- Molly Cobb: [Apollo 15 is about to liftoff] Buncha people cheering for shit. I haven't done anything yet.
- Edward Baldwin: You did just strap your ass on top of a quarter million tons of high explosive for government pay. It's not smart, but it's something.
- Edward Baldwin: You know, between me and Sedgey, we've got a lot of experience under our belts. So if you just follow our lead, you won't have anything to worry about.
- Molly Cobb: I'm not worried.
- Edward Baldwin: Good.
- Molly Cobb: I've actually been flying longer than either of you. In fact, I was in Mercury 13 before you got into Gemini. So, in a sense, I have seniority here. Isn't that funny?
- Molly Cobb: Well, at least I won't have to wear a bra in space. Zero G and all.
- Frank Sedgewick: Speaking on behalf of Ed and myself, in the interest of our respective marriages, please do.
- Edward Baldwin: No one on my crew is going to the moon in a damn diaper. This is NASA. You're rocket scientists. Figure it out.
- Deke Slayton: You have any idea how hard I've been working to get these women ready? They have been busting their butts doing every goddamn thing I ask.
- Thomas Paine: Well, he's seen the light. What can I say? With the Soviets on our heels, he doesn't want any distractions. And the polling didn't help. Turns out Americans don't really wanna watch women dying in fiery plane crashes.
- Thomas Paine: We need a win. Sputnik. Gagarin. Leonov. Belikova. The president's not interested in another second-place finish. It's bad enough that our girl's accident is plastered all over the news. We have an election coming up, and the way it looks, it's probably gonna be against Ted Kennedy.
- Deke Slayton: Should be a nice, clean fight.
- Thomas Paine: The president wants to give the American people something to cheer about.
- Frank Sedgewick: A Kennedy landslide?
- Thomas Paine: Laugh all you want, but Nixon's the only reason this program still exists. Apollo 15 will locate a usable site. And the president will announce that mankind's first permanently manned base on the moon will be flying the star-spangled banner. Congratulations, gentlemen, you're going to make history.
- Thomas Paine: I did not authorize this.
- Deke Slayton: I know. I did. I say who's an astronaut. Who goes up and when.
- Thomas Paine: Well, congratulations. You just made Nixon's shitlist.
- Richard Nixon: I like what I'm seeing on the news, Deke. Quite a show. Congratulations.
- Deke Slayton: Thank you, sir. I appreciate...
- Richard Nixon: If the girl screws up, it's your ass.