GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source

105.
INVESTIGATOR
(a trace of
desperation,
grasping at straws)
Luca could still be an accomplice.
The Investigator turns away, unwilling or unable to accept
the explanation. Hugo regards the Investigator with a trace
of sympathy. He furtively retrieves the Investigator's
tissue from the trash.
INT. GATTACA. DAY.
JEROME sits in a formal briefing room with the other CREW
MEMBERS of his mission, receiving their final pre-flight
instructions. LAMAR looks on approvingly.
MISSION COMMANDER
Finally, I'd like to welcome
Navigator Morrow on his debut
mission--if we get lost out there,
nobody has a map of the heavens in
his head like Jerome.
Jerome looks up bashfully.
MISSION COMMANDER
(adopting a more
serious tone)
I'm gratified that there is no
longer a cloud hanging over
tomorrow's launch. Now we can put
this unpleasantness behind us and
concentrate on the task at hand.
I don't have to tell you how
important this mission is--the
Belt could hold the key to the
origin of life - why we are what
we are. (injecting a note of
levity)
I know many of you have been
asking that question about me for
long enough.
(referring to a
projected photograph
of a misshapen
asteroid behind his
head)
Gaspra--how could something so
ugly hold so many beautiful
secrets?