Roger Hines Quotes in Space Cowboys (2000)

Frank Corvin: [after Hawk crashes the shuttle during a simulation] Hawk, this isn't a stripped-down showplane. You've got to do it their way.

Col. William 'Hawk' Hawkins: I don't need a damn computer to tell me how to land an aircraft.

Roger Hines: It's not an aircraft, Colonel. It's a flying brick, and you've GOT to use the computer's protocols.

Col. William 'Hawk' Hawkins: What if the on-board computer fails?

Ethan Glance: It never has.

Col. William 'Hawk' Hawkins: [to the simulator supervisor] Houston, Horizon

Mission Control Tech: Go ahead

Col. William 'Hawk' Hawkins: Request second landing please.

[pause]

Col. William 'Hawk' Hawkins: Houston - Horizon, request on board computer FAILURE on second landing.

Eugene 'Gene' Davis: Run it again. Sock it to 'em.