We Choose To Go To The Moon!

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                    Key: 

                           ( )-Who is speaking

                      [ ]-How they are speaking

                                (N.R)-Narrator

                             (S.T)-Sound Tech 

            ……..-Continuation Of The Script

                                 { }-Cutscenes

                                    Characters:

                                   Gus Grissom

                                  Edward White 

                                   Roger Chafee

                             Vladimir Komarov

                                     Jim Lovell

                                 Frank Borman

                                  Bill Andrews

                            President Kennedy

                               Neil Armstrong

                                  Buzz Aldrin

                               Michael Collins

                                   Fred Haise

                                 Jack Swigert

                              Walter Cronkite

                                    Bob Hope

                                 Walter Schirra

                             CAPCOM (2 Needed)

                               President Nixon

                            Wherner Von Braum

                                     Unknown

                              Secondary Roles:

                              Cutscene Reader  

                                    Narrator

                                  Sound Tech      

        Translations

                            Взлет-Liftoff

Космический корабль N1 медленно поднимается в небо!-The N1 spacecraft is slowly rising into the sky!

Что-то не так! Солнечная панель не имеет питания! Снова в горячем виде! Аааа!-Something is wrong! The solar panel has no power! Hot again! The hot one Ahhh!

Script:

(President Kennedy) [Happy] “For the eyes of the world look into space, to the moon and to the planets beyond. And we have vowed that we shall not see it governed by a hostile flag of conquest, but by a banner of freedom and peace. We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win.”

                   (N.R) In the late 1960’s, John F. Kennedy gave his 

                               Moonshot speech, which began the goal of 

                               trying to send a man to the moon by the end

                               of the 60’s.

                   (N.R) So they prepared Apollo 1……..

(CAPCOM) Hello?

(Gus Grissom Edward White & Roger Chafee) [In Pain] Hey! We got a fire in here! We got a bad fire! We are burning up! Auuugh!!

                     (N.R) The astronauts Edward White Gus Grissom, 

                                  and Roger Chaffee all died.

                     (N.R) The cause of their death was a short circuit

                                 in the instrument panel which cause sparks

                                 and a 100% oxygen atmosphere and a hard

                                to open hatch doomed the crew…..

(Walter Cronkite CBS reporter) [Sad] [Grim] Astronauts Edward White Gus Grissom, and Roger Chaffee gave their lives to the service of our country. Meanwhile, the Apollo program will be canceled for now, and will be examined thoroughly to make sure all future astronauts traveling on the Apollo capsules are safe on their travels.

                     (N.R) To make sure all manned flights went well, 

                                  they tested Apollo 4, 5, and 6 with no crew…

                     (N.R) But the Russians saw this tragedy as an 

                                  opportunity to overtake the USA……

(Mr. Countdown) [Russian] Взлет! Космический корабль N1 медленно поднимается в небо!

(Vladimir Komarov) [In pain]   Что-то не так! Солнечная панель не имеет питания! Снова в горячем виде! Аааа!   

                     (N.R) They failed miserably as well…..                                            

                     (N.R) Meanwhile all the US test flights went well,

                                 so it was time for the first manned test 

                                 flight, Apollo 7…….

(Mr. Countdown) [Excited] [Nervous] T-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, liftoff! Liftoff of the Apollo 7! The rocket has cleared the tower!

                      (S.T) Booooooooooooooooooooomm!!

(Walter Cronkite CBS reporter) [Excited] And the Apollo 7 test flight carrying Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham has achieved orbit.

(Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham) [Happy] Woohoo!!

                       (N.R) They return safely to much pomp and 

                                    splendor from the world, but not from

                                    Bob Hope…..

{The Bob Hope Show}

(Bob Hope) [Playfully Disappointed] Well gentlemen, we all know why you're here. NASA wasn’t too happy with your space TV shows. 

(Walter Schirra) [Questioning] Why? I thought we were pretty funny.

(Bob Hope) [Incredulously] Are you kidding? You should’ve seen your ratings! 

(Bob Hope) [Angry] It won’t do gentlemen, you got to give the crowd a real show, laughs trust me, why do you think I’ve been a star for 25 years?

(Walter Schirra) [Questioning] I don’t know, luck?

(Bob Hope) [Angry] Watch it, nobody likes a smart astronaut.

                 (N.R) With successful manned testification that the 

                             Apollo spacecraft worked, NASA was ready for

                             the next stage which was to orbit the moon,      

                            and made Apollo 8…….

(Wernher Von Braum) [Angry] Come on men, work! Install that J2 engine! Fold the lunar legs! Install the F1 engines! The VS 1VB! Chop, chop, we got a lot of work to do!

(Walter Cronkite CBS reporter) [Grim] The Apollo Capsule is ready for the mission to orbit the moon and return to Earth safely. The mission’s astronauts are Frank Borman, Bill Anders, and Jim Lovell. And the gantry tower’s arms are moving back and the engines have ignited.

(Mr. Countdown) [Excited] T-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and 0, liftoff! Liftoff of the Apollo 8 mission to carry the first men to another celestial body!

                                    (S.T) Boooooooooooooooooom!

(CAPCOM) [Determined] Cabin pressure is good, we are up to about 3 Gs, altitude is about 200, 000 feet, pitch 20349, beginning the roll program. How are things doing for you?

(Frank Borman) [Happy] Very good, we have achieved a low earth orbit. Now time to begin trans-lunar injection. Detaching the final stage, and igniting the SM engine.

                          (S.T) Booooooooom!!

                          (N.R) I should explain this part. To get into 

                                      orbit around the moon, you have

                                      to make a maneuver called the

                                      translunar injection, AKA

                                      slingshot, which means that the

                                      astronaut will ignite the engine which

                                      will put the orbital trajectory on a course

                                      for the moon………

{Apollo 8, halfway to the moon}

(Jim Lovell) [Happy] Successful translunar injection we are in moon orbit! 

(CAPCOM) [Happy] Woohoo!!

(Walter Cronkite CBS reporter) [Happy] Well, it’s a rather unusual Christmas Eve, as we have men circling the moon. Later tonight, the Apollo crew will be doing a live broadcast from space, and millions of Americans will be watching this special broadcast. We have also stopped some passersby to tell us how they feel about this great achievement.

(Walter Cronkite CBS reporter) [Questioning] So tell us how you feel about the men orbiting the moon?

(Unknown) [Happy] Well, I feel pretty proud of this amazing country for doing such a big feat, and this achievement truly marks this country’s skill, bravery, and hard work.

(Walter Cronkite CBS reporter) [Questioning] And do you feel the money to this has been worth it, or could’ve been used for another thing? 

(Unknown) [Answering] No, absolutely not. It may have cost millions of dollars, but it is totally worth it. 

{Meanwhile, back on Apollo 8}

(Bill Anders) [Mesmerized] Well will you look at that, wow, it is so beautiful! Hey Jim, Frank! Look at this! Look how beautiful this is, an earthrise! See? The earth is rising like a sunrise over the moon! Wow!

(Bill Anders) [Questioning] What are you doing Jim?

(Jim Lovell) [Thinking] Just thinking about the blue and the brown part, and which one we land in.

(Frank Borman) [Adding] Well you better hope we land in the blue part. 

(Walter Cronkite CBS reporter) [Excited] The broadcast is about to start.

(Jim Lovell, Frank Borman & Bill Anders) [Normally] One day god created the earth and he said on one side, let there be light, and the other let there be dark. And let there be a blue land, and a dark land. And let the blue land be called Earth. And from Apollo 8, a merry Christmas, good luck, and god bless you, all of you on the good earth.

                       (N.R) They returned very safely and became 

                                    heroes…..

                      (N.R)  Apollo 9 and Apollo 10 were mainly testing

                                   the lander and descent, but now they had

                                  to do the landing in Apollo 11……

(Wernher Von Braum) [Angry] Men, you might as well become turtles. Install these parts immediately! What’s wrong Guido? No! No more coffee breaks! Install the Lunar module! Stack the Saturn rocket! Install the life support systems! Get going snails! No Miana ! No lunch breaks or coffee breaks or breakfast breaks, no dinner breaks and CERTAINLY NO MORE DANCE BREAKS!!

(CAPCOM) [Very Very Anxious] All right! Guidance? Good. MOXI? Good. Cabin Pressure? Low. Guidance control? Good. 

Luck? Hopefully Good.

(Mr. Countdown) [Nervous] T-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, ignition sequence start, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, liftoff! Liftoff! We have a liftoff at 32 minutes past the hour, liftoff of Apollo 11.

                              (S.T) Boooooooooom! Booooooom!

(Michael Collins) [Determined] All right, we have cleared the tower, beginning into the roll program. Our angle is 20 m, and velocity is 400 meters per second, pitch 199. And we have achieved an orbit, separating the first stage. Igniting second stage to begin translunar injection. 

                                 (S.T) Boooooooooom!!

(Buzz Aldrin) [Happy] Successful translunar injection. Now beginning the orbital burn.

(Neil Armstrong) [Determined] Docking with LM eagle. Successful docking.

                                  (N.R) Whew! We’ve really been exploring!

                                               I think I should explain this part as

                                               well. So, the Capsule doesn’t land on

                                               the moon. Instead, the LM, (Lunar 

                                               module) goes to the moon. So they 

                                              dock to let the crew board the LM.

                                             Michale Collins meanwhile, will take

                                             care of the capsule, or CM……

(Neal Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin) [Nervous] Seperating! We are ready to land! 

(Michael Collins) [Happy] The Eagle has wings!               

(Buzz Aldrin) [Anxious] 2,000 feet, 1,000 feet, 500 feet.

                                 (S.T) Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!

(Neil Armstrong) [Anxious] Uh CAPCOM, the master alarm is sounding.

(CAPCOM) [Anxious] Yeah we heard it too. Data Reduction made a report. They said that this type of master alarm that is ringing is signaling that the guidance computer is overloaded, and discarding the less important information. Sorry Neil, but it looks like you will have to manually control the craft. Oh, data reduction got another piece of info. Oh no! You got 30 seconds of fuel left! Better land, or there will be an abort! Go! Go!

(Neil Armstrong) [Determined] Roger that. 

                            (S.T) Wooooooosh!

(Neil Armstrong) [Happy] “Tranquility base here, the Eagle has landed!”

(CAPCOM) [Happy] Roger that Eagle, we're copying you on the ground, you got us a bunch of guys about to turn blue, we’re finally breathing again. 

(Walter Cronkite CBS reporter) [Happy] Whew! That was something! What a landing Ha ha ha! Whew!

                         (N.R) It took them several hours to get ready for 

                                     an EVA, or extravehicular activity, or to 

                                    put it more simply, the moonwalk.

(Neil Armstrong) [Happy] All right, I am stepping out the hatch. “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

(CAPCOM) [Happy] Woohoo! Yeah good work! Congrats! 

(CAPCOM) [Happy] Uh, President Nixon would like to talk with you. He’ll call you.

                                 (S.T) Ring! Ring!

(Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin) [Happy] Hello?

(President Nixon) [Happy] Neil! Buzz! Hello! I just wanted to say how proud we Americans are of you. You’ve really shown what this country can do, not just on the planet, but on another celestial planet!

(Neil & Buzz) [Happy] Thank you!

                                 (N.R) The trip home went excellent. 

                                             they returned, and they became

                                             heroes, and this marks the more

                                             than half point of the story. But

                                             before I meet President Biden,

                                             I have one more story to tell of

                                             how 3 astronauts escaped tragedy.

                                            join me in Apollo 13…..

(M.R Countdown) [Excited] T-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4 ,3 ,2 ,1, 0, liftoff! Liftoff! Of Apollo 13! Everything is going well! The crew is Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise! 

(Fred Haise) [Happy] Achieved orbit! Separating 1st stage, and beginning translunar injection.

(Jack Swigert) [Happy] Successful translunar injection! We are en route to the moon!

                                 (N.R) But half way there, they have some 

                                             trouble……

                                (S.T) Kaboom! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!

(Jack Swigert) [Calmly] “Houston, we’ve had a problem here.” The master alarm is on.

(CAPCOM) [Wondering] I don’t see what the problem is, unless….oh no! Uh, it looks like part of the SM exploded, and you are venting either fuel or oxygen into space.

(CAPCOM) [More Nervous] Uh, it also looks as if your battery is also losing power because it has been damaged.

(Fred Haise) [Worried] We are still leaking both fuel and oxygen. Have any suggestions CAPCOM? 

(CAPCOM) [Unhappy] Well, there is one, but you won’t like it, but if you want to come back safely, we need to close the inner locks. That would stop the leaks. 

(Jim Lovell) [Questioning] But then, we won’t be able to land on the moon. 

(CAPCOM) [Sad] Yeah, we’re sorry guys, but if you want to come back to earth, you can’t land.

(Fred Haise) [Sad] Roger that, turning of outlets, including guidance system to save power, and closing of inner locks

(Jack Swigert) [Angry] Are you mad? If you turn off the guidance computer, we won’t be able to make our burn to get back to the earth!

(Fred Haise) [Responding] If we are facing the earth, we are going the correct way. Now begin engine burn.

                                             (S.T) Boooooooooom!!

(Jack Swigert) [Happy] Trajectory on route to the earth!

(CAPCOM) [Nervous] You are going for reentry. 

                                             (S.T) Zzzzzzaaaaaapppppp!

(CAPCOM) [Worried] We might lose them. Who knows if the heat shield is working?

(Walter Cronkite CBS reporter) [Nervous] We are waiting with bated breath for the crew to report the chute opened at about 40,000 feet long and 3 of them. And oh! I got a signal! Yes their back! Their back! Woohoo! They made it! The chute successfully opened, and the recovery crew recovered   

them.

                  (N.R) And that is the story of the most famous 

                             Moon adventures. Now I have to go meet 

                            president Joe Biden now. Bye!!!

        🌙 3, 2, 1, The End! 🌙