The only way to win is to pick a mission so far off, requiring so many new scientific developments that we could be first to get there.

First Man (2018)
GILRUTH
A screenplay character in First Man (2018).
- lines
- 22
- words
- 313
- scenes
- 8
- dialogue
- 3.3%
- avg words / line
- 14
- shortest / longest
- 1 / 43
Sample dialogue
Neil, we’ve been chatting with candidates about the program so we can get an idea of how everyone thinks. Now, as I’m sure you know, our decision to forego Direct Ascent in favor of Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous has had a major impact on Gemini.
scene 18 — INT. CONFERENCE ROOM, ELLINGTON AFB - MOMENTS LATERBillion. Forty billion dollars.
scene 1 — OPENWell... how’s your wife?
scene 18 — INT. CONFERENCE ROOM, ELLINGTON AFB - MOMENTS LATERWe’ll open it up for questions now.
scene 21 — INT. CULLEN AUDITORIUM, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON - DAYWe’ve talked it through and we think it’s pretty clear. If you hadn’t kept cool, well, you wouldn’t be here and we’d still be asking what the hell happened.
scene 114 — INT. GILRUTH’S OFFICE, MANNED SPACE CENTER - NIGHT
Bookends
Gentlemen.