to his own brain.
Like "Raise my left arm"?
Or "Throw the harpoon".
People are gonna come from all over.
This boys an Eskimo.
You ever thought about
joining me full time?
What do you mean? You serious?
Do you have an opening?
Uhhuh. Can you sing?
A little. Yeah. I can dance.
Hey, its Buckaroo.
We have Buckaroo descending.
We have him on the launch parameter.
Inertial control positive.
T minus five four five. Resume counting.
Hey, hey, Rawhide!
All systems righteous.
Professor Hikita says we have a go.
Im teeing off in an hour and a half.
Whats this jalopy supposed to do anyway?
500 miles an hour, General.
Oh, Senator, youre so gullible.
Please clear the launch grid.
Please clear the launch grid.
HB 88, this is control.
Drivers door check secure.
..B, C, D, E...
Clear the area!
Control, this is HB 88.
Commanders voice check. Over.
Roger, HB 88. Read you. Out.
Control, this is HB 88.
Event timer started. Over.
HB 88, this is control.
APU start is go.
You are on your
onboard computer. Over.
Roger, I copy.
Altimeters? Compasses?
Set and crosschecked.
Reserve brake system two?
Closed and guarded.
Gear handle?
Down and in.
Throttles and start levers?
Closed, off.
Number four electric hydraulic pump and press?
On and checked.
Parking brake?
Set. Press checked.
Radios, radar and transponder?
Set and stand by.
HB 88, this is control.
IMU alignment in progress.
We show 28 degrees, 36 minutes.
30.32 seconds north...
by 80 degrees, 36 minutes.
14.8 seconds west.
Synchro is aligned.
HB 88, this is control.
Ground crew secure. Over.
INS ram coordinates.
Form one, fuel ticket?
On board.
Circuit breakers?
Point of no return. Five, four, three...
We have main engine start.
..two, one.
Electronuclear carburation seems fine.
Hes fast. lll give Banzai that. But one
heatseeking missile and hes history.
This is control. APU start is go.
Youre on your onboard computer. Over.
They are reading you on the localiser
downrange. Looks good. Over.
HB 88, this is control.
Speed steady at 317 nautical.
400 and accelerating!
Horizontal velocity is expanding. Over.
Four... three...
Here he comes.
..two... one.
Wheres he going?
Yeah!
He is off course.
This is Chase One. Over.
He has broken trajectory...
50 cylinder. There is an immediate
fire hazard. Do you read?
Roger.
Do you read?
Advise you abort. Over.
Repeat: advise you cancel phase two!
What the hells phase two?
Thats a big nocando.
Buckaroo, are you decompressing? Over.
Hes broken the sound barrier!
Mach 1.3.
Buckaroo, do you read?
Commence braking procedure. Over.
Just be cool. Shell hold.
Axis negative.
Pneumatic pressure negative.
We are looking at 500 degrees...
We are in pursuit.
He is gaining. Over.
Hes headed for the mountains!
Eject, Buckaroo! Eject!
HB 88, do you read? Do you read? Over.
This is control. Do you read?
Unsafe levels of...
Standby recirculation has been activated.
HB 88, this is control. Do you...
Hotel Brava 88 do you read?
Do you read? Over.
What is going on?
Its off my scope.
This is Chase One. We got his tracks.
They go right up to a wall of rock.
Holy shit!
This is Chase Two. Chase Two.
We see him. We see him.
We have him. Chase Two reports
a visual 100 miles off course.
Banzai!
Hes gone through it.
Hes gone through the mountain.
It has deployed there.
There is a minimal disturbance
in the electromagnetic field.
Antigravity inertia is normal.
Mass acceleration is diminishing. Over.
He is OK.
The vehicle is hot, but we are
showing no radioactivity. Over.
HB 88, this is control. We see you.
Welcome home. Over.
We show electricalfield aberrations
on the windshield.
We are getting a localised vibration
of the drive train and a minor oil leak.
Buckaroo, can you verify
operational capability?
HB 88, this is control.
We are reading an electrical
field aberration of 993
on your windshield, static and fracture.
Can you confirm? Over.
HB