1 00:00:30,155 --> 00:00:31,614 Go, go, go, go! 2 00:00:46,254 --> 00:00:49,132 Your wife is stable and recovering. 3 00:00:50,967 --> 00:00:52,093 And the child? 4 00:00:52,510 --> 00:00:54,345 You have a healthy baby girl. 5 00:00:55,805 --> 00:00:56,806 A girl? 6 00:00:57,223 --> 00:00:58,099 Yes. 7 00:00:58,808 --> 00:01:00,935 - Are you sure? - Of course. 8 00:01:02,020 --> 00:01:03,605 Have you decided on a name? 9 00:01:03,688 --> 00:01:06,191 I told my wife that was a mistake. 10 00:01:06,816 --> 00:01:07,817 I'm sorry? 11 00:01:08,318 --> 00:01:11,237 That we would jinx the birth by choosing a boy's name before... 12 00:01:16,034 --> 00:01:17,202 The child's name is Lu. 13 00:01:39,933 --> 00:01:40,934 How's it looking? 14 00:01:41,810 --> 00:01:44,604 You ask the blind guy how it's looking? 15 00:01:44,687 --> 00:01:45,939 Not your best joke, Emma. 16 00:01:46,022 --> 00:01:48,274 - I didn't mean it like... - She meant, how's it feeling? 17 00:01:48,358 --> 00:01:49,984 Eh, no, it doesn't feel good. 18 00:01:50,068 --> 00:01:52,403 Feels like a car engine about to go "ka-chunk." 19 00:01:52,487 --> 00:01:54,823 Three weeks. Just keep it running three more weeks, 20 00:01:54,906 --> 00:01:57,325 and we'll have a brand-new water system waiting for us on Mars. 21 00:01:57,408 --> 00:01:59,452 - Why would you say that? - Excuse me? 22 00:01:59,536 --> 00:02:01,830 Pegasus doesn't even land for another hour, 23 00:02:01,913 --> 00:02:03,915 and you're just assuming it's safely on the ground. 24 00:02:03,998 --> 00:02:05,917 - No, I wasn't assuming... - You're gonna jinx it. 25 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,044 No one's jinxing anything. 26 00:02:09,587 --> 00:02:12,173 Quite frankly, all I've been thinking about for weeks now 27 00:02:12,257 --> 00:02:14,425 is that freighter ship waiting for us when we land. 28 00:02:14,509 --> 00:02:17,762 Can you imagine? No more water rations. 29 00:02:17,846 --> 00:02:19,973 Oh. Sorry, Lu. I didn't mean to... 30 00:02:20,056 --> 00:02:20,890 It's all right. 31 00:02:21,683 --> 00:02:24,310 I'm actually fantasizing my first cup of tea. 32 00:02:24,394 --> 00:02:26,396 And enough hot water for some coffee. 33 00:02:26,479 --> 00:02:29,023 Enough water for my plants to come back to life. 34 00:02:29,107 --> 00:02:33,319 Personally, I'm looking forward to a long, hot shower. 35 00:02:33,403 --> 00:02:36,406 I think we're all looking forward to you having a hot shower. 36 00:02:38,283 --> 00:02:39,868 And what of you, Commander? 37 00:02:39,951 --> 00:02:41,578 What are you looking forward to? 38 00:02:41,661 --> 00:02:44,247 Oh, she is not looking forward to anything. 39 00:02:44,747 --> 00:02:46,124 What the hell, Lu? 40 00:02:47,125 --> 00:02:49,794 You made it very clear that you didn't wanna be here. 41 00:02:51,212 --> 00:02:52,505 That you only wish you were home. 42 00:02:56,801 --> 00:02:58,261 Lex, it's breakfast! 43 00:02:58,344 --> 00:02:59,345 Coming! 44 00:03:08,479 --> 00:03:11,232 Dad, how am I gonna eat all of this? 45 00:03:11,733 --> 00:03:14,485 Melissa and Cassie are supposed to be here in, like, five minutes. 46 00:03:14,569 --> 00:03:17,113 Well, you can take it in the car. There's enough for them too. 47 00:03:17,739 --> 00:03:20,658 It's an important day for your mom, and you know this is tradition. 48 00:03:20,742 --> 00:03:23,786 Yeah, but it's not like she's launching. 49 00:03:24,204 --> 00:03:27,165 Pegasus landing can be just as stressful as a launch. 50 00:03:27,749 --> 00:03:30,084 And you need to eat if you're feeling jittery. 51 00:03:30,418 --> 00:03:32,587 All right? You need to be full, grounded. 52 00:03:32,670 --> 00:03:34,172 Yeah, okay. 53 00:03:34,839 --> 00:03:38,509 Tell that to the entire school if they see me puking at assembly. 54 00:03:38,927 --> 00:03:40,845 Yes, the whole school will be sitting in the gym 55 00:03:40,929 --> 00:03:42,263 watching NASA's live feed. 56 00:03:46,434 --> 00:03:49,020 If you're worried about me seeing Isaac, don't be. 57 00:03:52,273 --> 00:03:53,858 - What does that mean? - Nothing. 58 00:03:54,651 --> 00:03:56,778 We just haven't been talking much lately. 59 00:03:57,737 --> 00:03:58,571 Since when? 60 00:03:59,030 --> 00:04:01,032 Since the accident, I guess. 61 00:04:02,033 --> 00:04:04,577 - I thought you'd be happy. - Why would I be happy? 62 00:04:06,037 --> 00:04:07,080 Dad... 63 00:04:07,789 --> 00:04:10,083 ...you wanted to kill him after I got hurt. 64 00:04:10,166 --> 00:04:13,753 Yeah, I was scared out of my mind, Lex. You could have broken your neck. 65 00:04:14,796 --> 00:04:16,798 Look, I don't want you to end up like... 66 00:04:18,299 --> 00:04:19,175 Um... 67 00:04:23,221 --> 00:04:24,222 I still might. 68 00:04:26,808 --> 00:04:27,642 What? 69 00:04:28,601 --> 00:04:29,769 End up like you. 70 00:04:31,771 --> 00:04:32,939 If I carry the gene. 71 00:04:35,275 --> 00:04:37,068 Have you been thinking about this a lot? 72 00:04:37,151 --> 00:04:38,111 No. 73 00:04:40,196 --> 00:04:41,281 I don't know. 74 00:04:45,576 --> 00:04:48,162 I should go. I don't wanna make Cassie late. 75 00:04:51,207 --> 00:04:52,834 Sweetie, we can talk about this. 76 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:55,503 Can we please just focus on Mom? 77 00:04:56,921 --> 00:05:00,508 You know, one... nerve-wracking thing at a time. Okay? 78 00:05:08,308 --> 00:05:11,936 All right, people. Let's make a little more history. 79 00:05:13,730 --> 00:05:16,190 Public feed is going live... 80 00:05:16,607 --> 00:05:17,442 now. 81 00:05:17,525 --> 00:05:18,818 Jack, you have the conn. 82 00:05:21,571 --> 00:05:22,739 Good morning, everyone. 83 00:05:22,822 --> 00:05:25,450 Thank you for joining us here on this momentous day 84 00:05:25,533 --> 00:05:26,993 at the Johnson Space Center. 85 00:05:27,660 --> 00:05:30,663 We are 21 minutes away from entry interface, 86 00:05:30,747 --> 00:05:36,252 good for touchdown on the Martian surface at 9:54:15 Central. 87 00:05:36,336 --> 00:05:38,755 Pegasus is carrying most of the supplies 88 00:05:38,838 --> 00:05:41,257 that the crew will need to set up camp on Mars, 89 00:05:41,341 --> 00:05:44,385 including their new water and life-support systems... 90 00:05:44,469 --> 00:05:46,637 Why didn't they bring that stuff with them? 91 00:05:47,096 --> 00:05:48,639 Uh, it's too heavy, hon. 92 00:05:48,723 --> 00:05:51,434 So they sent a different rocket that's landing today, 93 00:05:51,517 --> 00:05:53,936 and then Emma will land Atlas right next to it. 94 00:05:54,562 --> 00:05:56,522 All their things will be waiting for them there, 95 00:05:56,606 --> 00:05:59,442 just like a... a big present on Christmas morning. 96 00:06:00,026 --> 00:06:02,862 I bet your mom is so excited. Are you excited? 97 00:06:03,529 --> 00:06:04,364 Totally. 98 00:06:05,198 --> 00:06:08,993 Our friends at JPL sometimes call the perilous descent to Mars 99 00:06:09,077 --> 00:06:10,411 "seven minutes of terror." 100 00:06:22,632 --> 00:06:24,634 Stand by on an update from Jack. 101 00:06:32,517 --> 00:06:34,102 Seems a bit cruel, doesn't it? 102 00:06:35,686 --> 00:06:39,440 We're a hundred times closer to Pegasus than Mission Control, 103 00:06:39,524 --> 00:06:41,401 yet they get to learn its fate before we do. 104 00:06:41,484 --> 00:06:44,987 Well, if it's of any consolation, when we land on Mars, 105 00:06:45,446 --> 00:06:46,906 we'll know our fate before them. 106 00:06:46,989 --> 00:06:48,199 Okay, wait. Here we go. 107 00:06:49,158 --> 00:06:50,910 All systems looking good. 108 00:06:50,993 --> 00:06:53,830 Pegasus on course for entry interface in 21 minutes. 109 00:06:53,913 --> 00:06:56,374 And of course, it would have taken roughly 20 minutes 110 00:06:56,457 --> 00:06:59,419 for us to receive that message, so in reality... 111 00:06:59,502 --> 00:07:02,547 Pegasus is about to enter the atmosphere. 112 00:07:05,716 --> 00:07:08,177 What would you say is the most likely thing 113 00:07:08,261 --> 00:07:09,679 that could go wrong here? 114 00:07:10,805 --> 00:07:13,224 I know a lot of people would say angle of entry. 115 00:07:13,307 --> 00:07:17,603 Pegasus comes in one degree too shallow, it'll skip right off the atmosphere. 116 00:07:18,855 --> 00:07:19,689 But... 117 00:07:20,565 --> 00:07:22,733 I gotta go with parachute deployment. 118 00:07:23,359 --> 00:07:25,695 That puppy opens a split-second too late and... 119 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:27,196 poof. 120 00:07:27,989 --> 00:07:28,865 Freddie... 121 00:07:30,450 --> 00:07:32,452 You're thinking heat shield malfunction? 122 00:07:33,286 --> 00:07:35,288 I'm thinking we watch this in silence. 123 00:07:36,956 --> 00:07:38,791 Oh. Speaking of... 124 00:07:38,875 --> 00:07:41,419 Plasma blackout is likely during peak heating, 125 00:07:41,502 --> 00:07:44,172 and we could lose radio contact for up to two minutes. 126 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,156 Radio contact has been interrupted, as expected. 127 00:08:11,199 --> 00:08:12,325 Hold for two minutes. 128 00:08:52,573 --> 00:08:53,908 Hopefully, any second now. 129 00:09:10,550 --> 00:09:13,219 Radio Science, have you regained contact with Pegasus? 130 00:09:13,719 --> 00:09:14,971 Negative. Please stand by. 131 00:09:15,972 --> 00:09:17,306 Copy that. Standing by. 132 00:09:19,809 --> 00:09:22,061 - It's been two minutes. - Yeah, I know, hon. 133 00:09:23,062 --> 00:09:24,730 They said they'd hear in two minutes. 134 00:09:25,147 --> 00:09:26,107 I know. 135 00:09:26,190 --> 00:09:28,150 - What does this mean? - Nothing yet. 136 00:09:37,034 --> 00:09:38,119 Try them again. 137 00:09:39,036 --> 00:09:41,622 - Radio Science? - Please stand by. 138 00:09:41,706 --> 00:09:43,291 Come on, God damn it. 139 00:09:50,006 --> 00:09:52,091 Houston, Radio Science. Do you copy? 140 00:09:52,592 --> 00:09:54,468 Copy that. Tell us you have a signal. 141 00:09:56,012 --> 00:09:57,388 That's a negative, Houston. 142 00:09:59,348 --> 00:10:00,558 Radio Science, say again. 143 00:10:00,641 --> 00:10:02,810 All communication with Pegasus has been lost. 144 00:10:03,269 --> 00:10:06,939 I repeat, all communication with Pegasus has been lost. 145 00:10:16,824 --> 00:10:18,117 That means it just landed, right? 146 00:10:19,243 --> 00:10:21,370 If everything went according to plan, 147 00:10:21,454 --> 00:10:24,749 then yes, Pegasus just touched down on Mars. 148 00:10:24,832 --> 00:10:25,833 All right. 149 00:10:26,751 --> 00:10:29,962 Let's hope everyone in Houston is cracking open champagne. 150 00:10:36,385 --> 00:10:38,346 Let's run... Let's run another diagnostic. 151 00:10:38,429 --> 00:10:41,891 We should all meet in the conference room as soon as possible. No... 152 00:10:51,150 --> 00:10:53,402 - Dad? - It's gonna be okay, Lex. 153 00:10:53,486 --> 00:10:55,404 But what if Pegasus really is gone? 154 00:10:56,697 --> 00:10:58,699 - What if it blew up? - We don't know that's what... 155 00:10:58,783 --> 00:11:00,951 Isn't that the stuff they need to live on Mars? 156 00:11:01,035 --> 00:11:03,287 There's always a backup plan, okay? 157 00:11:03,371 --> 00:11:06,374 And they can land and live on Atlas if they have to. 158 00:11:06,457 --> 00:11:08,959 But you said they're already on the backup water system. 159 00:11:09,043 --> 00:11:11,837 And that system's still working. They can continue on rations. 160 00:11:11,921 --> 00:11:12,963 For how long? 161 00:11:13,589 --> 00:11:15,591 And why didn't they send Pegasus a year ago? 162 00:11:15,675 --> 00:11:17,510 They couldn't leave it in the dust and storms, 163 00:11:17,593 --> 00:11:19,387 and there's already another Pegasus on the way. 164 00:11:19,470 --> 00:11:20,596 Not for months. 165 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:22,765 They can make it that long if they have to. 166 00:11:22,848 --> 00:11:24,433 But again, we don't know yet... 167 00:11:24,517 --> 00:11:25,685 Exactly. 168 00:11:25,768 --> 00:11:27,353 We don't know anything. 169 00:11:28,646 --> 00:11:31,023 We don't know if Pegasus is sitting on the ground 170 00:11:31,107 --> 00:11:32,692 or exploded into pieces, 171 00:11:32,775 --> 00:11:35,319 or if the backup system is even going to last, 172 00:11:35,403 --> 00:11:37,405 or if Mom's gonna survive. 173 00:11:46,747 --> 00:11:47,790 Commander? 174 00:11:47,873 --> 00:11:48,874 Emma? 175 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:52,378 "Signal uplink unsuccessful. 176 00:11:52,461 --> 00:11:54,547 Attempting reboot. Please stand by." 177 00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:01,262 Uh, let's not get ahead. 178 00:12:01,345 --> 00:12:03,848 All we know right now is the signal was lost, 179 00:12:03,931 --> 00:12:07,435 but there's a hundred engineers in Houston working right now to get it back online. 180 00:12:07,518 --> 00:12:09,186 - They won't. - Come on. Let's... 181 00:12:09,270 --> 00:12:10,980 let's just let them do their job. 182 00:12:11,063 --> 00:12:11,939 Emma, 183 00:12:12,273 --> 00:12:14,692 I... I appreciate what you're trying to do here, 184 00:12:15,317 --> 00:12:17,027 but let's be honest, you know as well as I do 185 00:12:17,111 --> 00:12:18,738 when a plane goes off radar, 186 00:12:18,821 --> 00:12:20,531 that pilot isn't coming home. 187 00:12:23,492 --> 00:12:24,702 Don't cry, Kwesi. 188 00:12:25,411 --> 00:12:26,912 We can't spare water on tears. 189 00:12:29,457 --> 00:12:30,833 Let's... let's talk water. 190 00:12:31,876 --> 00:12:34,628 If Pegasus really is lost, we know the contingency. 191 00:12:34,712 --> 00:12:36,088 We land on Mars, 192 00:12:36,589 --> 00:12:39,800 and we live on the Atlas until the next freighter arrives. 193 00:12:39,884 --> 00:12:42,011 Well, that's not for another five months. 194 00:12:46,140 --> 00:12:50,102 Misha, I know you said it was a miracle 195 00:12:50,186 --> 00:12:53,230 if the backup lasted more than three and a half weeks, but is there any... 196 00:12:53,314 --> 00:12:54,565 Very unlikely. 197 00:12:55,274 --> 00:12:57,651 But that's not even our biggest problem. 198 00:12:57,735 --> 00:12:58,778 What are you talking about? 199 00:12:58,861 --> 00:13:01,113 Let's say backup makes it that long, 200 00:13:01,197 --> 00:13:04,033 which it won't, but let's say it does. 201 00:13:04,116 --> 00:13:06,952 Even if we move to the most extreme rations, 202 00:13:07,036 --> 00:13:10,206 we still consume more water than the backup can recycle. 203 00:13:10,289 --> 00:13:11,582 Sooner than later, 204 00:13:12,249 --> 00:13:13,375 we run out of water. 205 00:13:13,459 --> 00:13:15,878 - How soon? - What's the best-case scenario? 206 00:13:17,671 --> 00:13:18,589 Eight... 207 00:13:19,799 --> 00:13:20,674 ...ten weeks. 208 00:13:22,384 --> 00:13:25,429 Which means we'll die of thirst 209 00:13:25,930 --> 00:13:28,516 two months before the next freighter arrives. 210 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:43,447 Our attempts thus far to reboot the system have been unsuccessful. 211 00:13:43,531 --> 00:13:45,908 We're not giving up, but we have to move forward 212 00:13:45,991 --> 00:13:49,036 assuming Pegasus is lost and discuss next steps. 213 00:13:49,119 --> 00:13:50,371 Nothing to discuss. 214 00:13:50,454 --> 00:13:51,997 They land and live on Atlas. 215 00:13:52,081 --> 00:13:53,916 Their water system isn't gonna last that long. 216 00:13:53,999 --> 00:13:56,585 And whose fault is that? If your commander hadn't... 217 00:13:56,669 --> 00:13:59,171 No. Wait a minute. You're gonna point fingers now? 218 00:13:59,255 --> 00:14:02,007 - ...system and insisted on backup... - After your cosmonaut 219 00:14:02,091 --> 00:14:03,509 lied about his vision? Really? 220 00:14:04,844 --> 00:14:06,846 Is there no way to get a visual 221 00:14:06,929 --> 00:14:08,264 and see if Pegasus landed? 222 00:14:08,347 --> 00:14:09,932 What about using one of the rovers? 223 00:14:10,015 --> 00:14:13,269 Not a chance. The nearest rover is over 1,000 miles from the landing site. 224 00:14:15,563 --> 00:14:17,356 She says nothing has changed. 225 00:14:22,695 --> 00:14:24,613 The primary objective of this mission 226 00:14:24,697 --> 00:14:26,282 has always been to land a crew on Mars. 227 00:14:26,365 --> 00:14:28,325 And return them safely home. 228 00:14:30,870 --> 00:14:32,955 - That's no longer an option. - Yes, it is. 229 00:14:34,790 --> 00:14:37,877 Best-case scenario, they got ten weeks' worth of water, right? 230 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:40,671 If that, and the next freighter doesn't land on Mars for 20. 231 00:14:40,754 --> 00:14:42,673 - But they're not gonna meet on Mars. - What? 232 00:14:42,756 --> 00:14:45,259 - Can I borrow your tablet? - Yeah, of course. 233 00:14:52,850 --> 00:14:56,020 So, right now, Pegasus 2 is roughly here, 234 00:14:56,812 --> 00:15:00,232 but if we slingshot Atlas around Mars... 235 00:15:01,191 --> 00:15:03,611 Atlas gets a gravitational assist from Mars. 236 00:15:03,694 --> 00:15:05,362 Picking up speed 237 00:15:05,446 --> 00:15:07,406 and meeting with Pegasus 2 in... 238 00:15:07,489 --> 00:15:10,075 I'd have to do the math, but it's definitely under ten weeks. 239 00:15:10,159 --> 00:15:13,495 You're suggesting Atlas and Pegasus 2 dock in transit? 240 00:15:13,579 --> 00:15:16,415 Both vehicles have docking capabilities. There's no reason why they can't. 241 00:15:16,498 --> 00:15:19,126 The reason is they'd be flying at each other 242 00:15:19,209 --> 00:15:21,754 at 32,000 kilometers an hour. 243 00:15:21,837 --> 00:15:24,924 You're talking about a crew with no sleep, on minimal rations, 244 00:15:25,007 --> 00:15:26,759 doing an impossibly complex task. 245 00:15:26,842 --> 00:15:29,053 I'm talking about getting our crew back alive. 246 00:15:32,765 --> 00:15:34,433 Without ever landing on Mars. 247 00:15:37,478 --> 00:15:39,146 We had an agreement. 248 00:15:43,692 --> 00:15:45,819 Our great taikonaut will be the first human 249 00:15:45,903 --> 00:15:47,237 to set foot on the Red Planet. 250 00:15:47,321 --> 00:15:48,864 Circumstances have changed. 251 00:15:49,782 --> 00:15:53,202 You really want the first humans on Mars digging their own graves there? 252 00:15:53,869 --> 00:15:56,830 I would rather she die a hero on Mars 253 00:15:57,665 --> 00:16:00,417 than return home a coward. 254 00:16:12,721 --> 00:16:14,139 Dear Father... 255 00:16:14,723 --> 00:16:17,434 I am hoping Mother will read you this message. 256 00:16:18,394 --> 00:16:21,313 I know that sometimes you can get confused. 257 00:16:21,981 --> 00:16:23,983 Delete "I know that sometimes you can get confused." 258 00:16:25,192 --> 00:16:26,193 Dear Father... 259 00:16:27,653 --> 00:16:29,989 perhaps you have heard the news 260 00:16:30,072 --> 00:16:32,866 about our freighter ship by now. 261 00:16:33,409 --> 00:16:37,287 Another spaceship is on its way. 262 00:16:38,706 --> 00:16:39,707 I think... 263 00:16:40,374 --> 00:16:42,084 And I wanted to assure you that... 264 00:17:32,259 --> 00:17:34,178 And I wanted to assure you that... 265 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:42,895 ...we are still on course to land in three weeks. 266 00:17:44,438 --> 00:17:47,149 Your daughter will be the first person 267 00:17:47,941 --> 00:17:49,276 to set foot on Mars. 268 00:17:51,195 --> 00:17:55,324 Something no man has ever done before. 269 00:17:56,575 --> 00:17:58,118 Respectfully yours, 270 00:18:00,037 --> 00:18:00,913 Wang Lu. 271 00:18:18,055 --> 00:18:19,056 Hey. 272 00:18:20,265 --> 00:18:21,892 Hey. Lex, where are you? 273 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:25,062 I'm at Melissa's. 274 00:18:27,439 --> 00:18:28,774 Did you see what happened? 275 00:18:30,317 --> 00:18:32,444 Do they know for sure that Pegasus is gone? 276 00:18:35,197 --> 00:18:37,282 They don't know anything for sure, 277 00:18:37,783 --> 00:18:40,536 but most likely it blew up entering the atmosphere. 278 00:18:42,496 --> 00:18:44,289 Could you come here? 279 00:18:45,082 --> 00:18:46,375 What? You mean, like, now? 280 00:18:46,750 --> 00:18:48,043 To Melissa's? 281 00:18:48,127 --> 00:18:49,795 I'm really freaking out. 282 00:18:49,878 --> 00:18:52,047 Melissa said she would kill me at the hospital. 283 00:18:52,131 --> 00:18:53,674 She didn't mean that. 284 00:18:56,802 --> 00:18:59,263 You've been really weird to me since the accident. 285 00:19:01,849 --> 00:19:02,850 It really messed me up. 286 00:19:02,933 --> 00:19:04,852 My accident messed you up? 287 00:19:04,935 --> 00:19:07,187 I just keep thinking about how ashamed my dad would be 288 00:19:07,271 --> 00:19:09,606 that I put someone without a driver's license on a bike. 289 00:19:09,690 --> 00:19:11,316 You didn't put me on that bike. 290 00:19:15,612 --> 00:19:17,322 What are you trying to say, Isaac? 291 00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:18,782 I don't know. 292 00:19:20,993 --> 00:19:24,621 Maybe we should just chill for a bit, 293 00:19:24,705 --> 00:19:26,373 until things calm down. 294 00:19:31,503 --> 00:19:33,255 Yeah. Okay, whatever. 295 00:19:33,881 --> 00:19:35,048 - Uh, Lex... - No, I... 296 00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:38,969 I have too many unknowns in my life right now. 297 00:19:48,145 --> 00:19:51,106 The hardest part is not knowing. You know? 298 00:19:52,774 --> 00:19:54,151 I hope she's okay. 299 00:19:57,279 --> 00:19:58,280 You okay? 300 00:20:00,199 --> 00:20:01,450 Was that your dad again? 301 00:20:02,534 --> 00:20:03,827 No, it was Isaac. 302 00:20:05,746 --> 00:20:07,247 He says he wants to chill. 303 00:20:08,415 --> 00:20:10,083 Whatever that means. 304 00:20:12,502 --> 00:20:14,838 I should have killed him when I had the chance. 305 00:20:14,922 --> 00:20:15,839 Mom! 306 00:20:19,551 --> 00:20:20,469 I just... 307 00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:24,556 feel like my life is this big mystery right now. 308 00:20:27,142 --> 00:20:29,269 I don't know if my mom's gonna be okay. 309 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:33,190 I don't know if my dad will ever walk again. 310 00:20:36,193 --> 00:20:38,612 I don't know if Isaac will ever talk to me again. 311 00:20:40,864 --> 00:20:42,449 And I really, really liked him. 312 00:20:43,075 --> 00:20:45,160 Oh, sweetie. Come here. 313 00:20:48,747 --> 00:20:49,873 I'm sorry. 314 00:20:53,585 --> 00:20:56,672 But there is one answer I could get. 315 00:20:58,840 --> 00:20:59,925 Okay, that's good. 316 00:21:01,218 --> 00:21:03,512 You need an answer, let's get you an answer. 317 00:21:04,137 --> 00:21:05,597 My dad's not gonna like it. 318 00:21:07,516 --> 00:21:08,767 Well, what is it? 319 00:22:18,045 --> 00:22:20,756 All efforts to reestablish contact with Pegasus 320 00:22:20,839 --> 00:22:22,132 have been unsuccessful. 321 00:22:22,799 --> 00:22:23,759 However, 322 00:22:24,176 --> 00:22:27,179 Ground has come up with a way for Pegasus 2 to reach us 323 00:22:27,262 --> 00:22:28,638 within the ten-week window. 324 00:22:29,056 --> 00:22:31,016 - How's that possible? - It's not. 325 00:22:31,099 --> 00:22:33,560 Unless Pegasus 2 has secret nuclear boosters, 326 00:22:33,643 --> 00:22:34,811 in which case... 327 00:22:36,104 --> 00:22:37,522 fire them up, baby! 328 00:22:37,606 --> 00:22:39,733 No, that's not what she's saying. 329 00:22:41,693 --> 00:22:42,736 They're sending us home. 330 00:22:43,695 --> 00:22:44,529 What? 331 00:22:45,697 --> 00:22:48,784 Ground is recommending we slingshot around Mars 332 00:22:48,867 --> 00:22:51,119 and dock with Pegasus 2 in transit. 333 00:22:51,203 --> 00:22:53,205 Ground is recommending or... 334 00:22:54,122 --> 00:22:55,791 Matt is recommending? 335 00:22:55,874 --> 00:22:58,752 - Excuse me? - This was your husband's idea. 336 00:22:59,795 --> 00:23:02,506 - What? No, it wasn't. - He's just like you. 337 00:23:03,173 --> 00:23:05,550 - Willing to undermine the mission... - Lu... 338 00:23:05,634 --> 00:23:08,136 - ...so long as his wife comes home. - That's enough. 339 00:23:08,678 --> 00:23:10,555 I said one time, "I wish I was home," 340 00:23:10,639 --> 00:23:13,308 and I was dehydrated out of my mind when I said it. 341 00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:15,685 And I'll be goddamned if I let my crew die of thirst 342 00:23:15,769 --> 00:23:17,771 when there are other options on the table. 343 00:23:18,188 --> 00:23:19,523 Now, your orders are clear. 344 00:23:19,940 --> 00:23:21,066 You're to assist Misha 345 00:23:21,149 --> 00:23:23,819 while he does everything he can to keep that backup running. 346 00:23:25,570 --> 00:23:28,490 Ram, Kwesi, you're with me in the command module 347 00:23:28,990 --> 00:23:31,618 while we chart out a new flight path for a slingshot home. 348 00:23:37,332 --> 00:23:40,794 For the record, Matt's not even allowed on the Mission Control floor. 349 00:23:40,877 --> 00:23:42,879 He had nothing to do with this decision. 350 00:23:43,338 --> 00:23:44,631 And it's pathetic 351 00:23:44,714 --> 00:23:47,134 that you'd make this personal and suggest he did. 352 00:23:56,685 --> 00:23:58,311 Hi. 353 00:24:00,063 --> 00:24:02,732 I can only imagine what you're going through up there. 354 00:24:04,818 --> 00:24:06,486 Knowing you as well as I do... 355 00:24:08,029 --> 00:24:09,823 ...I bet it's pretty damn complicated. 356 00:24:13,535 --> 00:24:14,536 On one hand... 357 00:24:16,037 --> 00:24:18,039 ...I'm sure you're scared out of your mind. 358 00:24:20,167 --> 00:24:23,128 And on the other, you can see Mars right out the window... 359 00:24:24,838 --> 00:24:26,214 ...closer than it's ever been. 360 00:24:29,593 --> 00:24:32,512 You can almost see where we would have landed. 361 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:34,931 See Hellas crater? 362 00:24:36,057 --> 00:24:38,435 Follow me north over Hesperia plains, 363 00:24:39,102 --> 00:24:41,396 just to the west of Elysium Mons. 364 00:24:41,855 --> 00:24:42,731 There. 365 00:24:43,148 --> 00:24:44,691 The edge of Utopia basin. 366 00:24:46,693 --> 00:24:48,862 That's where I would have planted my garden. 367 00:24:51,698 --> 00:24:53,700 I believe Mars was a garden once. 368 00:24:55,076 --> 00:24:59,331 Those canyons didn't just make themselves. There had to have been great rivers there. 369 00:25:01,917 --> 00:25:06,213 Mars was as rich and full of life as Earth is now. 370 00:25:07,631 --> 00:25:09,007 And if we're not careful, 371 00:25:10,091 --> 00:25:12,260 our planet will look like that someday soon. 372 00:25:33,615 --> 00:25:34,616 Forgive me. 373 00:25:35,575 --> 00:25:38,495 This might sound a little foolish, but... 374 00:25:40,580 --> 00:25:41,581 ...I thought that... 375 00:25:42,290 --> 00:25:44,376 if I could bring life back to Mars, 376 00:25:44,459 --> 00:25:48,046 then I could show people that it is not too late to save Earth. 377 00:25:48,630 --> 00:25:50,507 I thought this was God's plan for me. 378 00:25:51,258 --> 00:25:53,677 Surely God's plan wasn't for you to die. 379 00:25:54,386 --> 00:25:57,264 Well... traditionally speaking, 380 00:25:57,347 --> 00:25:58,557 God's a bit unforgiving 381 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:01,142 when it comes to his disciples sacrificing their lives. 382 00:26:04,104 --> 00:26:06,481 I would have wanted to land on Mars eight months ago, 383 00:26:06,565 --> 00:26:08,149 even if it meant certain death. 384 00:26:10,652 --> 00:26:12,279 It's what I promised my brother. 385 00:26:17,367 --> 00:26:18,702 Is that an update from Ground? 386 00:26:19,953 --> 00:26:21,037 Message from Matt? 387 00:26:22,205 --> 00:26:23,248 Um... 388 00:26:23,331 --> 00:26:25,166 - I'll listen to it later. - No, go on. 389 00:26:25,667 --> 00:26:27,711 - We can handle this. - I appreciate that. But let's... 390 00:26:27,794 --> 00:26:31,381 Commander, we're just plugging in numbers. Go on. 391 00:26:32,007 --> 00:26:35,635 And don't worry. You can come back and check the flight path coordinates. 392 00:26:37,095 --> 00:26:37,929 You sure? 393 00:26:38,013 --> 00:26:41,308 Yes. He's probably just found out you're coming home to him alive. Go. 394 00:26:41,391 --> 00:26:43,727 Okay. You two let me know if you need anything. 395 00:27:03,121 --> 00:27:04,372 Did Emma just fly by? 396 00:27:05,582 --> 00:27:06,583 How did you know? 397 00:27:07,459 --> 00:27:09,419 Your entire body went... 398 00:27:11,129 --> 00:27:13,006 You'll have to forgive her, you know? 399 00:27:13,089 --> 00:27:14,090 Why should I? 400 00:27:15,383 --> 00:27:17,802 You've been working with Matt for weeks. 401 00:27:18,345 --> 00:27:20,639 You think I'm wrong that this was his idea? 402 00:27:20,722 --> 00:27:21,723 I don't know. 403 00:27:22,223 --> 00:27:24,976 And frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. 404 00:27:26,519 --> 00:27:27,646 How can you say that? 405 00:27:29,147 --> 00:27:30,065 Because I wanna live. 406 00:27:33,985 --> 00:27:37,614 Yeah. Yeah, I know I'm not supposed to admit it. 407 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,409 I am Misha Popov. 408 00:27:41,910 --> 00:27:45,205 Hero Russian cosmonaut. Space is my home. 409 00:27:45,955 --> 00:27:48,833 But I wanna see my grandchildren again. 410 00:27:50,919 --> 00:27:51,920 Maybe... 411 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,549 Maybe have my daughter forgive me before I die. 412 00:27:58,551 --> 00:27:59,594 I, um... 413 00:28:00,470 --> 00:28:01,388 How about you? 414 00:28:02,681 --> 00:28:04,516 You don't wanna see your kid again? 415 00:28:05,850 --> 00:28:07,268 Of course. Yes. 416 00:28:09,604 --> 00:28:10,772 And the woman you love? 417 00:28:12,565 --> 00:28:13,400 Yes. 418 00:28:13,900 --> 00:28:17,153 Then on some level, you're not relieved we're going home? 419 00:28:18,863 --> 00:28:19,698 No. 420 00:28:20,699 --> 00:28:21,533 Why? 421 00:28:23,493 --> 00:28:25,453 Because I didn't come here to fail. 422 00:28:28,289 --> 00:28:29,207 Yeah. 423 00:28:31,334 --> 00:28:32,460 Hammer. 424 00:28:37,716 --> 00:28:38,717 Thank you. 425 00:28:49,644 --> 00:28:50,603 Much better. 426 00:28:50,687 --> 00:28:54,232 I just don't entirely get your method. 427 00:28:54,315 --> 00:28:57,026 My method? What? I... I'm doing diagnostic. 428 00:28:57,777 --> 00:29:00,113 Okay, here. Give me your hand. 429 00:29:03,616 --> 00:29:04,617 Here. 430 00:29:05,785 --> 00:29:06,703 Can you feel that? 431 00:29:09,205 --> 00:29:10,415 Yes or no? 432 00:29:10,498 --> 00:29:12,959 - Oh, sorry. Yes. - Yes. Okay. 433 00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:15,044 So, to make this grumble, 434 00:29:15,128 --> 00:29:17,672 what needs to be happening inside the machine? 435 00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:21,134 I don't need to open it. Right? I... I can feel it. 436 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,052 I can listen to it. 437 00:29:23,136 --> 00:29:26,556 Your doctor, he listens to your heart. He doesn't open you up, right? 438 00:29:27,056 --> 00:29:28,933 Plumber listens to pipes. 439 00:29:30,185 --> 00:29:31,478 Engineer, same thing. 440 00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:40,236 Eyes are not the only way to see. 441 00:29:48,828 --> 00:29:50,288 Hi. 442 00:29:51,372 --> 00:29:54,042 I can only imagine what you're going through up there. 443 00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:57,086 Knowing you as well as I do... 444 00:29:58,505 --> 00:30:00,423 ...I bet it's pretty damn complicated. 445 00:30:02,050 --> 00:30:04,761 On one hand, I'm sure you're scared out of your mind. 446 00:30:05,428 --> 00:30:08,306 And on the other, you can see Mars right out the window... 447 00:30:09,390 --> 00:30:10,892 ...closer than it's ever been. 448 00:30:12,519 --> 00:30:14,646 Our life's work. Your life's work. 449 00:30:15,522 --> 00:30:17,357 Life's work of your entire crew... 450 00:30:17,982 --> 00:30:19,150 just within reach. 451 00:30:22,862 --> 00:30:24,239 But I had to get you home. 452 00:30:25,949 --> 00:30:29,869 I've given Ground Control a plan to get you back safely. 453 00:30:30,620 --> 00:30:32,705 I'm sure you've gotten the instructions by now 454 00:30:32,789 --> 00:30:36,417 and are planning your flight path. Soon you'll be home with Lex... 455 00:30:37,126 --> 00:30:38,127 and me. 456 00:30:43,299 --> 00:30:44,509 What's wrong, Em? 457 00:30:54,477 --> 00:30:55,520 Lu was right. 458 00:30:56,312 --> 00:30:59,482 Yeah, you probably should have figured out the slingshot was my idea. 459 00:30:59,566 --> 00:31:00,817 No, not about that. 460 00:31:03,444 --> 00:31:05,196 When I thought we were gonna die... 461 00:31:07,282 --> 00:31:09,784 When I thought there were no other options left, 462 00:31:10,243 --> 00:31:12,954 all I wanted was to be home... 463 00:31:14,956 --> 00:31:16,082 ...with you and Lex. 464 00:31:21,004 --> 00:31:22,297 I failed, Matt. 465 00:31:22,380 --> 00:31:23,506 No, you didn't. 466 00:31:24,674 --> 00:31:25,758 You did not fail. 467 00:31:25,842 --> 00:31:27,260 We're aborting the mission. 468 00:31:27,343 --> 00:31:29,470 You're saving your crew. 469 00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:31,431 Even if they don't wanna be saved? 470 00:31:31,514 --> 00:31:33,892 What do you think would happen if the five of you went to Mars 471 00:31:33,975 --> 00:31:35,935 and, within weeks, died terrible deaths? 472 00:31:36,644 --> 00:31:38,563 You think anyone else ever goes again? 473 00:31:39,814 --> 00:31:40,899 That's it. It's over. 474 00:31:42,817 --> 00:31:44,736 You've shown the world this is possible. 475 00:31:44,819 --> 00:31:48,156 You've gone farther than anyone else has ever gone. 476 00:31:49,782 --> 00:31:52,577 Do you really think we have another shot at getting to Mars? 477 00:31:54,370 --> 00:31:55,872 Next time we'll get it right. 478 00:31:59,334 --> 00:32:01,461 But in the end, this isn't why I did this. 479 00:32:04,339 --> 00:32:05,924 I just couldn't let you die on me. 480 00:32:08,593 --> 00:32:09,677 I love you. 481 00:32:11,095 --> 00:32:12,096 I love you. 482 00:32:13,473 --> 00:32:15,058 And we'll see you real soon. 483 00:32:29,614 --> 00:32:31,574 That should be the last one. 484 00:32:31,658 --> 00:32:33,826 As soon as Emma confirms the coordinates... 485 00:32:35,370 --> 00:32:36,621 ...our course is set. 486 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:38,247 We're going home. 487 00:32:39,958 --> 00:32:41,459 Wait! Wait! 488 00:32:42,251 --> 00:32:43,503 - What? - Hold on! 489 00:32:44,462 --> 00:32:45,838 - What? - Okay. 490 00:32:46,589 --> 00:32:48,341 Pegasus may still be alive, 491 00:32:49,092 --> 00:32:50,760 and Lu knows how to find it. 492 00:32:50,843 --> 00:32:52,178 What are you talking about? 493 00:32:52,595 --> 00:32:53,846 InSight. 494 00:32:53,930 --> 00:32:55,974 We can use InSight to find it. 495 00:32:56,391 --> 00:32:58,935 Lu, everyone on Earth is using whatever insight they have. 496 00:32:59,018 --> 00:33:02,271 No, not that insight. InSight, the old Martian rover. 497 00:33:02,355 --> 00:33:05,525 Technically, it was a lander and probe. 498 00:33:05,608 --> 00:33:08,194 Well, I thought all the rovers were too far away to get a visual. 499 00:33:08,277 --> 00:33:09,570 No, not a visual. 500 00:33:10,363 --> 00:33:14,200 InSight might have heard Pegasus. Actually, might have felt it, right? 501 00:33:14,283 --> 00:33:16,703 InSight had a seismometer 502 00:33:16,786 --> 00:33:18,538 to measure Martian earthquakes. 503 00:33:19,038 --> 00:33:23,418 That seismometer could detect the flap of a butterfly's wings in a room. 504 00:33:24,377 --> 00:33:26,754 Why couldn't it register the shock waves 505 00:33:27,171 --> 00:33:28,548 from Pegasus's entry? 506 00:33:28,631 --> 00:33:29,799 From its sonic boom? 507 00:33:29,882 --> 00:33:33,052 - But I thought it went offline years ago. - No, no, no. 508 00:33:33,136 --> 00:33:36,139 Just the satellite used to relay the signal. 509 00:33:36,222 --> 00:33:38,808 Okay, but, uh, how are we gonna hear it? 510 00:33:39,475 --> 00:33:41,310 We are not millions of miles away. 511 00:33:41,394 --> 00:33:44,147 We can listen to it on the UHF, 512 00:33:44,605 --> 00:33:47,108 like a radio station that's come into range. 513 00:33:47,191 --> 00:33:52,071 Right, but if we do hear the sonic boom, does that mean Pegasus landed intact? 514 00:33:52,155 --> 00:33:54,198 - Not necessarily. - No, that means 515 00:33:54,282 --> 00:33:55,450 Pegasus broke the atmosphere. 516 00:33:55,533 --> 00:33:58,036 Yeah, but, Misha, it could have exploded on impact. 517 00:33:58,119 --> 00:33:59,287 It could have caught fire. 518 00:33:59,370 --> 00:34:01,581 It could have landed a thousand miles off course. 519 00:34:01,664 --> 00:34:02,665 Exactly. 520 00:34:03,207 --> 00:34:07,128 So if we hear no sonic boom, we know Pegasus is gone. 521 00:34:08,337 --> 00:34:09,547 Yeah, either way, 522 00:34:09,630 --> 00:34:13,301 we cannot listen to it without command codes from Ground. 523 00:34:18,931 --> 00:34:21,267 Command codes are issued to commanders. 524 00:34:21,350 --> 00:34:22,643 And to her second. 525 00:34:27,273 --> 00:34:29,317 No. You need to speak to Emma about this. 526 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:30,234 Well, 527 00:34:31,152 --> 00:34:32,320 at this stage... 528 00:34:34,447 --> 00:34:35,281 Ram, 529 00:34:35,740 --> 00:34:38,367 it's better we come to you. 530 00:34:46,709 --> 00:34:47,585 Hey, Matt? 531 00:34:48,503 --> 00:34:49,921 Can you come out here a sec? 532 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:02,767 I need to know if I have CCM. 533 00:35:05,269 --> 00:35:08,731 I hadn't even realized how much it's been in the back of my mind. 534 00:35:11,651 --> 00:35:12,860 I know you're afraid. 535 00:35:13,528 --> 00:35:15,822 Afraid that I have it, 536 00:35:16,322 --> 00:35:18,449 and that means that it's your fault, but... 537 00:35:19,033 --> 00:35:19,951 it's not, Dad. 538 00:35:20,701 --> 00:35:21,911 It's no one's fault. 539 00:35:24,497 --> 00:35:25,957 I just need to know. 540 00:35:31,170 --> 00:35:32,088 Okay. 541 00:35:41,639 --> 00:35:42,640 Got it. 542 00:35:44,934 --> 00:35:46,686 Lulochka, um... 543 00:35:47,812 --> 00:35:52,066 ...don't let it go to your head, but this idea of yours about InSight... 544 00:35:53,442 --> 00:35:55,194 Genius. Really. 545 00:35:58,990 --> 00:36:01,409 I got it from watching you. 546 00:36:01,492 --> 00:36:03,494 No, you don't have to say that. 547 00:36:10,835 --> 00:36:13,963 I know you think you're less than you used to be, 548 00:36:14,881 --> 00:36:16,424 but I do not. 549 00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:21,137 Even if you are an idiot 550 00:36:21,220 --> 00:36:22,889 when it comes to your daughter. 551 00:36:22,972 --> 00:36:23,973 Excuse me? 552 00:36:24,724 --> 00:36:26,851 Always asking for forgiveness. 553 00:36:28,019 --> 00:36:30,188 Okay. What's your idea, genius? 554 00:36:32,106 --> 00:36:33,107 Tell her... 555 00:36:33,733 --> 00:36:35,109 she makes you proud. 556 00:36:36,944 --> 00:36:38,446 That's all she wants to hear. 557 00:36:51,334 --> 00:36:53,502 We received a message from Lu today. 558 00:36:56,672 --> 00:36:58,674 A message. From Lu. 559 00:36:59,926 --> 00:37:00,801 Who? 560 00:37:00,885 --> 00:37:02,178 Our daughter. 561 00:37:03,262 --> 00:37:04,639 Whose daughter? 562 00:37:05,139 --> 00:37:07,350 - I don't have a daughter. - Okay. 563 00:37:07,433 --> 00:37:08,809 What are you talking about? 564 00:37:09,227 --> 00:37:10,603 Whose daughter? 565 00:37:11,145 --> 00:37:13,356 No one's. Take a breath. 566 00:37:29,163 --> 00:37:30,915 What about the radio frequency? 567 00:37:31,457 --> 00:37:35,002 - I have that memorized. - You memorized the frequency for InSight? 568 00:37:35,586 --> 00:37:38,798 I've always had a fondness for the robots on Mars. 569 00:37:42,677 --> 00:37:43,803 When I was young, 570 00:37:43,886 --> 00:37:46,847 my father gave me a book on the first rover. 571 00:37:46,931 --> 00:37:49,767 In his mind, he's teaching me science. 572 00:37:49,850 --> 00:37:52,853 In reality, I would read about Sojourner 573 00:37:53,437 --> 00:37:55,731 and imagine I was up there with it, 574 00:37:56,399 --> 00:38:00,569 watching a sunset that's blue instead of red. 575 00:38:02,905 --> 00:38:03,906 There. 576 00:38:05,283 --> 00:38:06,200 We're ready. 577 00:38:15,668 --> 00:38:17,169 What the hell's going on here? 578 00:38:22,008 --> 00:38:24,552 Emma, Lu came up with a brilliant idea 579 00:38:24,635 --> 00:38:27,930 to use InSight to detect if Pegasus landed. 580 00:38:28,014 --> 00:38:30,016 - InSight? - The old probe. 581 00:38:30,641 --> 00:38:33,144 I mean, it's got a working seismometer, so... 582 00:38:33,602 --> 00:38:34,812 Well, in theory... 583 00:38:34,895 --> 00:38:37,023 It could detect if there was a sonic boom. 584 00:38:37,648 --> 00:38:38,649 Exactly. 585 00:38:39,191 --> 00:38:41,652 But you wouldn't even be able to activate it without... 586 00:38:43,738 --> 00:38:46,073 You went to Ram for the codes. 587 00:38:47,366 --> 00:38:49,535 Lu, I expect this from you right now, 588 00:38:49,618 --> 00:38:51,746 but... Misha? 589 00:38:52,538 --> 00:38:54,332 - Kwesi? - Commander, I'm sorry, 590 00:38:54,415 --> 00:38:56,917 but I knew you wouldn't risk the life of your crew, 591 00:38:57,001 --> 00:38:58,919 even if we wished for it to be risked. 592 00:38:59,503 --> 00:39:00,671 And you... 593 00:39:01,797 --> 00:39:04,425 I have to say, this stings the most coming from you. 594 00:39:05,468 --> 00:39:07,553 But, Emma, it wasn't just once. 595 00:39:08,054 --> 00:39:08,888 What? 596 00:39:10,222 --> 00:39:12,308 You told me yourself, in private, that... 597 00:39:13,392 --> 00:39:14,643 ...you wish you'd gone home. 598 00:39:16,937 --> 00:39:19,273 And we probably still will. 599 00:39:19,774 --> 00:39:22,318 If there's no sonic boom, there is no Pegasus, 600 00:39:22,401 --> 00:39:24,362 we're going home, just like Emma said. 601 00:39:24,445 --> 00:39:26,155 And if there is a sonic boom? 602 00:39:27,823 --> 00:39:28,991 Then we go to Mars. 603 00:39:29,075 --> 00:39:32,620 Oh, I get that you wanna go to Mars even if it means certain death. 604 00:39:32,703 --> 00:39:33,871 What I want... 605 00:39:34,663 --> 00:39:36,832 is my commander to lead. 606 00:39:36,916 --> 00:39:38,042 I am leading, 607 00:39:38,709 --> 00:39:41,212 and if Ground tells us that a sonic boom 608 00:39:41,295 --> 00:39:44,799 means that there's even a decent chance that Pegasus is down there intact, 609 00:39:44,882 --> 00:39:46,175 then hell yes! 610 00:39:46,258 --> 00:39:47,343 Full speed ahead. 611 00:39:48,177 --> 00:39:50,304 But we all know they're not gonna say that. 612 00:39:51,097 --> 00:39:53,099 They're gonna say exactly what you said, Ram, 613 00:39:53,516 --> 00:39:57,353 that if a plane disappears from radar, its pilot isn't coming home. 614 00:39:57,895 --> 00:40:01,690 And the only thing a sonic boom gives us is a very faint and dangerous hope. 615 00:40:01,774 --> 00:40:04,276 And that's all this mission is. 616 00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:05,194 Lu... 617 00:40:05,528 --> 00:40:08,239 And when did you forget that? 618 00:40:15,162 --> 00:40:16,247 Where is the woman... 619 00:40:17,206 --> 00:40:18,541 who stood on the Moon 620 00:40:19,125 --> 00:40:24,004 and asked the whole world to believe in impossible things? 621 00:40:24,713 --> 00:40:27,383 Who leapt off the side of a spaceship 622 00:40:27,466 --> 00:40:30,386 with nothing to cling to... but hope? 623 00:40:31,762 --> 00:40:35,683 Who went into her crewmate's room when he was sick, 624 00:40:36,642 --> 00:40:38,477 and stood outside of my door 625 00:40:39,145 --> 00:40:43,566 and told me it was okay to love? 626 00:40:47,194 --> 00:40:49,321 Hope has never been my North Star. 627 00:40:51,073 --> 00:40:51,991 Honor, 628 00:40:52,950 --> 00:40:53,951 discipline, 629 00:40:54,493 --> 00:40:55,369 duty. 630 00:40:55,953 --> 00:40:56,954 Never hope. 631 00:40:58,831 --> 00:41:00,374 Until I met you. 632 00:41:02,835 --> 00:41:03,669 You... 633 00:41:10,885 --> 00:41:11,760 Emma, 634 00:41:12,428 --> 00:41:13,762 I don't wanna die. 635 00:41:15,681 --> 00:41:17,057 I really don't. 636 00:41:18,726 --> 00:41:20,519 But I'm willing to die 637 00:41:20,978 --> 00:41:21,979 for hope. 638 00:41:26,650 --> 00:41:27,651 Turn it on. 639 00:41:46,754 --> 00:41:50,132 Right, it was scheduled to land at 9:54 Houston time, 640 00:41:50,674 --> 00:41:53,219 and we lost contact at 9:48. 641 00:41:59,350 --> 00:42:02,686 There's the seismometer feed. Nothing so far. 642 00:42:36,887 --> 00:42:38,472 - Holy shit. - That was it. 643 00:42:38,556 --> 00:42:41,141 - That... that has to be it. - Go again. 644 00:42:41,225 --> 00:42:42,184 Shh. Shh. 645 00:42:51,860 --> 00:42:53,195 It broke the atmosphere. 646 00:42:53,654 --> 00:42:56,490 There would be no boom if it had bounced off. 647 00:42:56,574 --> 00:42:57,449 Again. 648 00:43:02,663 --> 00:43:04,123 It didn't blow apart. 649 00:43:05,874 --> 00:43:07,501 There would be more than one boom. 650 00:43:07,585 --> 00:43:08,544 Play it again. 651 00:44:01,639 --> 00:44:02,681 Hey, guys. 652 00:44:03,182 --> 00:44:04,099 Um... 653 00:44:05,517 --> 00:44:06,977 It's been a really big day. 654 00:44:08,395 --> 00:44:09,396 Lex, 655 00:44:10,022 --> 00:44:13,192 I am so proud of you for facing your fears. 656 00:44:14,526 --> 00:44:16,779 And having the courage to... 657 00:44:17,529 --> 00:44:18,989 tell your dad what you need. 658 00:44:21,867 --> 00:44:22,910 Now, um... 659 00:44:23,661 --> 00:44:24,662 Now we wait. 660 00:44:26,789 --> 00:44:30,918 But I have... no doubt that whatever comes next, 661 00:44:31,502 --> 00:44:33,337 we can take it on together... 662 00:44:35,297 --> 00:44:36,382 ...as a family. 663 00:44:38,967 --> 00:44:40,552 And I know this because... 664 00:44:43,597 --> 00:44:46,767 ...today I was reminded what got me here. 665 00:44:48,268 --> 00:44:50,854 It's the same thing I saw in you, Matt... 666 00:44:52,064 --> 00:44:53,107 ...that made me know... 667 00:44:54,191 --> 00:44:55,442 ...you are my soulmate. 668 00:44:56,485 --> 00:44:59,697 It's the same thing that makes you the person you are, Lex. 669 00:45:00,489 --> 00:45:02,282 Brave enough to get that test. 670 00:45:03,826 --> 00:45:04,785 Hope. 671 00:45:05,619 --> 00:45:07,788 Hope made us the people we are. 672 00:45:09,415 --> 00:45:12,000 People who can chart voyages to the Moon... 673 00:45:12,626 --> 00:45:14,461 and walk amidst the stars. 674 00:45:15,838 --> 00:45:19,341 People who might inspire others to cure cancer 675 00:45:19,425 --> 00:45:20,884 and CCM, 676 00:45:21,427 --> 00:45:22,970 and end wars and... 677 00:45:24,930 --> 00:45:26,974 ...all the other things we wish we could change 678 00:45:27,057 --> 00:45:29,184 in this crazy, crazy world. 679 00:45:31,019 --> 00:45:32,271 Because the thought, 680 00:45:32,855 --> 00:45:34,898 the mere possibility, 681 00:45:35,441 --> 00:45:39,069 the hope that we might succeed is enough for us to keep trying. 682 00:45:40,571 --> 00:45:41,572 Matt. 683 00:45:42,990 --> 00:45:44,032 Matt, my love. 684 00:45:45,159 --> 00:45:48,287 I want you to hear what we heard today when we woke up InSight. 685 00:46:03,886 --> 00:46:05,721 You see what I'm talking about? 686 00:46:08,682 --> 00:46:11,268 So, we're not coming home yet. 687 00:46:12,394 --> 00:46:14,104 We will, soon. 688 00:46:16,064 --> 00:46:18,066 But first, we're going to Mars.