Minute 023: Medical Guys

GUEST: PODCASTER BRETT STILLO

The woman steps into the bedroom, wearing a towel and drying her hair.

Jack Swigert lets out a whoop in his bedroom.

Back in the SIM room, Ken Mattingly is reacting to the news that he’s been bumped from the Apollo 13 crew.

“Well,” he says, “I-uh,  — damn. Medical guys! I had a feeling when they started doing all the blood tests, that, uh.  I mean, I know it’s their ass if I get sick up there, but, mean —  JESUS!”

Lovell and Haise say nothing.

“Oh boy,” says Mattingly.

IN THIS MINUTE:

Jim Lovell: Tom Hanks

Jack Swigert: Kevin Bacon

Woman in Towel: Unknown

Ken Mattingly: Gary Sinese

Fred Haise: Bill Paxton