"He'll come out of it in less than a minute."
"One can never be sure."
"There's still no reason why you can't use duplicate control systems."
"With a switch-off on the automatic, if they fail?"
"Yes. If for nothing more than to give a man a chance to save his own neck."
"They won't fail."
"The simplest things fail, Bannister. Campbell was killed in a far less elaborate way."
He looked at me. "Campbell? Oh, yes. The landing over the reef. I had nothing to do with that."
"You designed the power shut-off that failed."
"Improper servicing. A simple mechanical failure."