Major West: "I'm going to try to break us out of the atmosphere."
John Robinson: "No, we don't have enough core material for that."
Major West: "Well, maybe if we catch one of the thermal..."
John Robinson: "No, it won't work. I know. We have to go... down. Through the planet as she's breaking up. We can use the planet's gravity..."
Major West: "What?"
John Robinson: "To throw us ut the other side and back into space!"
Major West: "That's insane!"
John Robinson: "I don't have time to argue."