【誰にともなしに、独り言レス―その3093】
その2021～2033
映画「ライトスタッフ」における―
Hey, forget the fucking capsule！
と、グリソムが（カプセルより俺を助けろと）あっぷあっぷしながら必死に叫ぶ捏造シーンのもとネタとしては原作の―
やつらはくだらんカプセルなんかに夢中になり、おれは彼らの見ているところでおぼれかけている…（The stupid bastards ! They were going crazy over the goddamned capsule and he was drowning before their very eyes…）
というクダリもさることながら、似かよったフレーズを実際に叫んでくれてた人がいまして、それこそが 証言－１ のジーン・クランツ、あのアポロ13 の（「アポロ13」でエド・ハリス扮する）フライト・ディレクターの、あのジーン・クランツであります。
ミッション・コントロール（のモニター）で具に状況を把握していたクランツの証言―
I kept murmuring a loud at the console,"Dammit, get Gus, forget the damn spacecraft."
ね、ほぼ（グリソムが叫んだとされる）"forget the fucking capsule！" と同じでしょ。
参考
Into the Sky with Diamonds: The Beatles andthe Race to the Moon （Ronald P. Grelsamer）より―
The first helicopter on the scene, piloted by Jim Lewis, was unaware Grissom was in trouble and continued with its task of trying to fish the space capsule out of the sea. Whilst Jim Lewis battled the waves to lift the sinking capsule, mission control looked on helplessly as they could see from their camera footage that Grissom was struggling. Assistant Flight Director Gene Kranz recalled mission control looking on helplessly and shouting "Forget the spacecraft, get Gus, get Gus, get Gus".
クランツの Failure Is Not an Option- Gene Kranz より―
Almost unnoticed, Grissom was struggling as the downwash from the chopper’s rotor blades whipped the sea to a froth. I was sweating bullets, as I recalled the times I stood near the runway, or sat in my aircraft watching and listening as a squadron pilot called "Mayday…Mayday" and attempted to nurse a damaged or flamed-out (no engine power)aircraft back to the runway. The feeling of utter helplessness gets you in the gut. I had seen a student pilot in jet training try to make the runway, finally ejecting too late when he realized he was short. I had that same sick feeling now watching Gus struggling in the water. Water was leaking through the suit inlet hose fitting, and as the seconds passed the space suit buoyancy was no longer supporting him.
I kept murmuring aloud at the console,"Dammit, get Gus, forget the damn spacecraft." As a second helicopter went to Grissom’s rescue, the drama of the capsule recovery seemed to play out forever on our television sets in the control room. The helicopter strained against the load, briefly lifting the capsule almost clear of the water, only to lose the battle as the engine began to overheat. (Through a remarkable feat in deep sea exploration technology, the capsule was located and recovered in extraordinarily good shape in July of 1999.)
The Liberty Bell 7 mission was perfect until the very end and then it turned to worms. Rookies and veterans alike were once again reminded: there are no free rides in a flight test.
A rumor soon circulated that Gus had panicked when a small amount of seawater entered the capsule. I thought that was baloney. Everything I had seen of Gus and the astronauts indicated that they had the "right stuff." Grissom’s hatch was the first flown with an explosive primer. Shepard’s had had a mechanical design. Something must have screwed up in the new hatch.
