Jim Lovell
Well, now look, Houston, all we need to hold attitude is one fixed point in space. Is that not correct?
CAPCOM
Yeah, roger that, Jim.
Jim Lovell
Well, Houston, we've got one. If we can keep the Earth in the window, flying manually, the co-ax crosshairs right on its terminator, all I have to know is how long do we need to burn the engine. [under his breath] The shorter the better.
CAPCOM
Roger that, Jim.
Glynn Lunney
Can they fly it manually? And still shut it down on time without the computer?
Gene Kranz
I guess that's the best we can do, Glynn. We're out of time.
