Eric Sevareid: "Virgil I. Grissom. Or..."
Gus Grissom (Fred Ward): "Gus."
Eric Sevareid: "What was that?"
Gus Grissom: "Gus. Nobody calls me by that other name."
Eric Sevareid: "Gus? An Astronaut named Gus? What's your middle name?"
Gus Grissom: "Ivan."
Eric Sevareid: "Ivan. Well... Maybe, Gus isn't so bad. Might be something there. Alright. Alright, you can be Gus."