"We have a public launch of a test rocket in four days. "We'll keep running this simulation until we get it right," says Kraft. Glynn Lunney (Jackson Pace) explains to the flight controllers that the sim was designed to test the team's response to multiple corrupted feeds brought on by "large birds" causing physical damage to the comm link. It is just a game, right?" Ryerson says as work to complete the control center continues in the background and an on screen caption reads that they are still 80 hours out from the actual launch of the test mission. Missile telemetry monitor Ryerson (Chris Mayers) tries to defuse the tension. "Do not hesitate in this room! I ask you a question, you give me an answer. "Hope no one has family in Titusville," another flight controller says. The Mercury-Atlas 1 rocket fails, breaking apart 10 miles downrange. Range safety officer Roy Hutmacher (Joshua Ritter), seated at a console to Kraft's left, announces he is going to send the destruct command to avoid the vehicle from impacting a populated area, but hesitates after Kraft questions his call. Are you sure?"Ĭhris Kraft (Eric Ladin) is presiding over Mercury Mission Control when, just seconds into a launch, the rocket goes awry.
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