Corrected entry: In the beginning we learned the trip through the core on "The Fall" takes 17 minutes. But when Doug sneaked inside The Fall, he set some explosives when the giant elevator starts to move. He set the timer on 15 minutes, so the whole thing should explode two minutes before it reach the colony. To make the situation worse, Doug opened the emergency hatch which cause the lift to "slow down" even more, making it harder to reach the other side in time.
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Correction: He could have started the countdown 2 mins into the fall. The slowing down had nothing to do with Quaid opening the hatch. This happened because it passed the middle, otherwise it would just fly out when it got to the end of the fall.