【誰にともなしに、独り言レス―その3146】
その1277～1278
グレンが引き合いに出すライト兄弟のクダリ―
When I think of Orville and Wilbur Wright standing on a hill at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, tossing a coin to see which one would take the first airplane flight,and then I think of us here today… I thank God I live in a country.
その昔 ライト兄弟はノース・カロライナの丘に立ち どちらが初乗りするか コインで決めました その後の進歩の数々 努力と才能が生かせる国に生まれ 神に感謝します （字幕）
原作―
He gave a nice little speech that started with Orville and Wilbur Wright standing on a hill at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, tossing a coin to see which one would take the first airplane flight, and then he tied that in with the first space flight. "I think we are very fortunate," he said, "that we have, should we say, been blessed with the talents that have been picked for something like this." (No one had said a word about talents, however.) "I think we would be most remiss in our duty," he went on, "if we didn't make the fullest use of our talents in volunteering for something that is as important as this is to our country and to the world in general right now. This can mean an awful lot to this country, of course."（The Right Stuff）
（グレンは）気の利いたスピーチのなかで、ライト兄弟の話からはじめたのだ。ノース・カロライナ州キティ・ホークの丘の上に立ったオーヴィル・ライト、ウィルバー・ライトの兄弟は、世界最初の飛行機にどっちが先に乗るかをコインを投げて決めたという話をし、それを最初の宇宙飛行士につなげた。「私たちは大変幸運だと思います。いわば、私たちは才能に恵まれていたために、こんどのことに選ばれたってのはですね」（しかし、
才能 だということは誰もこれっぽちも言っていない）「私たちは義務不履行のそしりを免れないと思います」彼は続ける、「わが国にとっても、またこんにちの世界全体にとっても、このように重要な仕事に率先して取り組むにあたって、私たちの才能を最大限に発揮しないとしたらですね。無論、こんどの計画はこの国にとって、はかり知れない意味を持ちうるものです」 [中公文庫]
トランスクリプト―
"…like the Wright brothers stood at Kitty Hawk about fifty years ago,with Orville and Wilbur pitching a coin to see who was going to shove the other one off the hill down there.
I think we are very fortunate that we have, should we say, been blessed with the talents that have been picked for something like this. I think we would be almost（原作では most ） remiss in our duty if we didn't make the full use of our talents. Every one of us would feel guilty I think if we didn't make the fullest use of our talents in volunteering for something that is as important as this is to our country and to the world in general right now. This can mean an awful lot to this country, of course."
この後 「ライトスタッフ」 ではグレンの（芝居がかった）ご高説の尻馬に乗ってクーパーが―
ク ： I'd like to second some of the things Mr. Glenn has said here. （僕もグレンが言ったことに同感です）
と続け、さも自説であるかのように（実際のグレンの弁舌を）そのままパクって―I think that we are all very, very fortunate that we have been, uh, should we say, "blessed" with the talents for something like this. And I think that we would be most remiss in our duty indeed... if we did not volunteer for something as important as this is to our country and to the world in general right now. と展開し（空軍の意地を見せ）、隣のスレイトンにも（Don't you agree, Deke？ と）振って―
ス ： I absolutely agree with Gordo.
と更に（強引に）追随させる大幅な脚色がなされているが、実際はグレンの後に答えるのは（クーパーではなく）グリソムで、原作もそうなっている。 （当然 「ライトスタッフ」 では席順が全く異なるし）
