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Nate: Get it out. It's so cold. Get it out, Ben. Get it out, get it out! Damn it Ben get it out!
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Nate: I'm getting worse. Ben... you gotta leave me here.
Ben Anderson: No.
[pause, fiddling with landing module's controls]
Ben Anderson: No one's leaving anyone.
Nate: You'll have to.
Ben Anderson: We are not dying up here.
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Nate: [in hammock] Fate has ordained... the men who went to the moon to explore in peace, remain on the moon to rest in peace.
[turns suddenly to face camera]
Ben Anderson: [filming Nate] What are the hell are you talking about?
Nate: I feel my thoughts... fragmenting.
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Deputy Secretary of Defense: [over comms to Ben] We're aware of your condition, and we've made a decision. We can't bring you home.
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Ben Anderson: [over comms] Please, please listen to me uh... listen to me. Um, listen to me... I... I have a family. I need my family, please.
Deputy Secretary of Defense: We'll let your family know you died a hero. I'm sorry, Ben.
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Ben Anderson: [shouting hysterically into comms] I did mine! You do your job, you get me home!
[pause]
Ben Anderson: Houston, please.
Deputy Secretary of Defense: We'll stay on this channel with you, but this decision is final. You've done a great service for your country, son... and for mankind.
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Deputy Secretary of Defense: [over comms] John, you are ordered to abort rescue immediately. Captain Anderson is a high contamination threat. You will not recover him.
John Grey: You knew something was down there and you sent them anyway.
Deputy Secretary of Defense: [over comms] DOD to Freedom, if you do not abort in T-minus 60 seconds, transmission will terminate. You will not receive an updated state vector. You will run out of life support package. You will not return home. You have 45 seconds to abort this rescue.
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[first lines]
John Grey: There's just a lot at stake here, you know? We're talkin' nation versus nation, and the race is still on. There's lots to discover out there, man.
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[last lines]
Richard Nixon: The voyage of Apollo dramatized its risk. The men of Apollo epitomize the character that accepts danger and surmounts it. Theirs is the spirit that built America.
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Title Card: July 20, 1969 - Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon.
Title Card: In 1970, Apollo missions 18, 19, and 20 were canceled due to budgetary concerns.
Title Card: December 7, 1972 - Apollo 17, the final official lunar mission lands on the moon.
Title Card: In 2011, eighty four hours of classified footage is uploaded to www.lunartruth.com.
Title Card: This film was edited from that footage.
Apollo 18 Quotes
Extended Reading
