>>21406294>"Gentlemen. I'm sorry to bear such bad news but there is no way we can get you to the moon. Probably not in this century. There's a zone of radiation out there, out farther than most of the rockets we've ever sent, that will cook each of you dead along with any piece of electronics we can hope to send up.After a long pause and probably a few emphatic protesting questions
>"What we CAN do is put up satellites, though. And all of you have been in this business long enough to understand just how important it is that we put up bigger satellites, in larger orbits than the Soviets.>"Boys... we're in a sticky situation. Ivan doesn't have to appeal representative consensus to commit everything he can to conquering Space. We've got to convince every congressman that would rather get an earmark for a bridge to nowhere in his little hayseed jurisdiction">"I hate to be the bearer of further bad news but the thing is: you already went to the moon.">"That "simulation," the week you spent in isolation, and the big production you might have noticed around this dry run - that was all to broadcast to the American people and SHOW them that we Did It.">"And what I am now going to ask you, what America NEEDS from all of you - is to be Heroes. Not because you did the impossible, but because we need everyone to believe we can reach the impossible.">"Without this - the "Space Program" is dead in the water. We all know what air superiority meant for modern war. We can't afford to give up Space Superiority just because everyone got caught up in a politician's promise.">"I know you are upset to hear this. But let me remind you all made promises. You all signed oaths. And 90% of everyone working on this thing along with the entire American public believe, already, that you pulled it off." 