I wish I knew. He opens the squall door in the great Gate, steps through. You just got your job back. I didn't know I was fired. They move off to circle the mystery.
More officials arrive to confer.
A shadow crosses his face. But he remains silent. The great doors of the Vehicle Assembly Building are locked shut, the various officials are warned that no single word about this must be said beyond the Base, for the time being. Someone was aboard the craft. Someone came out.