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Space The Foul-Up

They are talking away without voices at a camera that is feeding us the picture. BZZZZZaappp! Zap! zap!

The sound returns. "Chris, could you put this in perspective?"

An elitist walks in: "Weren't you kind of pulling for them to get knocked off the first time?"

"I hate the whole program..."

"But isn't it necessary for them to get bumped off?"

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"This flight has been taken spaceshots out of the realm of a hohum affair. We are not really in control..."

"And clectrical failure in bay four of the service module has left the command module without power..."

All power to the people.

"Everyone was a-laughing and haw-hawing to beat the band but I was all a-tremble..."

"And now to the voices of Lovell and Haise in the LM..."

There are many calm overlapping bleeps of voices and one small voice comes out of the sound: a little hollow...

"Hello. Earth?"

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