Henry Hurt quotes from Apollo 13 (1995)

Henry Hurt

I, uh, I have a request from the news people.

Marilyn Lovell

Uh-huh?

Henry Hurt

They're out front here. They want to put a transmitter up on the lawn.

Marilyn Lovell

Transmitter?

Henry Hurt

Kind of a tower, for live broadcast.

Marilyn Lovell

I thought they didn't care about this mission. They didn't even run Jim's show.

Henry Hurt

Well, it's more dramatic now. Suddenly people are...

Marilyn Lovell

Landing on the moon wasn't dramatic enough for them - why should not landing on it be?

Henry Hurt

Look, I, um, I realize how hard this is, Marilyn, but the whole world is caught up in this, it's historic-...

Marilyn Lovell

No, Henry! Those people don't put one piece of equipment on my lawn. If they have a problem with that, they can take it up with my husband. He'll be home... on Friday!

Henry Hurt

Hi, Marilyn.

Marilyn Lovell

Where's the broadcast?

Henry Hurt

All the networks dumped us. One of them said we've made going to the moon about as exciting as taking a trip to Pittsburgh.

Henry Hurt

We've got the parachute situation, the heat shield, angle of the trajectory and the typhoon. There's just so many variables, I'm at a loss–

I know what the problems are, Henry. This could be the worst disaster NASA's ever experienced.

Gene Kranz

With all due respect, sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour.